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Could be useful if you’re viewing dem.files or making movies though. Or do you need dem files that have been recorded on a server with the wait command on?

Either way, it’s a nice trick to know. I always wondered if it was some sort of HUD but it turns out it really is a clever script.

This is pretty awesome atmo

Why are you using null cancel?

try asking /r/tf2scripts

Quoted from slate

found this while checking out if printing stuff to screen with developer 1 would make for viable in-game menus for scripting, but it’s definately useful for this as well!

I already figured that out a long time ago, made a quick guide:
My old script pack implements this (keep in mind that’s rather old & complicated :P)

Making ingame menus with scripts

First we need to setup some stuff
The way menus will work is that we’ll clear the console, echo what we want then enable console filtering to filter out everything else (hence picking a filter that won’t ever match).
The time for the text appearing in the topleft corner is extended to as long as possible & the number of lines is extended greatly.

con_filter_text "ajk^bqdl"
con_notifytime 600
contimes 100
alias cf1 "con_filter_enable 1"
alias cf0 "con_filter_enable 0"
alias dev1 "developer 1"
alias dev0 "developer 0"
cf0; dev0

Showing the menu is child’s play, create a new .cfg for the menu you want to show (since we’ll need quotes) and format it as such

clear; dev1
// Echo your menu here
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo ""
echo "General Settings"
echo "1. Say hello!"
echo ""
echo "----"
sv_allow_wait_command
echo "----"
// Setup the binds for interaction
clearslots
bind 1 "say Hello!"
// Enable console filtering to stop anything else from getting added to the menu
cf1

Controlling opening / closing the menu

// This might not play nice with crosshair switchers and whatnot, will need to be properly integrated.
alias resetslots "bind 1 slot1; bind 2 slot2; bind 3 slot3; bind 4 slot4; bind 5 slot5; bind 6 slot6; bind 7 slot7; bind 8 slot8; bind 9 slot 9; bind 0 slot0"
alias clearslots "unbind 1; unbind 2; unbind 3; unbind 4; unbind 5; unbind 6; unbind 7; unbind 8; unbind 9; unbind 0"
alias openmenu "exec menus/test.cfg"
alias closemenu "dev0; cf0; clear; resetslots"
alias +menu "openmenu"
alias -menu "closemenu"

There you go, bind a key to +menu and watch for yourself. :)

Notes: You can go much *much* further than this, creating completely interactive menus with feedback on current settings but that’s for another day.

Quoted from Spike Himself

Bear in mind that when you change your console font, you won’t be able to submit status screenshots for your matches on etf2l anymore. Well, I suppose you can still submit them, but they won’t be parsed anymore.

That’s just the font used for displaying the console contents on screen. The actual console has its font defined somewhere else (I changed it to Courier New a long time ago though).