Stop "wait five turns" from skipping straight past an ultimatum

Strategy games let players fast-forward, and a story deadline set by the story can fall right inside the jump. Here is how to make the skip stop at the right turn, give the warning the player is owed, and still let several events land in the same turn.

Why this works

A shortcut should save time, not decisions. Making a skip stop at the first moment something needs attention means the player never loses a warning or a deadline to a button they pressed in good faith.

When not to use it

Annoying if too many things stop the skip, so the player cannot get anywhere. Then separate big deadlines from small news and stop only for the big ones. A quiet game with few events does not need it.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 14 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Stop "wait five turns" from skipping straight past an ultimatum" (read_entry ultimatum-deadline-skipped-by-waiting-several-turns) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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