Hello people and cyborgs.
I recently got the GOG version of SS2 (and used the SS2tool on it), but the updated version disables the intros after the first start of the game.
Now, I slightly don't like to start the legendary game without a little fanfare. Apparently there are others like me: https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=1595.0
I have figured out a way to get the intros to play each time the game is started.

• DO YOU REALLY WANT TO EDIT THE GAME EXECUTABLE?
• First you will need a HEX editor. Here's a good one: http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD (portable version available)
• back up shock2.exe (a good way is to just zip it up/put it in a zip archive.)
• Open Shock2.exe in the hex editor.
• Go to address 32C93C OR search for text string: skip_intro
• Look at the text display of the hex editor. (usually at the right of the columns of numbers.)
• just change the "skip_intro" segment to anything else (such as show_intro). Check that the original text gets overwritten, which should happen.
• save the file.
• Open cam.cfg in notepad.
• search for skip_intro, and if found, delete the line.
• save the file.
• play the game and watch the intro.

Please don't deviate from the directions if you are not familiar with what you are doing.


TO MODS: please don't hesitate to edit the post to be more user-friendly/easily readable. Also do move the topic to a more fitting location if this is not the right place.
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Actually I've never played the original version (so I get to play SS2 for the very first time AND in all its updated HDR glory  ) . I just figured from the linked thread that the update must have added that flag.

As for the necessity of intros, I think it's not a good choice to either show them all the time uninterruptably (!), or not show them at all. Its better when they are displayed but can be skipped via an option or keypress. The main reason I wanted to enable SS2 intros is that they give me the sense of getting the complete gameplay experience.

Speaking of Loud intros, I remember playing Freedom Fighters, and my (then baby) sister jumped awake at NVIDIA's portal-storm-esque whoosh.  (It couldn't be skipped. I just deleted the movie file afterwards.)

thanks for moving the topic.

no it isn't. also, it does not have a default mod autoload folder.

By HDR glory SammaySarkar probably means bloom effect from newdark patch.

it isn't ss2tooled, it's just NewDarked is what I've meant. nothing wrong with it.