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''This page is part of the [[TI Multiplayer]] mod.''

In a [[TI Multiplayer]] Sandbox campaign all players share one game clock. This page explains who controls it, when it stops, and how decisions that belong to one player are handled.

== The game clock ==
* '''The host controls the speed.''' Only the host can start the clock or change the speed. The other players see the host's speed. A client who tries gets ''Only the host can start the clock.''
* '''Anyone can pause.''' When any player pauses, the game pauses for everyone. Only the host can unpause.
* Pauses that the game makes by itself on a client (opening a screen, a popup) only pause that client's view, not the session.
* When paused, all players show the same date within a few seconds.

=== Why is the clock stopped? ===
The tooltip of the speed controls has a section '''Multiplayer:''' that lists every reason the clock is held:
* ''The host has paused the game.''
* ''<faction>: <decision>'' - a decision another player still has to make
* ''Waiting for: <players>'' - players who are still loading
* ''The host is reviewing a battle result.''
* ''The game itself has locked the clock (scene change).''
* how far your view is behind the host, if the connection is slow.

If your connection falls 5 seconds or more behind the host, a message says ''Connection is falling behind the host (about n s). Battles and prompts will arrive late until it catches up.''

== Loading ==
After the start, a load or a hot-join, the host cannot start the clock until every player has finished loading (''Waiting for <name> to finish loading…''). After 3 attempts or 20 seconds the host gets the window '''Players Still Loading''' with '''Keep waiting''' and '''Start anyway'''. Only use ''Start anyway'' if a player seems stuck.

== Decisions of other players ==
Many things in Terra Invicta need an answer from one faction: events with options, policy choices, calls to war from allies, trajectory changes, armies ordered to depart, target choices for some missions. In multiplayer such a decision goes to the faction's player, and '''the clock stops for everyone''' until it is answered (''Paused - waiting for <faction> - <decision>'').
* After '''4 minutes 30 seconds''' the player is warned: ''A decision of your faction is still open - answer it within 30 s, or the game skips it and continues.''
* After '''5 minutes''' the decision is skipped. A skipped decision counts as declined (a trajectory change becomes ''Cancel''). Everyone sees ''<name> did not answer - resuming.''

=== Research choices ===
When a research slot of another player needs a new choice, the clock waits as well. Picking a technology for the wrong slot shows ''Still open: …''. After 5 minutes the host gets the window '''Clock Blocked''':
* '''Keep waiting''' - wait another 5 minutes
* '''Clear these and continue''' - open research slots get the game's default choice. Anything else open is dropped (counts as declined).

== Councilor mission phase ==
The councilor [[Missions|mission]] phase works like in single player, with one difference: every human faction has to confirm.
* The host's game opens and closes the phase for everyone.
* '''Confirming''' sends your assignments and locks your grid (''Missions sent - waiting for the host to resolve the phase…'').
* If a councilor has no mission, the vanilla warning asks first and a message names the councilors. Confirming the warning ends your mission phase anyway, as in single player.
* A Confirm that arrives after the phase has already ended is not sent: ''This mission phase is already over. Your assignments were not sent. Plan them again in the next phase.''
* If a player has not confirmed after 5 minutes, the host gets '''Mission Phase Stuck''' with '''Keep waiting''' or '''Resolve the phase now'''. Resolving gives every outstanding faction the missions its councilors currently carry.
* A save made during an open mission phase re-opens the phase for everyone when it is loaded.
* In [[TI Multiplayer/Co-op|co-op]], both online members of a faction confirm.

== Month end ==
At the end of each month the session is saved automatically (see [[TI Multiplayer/Saves and Sessions|Saves and Sessions]]) and the turn counter shown in the session list goes up. Nobody has to wait for anyone at the month end.

== Other times the clock stops ==
* during a trade negotiation between players (''The clock is paused during a trade negotiation.'')
* while a player joins a running game
* during tactical battles with players, and after a battle until the host closes the battle summary (at most 2 minutes)
* while a decision of another player is open (see above).

== See also ==
* [[TI Multiplayer/Combat]] - the battle clock
* [[Councilors]] and [[Missions]] - the vanilla council phase

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