^Not to sound ungrateful, truly, but that didn't work either. Tested on various SMODs where I added smod_player_deathcam 0 to the autoexec.cfg, or manually entered it into the console before starting a map, as well as entering in game and entering the next map.
Just did some testing and I can confirm that command isn't the cause. Rather, it seems to be the player model itself. I can't say what it is (I suspect it's how SMOD handles hitboxes on player models) but I think I know how to fix it. The player model needs to be set to "models/player.mdl" to stop this from happening. This is the default HL2 model used for the player and when I set it as player model, the issue no longer occurred. Dump this line into an autoexec or type it in console:
cl_playermodel "models/player.mdl"If you want to use this in Redux Final it's a bit different as this model was replaced with the new Gordon model, as HL2 automatically precaches this mesh and using it helped stop hitching on level load. If you want to stop this bug happening in Redux Final, you'll have to delete the six player model files included in the models folder: player.mdl, player.dx80.vtx, player.dx80.vtx, player.sw.vtx, player.phy, player.vvd. The HL2 default should be restored after that, and you won't need to set the player model since Redux already uses it. Keep in mind you'll also be out of locational damage on the player since the HL2 model isn't set up for it, if you care about that.
Hope this fixes the issue for good.
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Hope someone will do something with this code for good