Cant get into console when pressing ~ in Half Life...im usin

[Cypress 0]

I really want to access the ~ command/console in Half life. How do i access it? I got a 64mb geforce DDR using the latest drivers and im using the latest patch of half life...

 

thanks in advance

[Sparkhard 0]

heh, this is an age old problem. It isnt your video card or any of your hardware. It is a flaw in Beta 7 and all the versions. make a shortcut to halflife on your desktop, then right click on it and goto PROPERTIES then at the end of the command line type in " -console " so that the line reads \halflife DIR \ hl.exe -console

 

that should fix it. if it doesnt post a reply there could be something else.

 

Good Luck , Sparkhard

[Cypress 0]

yea man i trade that already. I thought it would worked too but unfortunately it didnt.

[mello_j 0]

My problem with Half-life and Win2k, is that when I press ESC to get to the main menu, all I get is a black screen.

The computer doesn't crash, cause I can alt-tab out of it. The game plays fine, and the menu shows up fine when I start the game, but once I'm in, I cant seem to get out.

 

Thanks.

[Cypress 0]

man your interupting me

 

i might as well solve your problem

 

Switch to OPEN GL video mode and it will solve your problem.

 

Now can you solve mine?

 

lol

[Cypress 0]

To enable the console in Half-Life make a shortcut to C:\Half-Life\hl.exe -console

 

THE ABOVE DID NOT WORK FOR ME UNDER WINDOWS 2000 PRO

 

 

AND YOU ACCESS THE CONSOLE BY PRESSING THE ~ KEY RIGHT?

 

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[This message has been edited by Cypress (edited 31 January 2001).]

[Cypress 0]

HOLD ON I JUST TRIED IT...THE WORD CONSOLE IS ON TOP OF THE MENU...YOU JUST CLICK IT AND YOU GO TO THE CONSOLE

 

THANKS I THINK IT WORKED NOW

HEHE

[Busby 0]

When in the main menu you click the Console button. While in game you press the `/~ button.