Feature request: option to disable animations

[hippie68]

Before creating

• [X] This is NOT a gameplay feature from Civ VI, BNW, or outside - see Roadmap
• [X] This is NOT a gameplay feature from Vanilla Civ V or from G&K - If so, it should be a comment in https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv/issues/4697

Problem Description

Please add an option to disable the new unit animations.

Related Issue Links

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Desired Solution

Create an option in "Graphics" settings to disable animations

Alternative Approaches

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Additional Context

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[SomeTroglodyte]

History:

• 1612 discussed, and #1768 introduced the "continuous rendering" setting. There was talk the price to have it off was a "tiny rotating black circle around a selected icon" - seems that reason is entirely gone?

• Gdx bypasses that (Gdx.graphics.setContinuousRendering) setting when actual animations (based on Actions classes) run - see libgdx PR 2229.
• Seems to me we could permanently set Gdx.graphics.isContinuousRendering to false and repurpose the flag to control all animations and/or expand it into some control with more granularity (a switch for every individual animation, or some "leveled" setting None-Some-Most-All - or even both with a new json to control which level enables what).

Inventory:

Context	Description	Gated by "continuous rendering"
ParticleEffectAnimation	WLTK fireworks	Y
ExpanderTab	Open/Close rotate arrow animation	Y
LoadingImage	Rotating double arrow animation	Y
UnitIconGroup.selectUnit	Cycles Flag opacity between 0.7 and 1	Y
BattleTableHelpers.getHealthBar	Cycle damage bar color	Y
BattleTableHelpers.AttackAnimationAction	Move attacker, floating damage numbers	N
WorldMapHolder.animateMovement	Movement path animation	N
BattleTable.simulateNuke	Nuke explosion circle	N

Anyone care to complete that inventory? I might have missed some.