Guide to activate the console on Non-US keyboards

[Ecthe|ioN]

I decided to make a thread about this since I see a lot of people complaining about not being able to activate their in-game console.

**An admin may want to make this a sticky.**

If there is already a similar thread about this, please delete it. I tried finding threads about it, but didn't find any.

First of all I want to say that this method has worked on Norwegian and German keyboards. I guess it works on any other non-US keyboard as well. If not, I'm sure I'll notice it further down in this thread.

Part 1

* First of all you need to start up Counter-Strike: Source
* Enter "Options"
* Choose the "Keyboard"-tab
* Choose "Advanced"
* Select "Enable developers console (~)"
* Exit game

Part 2

* Find the folder where Counter-strike: Source's config-file is located. An example of the location is C:\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\[email protected]\counter-strike source\cstrike\cfg
* Open up your config.cfg in Notepad (or any other text-editor that rocks your boat)
* Add the following line in the config.cfg: bind "/" toggleconsole
* Save and close the file
* Start up Counter-Strike: Source
* Join a game
* Press the key that used to be the default console key (The key on the left side of the 1-key)

Voila. That should do it for most people having problems with the console. Remember you actually have to join a game to make the console appear for some reason. At least I can't enter the console from the startup-screen.

You can do this in another way, by creating a file called autoexec.cfg in the /cfg folder, and adding custom console commands in that file, since config.cfg seems to forget custom commands. If you create this file,it will automatically launch everytime you start up Counter-Strike: Source, as long as you name it autoexec.cfg

This guide also works in Half-Life 2. The config.cfg of Half-Life 2 is found in the "Half-Life 2 folder"/hl2/cfg

Now change those rates, and hate the net_graph for displaying too much choke and loss, and start fragging!

Enjoy :thumbs:

 

[pixartist]

you can have the console from the start by typing "-console" at the launch options of css..

 

[ferd]

you can have the console from the start by typing "-console" at the launch options of css..

that doesn't work on azerty keyboards...

 

[Beserker]

And so the end of european nightmare comes true. Thanks. Is it okay to leave the autoexec.cfg empty and only add your own commands while config.cfg remains as it is?

 

[pixartist]

that doesn't work on azerty keyboards...

azerty?????? wtf is that? it should work on all keaboard though, cuz it has nothing to do with keyboard language...
i have a qwertz keyboard

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

And so the end of european nightmare comes true. Thanks. Is it okay to leave the autoexec.cfg empty and only add your own commands while config.cfg remains as it is?

You can add whatever you want in the autoexec.cfg file. I find it easier that way, because if you want to add certain things in the config.cfg you have to make it "read only" and so on.

The bind for the console is automatically saved, but I recommend adding additional lines in the autoexec.cfg instead of the config.cfg.

autoexec.cfg is ONLY for custom commands

 

[Ebenol]

azerty?????? wtf is that? it should work on all keaboard though, cuz it has nothing to do with keyboard language...
i have a qwertz keyboard

AZERTY keyboards are french keyboards. Horrible things.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

I wonder of this guide actually works for people. You are all so damn quiet!!