Console

Console

Project: Consolation includes a custom in-game console overlay with its own rendering, input handling, history, scrolling, autocomplete, and full-console mode.

The console now also captures early boot output so startup history is visible once the overlay becomes available.

Credits

The in-game console reimplementation was ported from the AlterWare / XLabs / momo5502 style in-game console work and then adapted for 007: Quantum of Solace:

• AlterWare IW6 console implementation

Example

The screenshot below shows the custom in-game console overlay:

Main Keys

• F1, \, < >: open or close the small console
• Shift + \, Shift + < >: open or close the full console
• Esc: close the console
• Enter: run the current command
• Tab: autocomplete commands and dvars

Navigation

• Up / Down: browse command history
• Left / Right: move the text cursor
• Home / End: jump to the start or end of the line

Output Controls

• Shift + Tab: show or hide the output pane
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab: toggle fullscreen output pane
• Shift + Up / Shift + Down: scroll console output
• PgUp / PgDn: scroll console output
• Mouse wheel: scroll console output while the console is open

Editing Shortcuts

• Backspace / Delete: edit the current line
• Hold Backspace: repeat delete
• Ctrl + Backspace: clear the current input line
• Ctrl + A: select the current input line
• Shift + Ctrl + C: copy the selected input text
• Ctrl + V: paste clipboard text
• Ctrl + L: clear console output

Features

• Branded prompt: Project: Consolation <version> [hash] >
• Full-console footer with build/version information
• Autocomplete for commands and dvars
• Single-dvar details for current value, default value, description, and domain
• Scrollable full-console match list for large autocomplete results
• Output mirrored through the game's console print path
• Startup history capture so early log output is visible after the console opens
• Input history snapshot and restore so browsing old lines does not destroy what you were typing
• Basic clipboard editing support for the input line
• Current boot messages, including startup and profile-related log lines, now show up in the console history once the overlay is ready

Notes

• This console was simple to port over nearly 1:1 compared to the original IW6 reimplementation, then adjusted for this game's renderer, input, and dvar environment.
• The custom console installs its hooks lazily after the real game window exists to avoid startup crashes.
• Shift + Tab is intended for normal output viewing.
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab is intended for a larger fullscreen-style console view.
• Copy uses Shift + Ctrl + C instead of plain Ctrl + C so the console does not take over the normal system shortcut. During development this made it much easier to keep clipboard-based screenshots and other normal desktop copy flows working.