Any way to disable the "live" background?

[DeltaBlast]

sure it's pretty n all, but it's all extra useless loading. is there a command line parameter to disable it?

 

[diluted]

Fine the file "valve.rc' (in C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\_username_or_email_\half-life 2\hl2\cfg folder) and comment out the last line in the file, so change

startupmenu

to:

//startupmenu

and save the file

 

[el Chi]

Mine is never animated - how do I change it to animated? Do the exact opposite?

 

[diluted]

Mine is never animated - how do I change it to animated? Do the exact opposite?

That's odd, I thought it was animated by default for everyone

 

[DeltaBlast]

thanks ^_^

 

[el Chi]

That's odd, I thought it was animated by default for everyone

It was initially, then it seems as if it gave up.

EDIT: My problem is exactly the same as Doombringer's. Come to think of it, I don't care that much, but it might be nice.

 

[Doombringer]

I enabled the console on my HL2 and do not get the animated menu, just the fuzziness. Before the console, it animated.

 

[diluted]

You can enable the console in HL2 without losing teh animated menu. I think that only happens when you launch the game with the -console command. Try enabling it through the Options (in the Keyboard tab, click Advanced) and see what happens.

 

[shark]

yeah, in play games browser halflife 2 properties > launch options > then add -console

that works

 

[StardogChampion]

It still takes a bit to load up even without the 3d background.

 

[FictiousWill]

Same here. Even HL:source is slower. wtf?