so simply load in and press the Tilde (~) key to bring up the console. Once the wasteland gets a little hard to survive, you can open up the console command in PC and try one of the cheats below. Format strings are actually a collection of arguments consisting of a string followed by zero to twenty variables and/or numbers. Certain companions will automatically reject certain Faction armor. The console is a debugging tool in the PC version of Fallout 4. Note that many cheats to spawn items and NPCs use Item Codes.