How to remove opening movies

To remove the opening advertisments from BfME, go to where you installed the game,

C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\data\movies (by default)

Delete/move or rename the following files to skip the opening ads. 

  • 242.vp6 >!< (prologue with Gandalf voice-over)
  • EALogo.vp6
  • Intel.vp6
  • NewLineLogo.vp6
  • THX.vp6

>!< you can skip this video whenever you want.

 

 tip: Faster game start up

What this does it will replace the menu animation with an much less heavy background.

 

First edit your BfME shortcut. To do it, right click on it and select properties. Add at the end of the line in the "Target" box: -noshellmap


It should look like this now:

"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -noshellmap

Notice the space before -noshellmap.