Land of the Dead Menu Fix file

This is NOT an official patch, but it will not break net-game compatibility, and I've personally been using it for over 6 months without any problems.

Technical Description:

This quick little patch will remove the opening movies, as well as allowing you to launch directly to a server from the command line.

Layman's Description:

Keeps the startup movies from playing, and allows you to use ALL of X-Fire's features within the game, as long as you patch the xfire_games.ini file.

Highly recommended.

For FULL X-Fire use with Land of the Dead, instead of the half-assed job they call "basic support", edit your XFIRE_GAMES.INI file in the XFire folder, then replace the section called [4864] with:

[4864]
LongName=Land of the Dead
ShortName=lotd
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\LandOfTheDead\Folder
LauncherDirAppend=\system
LauncherExe=lotd.exe
LauncherPasswordArgs=?Password=%UA_GAME_HOST_PASSWORD%
LauncherNetworkArgs=%UA_GAME_HOST_NAME%:%UA_GAME_HOST_PORT%%UA_LAUNCHER_USERNAME_ARGS%%UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS%
LauncherUsernameArgs=?xgamertag=%UA_GAME_HOST_USERNAME%
Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS%%UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS%
ServerStatusType=UT2K3
InGameRenderer=D3D8

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Since X-Fire forces this file to be replaced whenever they do an update, I keep a backup copy of the patched one in my XFire folder, and I copy over the one they ship every couple weeks. Works out great! (Not quite as great as if the guys at X-Fire would recognise it, but oh well)