Console issue in Source games

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How do :)

I've googled for this, but I guess "can't type in console" is too ambiguous :)

In all my Source games, eg HL2, TF2, CS:S..

If I bring down the console using tilde, the console then instantly closes the second I start to type into it. If I bring the console down again, the first letter from my previous attempt remains in the command box.

Anywho, anyone have any ideas, or anyone else experienced this?
 
I already know about that, but cheers :)
Used to use it when I had a lesser setup to shorten menu load times.

It's mid-game, if I want to, say, show average fps, that I get the issue.
 
Well I don't know about a permanant fix but you can bind keys to things like showing FPS if you need that functionality using bind <key> function for example bind k net_graph 1 for the network and FPS stats in TF2.
 
uvmain said:
surely I'd need to type the bind in the console? ;)
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Yeah, I thought you could get it when you launched the game using -console though? It doesn't matter though because you can always enter it into the autoexec config which you can create at:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\STEAMNAME\team fortress 2\tf\cfg\autoexec.cfg

It will bind the keys everytime you run that game then.
 
For some reason, the source console doesn't play nice with non-US keyboards. Why they haven't fixed this in 5 years I can't imagine. Perhaps it amuses Gabe Newell to recieve emails from enraged german 12 year olds...:rolleyes:

There are two ways around this

1/ Set your keyboard location setting to US in windows, via control panel regional settings.

or

2/ Each time you open the console, type a vowel then hit backspace, then you can continue typing.
 
CrowK said:
For some reason, the source console doesn't play nice with non-US keyboards. Why they haven't fixed this in 5 years I can't imagine. Perhaps it amuses Gabe Newell to recieve emails from enraged german 12 year olds...:rolleyes:

There are two ways around this

1/ Set your keyboard location setting to US in windows, via control panel regional settings.

or

2/ Each time you open the console, type a vowel then hit backspace, then you can continue typing.
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eh? works fine with my uk keybord :confused:

Obviusly console is ` instead of ~ though.
 
I have the same problem. Whenever I open console I hit a and then backspace and type what I want. It's very odd and I only found out after typing random letters. I noticed that whenever I typed a it didn't close so I just used that fix.
 
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