Can't seem to get the console working

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David Simmons - 15 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT

I've been playing through on Hard and it's living up to its namesake!
Wanted to be able to God a bit in parts where I just don't have the
stomach for a dozen repetitions ("Entanglement" being the real a.s
blaster!). While I was able to create a desktop shortcut, the Target
line ends with Steam.exe, NOT Half-Life 2.exe, so the various commands
don't take.

What am I missing?

Dave S.

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Dre - 15 Jul 2008 07:10 GMT

> I've been playing through on Hard and it's living up to its namesake!
> Wanted to be able to God a bit in parts where I just don't have the
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>
> Dave S.

You have to switch it on first, then you can access it using the ~ key.

Go to the options, keyboard setup, theres an advanced button on that screen
I think, if not, the enable console box is in there...

Cheers Dre

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Peter [AGHL] - 15 Jul 2008 11:57 GMT

> blaster!). While I was able to create a desktop shortcut, the Target
> line ends with Steam.exe, NOT Half-Life 2.exe, so the various commands
> don't take.

Oh but they do :)
Steam.exe -applaunch 220 -dev -console +sv_cheats

You can also enable the console from within the menus somewhere

hth/Peter

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David Simmons - 15 Jul 2008 16:29 GMT

> Oh but they do :)
> Steam.exe -applaunch 220 -dev -console +sv_cheats
>
> You can also enable the console from within the menus somewhere
>
> hth/Peter

It did, indeed! Thank you, Peter!

Dave S.

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Ben Cottrell - 15 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT

>> blaster!). While I was able to create a desktop shortcut, the Target
>> line ends with Steam.exe, NOT Half-Life 2.exe, so the various commands
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>
> hth/Peter

minor nitpick, but there ought to be a 1 after +sv_cheats

As a general rule of thumb when it comes to command line arguments for
HL/HL2 - nearly all console commands are valid as commandline args when
you prefix them with a + sign, as per '+sv_cheats 1' in Peter's example.

can be handy for enabling cheats and troubleshooting type commands -
also essential for running HLDS (dedicated server app)

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"Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out"

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