idbeholdME: ~ and ` are usually what's sharing the relevant key though.

Try adding a different US keyboard in Windows settings and see what happens.

Even today, I have to have a US keyboard on SHIFT+ALT swap because many games still only properly recognize US keyboard mappings and if I use the default CS layout, many inputs are not recognized. Most often, it's exactly the row of keys with tilde and numbers. Czech layout has ; on tilde key, ° on SHIFT + tilde and diacritical letters on the number keys, which can sometimes confuse some games.

This is what my keyboard types on that row in czech layout:
; + ě š č ř ž ý á í é =

And this is what it types on the US layout:
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
With SHIFT, the first key becomes tilde:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +

If you are attempting to open console with SHIFT + key with tilde, SHIFT combo presses have a high chance of not getting recognized in games. So the goal would be to either somehow rebind which key opens the console or find a layout that has tilde available on single keypress and not in a SHIFT combo.
The likely problem is that they game treats that key as ` key and not the ~ key.

Some games check for the mapping of the key, some games check the "internal code" of the key (in layman's terms).

I have encountered both. Games can say in controls that weapons are bound to numbers. Some work even if I have the czech layout on as the game is looking for the internal code of the key pressed and not the actual mapping. Some games look for the exact mapping, so changing the keyboard language makes it so the game doesn't register them. Because when I press 5, the game thinks I pressed "ř", so it does nothing.

paladin181: SOLUTION! I found a second installed keyboard in my PC that is not present. I had to uninstall it. Console works now! Thanks for all the TS help.
Opened Device manager
Expanded Keyboards
Found Logitech Unifying device
Uninstall.

Open game, `~ key opens console.

idbeholdME: Nice. Wonder how these devices appear on peoples' systems. Have you used a Logitech keyboard before so it's only a remnant driver? I only have my keyboard in Device Manager.

Gudadantza: Not a glitch per se but an annoyance.

Is there any practical system to rebind the pause key for this game? You need to use the real pause button but depending the keyboard is pretty umcorfortable pressing the "Fn + PageUp/Pause" combo. Considering that it is a very pause dependant kind of game like Baldur's Gate is, I see it as an inconvenience specially when you have your full party available.
Obviously the Space or Shift keys are used in game for diferent functions.

I read about AutoHotkey and use a Script before the game is launched but it is an annoyance as well if not worse.

greetings

paladin181: You can create an AHK script that will rebind pause to your chosen key, open the game for you, and kill the script when you exit the game. I wrote one for Vampyr to manage the savegames (since there is no save game management in that game) that does almost exactly this. It binds hotkeys for saving and loading, and opens the game through a shortcut, then it can create back-ups. When you exit the game, it kills the script automatically. I'll have to look at it and see exactly how it worked to do it, but the functionality is definitely there.

paladin181: SOLUTION! I found a second installed keyboard in my PC that is not present. I had to uninstall it. Console works now! Thanks for all the TS help.

Gudadantza: Yes, well, thanks for the answer, I guess it is the only real solution. Didn't find any more on the Internet for years.

rtcvb32: Now THAT is not something i would have expected to cause an issue. Wow...

paladin181: So if you're interested in the AHK script, you'll have to change your install directory on Line 7 and the key you want to use for pause. In this example, I assigned it to LControl. Change X:\GOG GAMES INSTALL LOCATION to your folder where VtM Redemption is located. Make sure you add the -console command flag to the Launch shortcut if you want to use the console. Just tested this and it indeed kills the script after the game is closed. It may not be the cleanest way to do it, I'm not a programmer. paladin181: paladin181: I know, right?