How do you disable the intro movies so that the game just comes in the main menu when launched?

Thanks.

There should be an *.ini file in the main game directory, which should have a section marked "[movies]".

I only have PS: Torment installed, but I think it will be the same.

In my PST directory there is a file called "torment.ini"

[Movies]
BISLOGO=1
TSRLOGO=1
OPENING=1
SS_MSLAB=1
SIGIL=1

If I set any of these to "0" then they won't play.

You should be able to alter the file in notepad, or an equivalent program. If you are in any way unsure of what you're doing, I'd recomment backing up (making a copy) the file before you edit it.

I tried that already and did not disable them. I read somewhere that this is really an indicator whether the player has viewed the movie already in the current game. Not a control flag to enable or disable (at least for BG1).

In most games with BIK or AVIs, I just rename the intro movies and that kills them.

This is just re-posted from the Bioware forums, so I can't take credit.

What I did do though was go into the movies directory. I renamed the movies files and replaced them with a renamed txt file.

I was trying to get into Beregost, the Beregost file is Moviecd2.bif. I renamed it to aMoviecd2.bif and created a new txt file and called it Moviecd2.bif.

That said, Google is your friend!

For BG2:

Create the following batch files in your Baldurs Gate II\data\Movies folder:

----BEGIN INTRO_OFF.BAT----
@if exist Movies.bif ren Movies.bif Movies.bif.orig && copy nul Movies.bif
@if exist MovIntro.bif ren MovIntro.bif MovIntro.bif.orig && copy nul MovIntro.bif
----END INTRO_OFF.BAT----

----BEGIN INTRO_ON.BAT----
@if exist Movies.bif.orig del Movies.bif && ren Movies.bif.orig Movies.bif
@if exist MovIntro.bif.orig del MovIntro.bif && ren MovIntro.bif.orig MovIntro.bif
----END INTRO_ON.BAT----

INTRO_OFF will disable the intro movies, INTRO_ON will re-enable them.