Not able to open console

[death112]

Not sure if its just me, but I cant seem to open the console.
Ive tried rebinding it in the cfg file but that didnt work either.

[zturtleman]

Try pressing Shift+Escape.

The standard console key doesn't work on some key layouts. The upstream issue is located at ioquake/ioq3#285.

The console keys are separate from binds for toggleconsole. It's possible to specify bind key names or Unicode character hex value in cl_consoleKeys cvar but the standard console key (grave key) is difficult to handle due to dead keys. The easy solution for users is to use a function key like F4 (seta cl_consoleKeys "F4") though this is admittedly odd since the grave key originally worked in Quake 3 / Elite Force.