This might be a stupid question but can you even skip the beginning cutscene?

[ReeseyD]

If so how? I literally press every button within my reach to skip but won't. Cheers

[Sunny]

Nope not skipable.
Workaround => rename the vid in the incarus Folder

[Enforcer]

There are no stupid questions.
You can skip the intro if your PC can load the game fast enough in the background.
Try clicking lmb during the intro and you will find out when you can skip it. I can usually skip it the moment the satellite crosses the screen.
Renaming the files won't change the fact that you will see a black screen just as long until the data is loaded.

[ReeseyD]

Cheers

[GunsForBucks]

Frankly I would rather see a blank screen knowing my computer is putting all its resources toward loading and not having to split tasks to show a video.

Really wish there was an option to disable it in settings.

[necroman]

กด"F"สามารถข้ามได้นะ แต่จะต่อเซิฟเวอร์ไม่ติด, ไม่รู้ทำไมเหมือนกัน , เข้าใจว่ากราฟฟิกสวย แต่ระบบเกมไม่ได้เท่ากราฟฟิกน่ะนะ.

[TrashGamer]

Its funny this is how I know that my m.2 SSD is a difference maker. Wife's PC is very similar to mine except for I have an m.2 and she has a regular SSD. I can skip the cut scene by the 2nd scene, she has to wait till 3 or 4 scenes.

[Enforcer]

Originally posted by TrashGamer:

Its funny this is how I know that my m.2 SSD is a difference maker. Wife's PC is very similar to mine except for I have an m.2 and she has a regular SSD. I can skip the cut scene by the 2nd scene, she has to wait till 3 or 4 scenes.

Well it's not that it's something that makes the game unplayable now is it? Another second or two or waiting is nothing to the time we waste playing computer games anyway.

[Hotschi48]

Once loading is complete, you can use several keys to skip the intro movie ( Tab and < both work for example). You can also rename or delete it, but then you will stare at a blank black screen while loading, and you will have to delete/rename the intro again after each update.

Each restart of the game also reduces the loading time - here on my system at least.

[7DataBits]

Yet another thing that should not take >7 weeks....not even a loading bar or something....just 1 text says: "Loading..." and when its done it switches to "Press any key to skip" would probably just get rid of this constant question entirely.

I know, I know, depending on how they implemented things it might not be so easy, translation, video playback overlay etc. and also this is at least nothing that breaks the game...but it serves well as a stand in for the current state of the game :P

Edit: Also this seems to be fixed next patch according to the current experimental branch patch notes! So it seems it DOES get better :D

[[SOT]Avongunn]

You can ONCE the game finishes loading in teh background.. I usually only have to watch part of teh opening ship/base stuff before I move to main screen on my PC

[GunsForBucks]

I hit spacebar a lot and all it did was slow down the loading so much I had to wait a full min after the video ended.

Just makes me wonder how fast it might load with no video trying to play.

[Wizard]

Originally posted by Downeeyy:

If so how? I literally press every button within my reach to skip but won't. Cheers

theres a movie file you can delete and it completely removes it. I forget which one

[johndai]

Pressing ESC key multiple times will eventually stop the opening cut scene

[stb155]

Originally posted by Platoon:

Edit: Also this seems to be fixed next patch according to the current experimental branch patch notes! So it seems it DOES get better :D

According to patchnotes, they only added a text that tells you when you can skip the video.
So i guess this does not actually change anything.
Since i already exactly know at which point of video i can cancel, did it often enough...

Option to disable intro video, and dispaly loading screen instead would be preferred solution.

(My PC is fast enough that i don't care, and can't be bothered to rename video, but i can imagine how frustrating this intro must be for anyone with slower loading PC)

[sknightly]

Originally posted by Platoon:

Yet another thing that should not take >7 weeks....not even a loading bar or something....just 1 text says: "Loading..." and when its done it switches to "Press any key to skip" would probably just get rid of this constant question entirely.

I know, I know, depending on how they implemented things it might not be so easy, translation, video playback overlay etc. and also this is at least nothing that breaks the game...but it serves well as a stand in for the current state of the game :P

Edit: Also this seems to be fixed next patch according to the current experimental branch patch notes! So it seems it DOES get better :D

Well done Platoon, you predicted the future freakily accurately. In the latest patch it now says "Press any key to skip" when the game has finished loading.

You're also right that video playback overlays and how the media player works made this seemly simple task a bit more complicated to implement than you'd expect. The media player doesn't talk to the part of the game that's loading, but we've fixed that now.