Is there a way to skip the mission starting cutscene?

[Limouzine]

The cutscene when starting a mission where we see the camera going into Big Boss' head to enter 1st person and then enjoying the view as we look outside the helicopter before we drop down are nice touches.

But after 20 times of seeing the same mission start scene over and over, it's getting really annoying and I just want to jump straight into the mission already.

It's fine if it's a "main quest" mission. But it gets incredibly annoying when I have to wait for 30 seconds for my helicopter to touch down before I begin the mission. Even if all I want to do is do a side op, free roam or just visit mother base.

So is there a way to skip this so I can actually get right into the action when I want to start doing missions? You can call me "impatient" if you want. But trust me. Waiting for the helicopter to touch down to the ground when you're beginning a mission after 20 or so times will feel like a "life time".

[Lakota Pride]

trying to find a way to skip the hospital part in the start.. not gonna work i guess

[Grad]

Does it bother you that much that this game is built around characters, the world and infiltration missions? If you are going back to the helicopter while doing side ops that much perhaps you should consider requesting an air drop instead to replace your ammo/silencers etc? Just food for thought.

[Bansheebutt]

Starting the mission from the ground is the only way to not have to watch it after restarting.

[Catsim]

I wouldn't mind as much if it just started sitting in the door so I can look at the map immediately and plan the mission. It's so annoying waiting for BB to open the door time after time.

[Greb]

That helicopter arrival cutscene drove me mad. I was literally wishing for a "infiltrate on foot/by vehicle" option towards the end of the game. There's no way to skip it, sadly. The amount of times I've half-assedly pressed select in the vain hope "SKIP" will come up...lol

There's a trainer that lets you teleport around the map, but it can corrupt your game by setting Snake to be constantly stuck in that cutscene if you try to use it to skip the arrival, so it's not advised really.

You could also use a god mode trainer and try to get it blown up before the helicopter arrives I guess? Assuming it doesn't automatically mission fail you instead of dropping you to the ground. That's kind of a really crappy way of dealing with it though, you'd be in alert mode instantly + be charged for a new chopper.

Pequod deserves it though, right?

[Kalsu]

Just check where the mission drop is then drop in the same area in free roam. Once your on the ground start the mission . Now everytime you restart you will have a head start and wont have to go through the chopper cinematic.