I too am also an idiot, infact im so idiotic, that im going to ask for help in this forum.

the intro movies at the start of rome total war dont play anymore, nor do the faction intro movies, the end game movies or the "wonders of the world" movies.

i can play the movies manually in the movie folder, but they dont play automatically when i start the game. the main options screen at the start doesnt have that familiar red figures fighting looping movie, instead just a black screen.

any idea whats wrong and what can be done to fix this?