From 1787b1de693685bc1e36986dc080c5e86b54b471 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Micha=C5=82=20Janiszewski?=
 <janisozaur@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:32:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow disabling of REPL (#25071)

---
 src/openrct2/interface/StdInOutConsole.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/openrct2/interface/StdInOutConsole.cpp b/src/openrct2/interface/StdInOutConsole.cpp
index 069380fd32..0e508eaead 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/interface/StdInOutConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/interface/StdInOutConsole.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "../platform/Platform.h"
 #include "../scripting/ScriptEngine.h"
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <linenoise.hpp>
 
 // Ignore isatty warning on WIN32
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ void StdInOutConsole::Start()
         return;
     }
 
+    // Allow user to disable the console REPL. Setting this environment variable to any value will prevent REPL from starting.
+    if (getenv("OPENRCT2_NO_REPL"))
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     std::thread replThread([this]() -> void {
         linenoise::SetMultiLine(true);
         linenoise::SetHistoryMaxLen(32);