Minor irritation

[MrHoohah]

Greetings!  I have a silly problem.  No matter what mode I'm in, once a mission finishes loading and I'm in the cockpit, the console is open by default.  There is nothing in my startup shortcut that activates it, and I can't find any options about it, and searching through the net and these forums have proved fruitless; any idea why this is happening?  Thanks much!

[squirrelof09]

Try pressing 'ctrl' + '~' . That should disable the console.

If that does not fix your problem. What version of the game are you playing? Are you playing with any mods?

[GSH]

In 1.3ta5 (and pb4a before that), errors in ODFs will open the console after loading. Bzone.exe should flash the console open momentarily, then close it after a second. Bz2edit.exe will keep the console open. Stock should not cause this to happen; have you installed any mods that don't note that they're compatible w/ 1.3ta5 (or pb4a)? If so, please complain to the modmakers.

-- GSH

[MrHoohah]

Oh, yes, closing the console is no problem, it's just a bit inconvenient that it's open by default each time.

I was unaware there was a 1.3ta5, I only have 1.3 and Forgotten Enemies for 1.3, guess maybe I could try updating to said patch!

[MrHoohah]

Wow, that did it.  Thanks much, guys!

[King Gladiator]

MrHooHah do you know General HooHah by chance?

[bigbadbogie]

Either General Hoohah got dishonourably discharged, or it's his brother.