Battle Timer

[khelvan]

Every campaign that is played SHOULD have the timer. If you have not taken it out this is probably an undocumented "feature." (i.e. bug) In fact, manually editting the preferences works for exactly ONE (1) instance of the GAME. So if you start a campaign, alt-tab out, change the preferences, get no timer, quit to go eat dinner an hour later, when you return and start the game again you have to edit the preferences AGAIN.

I am getting really tired of doing this. Especially when I forget to do it after I've come back and I run out of time while maneuvering.

Edit: Or perhaps my game is the one with the "feature."

[Spino]

Could it be possible that campaign games have a timer only if you are doing a "Short campaign", but the full campaigns don't have the timer? Can't check this for sure as I'm at work...

My full campaign i'm playing at home doesn't have a timer.


Colt.

I'm playing a short campaign as the Julii right now, Hard/Hard difficulty. The timer is not activated.

[WhiteSkull]

This does not work for me :( started a new game saved it quit loaded then alt-tabed added the line saved the file went back in game ended my turn next turn did a battle timer still on, checked file my line was gone, added line again saved closed, reopen line was there.

went back in game, then alt-tabed back out, checked for line it was gone.


Basicly no matter what i do the lines gone.


And cant play to good right now with a timer, since i am useing the changed speeds i run out of time alot :(

[Spino]

MarkP over at totalwarcenter.net created this brilliant little utility that lets you turn off the battle timer while in the campaign game!

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9993

[Colovion]

wow, first ROdeo, now this - wooot markP

[Shaitan]

I read in another forum (twcenter) if you go in to the historic battle menu exit and start the imperial campaign the battle timer is disabled.

read for yourself

***Solution*** - - Enter the historical battles screen immediatly before you intend to start a new campaign, dont start a battle, instead exit the historical battle screen and immedialty go in and configure your imperial campaign and begin , voila - no battle timer, and it lasts the entire campaign and no preferences editing

Big thanks to Nhiem!

It must have something to do with the game editing the rules for the historical battle and then not changing them back to default for the imperial...

Maybe this could explain that some have the timer while others not.

Hope this helps. I couldn't verify this because I only got the game yesterday and didn't get the chance to play it.

Shaitan

[Bob the Insane]

Mods for kill speed and unit speeds and a sinple work around for the battle timer... And I don't get the game unit Friday!! Things are looking up...

[Colt374]

I read in another forum (twcenter) if you go in to the historic battle menu exit and start the imperial campaign the battle timer is disabled.

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Maybe this could explain that some have the timer while others not.

Hope this helps. I couldn't verify this because I only got the game yesterday and didn't get the chance to play it.

Well I NEVER went into the historic battle menu before starting my first full campaign, (I still don't know what historic battles are available), yet I still had the battle timer disabled.
It would be nice if it was this simple, but it does not appear to be so.

Colt.

[Shaitan]

Well I NEVER went into the historic battle menu before starting my first full campaign, (I still don't know what historic battles are available), yet I still had the battle timer disabled.
It would be nice if it was this simple, but it does not appear to be so.

Colt.

At least we the possibility to disable the timer. Maybe CA will implement the "official option" to turn off the battle timer with the next patch.

Shaitan