If you wish to prevent map from opening, you can do this with ease already https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/openMap

openMap [false, true] - prevents map from opening, closes open map and forces it to stay close (the user cannot open it on their own)

In T162278#2262141, @BIS_fnc_KK wrote:

If you wish to prevent map from opening, you can do this with ease already https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/openMap

openMap [false, true] - prevents map from opening, closes open map and forces it to stay close (the user cannot open it on their own)

I am aware, and I appreciate it. Was just dealing with code from 2014 and came across it. Figured less potential issues like this, the better :)

Was it not crashing in 2014?

Not entirely sure. I had never tested it myself, but it has been a part of Olympus' altis life code base from back then. I'm pretty sure there's been issues with it over the years but no one ever decided to fix it on the server or even look into it.