Launch Options
This document only lists Chaos Source-specific launch options, for a full list of launch options, please see the Valve Developer Wiki page.
| Option | Description |
|---|
| -mountmod | Specifies the mod to launch the game with. Must be an absolute path |
| -nogamemount | Do not mount any games/mods specified in the gameinfo mounts block or mounts.kv |
| -nocustommount | Do not mount any folders specified in gameinfo which contain wildcards (* or ?), usually “custom” folders |
| -legacyui | Launches the game with the old VGUI GameUI |
| -dev | Developer mode |
| -dx11 | Launch game with DirectX 11 shaderapi (On Linux, this will launch dx11 with dxvk) |
| -multirun/-allowmultiple | Disables the creation of the source engine mutex, and allows the game to start even if one already exists |
POSIX-specific options (Not available on Windows)
The following options are only available on Linux currently.
| Option | Description |
|---|
| -nomousegrab | Forbids the game from grabbing the mouse |
| -exclusivefs | Run game with non-desktop friendly fullscreen. This will resize your display resolution (Deprecated) |
| -noexclusivefs | Run game with desktop friendly fullscreen, which is the default regardless (Deprecated) |
| -d9vk | Launches the game with dx9 through dxvk |
Hammer Options
| Option | Description |
|---|
| -winecompat | Runs hammer with some workarounds for wine bugs/differences |