How do you open the Olivion Console? Ive tried hitting the tilde key (`/~) while paused, during the inventory/menu, and during actual play, and nothing occurs. Is there someting i must/must not do in order to have access?

I don't think there was anything to do other than press the ~ key on the keyboard. The console opens on the lower left portion of the screen. It may be hard to see the cursor.

its ok. i figured it out. turns out new versions of wireless microsoft and HP keyboards disable the tilde key in many full screen applications. i simply unistalled the driver for the infrared receiver, so it recognized the tilde command. thanks anyways.