Console

The Console is a feature of most video games to type commands. It is mainly used by developers, but also by many players for cheating. In American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2, the console can be opened by pressing "~", but it has to be enabled first.

Enable console

To open the console you have to go to the game's home directory

Windows

The default location is either:
<User>\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\
or
<User>\Documents\American Truck Simulator\

macOS

These folders are best accessed through the Finder's "Go to Folder" command (⇧⌘G):
~/Library/Application Support/Euro Truck Simulator 2
or
~/Library/Application Support/American Truck Simulator

Linux

The default locations is located at:
<User>/.local/share/Euro Truck Simulator 2/
or
<User>/.local/share/American Truck Simulator/

Config file

Once located, open the file config.cfg using a text editor (e.g. Notepad on Windows) and set the following config variables (default is 0):

1. uset g_developer from"0" to "1"
2. uset g_console from "0" to "1".

After saving and starting the game you can open the console by pressing "~" on your keyboard. You only have to enable the console once, so after doing this it will always stay enabled.

Windows 10 issue for non-typical layouts

The above does not suffice if you use Windows 10 and a keyboard with a non-typical layout (particular Russian). Console will not start on "~" as the game will not see it. In that case you need to reassign console on some other key, the problem is – this can't be done inside the game itself as there is no console listed in keys menu. So you have to manually change it. Go to:
Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2\steam_profiles\[digits and letters]
and open "controls.sii" via notepad. Find line:
mix console `modifier (this usually goes as line 118 or 126)
and change "keyboard.grave?0" to another key, you may use F10, so you need to write "keyboard.f10?0"
F10 itself is involved for screenshot but it is not needed in that case as Steam provides screenshot on F12 already.

Shortcuts

While using the console, one can use these shortcuts for faster navigation.

Keys	Description
ArrowUp or ArrowDown	Select previous commands again
Ctrl + Shift	Change the mode of message display – errors and warnings, all.
PageUp and PageDown	Scroll the console content up / down.
Shift + PageUp or PageDown	Quickly scroll the contents of the console up / down.
Ctrl + PageUp or PageDown	Slowly scroll the contents of the console up / down.

Useful Commands

Values with "[value]" are optional and values with "<value>" are required for the command.

Command + Parameters	Effects + Instructions
exit [reason]	Exits current profile.
game	Reloads current profile.
g_minicon <0 or 1>	Shows or hides the mini-console
g_set_time <hours> [minutes] [remove_traffic]	Changes the current game time. Note that this command only can advance the time! Setting a value for minutes is only optional.
g_set_weather <weather_index>	Changes the current weather. 0 (even numbers) = dry / 1 (odd numbers) = rainy.
g_set_skybox <skybox_idx>	Set the sky according to index number (only 1-3).
g_traffic <0 or 1>	Disables or enables AI traffic
goto <x;y;z> goto <city_token> goto "<city name>"	Enables Free Camera and teleports your camera to the specified location. Tokens are unique internal identifiers (e. g. salt_lake). The quotes around city names are optional if the name is just a single word. Using abbreviations is possible (e. g. goto salt and goto "lake c" both go to SLC).
pause	Pauses the game (Same effect as "F1")
quit	Quits the game and returns back to the desktop.
warp <speed>	Changes the simulation speed of the game (0.9 = 90% of standard speed)
g_show_game_elements <0 or 1>	Disables or enables ingame items like the box around the trailer before hooking it up Gas station icon repair icons and others

Free Camera

You can open the free camera (also known as developer camera or "dev cam") when the console is enabled by pressing "0". It will also be enabled in the case of teleportation with goto. Flying speed can be altered with the mousewheel.

Keys	Description
Numpad 8	Move forward
Numpad 4	Move left
Numpad 6	Move right
Numpad 5	Move backward
Numpad 9	Move upward
Numpad 3	Move downward
Ctrl + F9	Teleport vehicle to camera

Note: Vehicle teleportation does not work in online jobs since the 1.22 update. Before the 1.41 update, the key to press was simply F9. As of that update, the key to press was Ctrl + F9.

Launching the Map Editor

As of the 1.36 update, to open the Map Editor, one must create a shortcut to the game's exe file (located at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Euro Truck Simulator 2\bin\win_x64\eurotrucks2.exe" for Euro Truck Simulator 2 on Windows and "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\American Truck Simulator\bin\win_x64\amtrucks.exe" for American Truck Simulator on Windows) and add the extension " -edit"

Previously until the update 1.35, the Map Editor was able to be accessed in-game via the command "edit", but this is no longer the case.

See also

For a more complete list of the commands in SCS' games, see the commands page on the SCS Modding Wiki.