Simulation Speed
Using the simulation speed tools, you can increase or decrease the speed at watch time passes, or stop it. It can be useful to pause the simulation while examining details of a town or constructing new areas. Speeding up the game can be used to quickly make time pass while waiting for resources to become available or buildings to be build.
While the simulation is paused, time won't pass, but you can still move the camera, place objects, and view object details. At normal speed, a year in game will pass in about an hour. At the fastest speed, time will pass ten times more quickly.
Slow down the simulation.
Pause the simulation.
Unpause the simulation.
Shows the current rate of time passage.
Speed up the simulation.