How To Stop Options Menu From Opening SteamVR

[Voodoo Pork]

This is an old SteamVR bug Valve still haven't fixed, and is not unique to Half-Life 2 Update.

Here's how to turn this annoyance off:

1. Go to \steamapps\common\Half-Life 2 Update\hl2
2. Open gameinfo.txt
3. Look for the option supportsvr 1.
4. Change to supportsvr 0.
5. Save and close the file.

(Note: if you verify local files or reinstall, this will reset.)

[MrEWhite]

Finally, a fix for this! Thank you!

[iwem.xo]

Nice, thanks!

[theraineydaze]

Thank you!

[ɪᴢᴀɴᴀᴍɪ]

Nice find, surprised it didn't come up before.

[kamikaZ_z]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[ParryMeGundyr]

You sir, are a saint!

[Hyshinara]

THANK YOU!
This was driving me NUTS!

[T4lyX]

Thank you so much for this, had to uninstall steamvr every time I wanted to play

[Voodoo Pork]

Originally posted by T4lyX:

Thank you so much for this, had to uninstall steamvr every time I wanted to play

Yikes! Glad I could help!

[Northern Plain 凄い]

Thanks! This really should be turned off by default.

[Raterix]

This is an old bug for the old SteamVR implementation.
It needs to be updated, this hacky fix is okay but I wish the base Source engine was updated to include proper SteamVR support.

[Kim André]

Thank you!

[One-Sick-Puppy]

Thank you!