To speed up your game load
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To speed up your game load, remove the intro movies from the game folder. The two movie files are located in "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Movies" folder. Just delete both files there, but not the subfolders. The files to delete (or remove) are:
_ealogo_audio.movie
_intro_eng_audio.movie
To skip the neighborhood movie that you get when you load Pleasantview, Strange Town, or Veronaville, rename the neighborhood while you are in neighborhood selection screen. The fly-over-hood movie never starts afterwards.
Both methods not only save you from pressing buttons to bypass the movies, they also save time because the game doesn't need to load the movies.
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On Jun 23, 2006 froilan wrote:
I had read your first tip in the forums and tried it....WONDERFUL!!! I'll have to try the neighborhood one now. Thank you SO much!
On Jun 24, 2006 lemonloveshane wrote:
WOW, it worked great for me! it's really fast now thankyou sooooo much!
On Jun 24, 2006 Sunpowder65 wrote:
Hrmph, for some odd reason the game won't start after I got rid of the starting movies. Does the method work for all EPs??
On Jun 24, 2006 windkeeper wrote:
Yes, it should. Did you delete the whole folder by any chance? You should only delete two movie files.
On Jun 26, 2006 Meltdown30 wrote:
Thank you so much! I hated those movies when loading!
On Jun 28, 2006 wrote:
I have just Movie folder is that what I delet..Or I just can't find it.And you make cool stuff, sorry I can't get it for free..
On Jun 29, 2006 windkeeper wrote:
Do not delete the folder! Please read instructions again, I added the names of two files to remove.
On Jun 29, 2006 thesorceress wrote:
Thank you, Windkeeper this kind of tips is just what I was looking for. If you know more please share LOL.
On Jun 30, 2006 Primetime024 wrote:
Thank you so much. This was a wonderful tip.
On Jul 29, 2006 zizismommy wrote:
Windkeeper thank you so much for this tip. Do we delete the _ealogo_audio.movie from all of the sims 2 folders ie. nightlife, ofb?
On Nov 23, 2006 wrote:
Great tip - thanks!
On Nov 26, 2006 wrote:
thanks sooooo much!!!!!! lol
On Nov 27, 2006 boogie woogie wrote:
I can't tell you how much this tip helps! Thank you so much for your kindness to share this information!