How to activate console in Team Fortress 2

By default console is disabled, so You can't open it. This short tutorial will show You two easy ways to activate console.

What is a console?

The console is a command-line interface for the advanced configuration of games.

How to activate console in game?

To enable console in game You need to enter into game options.
Then in "Keyboard" tab press "Advanced" button.





















Small window will pop-up.
There are two options. Check the second option and press OK.








Above steps are showing way to activate console in game Team Fortress 2.
In other Valve productions (like Half-Life or Counter-Strike) console activation method is the same and that option is mostly in same place - in keyboard advanced options.

How to activate console in Steam game library?

Open Your game library in Steam.
Find Team Fortress 2, press right mouse button on it and choose "Properties".





















Then click "Set launch options" button and small window will appear.
Put -console launch option in that window and press OK.

How to use console?

To open console You need to press ~ key on Your keyboard.
With tabulator key You can see hints to commands.
To separate many commands in one line use semicolon.
To send commands just press Enter.

[Sheepless Ram]

@Jezus Just rebind it to a different key. I had that too because if you don't have a keyboard layout with "~" on that key, it always doesn't work.

[Jesus The christ]

i litteraly cant press that key bc it does NOTHING

[swervy]

i don't have the old version and i can't change it help pls

[Avaray]

bind o toggleconsole

[iceman]

With witch command do I bind the console to 0?

[Dorkix]

Chads bind the console to the ENTER key

[Avaray]

If you Really dont have it, then you can switch keyboard layout in OS for different one. Or write a macro for that symbol. With AHK for example.

[-Darjeeling-]

i dont have a ~ key cause german keyboards

[Gorbattente]

i dont have the ~ on the keyboard

[Raiden_Shogun]

how do you know if it worked or not?