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How to disable the intro/opening cinematic in Conan Exiles

Disable those intros!

If you are wondering if it is possible to skip or disable the opening Cinematic in Conan Exiles, the answer is yes. In short, to disable the opening cinematic, you must navigate to the folder and hard drive you installed your game. You can find your game's install folder at an address similar to the one we have listed below

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  • E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Conan Exiles

Inside the Conan Exile folder, you must locate another folder called ConanSandbox, and open the config folder. After opening the config folder, search for DefaultGame.ini as shown below. When you find this file, open it up and run a search for the following command line bWaitForMoviesToComplete=True. 

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Changing the True next to the command to False will disable all intro cinematics in Conan Exiles, allowing you to load into the game instantly. That said, what you should have inside the DefaultGame.ini should look like the command listed below:

  • bWaitForMoviesToComplete=false

After changing True to false, sav over the old DefaultGame.ini, and you will be able to instantly load into Conan Exiles the next time you launch the game.

Other ways to disable intro cinematics in Conan Exile

Another way players can disable intro cinematics in Conan Exiles is to delete movie files located in the folder listed below. Inside this folder, you will want to delete or rename the following files: 

  • Conan Exiles\ConanSandbox\Content\Movies
  • StartupUE4.mp4
  • StartupNvidia.mp4 
  • CinematicIntroV2.mp4

For more on Conan Exiles, we recommend checking out Conan Exiles 3.0 Age of Sorcery – Release date, Features, and Platforms.


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Andrew Vaughan is a Contributing Writer at Pro Game Guides that has written guides on popular RPGs and FPS survival titles for several years. Andrew Vaughan specializes in survival and roleplaying games and has been a lifelong gamer.