Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition – How to Skip Intro?

A quick guide on how to skip the introduction cinematics when you launch the game.

Age of Empires II Definitive Edition How to Skip Intro

Method 1

  • Right click AoE 2 DE in your Steam library, select “Properties”.
  • On the “General” tab, click “Set launch options…”.
  • Enter the following: SKIPINTRO.
  • Run the game again.

Notes:

You may still see a brief loading screen while the game assets are loading before switching into the main menu.

This switch used to be known as “NOSTARTUP” in the HD Edition.

Method 2

  • Find your steam library installation folder (this will be different for everyone).
  • Go to … \steamapps\common\AoE2DE\resources\_common\movies

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  • Create a folder named “backup”.

Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition How to Skip Intro 2

  • Move aoeii4K.wmv and aoeiide_titlevideo.wmv to the backup folder.

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The game should launch now without the intro videos/cinematics.

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