How to Bind a Key to a Command-Line Argument in Dungeon Siege?

[Strangerhand]

I want to bind a keyboard shortcut to to toggle between the command-line arguments "-GUI" and "+GUI", which would turn the HUD off and on, respectively. So how is that done in Dungeon Siege, what are the commands and the syntax, please?

[regcari]

Sadly these commands: -gui and +gui work only with Dungeon siege 2 AND DungeonSiege2Mod.exe (Dungeon Siege II Tool Kit) ...
- Turn OFF or ON the HUD and inventory (not 100% sure for the inventory) ...
To use DungeonSiege2Mod.exe: you must to have original CD (or DVD). And very hard to use it with Windows 8 or/and Windows 10 (but it's not impossible)


With Dungeon Siege 1 + LOA: DSLOAMod.exe or DSMod.exe (Dungeon Siege Tool Kit). So for this game and tool: only one command:
bool gui [toggle the gui (Graphical User Interface) (default gui on)]
Again you must to have original CD
Works perfectly with my Windows 8.1 64 bits

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by regcari:

Sadly these commands: -gui and +gui work only with Dungeon siege 2 AND DungeonSiege2Mod.exe (Dungeon Siege II Tool Kit)

Nah, because "-GUI" & "+GUI" work in Dungeon Siege in-game in the console (press [ENTER], type command-line argument, and then press [ENTER] again). Yeah, that works; I can do that.

But I wanted to bind those to a single toggling hotkey like an OFF/ON button, or one, single keystroke.

[regcari]

Ok sorry. I will try your trick but find a "OFF/ON button" or "Keystroke" inside a console (in-game): good luck ...

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by regcari:

find a "OFF/ON button" or "Keystroke" inside a console (in-game)

Find? I wonder what would be the syntax of such a command so that I could type it into the console to set it for that game-session, or put it into some .INI or other configuration file to set it permanently across all future game-sessions I play, hmm.... ??? Hm, yeah I'm wondering about that, while trying to find exactly that, hmm....

THE QUEST FOR A COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENT AND ITS SYNTAX ACROSS YON LAND OF CYBERSPACE begins!...

Aw, great! Not as good as the other Quests in the game, yaaah! As if I didn't have enough of those already! Perhaps if the answer was rather easier to find, hmm....

[Genesis]

Try to add the console command in "C:\Users\username\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\Keys\current.gas". Duplicate one of the sections, rename it to the command and change the key, I doubt it'll work though.

[regcari]

You want commands "-GUi & +GUI" to take (nice) pictures?

And yes: just do that:
A screenshot can be taken by hitting the "Print Screen" button. Holding down "shift" while pressing "Print Screen" will take a screenshot free of user interface elements. The screenshots will be saved to the hard drive and a message will appear to indicate that the screenshot has been successfully saved.

If not sorry (again).
Note: Command: -GUI: mouse don't work for me ...

Help: http://ds.heavengames.com/faq/official/game_mechanics.html

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by regcari:

You want commands "-GUi & +GUI" to take (nice) pictures?

And yes: just do that:
A screenshot can be taken by hitting the "Print Screen" button. Holding down "shift" while pressing "Print Screen" will take a screenshot free of user interface elements. The screenshots will be saved to the hard drive and a message will appear to indicate that the screenshot has been successfully saved.

Hey, thanks! But also sometimes I want to turn off the HUD because the game looks better when it's off.

Note: Command: -GUI: mouse don't work for me ...

That's very odd. That switches the HUD OFF. It works, no problem in my copy of the game from Steam, neither OFF (-) nor ON (+), no problem except having to type all that into the console, instead of pressing a toggle-button on the keyboard whilest playing the game.

But I don't know why that's not working in your copy of the game. ???

Help: http://ds.heavengames.com/faq/official/game_mechanics.html

I'll have a look, thanks for the link, man hehehehehe

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by Genesis:

Try to add the console command in "C:\Users\username\Documents\Dungeon Siege LOA\Keys\current.gas". Duplicate one of the sections, rename it to the command and change the key, I doubt it'll work though.

Heh, it didn't, although I didn't really know what command to type in. I tried [gui] and [toggle_gui], but neither worked hehehehehehe

[regcari]

Ok good news: my mouse work (very) good (like usual) ... with -GUI

Try these with current.gas:
1) add_gui
2) bool_gui
3) exec [commandname] ??? : execute the existing command by name

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by regcari:

Ok good news: my mouse work (very) good (like usual) ... with -GUI

Try these with current.gas:
1) add_gui
2) bool_gui
3) exec [commandname] ??? : execute the existing command by name

But who knows what the commands and syntax actually are? Or, at least how to bind a key to toggling the HUD on and off? ???

[regcari]

One more thing: you can also use Clipboard Manager for Windows like ...
Like : Ditto, Clipboard, Clipclip, Clipboard Master, Clipboard Fusion, etc, etc

For Ditto :
CRTL + Q = +DRDEATH
CTRL + W = +CHECKSINTHEMAIL
CTRL + A = +SIXDEMONBAG
CTRL + S = +FAERTEHBADGAR
CTRL + Z = +GUI
CTRL + X = -GUI

All "keyboard shortcuts" work perfectly - For Ditto: 10 max!
Of course you must open console with ENTER and close it again with ENTER
No escape ... and forget current.gas ...

[Genesis]

Originally posted by regcari:

One more thing: you can use Clipboard Manager for Windows like ...
Like : Ditto, Clipboard, Clipclip, Clipboard Master, Clipboard Fusion, etc, etc

For Ditto :
CRTL + Q = +DRDEATH
CTRL + W = +CHECKSINTHEMAIL
CTRL + A = +SIXDEMONBAG
CTRL + S = +FAERTEHBADGAR
CTRL + Z = +GUI
CTRL + X = -GUI

All "keyboard shortcuts" work perfectly - For Ditto: 10 max!
Of course you must open console with ENTER and close it again with ENTER
No escape ... and forget current.gas (you lost your time)

You can automate pressing Enter, typing a command and pressing Enter again with AutoHotkey, that'll require some scripting though.

[Strangerhand]

Originally posted by Strangerhand:

THE QUEST FOR A COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENT AND ITS SYNTAX ACROSS YON LAND OF CYBERSPACE begins!...

Aw, great! Not as good as the other Quests in the game, yaaah! As if I didn't have enough of those already! Perhaps if the answer was rather easier to find, hmm....

Yeah, "IF"! This "quest" sucks! I not find anything yet! Sure wish I could use a key to toggle the HUD on and off in Dungeon Siege, yep, sure do!