Disable the Dynamic Menu?

[WhiteZero]

Is there anyway to disable the dynamic menu that loads up when you first run Half-Life 2. By dynamic menu, I mean the main menu that has in-game stuff going on in the background.

Yeah, it looks cool and all... but it takes as long to load as a normal level does. So I we get to wait for the menu to load, only to start our game and have it load again. :flame:

I'm guessing it's something that you can add to Launch Options.

 

[azz0r]

-console

 

[WhiteZero]

Awesome. Thanks guy.

 

[diluted]

Go to the Steam/SteamApps/your username/half-life 2/hl2/cfg folder, open up the valve.rc file in notepad, and add two /'s to startupmenu, so it looks like this
// display the startup level
//startupmenu

and then save the file

 

[WhiteZero]

Go to the Steam/SteamApps/your username/half-life 2/hl2/cfg folder, open up the valve.rc file in notepad, and add two /'s to startupmenu, so it looks like this
// display the startup level
//startupmenu

and then save the file

Ahhh, that one is even better.
Arigato!

 

[CyberPitz]

Go to the Steam/SteamApps/your username/half-life 2/hl2/cfg folder, open up the valve.rc file in notepad, and add two /'s to startupmenu, so it looks like this
// display the startup level
//startupmenu

and then save the file

Thanks! This really isn't any sort of problem to me..but hey, the time spent loading that damned menu could be spend shoping off zombies heads!!!!

 

[diluted]

yeah, the animated menu was pretty cool at first, but i just want the game to load fast now. i mean, it takes at least an extra 30 seconds to load the dynamic menu :/

 

[Parasite]

It isnt "dynamic" by any means. Id rather see an image, a flash background, or video file than those things.

 

[WhiteZero]

It isnt "dynamic" by any means. Id rather see an image, a flash background, or video file than those things.

Dynamic as in it changes and is moving.

There are only two states of being in the world: Dynamic and Static. The background of the menu is deffinetly dynamic.

 

[Parasite]

No, not dynamic, as in "those stupid backgrounds are boring and stale they shouldnt be considered dynamic".

 

[BrimStone04]

Yeah i dont see why they take so long so load even on my system. They should change that in a patch, make em load faster....i know its possible, somehow, i mean look at how they made this game im sure they could fix something that small.....plz valve?

 

[Mutley]

Should be in options, I would prefer just a picture, my PC can take a while to load them.

 

[X-FacToR]

Thanks really needed this /pets search function.

 

[YellowPeril]

a better solution than -console is +map_background none

 

[Goethe]

true, but you still get a blurred picture with +map_background none

 

[(Fragger)]

http://kleinerskins.blogspot.com/2004/12/graffiti-menu-backgrounds.html
http://kleinerskins.blogspot.com/2004/12/south-park-static-background.html

 

[D€vIL²]

true, but you still get a blurred picture with +map_background none

I think the blurred background looks cooler

 

[Phat Cat]

Also, if you add the command -novid to HL2's launch options in properties, it will skip the Valve video at the start.