How do I turn off the battle map timer

[son_pacho]

Im playing RTW...vanilla I guess...so is there a way to turn off the timer (hour glass thing)?

1. I have searched the forum.
2. the search for 'timer' gave me 4 pages...not one single thread said "how" to do it, the closest I got was someone mentioning that the method in another post didnt work...but none of the replies said how to do it
3. the search for 'battle timer' was not any more helpful...
4. I saw ALOT of posts mentioning all types of "mods" associated with turning off 'timers' and everything BUT NOT ONE SINGLE SIMPLE POST EXPLAINING HOW TO DO IT OR EVEN IF RTW CAN DO IT...

I apologize if this is the wrong...place to post the question...I don't even know what type of question this is (mod/single player/noobie)...too many rooms with too many standards to post...


So that's my question is there a way to turn off the timer in RTW? if so how(preferrably in NON techno jargon)...

PS
outta curiosity does anyone know where this question should've gone?

[Napoleon Blownapart]

The 'Battle Timer' option is right on the first screen when you are about to start a new campaign. Unfortunatly, it only affects that new campaign; it can't be changed mid-game.

It took me a week to find it when I started playing.

[therother]

The 'Battle Timer' option is right on the first screen when you are about to start a new campaign. Unfortunatly, it only affects that new campaign; it can't be changed mid-game.

A savegame editor called RomeSage used to be able to toggle the battle timer (amongst other things), and it seems to have been updated for 1.5/1.6.

[orangat]

I'm sure battle timer in game options works even while playing a campaign. At least in version 1.5 so make sure you're patched up.

[PseRamesses]

Son Pacho,
Choose to toggle the timer carefully depending on WHERE you are playing. Ex: Will you most likely fight illusive missile cavs like the horse archers of the steppes then I´d defenitely recomend leaving the timer on. Otherwise you´ll be chasing them for hours. If you on the other hand have theese kind of cavs I´d defenitely leave the timer on. (Numidian miss cavs are also tricky)

[son_pacho]

Son Pacho,
Choose to toggle the timer carefully depending on WHERE you are playing. Ex: Will you most likely fight illusive missile cavs like the horse archers of the steppes then I´d defenitely recomend leaving the timer on. Otherwise you´ll be chasing them for hours. If you on the other hand have theese kind of cavs I´d defenitely leave the timer on. (Numidian miss cavs are also tricky)

Thank you for the advice...

but err...ummm...I still dont know "HOW" to even turn the timer off...lol...

What I do know is that it is NOT an option at the begining of a New Campaign...it IS an option on Rome: Total Realism (but I'm not currently playing that-missed the Senate) but NOT on Rome: Total War

I also know that I didnt see it among the 'Options' on Rome: Total War...I saw all the keyboard shortcuts, etc but NOT an option to "toggle" the timer on/off