====== How can I turn off the intro of Settlers 3? ======

======= Background ======

Settlers 3 starts with a nice animated intro to animate the story Settlers 3 is all about. This intro lasts several minutes and can be interrupted at any time with a mouse click.

However, it is also possible to deactivate the intro so that it is not even displayed when Settlers 3 starts. This is done as follows.

<alert type="info">When using the aLobby, this setting is already deactivated by the aLobby to allow a faster start of multiplayer games. This applies to aLobby version 3.6.1 and higher. With all previous aLobby versions, the setting was reset when reinstalling Settlers 3 and may have to be set manually (as described below).</alert>

======= Action ======

  - Call up the Settlers 3 installation directory. In this directory is the S3.EXE but also the SETUPS3.EXE.
  - Call up the SETUPS3.EXE by double-clicking.
  - Confirm the request from Windows if you really want to start it.
  - In the window that appears, switch to "Sound / Video" and remove the check mark in front of "Intro".
  - Click on "Save settings".
  - You're done. You can now start Settlers 3 without an intro.