How do I skip the opening splash?

**MrWhipple** · 03-20-2005, 19:48

Is there a way to skip the opening splash for activision and the movie other than pressing escape twice. In mtw there was a switch that you could put in the properties to make ti skip the opening. Is there an equivalant trick for RTW?

**Craterus** · 03-20-2005, 19:49

i haven't seen one... does that really bother you that much? i just press escape twice and be done with it!

**Ciciocle** · 03-20-2005, 20:03

just go to Rome - Total War\Data\fmv directory and delete or just move the two movies there. that's it.

**Mikeus Caesar** · 03-20-2005, 21:13

Oh, the horror, you have to push a button twice!! It's so strenuous and time consuming!!!

**katank** · 03-20-2005, 22:09

You can also add the -nm switch to the end of the shorcut in targets field.

It will be something like this

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm

**ulyanov** · 03-21-2005, 15:27

Originally Posted by katank

You can also add the -nm switch to the end of the shorcut in targets field.

It will be something like this

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\RomeTW.exe" -nm

Too easy, thanks katank!

**Craterus** · 03-21-2005, 20:39

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

Oh, the horror, you have to push a button twice!! It's so strenuous and time consuming!!!

after all that, i'm so tired i'm not ready to click any more buttons, so i take a 1hr nap to recuperate and regain my strength!

**Tricky Lady** · 03-21-2005, 22:51

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

Oh, the horror, you have to push a button twice!! It's so strenuous and time consuming!!!

Or your computer can just have big troubles loading the opening movies, resulting in a terribly flickering movie which is a totally useless waste of time (is case w/ my PC). So I also added the -nm to the RTW shortcut on my desktop. Makes launching RTW a lot less annoying.

**Epistolary Richard** · 03-21-2005, 23:44

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

Oh, the horror, you have to push a button twice!! It's so strenuous and time consuming!!!

Hey, if it's too strenuous for Homer Simpson then it's too strenuous for me!

**Quietus** · 03-22-2005, 00:00

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

Oh, the horror, you have to push a button twice!! It's so strenuous and time consuming!!!

Hehehe, Mikeus.

**Craterus** · 03-22-2005, 18:02

lol that was good, it really doesnt bother me but sometimes my pc has that slow jerky movbie and i have trouble loading the game... then it can be annoying!