Do I Need C++ Knowledge For Creating Source Engine Console ?

[badhomaks]

And does anyone know any console source codes (apart from Hell Demon's mini console cause I've already seen it) that I can use to understand how they work? (for educational purposes obviously, I won't be ripping off code without credit)

Sorry if wrong section.

(the game is Vindictus if that matters)

[Hell_Demon]

Most of them are based off of my work, so won't be much of a difference.
The ones using a DOS window use AllocConsole like my oldest consoles did.

And yep, you need C++ for it.

[Verstehen]

You need to use AllocConsole, then have a way for the console to take input and output.
Here is a basic example.

int hCout;
 AllocConsole();
hCoutt = _open_osfhandle ((intptr_t) GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), _O_TEXT);

//Free the console when you are done with it
FreeConsole();