# Windows Console build

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-console-build/14190>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 31, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-console-build/14190 "2017-08-31T18:47:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Caplin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/caplin/32/3065_2.png) [@Caplin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Caplin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-console-build/14190/1 "2017-08-31T18:47:30Z")

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Hi All,

So I’m wondering if it’s possible to revamp the Windows “console,” build to actually be a console application. As it stands now, it seems to run in a graphical window, which makes playing with Windows screen readers kind of hard.

Is it possible to build with, say, PDCurses in console mode, so it actually runs in a command prompt? This might not look as good, but it would make things a lot easier as I try to introduce other blind players to the game. Other RL’s, like NetHack, seem to do this already.

Thanks for any thoughts 🙂

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**Author:** ![TooDAMNMuch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TooDAMNMuch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TooDAMNMuch)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/windows-console-build/14190/2 "2017-08-31T19:24:10Z")

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i’m certainly not an authority on the topic, but from what i understand the game only emulates a console due to how much re-writing and missing features there would be if a real one was used.