- use the border flat as console fallback instead of the title pic.

This tends to work a lot better because it has far lower contrast.

src/common/2d/v_2ddrawer.cpp

@@ -753,14 +753,14 @@ float F2DDrawer::GetClassicFlatScalarHeight()
 	return sh;
 }
 
-void F2DDrawer::AddFlatFill(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, FGameTexture *src, int local_origin, double flatscale, PalEntry color)
+void F2DDrawer::AddFlatFill(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, FGameTexture *src, int local_origin, double flatscale, PalEntry color, ERenderStyle style)
 {
 	float fU1, fU2, fV1, fV2;
 
 	RenderCommand dg;
 
 	dg.mType = DrawTypeTriangles;
-	dg.mRenderStyle = DefaultRenderStyle();
+	dg.mRenderStyle = LegacyRenderStyles[style];
 	dg.mTexture = src;
 	dg.mVertCount = 4;
 	dg.mTexture = src;

src/common/2d/v_2ddrawer.h

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public:
 	void AddPoly(FGameTexture* img, FVector4 *vt, size_t vtcount, unsigned int *ind, size_t idxcount, int translation, PalEntry color, FRenderStyle style, int clipx1, int clipy1, int clipx2, int clipy2);
 	void FillPolygon(int* rx1, int* ry1, int* xb1, int32_t npoints, int picnum, int palette, int shade, int props, const FVector2& xtex, const FVector2& ytex, const FVector2& otex,
 		int clipx1, int clipy1, int clipx2, int clipy2);
-	void AddFlatFill(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, FGameTexture *src, int local_origin = false, double flatscale = 1.0, PalEntry color = 0xffffffff);
+	void AddFlatFill(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, FGameTexture *src, int local_origin = false, double flatscale = 1.0, PalEntry color = 0xffffffff, ERenderStyle rs = STYLE_Normal);
 
 	void AddColorOnlyQuad(int left, int top, int width, int height, PalEntry color, FRenderStyle *style = nullptr, bool prepend = false);
 	void ClearScreen(PalEntry color = 0xff000000);

src/common/console/c_console.cpp

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ void C_SetNotifyFontScale(double scale)
 FConsoleBuffer *conbuffer;
 
 static FTextureID conback;
+static FTextureID conflat;
 static uint32_t conshade;
 static bool conline;
 
@@ -211,10 +212,10 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR (Int, msgmidcolor2, CR_BROWN, CVAR_ARCHIVE)
 	setmsgcolor (PRINTLEVELS+1, self);
 }
 
-void C_InitConback()
+void C_InitConback(FTextureID fallback, bool tile)
 {
 	conback = TexMan.CheckForTexture ("CONBACK", ETextureType::MiscPatch);
-
+	conflat = fallback;
 	if (!conback.isValid())
 	{
 		conback.SetInvalid();
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ void C_InitConback()
 	{
 		conshade = 0;
 		conline = false;
+		if (!tile) conback = fallback;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -612,8 +614,16 @@ void C_DrawConsole ()
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			PalEntry pe((uint8_t)(con_alpha * 255), 0, 0, 0);
-			twod->AddColorOnlyQuad(0, 0, screen->GetWidth(), visheight, pe);
+			if (conflat.isValid())
+			{
+				PalEntry pe((uint8_t(255 * con_alpha)), 64, 64, 64);
+				twod->AddFlatFill(0, visheight - screen->GetHeight(), screen->GetWidth(), visheight, TexMan.GetGameTexture(conflat), 1, CleanXfac, pe, STYLE_Shaded);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				PalEntry pe((uint8_t)(con_alpha * 255), 0, 0, 0);
+				twod->AddColorOnlyQuad(0, 0, screen->GetWidth(), visheight, pe);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (conline && visheight < screen->GetHeight())

src/common/console/c_console.h

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include "basics.h"
 #include "c_tabcomplete.h"
+#include "textureid.h"
 
 struct event_t;
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ extern constate_e ConsoleState;
 // Initialize the console
 void C_InitConsole (int width, int height, bool ingame);
 void C_DeinitConsole ();
-void C_InitConback();
+void C_InitConback(FTextureID fallback, bool tile);
 
 // Adjust the console for a new screen mode
 void C_NewModeAdjust (void);

src/d_main.cpp

@@ -3366,7 +3366,7 @@ static int D_DoomMain_Internal (void)
 		TexMan.Init([]() { StartScreen->Progress(); }, CheckForHacks);
 		PatchTextures();
 		TexAnim.Init();
-		C_InitConback();
+		C_InitConback(TexMan.CheckForTexture(gameinfo.BorderFlat, ETextureType::Flat), true);
 
 		FixWideStatusBar();