Live Background ?

[FR33MAN]

Hey, does anyone know how to get the live background up and running on HL2: Episode One ?

Half-Life 2 had a live background, that would periodically change. However my episode one's background is just static and blurred, however it does periodically change.

I've tried a google search, but all it comes up with is guides and other forum answers on how to make your own backgrounds, or how to turn the "map_background" off. Can't seem to find that particular console command/target command line that sets it to display different live map backgrounds periodically. I even scanned through the config to see if i could find anything that said map_background in their, but no luck

Does such a command exist ? or does HL2: Episode One not ship with live backgrounds like HL2 did ?

 

[k1ng]

mine wern't static... try playing with your video settings (as far as i can remember... i think EP1 needs a little more umph graphics card wise.... dont blame me if im wrong though... im not a hardware genious

 

[achilles_d]

if it's a legit copy, use steam to verify the integrity of game chache.

and this topic should be in the Help and Support tread.

 

[FR33MAN]

if it's a legit copy, use steam to verify the integrity of game chache.

and this topic should be in the Help and Support tread.

how do you do that ? and will that bring up the live background ?

 

[Jintor]

Live background happens already. Doesn't the sky muck around and stuff? Doesn't Kleiner talk on the Breencast monitors? If not, you have a problem!

Might be an option in the options thing, or a command line to add to the executable. Not sure.

 

[achilles_d]

how do you do that ? and will that bring up the live background ?

Log on to Steam, go on to the my games page, then right click HL2 EP1, select properties then select local files then click on Verify intergrity of game cache.

 

[FR33MAN]

I've Verified the integrity of the game cache, and episode one then updated, and is now 100% "ready"

Upon restarting episode one tho, the background was still static and blurred

 

[FR33MAN]

Live background happens already. Doesn't the sky muck around and stuff? Doesn't Kleiner talk on the Breencast monitors? If not, you have a problem!

Might be an option in the options thing, or a command line to add to the executable. Not sure.

Yeah, i can't understand it.. everyone's copy seem's to have a live background by default. yet, i don't.

 

[Rapstah]

Is the console off?

 

[Stene]

Ye console makes that happen.

 

[FR33MAN]

Ye console makes that happen.

Sorry i don't understand what you mean.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

Sorry i don't understand what you mean.

He means that if you activate the in-game console, the animated background in the main menu does not appear.

 

[FR33MAN]

ahh, yeah it's working now, ty everyone

 

[Xendance]

i dont understand. how does the console not show the backgrounds? im confused :S

 

[Mahalis]

When the game starts with console open, it just leaves the blurry image-background instead of loading the actual map-background.

 

[Xendance]

Still dont understand.

 

[Mahalis]

Disable the console and the live background will come back. I'm not sure how much clearer it's possible to make that.

 

[Jintor]

If you start the game with the console enabled, right... then the live background is merely a blurry still image (like if you hit esc. in game) rather than a live background. You know how if the console is open it's like the menu is open? You can click on options and whatnot? Yeah. It's like that.