, you’ve likely hit the "Ottoman Wall". You hit "End Turn," the AI starts its moves, and suddenly the game grinds to a halt when it reaches the Ottoman Empire. Sometimes these turns can last upwards of 10 to 30 minutes —or even an hour.
There is no single "official" button to fix it within the mod, but there are highly effective community-vetted workarounds. empire total war darthmod ottoman turn lag fix top
: Taking the city (or giving it to another faction) often breaks the AI's loop of moving units back and forth across the bridge. , you’ve likely hit the "Ottoman Wall"
for the ESF Editor or Bran Mac Born's AI. There is no single "official" button to fix
Darthmod gives the AI unlimited money. This is usually great for challenging gameplay, but terrible for turn speed. The Ottomans will build and demolish fortifications every turn due to a script bug.
DarthMod increases unit sizes, AI aggression, and trade nodes. The Ottoman Empire has 15+ starting regions, dozens of full-stack armies, and unique pathfinding issues across Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Middle East. The vanilla AI was never optimized for this scale.