When I open borderlands through Steam, it opens a menu where I have to click play a second time. Then another splash screen Then it goes through these annoying, but at least skippable, intro videos. Is there any way I can bypass all this and have the game go directly to the opening menu?
Borderlands – How to disable the splash screen and intro videos
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Best Answer
Disabling the startup movies
It is possible to disable the startup movies by editing the WillowEngine.ini file located in your Documents/My Games folder and commenting out a few lines which define which videos play when the game launches.
The default location for the Borderlands 2 config folder within your Documents folder is;
Simply edit the file 'WillowEngine.ini' and find the following variables:
...and comment out the
StartupMovies
lines as follows;This should cause the game to skip over these startup movies when you start Borderlands 2.
Disabling the launcher
To disable the Borderlands 2 launcher, set the following launch option within Steam:
-NoLauncher
To change launch options with Steam, do the following;
This will disable the 'Play/Setup' screen upon launching Borderlands 2 from within Steam.
Sources: Disabling Intro Movies | Disable Launcher | How to set launch properties