Evaluate the "sim-pause" feature introduced to prevent replays from desyncing

[Basilisk3]

Describe the issue

When players leave the match, the game temporarily pauses the sim to prevent replays from desyncing. Essentially, this creates a stutter of varying severity every time someone leaves. While most of us are used to this being the case, I also think we can all agree that this is not an optimal solution:

• It is difficult for newer players to understand why this is happening, especially since this feature is also not present on Steam.
• It creates the impression of an unpolished experience.
• There is a bug that prevents units from being selectable after the 'stutter.'

Things to investigate:

• There is a UI mod which pauses the game while the different instances of the game catch up on data. I am not sure if this helps, but perhaps it is worth investigating.
• How effective is this feature in the current release?
• Does the feature also help with desyncs while playing?

Expected Behavior

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Screenshots

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[lL1l1]

The UI mod in question is "pauseExit" in FAF vault by @4z0t

[4z0t]

Binary patches introduced delay input for certain amount of ticks during disconnection (10 iirc). We can adjust that to check how it will behave.

[4z0t]

https://github.com/FAForever/FA-Binary-Patches/blob/9e158406398a0d6c8cff952892bc2b542c8ac4b6/section/moho_decode.cpp#L519-L531

[4z0t]

There is also this one, but I dont know what it is for https://github.com/FAForever/FA-Binary-Patches/blob/9e158406398a0d6c8cff952892bc2b542c8ac4b6/section/moho_input.cpp#L19C1-L26C3

[Basilisk3]

The UI mod in question is "pauseExit" in FAF vault by @4z0t

From my experience, this mod significantly improves the situation. Have you had a similar experience?

[4z0t]

I used it like 3 years ago, Didn't know it actually helps :D

[Basilisk3]

It does feel better to me at least, it will be interesting to see what other people think 👍

[4z0t]

How are you going to test it?