Some of us are plagued by a mapping of the console key to a character that is needed to type the 'cheats' - here is your salvation!
- Create a data\text folder in the main game's directory (...\Medieval II Total War\data\text)
- Copy your descr_shortcuts file in there
- To completely get rid of the original setting TWO identical entries in data\text\descr_shortcut need to be changed
From
ToCode:show_console GRAVE_ACCENT hidden
This makes the Alt+C combination the default to call up the console - the setting can then be changed via options\key setting\miscCode:show_console C ALT
- Delete keys.dat in the preferences folder of all custom mods and the main game
- Start your custom mod (not the main game!) and change the key setting (misc) if you wish to use a different setting
Other:
The descr_shortcuts.txt file is included in my Bare Geomod installation
A tutorial to create custom\new short cuts for scripting purposes can be found here.