Black mask is not working...

I did at .10 seconds into the game, enable black mask, fog of war and create visability modifier that places black mask on entire map but it is not working, why?

Also I have 1 more question, I am not sure how to skip a cinamatic by hitting esc.

hmm, do you want black mask to make the masked areas completely black where nothing can be seen? If so, you need to go to the main WE window and click on scenario, then map properties.. and uncheck the box that says something like "masked areas are partially visible". That should blacken the areas out alltogether,... although I'm not sure thats exactly what you needed..?