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Cant open console in 2.3.67.3

terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
edited August 2016 in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Topic.

Here is part of my .lua file. The part that contains the Debug Mode string. Control-Space does nothing but pause the game. I don't have multiple keyboards enabled. Any thoughts?

SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Active Campaign','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Double Byte Character Support','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Debug Mode','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Path Search Nodes','32000')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Ambients','40')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume SFX','80')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Disable Cosmetic Attacks','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Sprite Mirror','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Font Name','')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','3D Acceleration','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Cloud Saves Enabled','0')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Tooltips','5')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Music','40')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Translucent Shadows','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Movie','90')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Voices','100')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Maximum Frame Rate','30')
SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Drop Capitals','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','REST','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','RESTINN','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','LOGO','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','BLACKPIT','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','FRARMINN','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','INTRO','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','DEATHAND','1')
SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','NASHKELL','1')

Thanks for the help.
terascque

Comments

  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    Do a search of you My Documents/ folder for multiple copies of baldur.lua - sometimes there can be a conflict if you have another copy in a subfolder where it shouldn't be.

    You should only have one baldur.lua and it should be found in:

    ...\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    I dont have multiple copies of .lua but I also still have the old ini file there. Should that be removed?
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    It can't hurt... The game should only use the .lua file however.
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    edited August 2016
    Yea removing the ini did nothing. It seems cheats aren't enabled. I tried CRTL-J to test and got nothing.
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    Close the game. Open Baldur.lua and Try deleting the line, save and close the file. Start the game. Exit the game. Open Baldur.lua. Check the line is gone. Add it... save and close... Start the game, now?
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    No luck there either. The line was removed when I deleted it. Upon putting the line back in though I still could not open the console.
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    I'm not sure then. If you just updated from a previous version, it may be worthwhile uninstalling and reinstalling.
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    Well I guess there is always original BG. Console on that works like I charm. Don't know why but I have always had problems with the console on BGEE. I couldn't open in it previous versions, then I couldn't get the commands to work, and now, well I cant get the console to open again. Sigh. Seems like they made it so much more difficult in comparison to BG. Could just be misremembering that as its been a while since playing BG but like I said no issues there and issues everytime I want to play BGEE.
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    Have you tried deleting the Baldur.lua file completely, starting the game and then closing the game and adding the line, then restarting?
  • BillyYankBillyYank Member Posts: 2,768
    It may be a silly question, but are you sure your control key is working?
  • ThelsThels Member Posts: 1,422
    In Windows itself, if you press CTRL-ESCAPE, does it open the start menu?
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    Hey guys thanks for the replies. I deleted the .lua file, started the game, exited out, added the line, and then tried rerunning the game. Had no luck with that. Yes control key works. Control-Escape opens the start menu.
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    Can you zip your baldur.lua and upload it so we can take a look...?
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ja_JP','MEIRYO')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','zh_CN','SIMSUN')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','uk_UA','PERMIAN')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','Zoom','112')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ko_KR','NANUM')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Fonts','ru_RU','PTSERIF')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume SFX','80')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Ambients','40')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Translucent Shadows','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Path Search Nodes','32000')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Movie','90')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Active Campaign','0')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Drop Capitals','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Music','40')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Debug Mode','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Font Name','')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Sprite Mirror','0')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Tooltips','15')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Maximum Frame Rate','30')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','3D Acceleration','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Volume Voices','100')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Language','Text','en_US')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Window','Full Screen','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','version','OpenGL version 4.5.0 NVIDIA 362.00 - build XXXX')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','renderer','GeForce GTX 965M/PCIe/SSE2')
    SetPrivateProfileString('Graphics','vendor','NVIDIA Corporation')
    SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','LOGO','1')
    SetPrivateProfileString('MOVIES','INTRO','1')
  • Mr2150Mr2150 Member Posts: 1,170
    It'd still be helpful to have the actual file you are using...

    There could be something wrong with the formatting, or elsewhere in the file. EG I can backup my own baldur.lua file and test yours on my system and if it works then it suggests that there is something else, and not the file at fault.
  • terascqueterascque Member Posts: 9
    That's it that is the whole file that is generated. It seems odd because I know before I deleted the file it was 2-3 times that size.
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