How do I enable the console menu?

Garry's Mod mapping
#1

It’s quite embarassing that I’m having to ask this, nevertheless I just started mapping yesterday and wanted to test my first few maps.
However I don’t know how to get the console menu up upon opening Half Life 2 so I can type in the name of my map for testing. I’ve been told I need to enable the console menu in the “Configuration Menu” but I don’t know how to get to that.

Could someone explain how to do it, please?
Thanks.

#2

Options>Keyboard>Advanced>enable developer console

All ingame of course.

#3

Thanks!

Um, do I need to create my own server to test the map? These tutorials make very clear how to make maps but not so much on how to test them…

#4

type in console
map
then a space
then the map name

so if i wanted to play on gm_piss
map gm_piss

#5

Got it working, thanks!

#6

HL2 should load the map automatically once it’s done compiling, as long as you didn’t check the box that said “Don’t run game after compiling” in the compile options window.

#7

I noticed that, but the tutorial I was following said uncheck the box because it can cause complications when the map begins to run, and I was hoping to keep things simple for my first try.

#8

Make sure you don’t have a space in the map name, if you do then your best bet is to recompile but you could also do map “gm some space name fuck” to change the map.

#9

It doesn’t compile if you have spaces in the map filename.

And OP: Which tutorial told you that?

#10

Huh, it does for me lol.