Animation Speed Tip (Better looking Battles)

[bitterhowl]

Inspired by this thread https://www.twcenter.net/forums/show...1#post16057774

I've composed this script to make battles look better. The only known limitation is that you can set battle speed to 0 only with pause button or hotkey, pressing "toggle speed down" button after 1.2 speed will have no effect.

Also note, that battle speed always set to 1.0 while camera moves, and then set back to speed which was set before camera movement. Whith this script this way works only for speed 6.0, and if yoy set battle speed to 2.0 and then moved camera speed will return to 1.2

declare_counter pause_on
declare_counter slow_on
declare_counter slow_check
declare_counter speed

set_counter pause_on 0
set_counter slow_on 0
set_counter slow_check 0
set_counter speed 0

monitor_event ShortcutTriggered ShortcutTriggered timeline_control toggle_speed

if I_CompareCounter pause_on = 0
and I_BattleSpeed = 0.0
set_counter pause_on 1
set_counter slow_on 1
set_counter speed -1
end_if
if I_CompareCounter pause_on = 1
and I_BattleSpeed != 0.0
set_counter pause_on 0
set_counter slow_on 0
set_counter speed 1
battle_wait 0.1
battle_set_speed 1.2f
end_if
end_monitor


monitor_event ButtonPressed ButtonPressed toggle_pause_button

if I_CompareCounter pause_on = 0
and I_BattleSpeed = 0.0
set_counter pause_on 1
set_counter slow_on 1
set_counter speed -1
end_if
if I_CompareCounter pause_on = 1
and I_BattleSpeed != 0.0
set_counter pause_on 0
set_counter slow_on 0
set_counter speed 1
battle_wait 0.1
battle_set_speed 1.2f
end_if
end_monitor

monitor_conditions I_InBattle
            if I_BattleSpeed = 2.0
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 1
                set_counter speed 2
                end_if
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 6
                set_counter speed 2
                
                end_if
            end_if
            if I_BattleSpeed = 6.0
            and I_CompareCounter speed < 6
            set_counter speed 6
            set_counter slow_check 1
            end_if
            if I_BattleSpeed = 1.0
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 0
                    and I_CompareCounter pause_on = 0
                    set_counter speed 1
                    battle_set_speed 1.2f
                    end_if
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 0
                    and I_CompareCounter pause_on = 1
                    set_counter speed 1
                    battle_set_speed 1.2f
                    set_counter pause_on 0
                    end_if
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 2
                    set_counter slow_check 0
                    set_counter speed 1
                    battle_set_speed 1.2f
                    end_if
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 1
                    battle_set_speed 1.2f
                    end_if
                if I_CompareCounter speed = 6
                and I_CompareCounter slow_check = 1
                battle_set_speed 6.0f
                end_if
            end_if
end_if

end_monitor

To use in custom battle you should use "advisor script" method.

[bitterhowl]

I find out that 1.2 speed is sometimes too fast for units that already boosted in EDU, such as missile cavalry - their fast movement looks unnaturally. So I set 1.1 for me and it looks just fine.