Game Speed Modifiers

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I couldn't find data about this:

How much does the different speed settings affect the speed of research, movement, income, etcetera?

For the record, from my searching around for gamespeed-related threads, it seems I'm in the minority, among the few people that actually plays in the Slow speed. Mostly from my background coming from Europa Universalis and Civilization, I suppose.
Does playing in Slow cause any notable imbalance in some aspect of the game?

Thanks in advance!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

C:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity\Diplomacy\GameInfo\Gameplay.constants

Inside that file you can see the different numbers used by the different game speeds.

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    buildSpeedData-Slow
        shipBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.0
        moduleBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.0
    buildSpeedData-Normal
        shipBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.10
        moduleBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.10
    buildSpeedData-Fast
        shipBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.20
        moduleBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.20
    buildSpeedData-Faster
        shipBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.40
        moduleBuildRateGameSpeedScalar 0.40
    cultureSpeedData-Slow
        cultureConnectionReferenceLength 250000
        allegianceShiftRateScalar 0.75
    cultureSpeedData-Normal
        cultureConnectionReferenceLength 500000
        allegianceShiftRateScalar 1.0
    cultureSpeedData-Fast
        cultureConnectionReferenceLength 750000
        allegianceShiftRateScalar 1.25
    cultureSpeedData-Faster
        cultureConnectionReferenceLength 850000
        allegianceShiftRateScalar 1.45
    researchSpeedData-Slow
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -4.75
    researchSpeedData-Normal
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -1.3
    researchSpeedData-Fast
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.15
    researchSpeedData-Faster
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.05
    incomeSpeedData-Slow
        incomeRateGameSpeedScalar 0.0
    incomeSpeedData-Normal
        incomeRateGameSpeedScalar 0.15
    incomeSpeedData-Fast
        incomeRateGameSpeedScalar 0.30
    incomeSpeedData-Faster
        incomeRateGameSpeedScalar 0.75
    fleetSupplyData-Small
        fleetSupplyScalar 0.75
    fleetSupplyData-Normal
        fleetSupplyScalar 1.0
    fleetSupplyData-Large
        fleetSupplyScalar 1.25
    shipPhysicsSpeedData-Slow
        shipLinearMaxSpeedGameSpeedScalar 0.0
        shipLinearAccelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.0
        shipLinearDecelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.0
    shipPhysicsSpeedData-Normal
        shipLinearMaxSpeedGameSpeedScalar 0.30
        shipLinearAccelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.30
        shipLinearDecelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.30
    shipPhysicsSpeedData-Fast
        shipLinearMaxSpeedGameSpeedScalar 0.45
        shipLinearAccelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.45
        shipLinearDecelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.45
    shipPhysicsSpeedData-Faster
        shipLinearMaxSpeedGameSpeedScalar 0.6
        shipLinearAccelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.6
        shipLinearDecelerationGameSpeedScalar 0.6
    diplomaticPointsSpeedData-Slow
        diplomaticPointsRateSpeedScalar 0.66
    diplomaticPointsSpeedData-Normal
        diplomaticPointsRateSpeedScalar 1.0
    diplomaticPointsSpeedData-Fast
        diplomaticPointsRateSpeedScalar 1.33
    diplomaticPointsSpeedData-Faster
        diplomaticPointsRateSpeedScalar 2.0

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Some of the numbers used are intuitive but others (researchRateGameSpeedScalar) aren't, unfortunately.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

This helps a lot, thanks!

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

For the most part these are really subtle.  Fleet size, physics speed and income speed are the three that have the biggest impact.  Aside from slow research speed (which is ridiculously slow) the other settings are fairly tame and toggling them isn't going to have a huge impact on the game experience. 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Sorry for the thread necro, but this is the first hit on google when searching for the topic of soase speed settings, but alas has less detail than what I've figured out by myself, so see https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/454531/page/1/#3469992 for some example calculations of the actual effects of the main bonuses plus more opinions.