Change SET SkipPregameVideos "0" to "1"

Corew

Is it just me or does changing SET SkipPregameVideos "0" to 1 do nothing on a mac? Am I missing something here?

KhajitFurTrader

I just checked, mine is indeed set to "1", and I don't see any pre game videos. So it seems to work.

Do you, perchance, have both "live" and "liveeu" folders and are editing the other one?

Corew

KhajitFurTrader wrote: »

Do you, perchance, have both "live" and "liveeu" folders and are editing the other one?

I have both but when editing the one in the "liveeu" folder didn't work I tried the other one too, still nothing. I'll try deleting the live folder..

Corew

Nothing seems to help, I also noticed that unless I lock the file it reverts back to "0" every time the launcher starts up.

Moonraker

Corew wrote: »

Is it just me or does changing SET SkipPregameVideos "0" to 1 do nothing on a mac? Am I missing something here?

The trick is to ensure that, if you are using TextEdit to change the file, toy need to switch off the smart quote setting in TextEdit settings. If not then it replaces the existing ones and it doesn't recognise this and rewrites it.

Turn that off, ensure that auto spell check also off should help and also it is plain text not rich text mode. Do it that way and carefully check you don't leave a space etc. Save the file then try. It should retain the setting after launch and quit then as it does for me once I realised what was happening. Not obvious.

SirAndy

You have to watch the pregame videos at least once. After that, they'll be skipped if this is set to 1.
;-)

Corew

Thanks for the help people, as Moonraker said it was the settings in TextEdit..
smart quote was replacing the quotation marks with something the game doesn't recognise, works perfectly now

mahpoul

I found this on reddit from a few weeks ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/229oxt/quick_tip_skip_the_splash_screens_on_startup_and/

Corew

mahpoul wrote: »

I found this on reddit from a few weeks ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/229oxt/quick_tip_skip_the_splash_screens_on_startup_and/

Thanks for that link, some useful stuff in there.. especially:
SET MIP_LOAD_SKIP_LEVELS "0" to "-3"

That actually fixed the blurry blob that was my horse and some other blurry textures. With a performance hit ofc..

Moonraker

Corew wrote: »

mahpoul wrote: »

I found this on reddit from a few weeks ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/229oxt/quick_tip_skip_the_splash_screens_on_startup_and/

Thanks for that link, some useful stuff in there.. especially:
SET MIP_LOAD_SKIP_LEVELS "0" to "-3"

That actually fixed the blurry blob that was my horse and some other blurry textures. With a performance hit ofc..

I found it really hit memory usage when I tested it just to be aware and also does lower FPS a fair amount.

Corew

Moonraker wrote: »

I found it really hit memory usage when I tested it just to be aware and also does lower FPS a fair amount.

Yes it does, in the end I set it to -2 , it still uses up memory faster but it really makes a difference to how things look so I think I can live with that.. for now