How to change the console activation key

[petri]

Pro tip, to change the key binding for accessing console do the following:

Open grimrock.cfg in Documents\Almost Human\Legend of Grimrock and look for "consoleKey" field. The value of the key is a Windows Virtual Key Code. A list of keycodes can be found e.g. here.

Currently the console can be opened by pressing § key on the keyboard (on finnish keyboard the key just above Tab) which might be a bit awkward to some

[Jack Dandy]

The "consolekey" isn't in the .cfg file. Should I just add "consoleKey", or will it do no good?

[petri]

Ah, you can just add it there. E.g. "consoleKey = 115" binds it to f4

[Jack Dandy]

Okay, that worked, thanks.

[Shadowfied]

Nothing happens when I hit F4, I did add the line to the cfg...

[ShadowTigerZC]

The codes on the post in the first post appear to be in Hex. Neat. You can use this converter to turn 0x43 into 67 for example and put that at the end of consolekey = and it may work. Because 0x27 corresponds to 39, which I see mapped to the appropriate key. Okay then.

So I think, put in 192 for the Console Key. It corresponds to the Tilde on the American Keyboard.

EDIT: Yes, 192 works for the Tilde. I went into preview mode, hit Tilde, and the console popped up. So yes, I am quite chuffed. Thanks for your patience.

[Daght]

I got this .cfg file, but the ConsoleKey doesn't work.

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-- options
resolution = "1600 x 900"
displayMode = 1
verticalSync = 2
textureResolution = 3
textureFilter = 3
shadowQuality = 3
ssaoQuality = 3
muteMusic = false
muteSounds = false
musicVolume = 1
soundVolume = 1
arrowIcons = false
disableDamageTexts = false
hideItemProperties = false
mouseLook = true
invertX = false
invertY = false
autoSave = true
cameraBobbing = true
tooltipDelay = 0
maxFrameRate = 120
debugInfo = false
console = true
consoleKey = 45

[Komag]

so, to reiterate:

- don't have Grimrock or the editor running (not sure if this step is necessary)
- go to Documents\Almost Human\Legend of Grimrock
- open grimrock.cfg (with notepad)
- at the bottom (or anywhere) add the line:

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consoleKey = 192

192 should make the American Keyboard ~ (tilde) key open the console
or this:

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consoleKey = 115

115 should make F4 open the console
- save the grimrock.cfg file
- start Grimrock, fire up the editor, test it out

EDIT - to also use the console in the game (not just editor) add this line to the grimrock.cfg as well:

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console = true

[Montis]

If you want the console to work in the game, you have to set

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console = true

in the grimrock.cfg as well.

[Lark]

Thanks to everyone for the information. I now have the console activated with ~ (tilda), but only F1 (toggle collisions) appears to do anything. I read a post somewhere that F11 should open a minimap and right or left clicking on wall segments would make them "real" or "fake" - I'd like to experiment with this, but I can't get the minimap - any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thank you!