[Tomgs]

One thing you can do in the middle of a tactical battle if it has gone on too long is to speed up the animations and then use the order menu to resolve combat. Its not quite strategic combat but it is much quicker than tactical. And it has the benifit of not needing your hands on the keyboard so you can do something else for the few minutes remaning of the combat. The only drawback to this is the same as strategic if something goes wrong there is no way back to tactical combat so once you change to resolve combat you are commited. Remember to speed up the animation before you hit the resolve button or it may take a while.

Another thing to speed up those first few turns if you have a strategy for your fleet you like you can hit auto move and end turn then repeat end turn as needed and the computer will make those first few moves to get you in position. Then you can take over to do the fight.

[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 31 December 2000).]