FIX THE INTRO VIDEO VOLUME LEVEL!

[Pooh]

WE GET IT.
YOU MADE THE GAME.

Can you stop the ear bleeding? It's so awful for headphone users.

[colostmy4]

Yeah, I notice that too. I keep having to adjust the volume back and forth. The game, as a whole, tends to be louder than most other games, programs, and apps that I run. Before I play the game I'm always having to lower the volume and then turning it back up when I'm done. This is not the only one I have to do this with. Some games that have ads, I often have to adjust the volume during and after the ads.

[Pooh]

Originally posted by colostmy4:

Yeah, I notice that too. I keep having to adjust the volume back and forth. The game, as a whole, tends to be louder than most other games, programs, and apps that I run. Before I play the game I'm always having to lower the volume and then turning it back up when I'm done. This is not the only one I have to do this with. Some games that have ads, I often have to adjust the volume during and after the ads.

Me too! The in-game volume is fine cause at least we can adjust it, but the intro cinematic crap is literally 300% the volume of everything else in the game.

Don't understand why they think this is okay. It literally HURTS my ears if I'm wearing a headset or earbuds. NO EXCUSE.

[Copernicus]

Well, this got me to finally rewatch that opening video. I've had it turned off for so many years now I couldn't even remember what was in it. :)

[Pooh]

Originally posted by Copernicus:

Well, this got me to finally rewatch that opening video. I've had it turned off for so many years now I couldn't even remember what was in it. :)

It's not the video that's the problem, because there's an option to disable it.
The company logos are what's wrong; they're STUPID LOUD and no easy way to bypass them.

[Copernicus]

Originally posted by Pooh:

It's not the video that's the problem, because there's an option to disable it.
The company logos are what's wrong; they're STUPID LOUD and no easy way to bypass them.

Ah, gotcha. But I have to admit I've also turned off the music and turned down the volume overall. There isn't really much point to listening to Civ VI at all after a while; I have TV / radio / podcasts running while I play the game. This game pairs extremely well with either historical documentaries or international news broadcasts. ;)

[SLG]

If you mean the logos, that only last for a second or more. I usually press the space bar.

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Pooh:

Originally posted by Copernicus:

Well, this got me to finally rewatch that opening video. I've had it turned off for so many years now I couldn't even remember what was in it. :)

It's not the video that's the problem, because there's an option to disable it.
The company logos are what's wrong; they're STUPID LOUD and no easy way to bypass them.

Go to Base\Platforms\Windows\Movies in the Civ 6 folder and delete logos.bk2 and Firaxis somethingorother .bk2. Game will skip to the licencing screen and then to the main menu.

[Pooh]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Originally posted by Pooh:

It's not the video that's the problem, because there's an option to disable it.
The company logos are what's wrong; they're STUPID LOUD and no easy way to bypass them.

Go to Base\Platforms\Windows\Movies in the Civ 6 folder and delete logos.bk2 and Firaxis somethingorother .bk2. Game will skip to the licencing screen and then to the main menu.

Omg, thank you!

It's such a shame that the devs won't fix it and it needs to be resolved this way, lmao.

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Pooh:

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Go to Base\Platforms\Windows\Movies in the Civ 6 folder and delete logos.bk2 and Firaxis somethingorother .bk2. Game will skip to the licencing screen and then to the main menu.

Omg, thank you!

It's such a shame that the devs won't fix it and it needs to be resolved this way, lmao.

Arguably there isn't anything to fix. Some companies want their logo to be loud as hell. Like the sound effects company THX. They don't HAVE to have that obnoxious stinger, but they do.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1658551717

Works well, especially when combined with the in-game option to skip the intro video.

[Pooh]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Arguably there isn't anything to fix. Some companies want their logo to be loud as hell. Like the sound effects company THX. They don't HAVE to have that obnoxious stinger, but they do.

Okay, and? Not sure what the point of your post is...

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1658551717

Works well, especially when combined with the in-game option to skip the intro video.

Sounds a lot easier, thank you! Added it to my Civ 6 collection, lol.

[SlasH]

Just disable the whole damn 2k launcher

[SLG]

Originally posted by SlasH:

Just disable the whole damn 2k launcher

This has nothing to do with this topic.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by SLGray:

Originally posted by SlasH:

Just disable the whole damn 2k launcher

This has nothing to do with this topic.

Exactly.

And to be clear for everyone interested, the mod I posted a link to does not bypass the launcher, you still need to do the bypass command to do that.