Steam Console mod

vaicine · 07-04-2012, 11:07 AM

Hi,

I wasn't sure where to post this, but here seems like a relevant place.

Does anyone know of any steam console mods? For example, mods that allow the user to search the console, or mods that add highlighting to the console.

Thanks for your time!

Blueberry_pie · 07-04-2012, 12:57 PM

By searching the console, do you mean searching through all of the console commands that are available in the game? That's already possible using the find <string> command.

I haven't heard of any mods like that. I'm not sure if it's even possible to alter the console like that without access to the engine code.

vaicine · 07-04-2012, 01:46 PM

Thanks for the reply Blueberry_pie.

I mean searching through the console output.

Alternatively, is it possible to output the console to a file (or is it already output?)

I don't know enough about the source SDK to know whether this is possible or not, so thanks for letting me know your thoughts regarding that

Blueberry_pie · 07-04-2012, 11:43 PM

I see. There's no way to search through the console output directly, as far as I'm aware, but it is possible to copy the output to the clipboard. Just select the text and press Ctrl+C or right click and choose 'Copy'. (To prevent having to scroll for a long time when there's a lot of lines, start drag-selecting at the end of the output and then press the Home key to immediately scroll to the beginning.)

I haven't found any way to save the console output to a file from within the game.

vektorx4 · 07-06-2012, 10:32 PM

There are two commands that can do this, condump and con_logfile.
condump immediately dumps all console output to a file called condump##.log.
con_logfile <output_file_name.ext> sends a copy of the console output to the specified file, line by line. Useful for catching messages before the game crashes out since new entries are written instantaneously, but at the cost of performance.

ProZak · 07-07-2012, 02:49 AM

You can launch your mod with "-condebug" and Source will output everything that happens in the console to console.log in the root of your mod directory.

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vaicine Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Steam Console mod Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this, but here seems like a relevant place. Does anyone know of any steam console mods? For example, mods that allow the user to search the console, or mods that add highlighting to the console. Thanks for your time!

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07-04-2012, 12:57 PM	#2
Blueberry_pie Join Date: Dec 2007 Reputation: 142 Posts: 1,461	By searching the console, do you mean searching through all of the console commands that are available in the game? That's already possible using the find <string> command. I haven't heard of any mods like that. I'm not sure if it's even possible to alter the console like that without access to the engine code.

07-04-2012, 01:46 PM	#3
vaicine Join Date: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0 Posts: 3	Thanks for the reply Blueberry_pie. I mean searching through the console output. Alternatively, is it possible to output the console to a file (or is it already output?) I don't know enough about the source SDK to know whether this is possible or not, so thanks for letting me know your thoughts regarding that

07-04-2012, 11:43 PM	#4
Blueberry_pie Join Date: Dec 2007 Reputation: 142 Posts: 1,461	I see. There's no way to search through the console output directly, as far as I'm aware, but it is possible to copy the output to the clipboard. Just select the text and press Ctrl+C or right click and choose 'Copy'. (To prevent having to scroll for a long time when there's a lot of lines, start drag-selecting at the end of the output and then press the Home key to immediately scroll to the beginning.) I haven't found any way to save the console output to a file from within the game.

07-06-2012, 10:32 PM	#5
vektorx4 Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	There are two commands that can do this, condump and con_logfile. condump immediately dumps all console output to a file called condump##.log. con_logfile <output_file_name.ext> sends a copy of the console output to the specified file, line by line. Useful for catching messages before the game crashes out since new entries are written instantaneously, but at the cost of performance.

07-07-2012, 02:49 AM	#6
ProZak Join Date: Mar 2004 Reputation: 60 Posts: 673	You can launch your mod with "-condebug" and Source will output everything that happens in the console to console.log in the root of your mod directory.