Mafia III: Definitive Edition

Mafia III: Definitive Edition

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How to Skip the 2K/Hanger 13 Intro
By Tale
Intro
Hello and welcome. In this guide, you will find out how to skip the startup intro video to reduce startup time. It helps to reduce the startup time as there are still many bugs in the game, and you will find yourself restarting quite often.

Although there are guides out there that teach you how to copy and rename the files needed, in certain versions of Mafia III, you lack the required cine_black_video.bik for copying. Therefore, in this guide, I will make it easy to replace the files by simply downloading the required file.
   
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Step 1: Identify the file you need to replace
There are two versions of file depending on the variant of Mafia III you have and potentially if you have any DLCs installed.

To identify which file you need to change. Go to your Mafia III installation folder.
{steam installation path}\steamapps\common\Mafia III\sds_retail\video

See if you have either
_boot_flow_logo.bik
or
_logo_2k_h13_bullet.bik
Step 2: Replace the appropriate file
If you have _boot_flow_logo.bik
1) Download the replacement file from this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6kf8njIHfT-4C_Ycel6gw8LuHFpS9HE/view
2) Rename the existing _boot_flow_logo.bik to _boot_flow_logo.bik.bak for backup
3) Paste the downloaded file in the {steam installation path}\steamapps\common\Mafia III\sds_retail\video directory

If you have _logo_2k_h13_bullet.bik
1) Download the replacement file from this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GNi__GgIAvO-jR5vxySPZbP2ozE3_Z5X/view?usp=sharing
2) Rename the existing _logo_2k_h13_bullet.bik to _logo_2k_h13_bullet.bik.bak for backup
3) Paste the downloaded file in the {steam installation path}\steamapps\common\Mafia III\sds_retail\video directory
You are done!
You can now launch the game to check if the game launches correctly. If everything goes well, you should skip the intro and jump straight into the actual game loading screen.
Final thoughts
If you have any questions or run into any issues, please let me know in the comment, I will try my best to assist you. If it helped you, please leave a like.

Enjoy your game :)
6 Comments
Hye0ngNim~ 29 Jun @ 7:22am 
Hello the file from your google drive can't be found, can you share it again
Thank you
T-1000 26 Jan, 2023 @ 10:27am 
Thank you friend, I hate splash screens!
Tylenol Pain Relief 19 Jan, 2021 @ 1:40pm 
ok
Tale  [author] 19 Jan, 2021 @ 6:32am 
@tylenol It will crash the game on startup
Tylenol Pain Relief 16 Jan, 2021 @ 1:31pm 
what will happen if you just deleate those files?
BeLz 12 Dec, 2020 @ 5:12am 
Hi man hit me up someday..