Disabling the Fog of War

[Duke John]

JeromeGrasDyke was so kind to tell me how to disable the fog of war on the campaign war. I asked it with the intention of testing out modded campaigns, but I guess some of you are also dying to see the entire map.

Press `, it's in the top left below Esc on most keyboards.

Type: toggle_fow
For some reason it remembers that you typed `, so you will get `toggle_fow which will not work unless you first delete the '.

Happy gaming,
DJ

[USMCNJ]

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For some reason it remembers that you typed `, so you will get `toggle_fow which will not work unless you first delete the '.DJ

so inorder for me to use toggle_fow more then 2 times i have to first hit "`" then "delete" then type in "toggle_fow"?

[Duke John]

The program remembers that you toggled it off. There is no need for doing it twice. Besides that I don't understand your question...

Just try it, then you will understand what I mean.

[USMCNJ]

let me try this again.
when i like to play the game and see the whole map. The problem with this is at the end of each turn you have to wait 2 min till all factions make their moves. (moves which previously were done in the background because you couldn't see them)
so what i do is, i do toggle_fow once to to see the map
and then do it toggle_fow again to turn the function off.
if i try to to use toggle_fow again it gives me an error, i have to restart RTW inorder to use it again.
my question was => after i use toggle_fow twice, the next time i want to use it i should press "delete" before typing toggle_fow?
can't test it my self as i'm at work, and wont be able to play for a few hours

[panchoamd]

When you type the "`" you are enabling the "console mode". After that you must type "toggle_fow" for turn Fog of War disabled. When this occurs, the console must disappear i think.( i never use them in this game). Then you must type "`" again for enter in console mode and type "toggle_fow" to re-enable the Fog of War. But if you have an error trying for third time, is probably that the game as a bug or not support a recursive command. Other thing, ¿you disabled the option that says something: See the Computer's movements?. With this optios disabled, the computers no show you the tour over the whole map. Like in MTW.

[Lord Gnome]

You can only use console commands once each without restarting (well, twice for toggle_fow - once on, once off). Weird but true.

[Lord Ovaat]

I unlocked fog during my last campaign, and it carried over into my new one. Thought that was a bit odd, but saved me the trouble of having to unlock it again. ~;) And as long as you select not to observe the AI, you won't be bothered with watching all of their moves.

[Satyr]

If you grow tired of watching all the other faction's moves, then hit the space bar and the moves become almost instantaneos. It sure would be nice to have a speed slider here though. I enjoy watching the wars around me but one speed to way too slow and the other is too fast.

[USMCNJ]

even with the space bar it still takes time. because you have to watch each character move inidvidually