Quote - Jump into the Hierarchy Editor (found under the View Menu) and hold ALT and click on Victoria 3. TADA all of V3 is now hidden, a few more ALT-Clicks to hide the clothes and other bits and bobs on the list, and all you have left is the background.
This saves me no measure of time just in the test rendering phase, as I can hide and unhide different parts of the scene to test them by themselves!

if you put clothes on your figures you can (in hierarchy editor) drag and drop the clothing onto the figure that is wearing them. this way when you alt click on the eye, it will turn them and all their clothes off.

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