dont ask why, but i need to use the steam version. and for a clarification:
well, theres also the ingame console but some scripts freeze the game while calculating, so i need to see the progress in that console, which updates reguardless. also when the first player joins my server i freeze. its also handy when i want to see pending connections and instead of checking console all the time. i can see that console which shows in the background and is always visible, not the same case with the ingame one.