Originally posted by 123: Without this setting, it is impossible to play solo.
That is simply not correct, the "No Collaboration" setting is intended and perfectly fine for that and can be further adjusted to personal liking with the advanced settings. I understand that the settings may not fit you, but a recommendation of an experimental setting that we explicitly don't recommend as a general reflection on everyone is still not right. Singleplayer is always a longer experience and the meteor does not progress while not playing either.