Talk:Launching Without Background Maps

Are you guys sure this is correct?

I don't know about other games, but at least in HL2, using -console as a launch setting does NOT prevent the background map from loading. All it does is prevent the camera from positioning itself, because the map "pauses" on the first frame, before the logic_auto has time to enable the camera entity. In EP1 specifically, most player spawns are under the ground, which will make the background maps be unrecognizable due to the player spawn staring out into the void. If you close the console, the camera will adjust.
So using -console doesn't prevent background map usage, it just breaks the background maps. --MrFunreal (talk) 11:23, 13 February 2025 (PST)