Skipping the intro?

[Clips]

You cant just delete the movie file this will cause corruption, must delete the .exe file which lets say tells the game at that point to open the movie file...

Btw this sint classed as a hack but lets say a change of files.

[Nigel]

In MTW you could also just create an empty textfile called skipcredits.txt and place it in the main directory of the game. This would take you directly to the menue screen of MTW without all the preambles. Have not tried it for RTW though.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Great, Nigel. That is what I was looking for

[therother]

Haven't tried Nigel's solution, but the -nm command line option turns off the movies.

[QwertyMIDX]

Go to the shortcut properties and put -nm after it (with a space between the end of the file and the -nm (if you put in -ne and set the screen resolution of you monitor bigger than the game's you can play it in a window.)

[Pericles]

In MTW you could also just create an empty textfile called skipcredits.txt and place it in the main directory of the game. This would take you directly to the menue screen of MTW without all the preambles.

I can verify that this solution works perfectly

[barocca]

skipcredits does not eliminate the intro movies in Rome (works for MTW only)

but -nm does

the command line would look something like this

"D:\Games\Activision\Rome Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm

cheers,
B.

[Red Harvest]

Hey, barocca, who is the great lookin' kid? Congratulations are obviously in order! Obviously, I haven't been paying attention recently.

[Nigel]

skipcredits does not eliminate the intro movies in Rome (works for MTW only)

ah, I didn't know that.

but -nm works beautifully. It does even stop the background animations in the options screens.

And Barocca, congratulations for the new family member. First in the new year?
May he be a worthy heir, his vices be few and his virtues be many.