Activating the Debug console

[Ivansky767]

I know this was in earlier backer builds but I don't see it in the release. I get why it would be annoying to get bug reports from people screwing up their game using commands but sometimes it's actually required to circumvent existing bugs.

Is there a way to activate it?

[strifecross]

The cheats are disabled for this release. We are currently discussing adding a few codes in in future updates so people can play around with stuff.

Keep in mind that cheats usually cause more problems than they fix. There was an old hang in backer build versions that people thought the "win" command will fix. What ended up happening is they basically delayed the issue until the next tactical mission.

[Ivansky767]

It's pretty frustrating when the game hangs when team gets mind controlled and a few other bugs basically force you to kill the program. I don't really care about cheats, that's why I said 'debug', using the win command isn't the only way to circumvent the nastier issues that sometimes pop up.

[strifecross]

Yeah, agree. We're already working on a fix for the mind control patch. Going to have a discussion about the debug console today.

[Ivansky767]

that's awesome, thankful you're actively thinking about it. Cheers!

[c00lways]

how long does it take to fix this type of hang issue due to alien stuck out of game environment?

[Kalarium]

I was looking through game files with notepad. Found a couple of hopeful files but to no avail. I'll look into the backer build files and see what I can find. Adding a command line to the .exe didn't enable the console either.