Change the console button...

Moko · 06-23-2009, 03:14 AM

Change the console button for source games... in most of the keyboards of the world there is no ~.

PuddingWagon · 06-23-2009, 04:06 AM

I've never used a keyboard that was lacking the ~ button. Almost every game uses that key for console as well, probably because of Quake.

You can change the key yourself by opening up the relevant config.cfg (or adding it to your autoexec.cfg) and changing this line:

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bind "`" "toggleconsole"

The second field is the one you want to change.

AciD · 06-23-2009, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Moko

Change the console button for source games... in most of the keyboards of the world there is no ~.

Got any source on that statement?

Jagged Tooth · 06-23-2009, 04:42 AM

I have never seen a keyboard in my life without a "~" key.

kattle87 · 06-23-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by AciD

Got any source on that statement?

Italian ones don't have it -.-'
And I'm not happy about our layout nonetheless...
On most keybs layout the ~ key cannot be reached without using alt-gr commands. However I don't know if this combination can be used to start the console.
In fact in some quake-derived Open Source games the key you use for console here in Italy is "\", that is the upper-left corner of the keyboard (the same key of the "`" and "~" key in the USA keyb. I don't know how they do it, it's just like if they try to get the key instead of the character.

Moko · 06-23-2009, 05:38 AM

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http://www.lingolex.com/spanishkeyboard.gif

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Zefar · 06-23-2009, 06:29 AM

Console is on the upper left button on that keyboard. Always has been in HL series game. Or at least for me.

The one to the left of Nr 1 key.

ole99 · 06-23-2009, 10:15 AM

Nordic keyboards don't have the same button, and cannot produce that sign without shift and alt or other modifiers, which won't work in source games.

It works in the Hl1 engine, but if you try the same in source, you'll have no luck.

Peewi · 06-23-2009, 05:11 PM

Team Fortress 2, Portal, HL2:Ep2 and maybe DoD:S (not 100% sure, but I'd assume so, because it's also on the Orange Box engine) actually lets you set the console key in the keyboard options. It'd be really great if Valve went back and added that to the older Source games. For some reason Left 4 Dead went back to not having that option.

Personally, I got around it by binding the console to F12 in one of the config files. That might help a bit.

Xman · 06-24-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Moko

Change the console button for source games... in most of the keyboards of the world there is no ~.

Definitely not most keyboards in the world. Every keyboard I have ever been on has had that key.

zeretex · 06-24-2009, 11:04 AM

i miss that key to. what i do. i go to game properties. and there should be something called start / launch options or sumet like that. and then u just write -console

Vonje · 06-24-2009, 11:47 AM

They should simply make compatible for non-English keyboards. HL1 works so...

06-24-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Moko

Change the console button for source games... in most of the keyboards of the world there is no ~.

the ~ key is your ` key.

LastDay · 09-27-2009, 09:33 PM

I was gonna make a new thread, but since Steam forum rules seem to say it's always better to bump an old one, I'll do just that.

For me the key down from Esc is §.
Shift + § produces ½.

~ is made by holding down Alt Gr+¨

None the less the § key usually works as the console key in most games for me, but not on Valve's games for some reason.

It doesn't bother me much as adding -console to the launch options and then binding toggleconsole to an another key works, but it's still something I'd like to see get fixed for the future.

AntiFritz · 09-27-2009, 11:38 PM

Its not actually even bound to ~ its bound to `. You dont have to hold shift to open the console (atleast on a us keyboard)

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Moko Banned Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 8 Posts: 115	Change the console button... Change the console button for source games... in most of the keyboards of the world there is no ~.

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Jagged Tooth Join Date: Aug 2005 Reputation: 1120 Posts: 3,109	I have never seen a keyboard in my life without a "~" key.

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Zefar Volunteer Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Reputation: 4310 Posts: 28,123	Console is on the upper left button on that keyboard. Always has been in HL series game. Or at least for me. The one to the left of Nr 1 key.

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ole99 Join Date: Nov 2006 Reputation: 45 Posts: 271	Nordic keyboards don't have the same button, and cannot produce that sign without shift and alt or other modifiers, which won't work in source games. It works in the Hl1 engine, but if you try the same in source, you'll have no luck.

06-23-2009, 05:11 PM	#9
Peewi Join Date: Aug 2006 Reputation: 55 Posts: 1,547	Team Fortress 2, Portal, HL2:Ep2 and maybe DoD:S (not 100% sure, but I'd assume so, because it's also on the Orange Box engine) actually lets you set the console key in the keyboard options. It'd be really great if Valve went back and added that to the older Source games. For some reason Left 4 Dead went back to not having that option. Personally, I got around it by binding the console to F12 in one of the config files. That might help a bit.

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zeretex Join Date: Jun 2009 Reputation: 12 Posts: 389	i miss that key to. what i do. i go to game properties. and there should be something called start / launch options or sumet like that. and then u just write -console

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Vonje Join Date: May 2007 Reputation: 307 Posts: 4,510	They should simply make compatible for non-English keyboards. HL1 works so...

09-27-2009, 09:33 PM	#14
LastDay Join Date: Jan 2009 Reputation: 119 Posts: 2,563	I was gonna make a new thread, but since Steam forum rules seem to say it's always better to bump an old one, I'll do just that. For me the key down from Esc is §. Shift + § produces ½. ~ is made by holding down Alt Gr+¨ None the less the § key usually works as the console key in most games for me, but not on Valve's games for some reason. It doesn't bother me much as adding -console to the launch options and then binding toggleconsole to an another key works, but it's still something I'd like to see get fixed for the future.

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AntiFritz Join Date: Dec 2008 Reputation: 17 Posts: 1,029	Its not actually even bound to ~ its bound to `. You dont have to hold shift to open the console (atleast on a us keyboard)