First off I hope the new patch/expansion has fixed the issues associated with the exploration treaties. Below I will lay out what issues, which have been mentioned in other posts, are associated with this treaty.
How To Reproduce (more easily notice in game)
- Largest of maps
- Most factions possible
- Trading of technologies/brokering on.
- Start trading exploration treaties with any faction one is able to.
Problems Caused
- All ship movement becomes jumpy/slow.
- Turn times spike drastically. (More than 5 minutes in some instances)
Most Likely Reasons For These Issues (From player prospective)
- It appears mini-map updates real time for all factions which one has a exploration treaty with.
- It appears FOW (fog of war) is adjusted real time for all factions which one has an exploration treaty with.
- It appears during the turn any factions turn which has an exploration treaty with you is attempting to update your FOW during the turn causing the delayed time.
Suggestions to Attempt to Solve Issue (From player prospective)
- There is no need to update other factions FOW until it's their turn. Don't update real time.
- Update each factions FOW at the start of their turn based on what has happened since their last turn. (Basically reflect all ship movements ect at the start of their turn only or their ships during their turn.)
- Reduce Exploration Treaty to just update map where current ships/planets are at end of each turn or only when treaty is established. (I don't prefer this option but, may help.)