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!

[Kryx]

It's your money, but isn't that a bit extreme? Sure, it's annoying but

[RonnyRoy]

Originally posted by Kryx:
It's your money, but isn't that a bit extreme? Sure, it's annoying but

Its EXTREMELY annoying. Im thinking of shelving the game until it is fixed.

70% of the battles i dont even bother to watch, which is a damn shame as it is a huge part of the enjoyment.
It also makes the learning curve higher, obviously.

[Pocus]

The problem is indeed that to play the game as it is meant to be played, eg as a game full of subtleties, with magic often prevalent in victory you have to watch battles, so that you understand the finner mechanics of dominions.

But when battles drags for minutes, because arrows flies at a leasury pace, or because the squads are moving one by one... Yaaawnn, its rather detrimental to the game.

[Slygar]

Originally posted by RonnyRoy:
Its EXTREMELY annoying. Im thinking of shelving the game until it is fixed.

Does that mean that its getting fixed? That would be radical, because I really do like the game. Watching battles is part of the fun, but many you just want to skim to see if anything major happened, while you might want to watch a battle involving your Pretender in every detail. It's just too annoying for me to deal with, when the same feature was already in Dom 1.

Heres to hoping..