Can not access Crysis game console

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Open-source Crysis executables.

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Can not access Crysis game console #47

Open Omid-Heydarzadeh opened 3 months ago

Omid-Heydarzadeh commented 3 months ago

I'm not sure about the reason but my Crysis game (v1.1.1.6156) does not open the console when I hit the tilde key.

I hoped that these executable files would fix it but that doesn't happen.

Is there any workaround to access the console?

ccomrade commented 3 months ago

In-game console usually works fine. There can be several reason why it doesn't show up:

sys_DeactivateConsole cvar is set to 1. This is very unlikely outside multiplayer. Do you use some autoexec.cfg?
The game doesn't recognize the ~ key. No idea if this can actually be the problem, but everything is possible.
Some specific shaders failing to compile. Yes, shaders are needed to render the in-game console. I've seen this issue under Linux (DXVK). The game run fine, but in-game console was completely invisible and there were shader compiler errors when trying to open it. I had to install a specific version of d3dcompiler to fix it. Do you use Linux or Windows?

ccomrade commented 3 months ago

By the way, have you tried to open in-game console in both DX9 and DX10?

Omid-Heydarzadeh commented 3 months ago

Thank you for your reply.

I'm using Windows 11 and I tried both DX9 and DX10. I'm not sure about the sys_DeactivateConsole cvar, but I couldn't find any file containing that variable in the game installation folder or the document folder. Also, there is no autoexec.cfg file in either directory.

As you mentioned, it seems that the problem is one of these two:

The game can not recognize the tilde key (if this is the case I need to investigate further)
Shaders compilation failure

How can I find other d3dcompiler files to check if they make any difference?

ccomrade commented 3 months ago

You can go in-game and press the tilde key. After that, WSAD keys should no longer cause any character movement because they are used for typing into the invisible console. Pressing the tilde key to close the console should restore movement keys. If this is exactly what happens, then it's the shader issue causing invisible console, otherwise the game does not recognize the tilde key.

Omid-Heydarzadeh commented 3 months ago

I did as you said and it seems that the game does not recognize the tilde key. Thank you for your response. I'll keep you posted if I find any workaround.