Software Simulation speed control

I published my first course with Captivate 8 and am testing its functionality within our LMS. I am finding the timings of my software simulations very unstable. In one launch, the simulations are running too fast while in another launch the simulations are running perfectly. What is going on and how can the playing speed be better controlled? I didn't experience this with Captivate 5.5.

Hi
As far as I know the only options available are what are there in the GUI. This has been true ever since Apple made this technology available in 10.4 Server. I don't know of anything you can do that will give you what you want other than possibly configuring the router to allow timed outgoing connections - if such a thing is possible? Bear in mind the SUS complains if it does not have a permanent internet connection. In 10.5 (judging by what some have reported on these forums) it has a tendency to download everything all over again, deleting everything it has already downloaded - strange but true. I personally have not seen this. The SUS servers of my experience run OK including Leopard Server.
On a side note and apart from the log or tcpdump there is no indication (progress bar or otherwise) that actually tells you 'visually' what is going on. This seems to me a missed opportunity by Apple to include a status bar of some sort. You would have thought they would have done this based on their experience of 10.4.
Perhaps there is a 3rd Party solution somewhere?
Tony

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