![]() ![]() You can then use the top and down arrow keys to navigate thru them, and hit enter on them directly, instead of typing the full command. If you have a good idea of the name of the command, but can't remember it's exact spelling, type the first letter or first few letters of the command and a short-list of all matching commands will show in a black background. If you type con_ListCommands and hit enter, it'll dump all the commands it has available, with a short description of what does it do. What can it do? - So much that it's out of the scope of a down-and-dirty article like this. To get rid of it, hit esc to disable the entry mode (blinking cursor) and hit tilde agay. You'll see a lovely ugly cyan window pop up on the screen, semi-transparent. How to access it? - To open the console in Supcom, simply hit the tilde key. God knows why EA disables their console in the release version of their RTSes (yeah, there IS a console in Generals and BfME, it's just disabled), probably due to cheat-scare. Gamers get happier, and developers get a break of having to add an interface for every little customizable thing in their games. That's why it's so common in FPS games (who doesn't remember the "sensitivity" command for older titles?) and why smart developers like Chris Taylor always add up such level of control in their games. Although creating interface controls like buttons and sliders is generally a challenging feat for game coders, and hence limited in quantity, this is no obstacle for a console since it's just an interface for text commands. In lay man terms it's a window in which you can give commands directly to the game. So what is a console? - It's a simple listener or command line interface. Fear not though, MaDDoX to the rescue! Now you'll learn how to solve this and many other problems by dominating the most powerful asset for game customization ever developed, and unhappifully dropped by almost all RTS game companies in the former decade - the almighty console! Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.So AGMLauncher is dissing on our beloved Supcom 'coz it totally fails providing the "sense of scale" with those boring top-down angle and always-zoomed-out strategic icons? Well, he apparently has a point 'coz the default camera and scrolling (lack of) options are just pitiful. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. ![]() If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time. ![]()
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