can't open the console in any way

[Tommy Shelby]

I don't have the tilde key and wanted to open the console by using the console to bind the toggleconsole key but it doesn't open it anyway. I went in the cfg file changing the keybind manually from the file and doesn't open again. Why is it happening?

[Joheskiller |CSCλᴅᴇᴠ|]

Never edit directly your user config file as it will be overridden by the SteamCloud one anyway at launch, it's useless. However, you can force a bind in the autoexec.cfg.

By the way, the normal way to open your console in Counter-Strike Source is by adding "-console" to your launch arguments in your Steam library.

[Tommy Shelby]

yeah I added the -console at launch but I need to open it multiple times. Thanks fot the tips btw

[Joheskiller |CSCλᴅᴇᴠ|]

So at the first launch with the console, you can manually bind a key with "bind <key> toggleconsole" that works

[Tommy Shelby]

it doesn't work for me. For doing the tilde key on my keyboard I have to press alt+ 126 and works everywhere but not in the console, when I press this combination it cancels everything I wrote before

[Joheskiller |CSCλᴅᴇᴠ|]

Why you want the tilde key? Try "bind m toggleconsole" for example, There has never been a problem with this and we all have the same game.

[Tommy Shelby]

I don't want the tilde key, I just explained that when I try to type it in the console, it does cancel the text I wrote. I will try to use the command you wrote and get back to you with an update

[Tommy Shelby]

Bro I swear. I am new to css and idk if I'm doing something wrong. I opened the game, i copied the command you wrote and pressed "m" but it wrote m in the console, so I pressed the x icon with the mouse to close it and typed m and it did not open. I think I'm doing something wrong at this point but idk what.

[Joheskiller |CSCλᴅᴇᴠ|]

I see. The key you bind is supposed to be used while in a game, not in the menu. Otherwise indeed, it will write in your console. A workaround is to have a custom menu with a button that open back the console, in main menu.

[Tommy Shelby]

oh. The custom key in the menu is not needed. Thank you for the help. Appreciate it.

[StealthMode℠™©®]

Originally posted by Joheskiller |CSCλᴅᴇᴠ|:

Never edit directly your user config file as it will be overridden by the SteamCloud one anyway at launch, it's useless. However, you can force a bind in the autoexec.cfg.

By the way, the normal way to open your console in Counter-Strike Source is by adding "-console" to your launch arguments in your Steam library.

Main Page>Options>Advanced ( at bottom of pop up window ).
Select " Developers Console " tickbox. Apply.

And Config files wont be overwritten by SteamCloud.
If they are READ ONLY.
Just sayin'.