Speeding up battles

[Slygar]

Heya all. As a lover of Dominions 1, I was very happy to see that Dom 2 has been out for some time, and even happier to see these forums. However, after trying the demo, I have a major complaint (well, its major to me )

In Dom 1, you could speed up battles greatly using the number keys 1 through 0, 0 being fastest. However, this doesnt seem to work in Dom 2, which is very disappointing to me. Why? Because I like to watch battles in fast mode to see which units are holding up their end and which arent. The pace in the Dom 2 demo seems *very* slow, with all movement stopping every time someone casts flare, and I really miss this feature. Will it be making a return, or is it already there and I am just missing it somehow? This makes the game pretty much unplayable for my 3d-shooter saturated brain. Thanks!

[Arryn]

This is one of the most-repeated requests by players new to Dom 2 ...

[ioticus]

I agree. A speed up option would be very nice. In one very long siege vs. an enemy pretender, for example, I won and the enemy pretender died, but I missed exactly how he died. The battle was so slow I didn't feel like viewing it again, probably multiple times, to figure out what happened.

[Gateway103]

I have found that turning off the background speed up the combat considerably, at least for me. But for the life of me, I can't recall what the keyboard command is to do that... "b" or "v"? (It's late, and I'm quite sleepy, so please forgive me...)

EDIT: Just checked it, it is "w". Zzz...

-Gateway103

[ March 01, 2004, 07:43: Message edited by: Gateway103 ]

[Pocus]

Originally posted by Arryn:
This is one of the most-repeated requests by players new to Dom 2 ...

its the sole major complaint I have against dom2, and I played dom1 one year and a half before

[Slygar]

Originally posted by Arryn:
This is one of the most-repeated requests by players new to Dom 2 ...

ah poo. Guess I'll be sticking to Dom 1 then. Thanks!