UPDATE 8.07pm: Apparently mashing the Caps Lock key can cause the game to crash, developer Firaxis has explained. Here's the developer's response to our query about if there's any reason players shouldn't use this trick:'Hitting the key, through a rube-goldberg-esque series of events, forces all outstanding load requests to be filled immediately in a single frame.

All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. But based on the description you will only skip the mission. Aug 30, 2017 @ 4:16am You would still get the content because it so intergrated, but you may not get the 'free' reaper. Use the advanced options to start with one if that is the case.

This causes a massive hitch, and potentially could crash the game. If you don't care about those adverse effects the synchronous load is faster.' ORIGINAL STORY 10am: Well this is just daft. You know those post-mission loading screens in XCOM 2? The ones that give you a nice little summary of how the mission went, but tend to stick around for just a little too long? You can essentially skip them by pressing the Caps Lock key.I've no idea what's going on here, but the game appears to be artificially extending its loading times, and at a guess, I'd say this Caps Lock shortcut is a remnant from the development build of the game. That's me pretending to understand how people make games, by the way.You can watch us testing this out in the video below and it's remarkable to see what an immediate difference it makes.

We shave off something like 30 seconds of loading! Think of all the things you could do in 30 seconds.