Disabling Campaign Map Animations

**jerdmann83** · 07-29-2007, 09:00

Is there any way to disable / skip the animations on the campaign map? It's so annoying to wait for diplomats, merchants, etc to do their absurdly-slow animations after EVERY turn. =)

I have "Skip AI Movement" set, but apparently this doesn't affect these animations. Any ideas?

**hoetje** · 07-29-2007, 11:33

Have you tried pressing the spacebar while they are moving? This makes them "run" towards their target so it should be a lot faster :D

(does not work on own agents)

**jerdmann83** · 07-29-2007, 17:43

Yeah, I've tried that. The units on the campaign map run around instantly. The problem is, between turns, the AI's diplomats and such still do the regular-speed animations. Can become a bit annoying when there's a bunch of diplomats around your capital all extending their little papers at you after every turn. =)

Any other ideas? Thanks for replying!

**hoetje** · 07-29-2007, 21:40

Oh,you mean diplomats who want to offer you something? Indeed, I think it is impossible to make that go faster... I never succeeded in it anyway... If they keep offering you every turn but you don't get a diplomacy screen,it means they are trying to bribe you btw...

**jerdmann83** · 07-29-2007, 23:28

Fair enough. And I had no idea they were trying to bribe me. I just assumed they were changing their mind or something...

Thanks for all the help! =)

**Philbert** · 07-30-2007, 08:58

I was going to say that the map animations are very useful. I always try to pay attention as it is handy to spot an upcoming threat or to track merchants that you want your own ninja merchants to take over.
But the diplomats do take an unnecessary amount of time as their actions are useless and fruitless and their animation is the longest of all characters. I bet that it is possible to mod this out though.

**hoetje** · 07-31-2007, 11:44

Originally Posted by jerdmann83

Fair enough. And I had no idea they were trying to bribe me. I just assumed they were changing their mind or something...

Thanks for all the help! =)

you're welcome !

**Matty** · 07-31-2007, 15:08

Originally Posted by hoetje

Have you tried pressing backspace while they are moving? This makes them "run" towards their target so it should be a lot faster :D

(does not work on own agents)

Also hit the space bar which makes all agents and armies charge around the map much faster

**Gorm** · 08-01-2007, 00:01

I also found that clicking the mouse makes them go faster, but doesn't make this permanent from turn to turn. Handy if you want to stop one of your units from going around a blocking unit the long way.