How do I open the Developer Console?

If you are a fan of computer games, then you probably heard that there is a developer console. But what is it? How to use it? It turns out that it exists not only in computer games: for example, it can be found in every Internet browser. And it can be incredibly useful not only for developers for whom it was originally intended. In this article, you will learn what a developer console is , what you can do with it, and what benefits it can bring to gamers.

What it is?

So, in the first place, of course, it's worth to talk about what the developer console is all about. This is a special tool designed, respectively, for software developers. When you call such a console, you have the opportunity to enter certain commands that significantly expand your capabilities. Therefore, to use it correctly, you need to know how to call it, how to use it, and what commands can be prescribed there and what actions to perform. At first glance, it might seem that the Developer Console is a fairly simple tool for use, but in fact it is not. You will need a lot of practice to perfectly master the console and quickly get the result that you want. But what kind of result should this be?

It's time to talk about why there is a developer console at all. Its main goal is to debug the software that was created by the programmer. This means that using this console, you can find errors in the program and fix them, and also make the program do what you want to check all its aspects before releasing it for sale. Accordingly, this console plays a very important role in the work of a software specialist.

More often than not, you may encounter such a console in computer games and Internet browsers, and this is exactly what will be discussed later in this article. First, you will learn how to open the developer console in an Internet browser, and figure out what it can give you, and then you will understand how important it is to be in a computer game.

How to open the console in the browser?

Naturally, you are looking forward to the moment when you can find out why you need this console in the Internet browser that you use daily, but first you should learn how it opens. It turns out that it is available in all browsers and almost everywhere opens the same way. This is done either using the Ctrl, Shift and I keys, or by pressing one F12 key. You should try to open the console yourself, and when you do it, you can proceed to further reading the article.

What does the browser console provide?

When you call the browser console on the screen, you can first be surprised at everything that you see. The fact is that the console is a very versatile tool, and you will be offered a variety of functions. For example, you can view all the page code, look at each element, view its styles and even JavaScript used for each of the items you are interested in. Every web developer who has been creating websites for at least a couple of months knows about such a console and actively uses it, because there you can even track errors in the code and try to fix them. Or you can try changing the styles and content and see how it will look before you make final changes. However, this console can be useful to ordinary users due to its multifunctionality, but this does not happen so often. In computer games, you can use the developer console much more often. "Witcher 3", "Maincraft", "Contra" and many other popular games have consoles that you can use, and this is exactly what will be discussed later.

Console in computer games

Everyone knows about the existence in many computer games of cheats, which you can enter in order to get special opportunities. Why remember about cheats now? The fact is that in some cases the role of cheats is played by the developer console, as it opens up new opportunities for you, which are not provided for by the game itself. But how does this console turn out to be in games? In the same way as in any software! After all, games are also programs, they were created in the same way by programmers, using all the tools available to them. So they used the console to test all the features and features of the game before announcing that the work on it is over. In some cases, developers leave the console in the game as a bonus, in others they block access to it so that players do not use advanced functions. Both cases will be described later.

Using the console in games

One of the brightest examples of a computer game, in which there is direct access to the developer console, is "Contra". This team shooter to date is an exemplary example in its genre. And with the help of the console you can change the color, size and shape of the sight, add bots here, and also change many other functions. Some of them are allowed everywhere, others are forbidden, so you can use them only if you create a game and activate the use of cheats through the console. Similarly, the developer console in "Maynkraft" and many other popular games.

Modifications

However, not in all games, developers leave access to the development console. "Witcher (1.31 version) 3" is the clearest example of how the game developers, using the functions of this tool to test and debug the game, completely closed access to it. Fortunately, there were people who were able to restore this access and released a special modification, downloading it and installing it on your computer, you can use the developer console, which will greatly enhance your capabilities.