Remove / Mute Loading Screen Videos

1. Go to your documents folder and navigate to the AAPG directory
   
   Documents\My Games\America's Army Proving Grounds\AAGame\Config
   
   
2. Open the AAEngine.ini file in a text editor like notepad
   
   
3. Search for [FullScreenMovie]
   
   
4. Remove all LoadMapMovies and LoadMapMovieTitles entries completely
   
   
5. Add the following two lines below bShouldStopMovieAtEndOfLoadMap
   
   LoadMapMovies=empty LoadMapMovieTitles=
   
   
6. Save file and mark as "Read-only" in the file properties to prevent AAPG from overriding the changes
   
   
7. Download the "empty" .bik video file here:
   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FFGXyIgl7AiDoKUsMhWZcyz-rsTw9JIG/view?usp=sharing
   
   
8. In your steam library right click on AAPG and select Manage -> Browse local files
   
   
9. Navigate to and place the empty.bik file here:
   
   AAPG\AAGame\Movies
   
   
10. That's it! Start AAPG and join a server to see the silenced loading screen in action.

AAPG uses Bink video files in 1920x1080 resolution. You can convert any video file into a bik file with the RAD Video Tool.

Download this tool from the official developer here:
http://www.radgametools.com/bnkdown.htm

Details about the tool can be found here:
http://www.radgametools.com/binkhlp2.htm

I've created the empty placeholder video with ffmpeg using the following command:

After creating it, I converted it into the bink format with the RAD tool.

When adding a video or changing the video name, make sure to edit the following line in the AAEngine.ini file accordingly:

Replace "empty" with the name of your own video file.

The loading screen can be removed completely, however I cannot recommend doing so, as you won't see any progress indicator when loading a map. This is annoying when loading custom maps and e.g. the shader cache is regenerated which can take quite some time.

1. Open the AAEngine.ini file in a text editor like notepad
   
   
2. Search for bForceNoMovies
   
   
3. Set this from FALSE to TRUE
   
   bForceNoMovies=TRUE
   
   
4. Remove the following lines
   
   bShouldStopMovieAtEndOfLoadMap=false LoadMapMovies=* LoadMapMovieTitles=* StartupMovies=Intro
   
   
5. Save file and mark as "Read-only" in the file properties to prevent AAPG from overriding the changes
   
   
6. That's it! Now the loading screen will be completely hidden