Console commands

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Engine

Name	Description	Min	Max	Notes
osd.c
osdeditpal	sets the palette of the OSD input text	0	MAXPALOOKUPS-1
osdpromptpal	sets the palette of the OSD prompt	0	MAXPALOOKUPS-1
osdtextpal	sets the palette of the OSD text	0	MAXPALOOKUPS-1
osdeditshade	sets the shade of the OSD input text	0	7
osdtextshade	sets the shade of the OSD text	0	7
osdpromptshade	sets the shade of the OSD prompt	INT8_MIN	INT8_MAX
osdrows	sets the number of visible lines of the OSD	1	MAXPALOOKUPS-1
osdtextmode	set OSD text mode (0:graphical, 1:fast)	0	1
osdlogcutoff	sets the maximal line count of the log file	0	262144
osdhistorydepth	sets the history depth, in lines	OSDMINHISTORYDEPTH	OSDMAXHISTORYDEPTH
alias	creates an alias for calling multiple commands
clear	clears the console text buffer
echo [text]	echoes text to the console
exec <scriptfile>	executes a script
fileinfo <file>	gets a file's information
help	displays help for the specified cvar or command; "listsymbols" to show all commands
history	displays the console command history
listsymbols	lists all registered functions, cvars and aliases
toggle	toggles the value of a boolean cvar
unalias	removes a command alias
baselayer.c
r_usenewaspect	enable/disable new screen aspect ratio determination code	0	1
r_screenaspect	if using r_usenewaspect and in fullscreen, screen aspect ratio in the form XXYY, e.g. 1609 for 16:9	0	9999
r_novoxmips	turn off/on the use of mipmaps when rendering 8-bit voxels	0	1
r_voxels	enable/disable automatic sprite->voxel rendering	0	1
r_tror_nomaskpass	enable/disable additional pass in TROR software rendering	0	1	TROR-enabled builds only
r_windowpositioning	enable/disable window position memory	0	1
vid_gamma	adjusts gamma component of gamma ramp	0	10
vid_contrast	adjusts contrast component of gamma ramp	0	10
vid_brightness	adjusts brightness component of gamma ramp	0	10
debug1	debug counter	-100000	100000	debug builds only
debug2	debug counter	-100000	100000	debug builds only
debug_maskdrawmode	Show mask draw orders	0	1	debug builds only
setrendermode <number>	sets the engine's rendering mode
hicsetpalettetint	sets palette tinting values			debug builds only
glinfo	shows OpenGL information about the current OpenGL mode			OpenGL-enabled builds only
polymost.c
r_animsmoothing	enable/disable model animation smoothing	0	1
r_downsize	controls downsizing factor (quality) for hires textures	0	5
r_fullbrights	enable/disable fullbright textures	0	1
r_parallaxskyclamping	enable/disable parallaxed floor/ceiling sky texture clamping	0	1
r_parallaxskypanning	enable/disable parallaxed floor/ceiling panning when drawing a parallaxing sky	0	1
r_detailmapping	enable/disable detail mapping	0	1	disabled when GL extensions are disabled, such as GL ES targets
r_glowmapping	enable/disable glow mapping	0	1	disabled when GL extensions are disabled, such as GL ES targets
r_polygonmode	debugging feature	0	3	disabled in GL ES targets
r_texcache	enable/disable OpenGL compressed texture cache	0	2	disabled in GL ES targets
r_memcache	enable/disable texture cache memory cache	0	1	disabled in GL ES targets
r_texcompr	enable/disable OpenGL texture compression	0	1	disabled in GL ES targets
r_redbluemode	enable/disable experimental OpenGL red-blue glasses mode	0	1	currently disabled
r_shadescale	multiplier for shading	0	10
r_shadescale_unbounded	enable/disable allowance of complete blackness	0	1
r_swapinterval	sets the GL swap interval (VSync)	-1	1
r_npotwallmode	enable/disable emulation of walls with non-power-of-two height textures (Polymost, r_hightile 0)	0	1
r_anisotropy	changes the OpenGL texture anisotropy setting	0	16
r_texturemaxsize	changes the maximum OpenGL texture size limit	0	4096
r_texturemiplevel	changes the highest OpenGL mipmap level used	0	6
r_texfilter	changes the texture filtering settings	0	5
r_usenewshading	visibility/fog code: 0: orig. Polymost 1: 07/2011 2: linear 12/2012 3: no neg. start 03/2014	0	3
r_usetileshades	enable/disable Polymost tile shade textures	0	2
r_vbocount	sets the number of Vertex Buffer Objects to use when drawing models	1	256	disabled when GL extensions are disabled, such as GL ES targets
r_vbos	enable/disable using Vertex Buffer Objects when drawing models	0	1	disabled when GL extensions are disabled, such as GL ES targets
r_vertexarrays	enable/disable using vertex arrays when drawing models	0	1
r_projectionhack	enable/disable projection hack	0	1
r_models	enable/disable model rendering	0	1
r_nofog	enable/disable GL fog	0	1
r_hightile	enable/disable hightile texture rendering	0	1
r_preview_mouseaim	toggles mouse aiming preview, use this to calibrate yxaspect in Polymost Mapster32	0	1
polymost.c (Polymer builds only)
r_pr_lighting	enable/disable dynamic lights - restarts renderer	0	2
r_pr_normalmapping	enable/disable virtual displacement mapping	0	1
r_pr_specularmapping	enable/disable specular mapping	0	1
r_pr_shadows	enable/disable dynamic shadows	0	1
r_pr_shadowcount	maximal amount of shadow emitting lights on screen - you need to restart the renderer for it to take effect	0	64
r_pr_shadowdetail	sets the shadow map resolution - you need to restart the renderer for it to take effect	0	5
r_pr_shadowfiltering	enable/disable shadow edges filtering - you need to restart the renderer for it to take effect	0	1
r_pr_maxlightpasses	the maximal amount of lights a single object can by affected by	0	PR_MAXLIGHTS
r_pr_maxlightpriority	lowering that value removes less meaningful lights from the scene	0	PR_MAXLIGHTPRIORITY
r_pr_fov	sets the field of vision in build angle	0	1023
r_pr_customaspect	if non-zero, forces the 3D view aspect ratio	0	3
r_pr_billboardingmode	face sprite display method. 0: classic mode; 1: polymost mode	0	1
r_pr_verbosity	verbosity level of the polymer renderer	0	3
r_pr_wireframe	toggles wireframe mode	0	1
r_pr_vbos	contols Vertex Buffer Object usage. 0: no VBOs. 1: VBOs for map data. 2: VBOs for model data.	0	2
r_pr_buckets	controls batching of primitives. 0: no batching. 1: buckets of materials.	0	1
r_pr_gpusmoothing	toggles model animation interpolation	0	1
r_pr_overrideparallax	overrides parallax mapping scale and bias values with values from the pr_parallaxscale and pr_parallaxbias cvars; use it to fine-tune DEF tokens	0	1
r_pr_parallaxscale	overriden parallax mapping offset scale	-10	10
r_pr_parallaxbias	overriden parallax mapping offset bias	-10	10
r_pr_overridespecular	overrides specular material power and factor values with values from the pr_specularpower and pr_specularfactor cvars; use it to fine-tune DEF tokens	0	1
r_pr_specularpower	overriden specular material power	-10	1000
r_pr_specularfactor	overriden specular material factor	-10	1000
r_pr_highpalookups	enable/disable highpalookups	0	1
r_pr_artmapping	enable/disable art mapping	0	1
r_pr_overridehud	overrides hud model parameters with values from the pr_hud* cvars; use it to fine-tune DEF tokens	0	1
r_pr_hudxadd	overriden HUD xadd; see r_pr_overridehud	-100	100
r_pr_hudyadd	overriden HUD yadd; see r_pr_overridehud	-100	100
r_pr_hudzadd	overriden HUD zadd; see r_pr_overridehud	-100	100
r_pr_hudangadd	overriden HUD angadd; see r_pr_overridehud	-1024	1024
r_pr_hudfov	overriden HUD fov; see r_pr_overridehud	0	1023
r_pr_overridemodelscale	overrides model scale if non-zero; use it to fine-tune DEF tokens	0	500
r_pr_ati_fboworkaround	enable this to workaround an ATI driver bug that causes sprite shadows to be square - you need to restart the renderer for it to take effect	0	1
r_pr_ati_nodepthoffset	enable this to workaround an ATI driver bug that causes sprite drawing to freeze the game on Radeon X1x00 hardware - you need to restart the renderer for it to take effect	0	1
r_pr_nullrender	disable all draws when enabled, 2: disables updates too	0	3
winbits.c
r_togglecomposition	enable/disable toggle of desktop composition when initializing screen modes	0	1	Windows builds only
winlayer.c
maxrefreshfreq	maximum display frequency to set for OpenGL Polymost modes (0=no maximum)			RENDERTYPE=WIN builds only

Game-Specific

Name	Description	Min	Max	Notes
game.c
restartvid	reinitialise the video mode
vidmode [xdim ydim] [bpp] [fullscreen]	immediately change the video mode
map [filename]	load a map
osdcmds.c
crosshair	enable/disable crosshair	0	1
cl_autoaim	enable/disable weapon autoaim	0	3
cl_automsg	enable/disable automatically sending messages to all players	0	1
cl_autorun	enable/disable autorun	0	1
cl_autovote	enable/disable automatic voting	0	2
cl_cheatmask	configure what cheats show in the cheats menu	0	~0
cl_obituaries	enable/disable multiplayer death messages	0	1
cl_democams	enable/disable demo playback cameras	0	1
cl_idplayers	enable/disable name display when aiming at opponents	0	1
cl_runmode	enable/disable modernized run key operation	0	1
cl_showcoords	show your position in the game world	0	2	mode 2 only in GL builds
cl_viewbob	enable/disable player head bobbing	0	1
cl_weaponsway	enable/disable player weapon swaying	0	1
cl_weaponswitch	enable/disable auto weapon switching	0	7
color	changes player palette	0	MAXPALOOKUPS-1
crosshairscale	changes the size of the crosshair	10	100
demorec_diffs	enable/disable diff recording in demos	0	1
demorec_force	enable/disable forced demo recording	0	1
demorec_difftics	sets game tic interval after which a diff is recorded	2	60*REALGAMETICSPERSEC
demorec_diffcompress	Compression method for diffs. (0: none, 1: KSLZW)	0	1
demorec_synccompress	Compression method for input. (0: none, 1: KSLZW)	0	1
demorec_seeds	enable/disable recording of random seed for later sync checking	0	1
demoplay_diffs	enable/disable application of diffs in demo playback	0	1
demoplay_showsync	enable/disable display of sync status	0	1
hud_althud	enable/disable alternate mini-hud	0	2
hud_bgstretch	enable/disable background image stretching in wide resolutions	0	1
hud_messagetime	length of time to display multiplayer chat messages	0	3600
hud_numbertile	first tile in alt hud number set	0	MAXTILES-10
hud_numberpal	pal for alt hud numbers	0	MAXPALOOKUPS
hud_shadows	enable/disable althud shadows	0	1
hud_flashing	enable/disable althud flashing	0	1
hud_glowingquotes	enable/disable "glowing" quote text	0	1
hud_scale	changes the hud scale	36	100
hud_showmapname	enable/disable map name display on load	0	1
hud_stats	enable/disable level statistics display	0	1
hud_textscale	sets multiplayer chat message size	100	400
hud_weaponscale	changes the weapon scale	10	100
hud_statusbarmode	change overlay mode of status bar	0	1
hud_hidestick	hide the touch input stick	0	1	touch devices only
in_joystick	enables input from the joystick if it is present	0	1
in_mouse	enables input from the mouse if it is present	0	1
in_aimmode	0:toggle, 1:hold to aim	0	1
in_mousebias	emulates the original mouse code's weighting of input towards whichever axis is moving the most at any given time	0	32
in_mousedeadzone	amount of mouse movement to filter out	0	512
in_mouseflip	invert vertical mouse movement	0	1
in_mousemode	toggles vertical mouse view	0	1
in_mousesmoothing	enable/disable mouse input smoothing	0	1
mus_enabled	enables/disables music	0	1
mus_volume	controls music volume	0	255
osdhightile	enable/disable hires art replacements for console text	0	1
osdscale	adjust console text size	1	4
r_camrefreshdelay	minimum delay between security camera sprite updates, 120 = 1 second	1	240
r_drawweapon	enable/disable weapon drawing	0	2
r_showfps	show the frame rate counter	0	2
r_shadows	enable/disable sprite and model shadows	0	1
r_size	change size of viewable area	0	64
r_rotatespritenowidescreen	pass bit 1024 to all CON rotatesprite calls	0	1
r_precache	enable/disable the pre-level caching routine	0	1
r_ambientlight	sets the global map light level	0	10
r_maxfps	limit the frame rate	0	1000
sensitivity	changes the mouse sensitivity	0	25
skill	changes the game skill setting	0	5
snd_ambience	enables/disables ambient sounds	0	1
snd_duketalk	enables/disables Duke's speech	0	5
snd_enabled	enables/disables sound effects	0	1
snd_mastervolume	master volume for sound system	0	255
snd_fxvolume	volume of sound effects	1	255
snd_mixrate	sound mixing rate	0	48000
snd_numchannels	the number of sound channels	0	2
snd_numvoices	the number of concurrent sounds	0	256
snd_reversestereo	reverses the stereo channels	0	16
team	change team in multiplayer	0	3
touch_sens_move_x	touch input sensitivity for moving froward/back	1	9	touch devices only
touch_sens_move_y	touch input sensitivity for strafing	1	9	touch devices only
touch_sens_look_x	touch input sensitivity for turning left/right	1	9	touch devices only
touch_sens_look_y	touch input sensitivity for looking up/down	1	9	touch devices only
touch_invert	invert look up/down touch input	0	1	touch devices only
vid_gamma	adjusts gamma component of gamma ramp	0	10
vid_contrast	adjusts contrast component of gamma ramp	0	10
vid_brightness	adjusts brightness component of gamma ramp	0	10
wchoice	sets weapon autoselection order	0	MAX_WEAPONS
changelevel <volume> <level>	warps to the given level			no <volume> parameter when running a shareware game
map <mapfile>	loads the given user map			not available with a shareware game
demo <demofile or demonum>	starts the given demo			not available with a shareware game
addpath <path>	adds path to game filesystem
bind <key> <string>	associates a keypress with a string of console input. Type "bind showkeys" for a list of keys and "listsymbols" for a list of valid console commands.
cmenu <#>	jumps to menu
crosshaircolor	changes the crosshair color
connect	connects to a multiplayer game
disconnect	disconnects from the local multiplayer game
give <all|health|weapons|ammo|armor|keys|inventory>	gives requested item
god	toggles god mode
initgroupfile <path>	adds a grp file into the game filesystem
debug				debug builds only
kick <id>	kicks a multiplayer client. See listplayers.			network-enabled builds only
kickban <id>	kicks a multiplayer client and prevents them from reconnecting. See listplayers.			network-enabled builds only
listplayers	lists currently connected multiplayer clients			network-enabled builds only
music E<ep>L<lev>	change music
name	change your multiplayer nickname
noclip	toggles clipping mode
password	sets multiplayer game password
quicksave	performs a quick save
quickload	performs a quick load
quit	exits the game immediately
exit	exits the game immediately
restartmap	restarts the current map
restartsound	reinitializes the sound system
restartvid	reinitializes the video mode
addlogvar <gamevar>	prints the value of a gamevar			non-Lunatic builds only
setvar <gamevar> <value>	sets the value of a gamevar			non-Lunatic builds only
setvarvar <gamevar1> <gamevar2>	sets the value of <gamevar1> to <gamevar2>			non-Lunatic builds only
setactorvar <actor#> <gamevar> <value>	sets the value of <actor#>'s <gamevar> to <value>			non-Lunatic builds only
lua "Lua code..."	runs Lunatic code			Lunatic builds only
screenshot	takes a screenshot. See r_scrcaptureformat.
spawn <picnum> [palnum] [cstat] [ang] [x y z]	spawns a sprite with the given properties
unbind <key>	unbinds a key
unbindall	unbinds all keys
vidmode <xdim> <ydim> <bpp> <fullscreen>	change the video mode

Editor-Specific

Name	Description	Min	Max	Notes
build.c
restartvid	reinitialize the video mode
vidmode <xdim> <ydim> <bpp> <fullscreen>	immediately change the video mode
vidmode <xdim> <ydim>	immediately change the video mode
astub.c
addpath <path>	adds path to game filesystem
editorgridextent	sets the size of the 2D mode editing grid
initgroupfile <path>	adds a grp file into the game filesystem
m32_clipping	toggles clipping mode
quit	exits the editor immediately
exit	exits the editor immediately
sensitivity <value>	changes the mouse sensitivity
m32_2d3dmode	experimental 2d/3d hybrid mode
pointhighlightdist <value>	distance at which points are selected
linehighlightdist <value>	distance at which lines are selected
pk_turnaccel <value>	sets turning acceleration+deceleration
pk_turndecel <value>	sets turning deceleration
pk_uedaccel <value>	sets UnrealEd movement speed factor (0-5, exponentially)
pk_quickmapcycling	toggles quick cycling of maps with (Shift-)Ctrl-X
testplay_addparam "string"	sets additional parameters for test playing
show_heightindicators {0, 1 or 2}	sets display of height indicators in 2D mode
show_ambiencesounds {0, 1 or 2}	sets display of MUSICANDSFX circles in 2D mode
corruptcheck_noalreadyrefd	toggles ignoring of one-to-many red wall connections
corruptcheck_game_duke3d	toggles ignoring of Duke3D issues
corruptcheck_heinum	toggles auto-correcting inconsistent c/fstat bit 2 and heinum (2: also warn)
keeptexturestretch	toggles keeping texture stretching when dragging wall vertices
corruptcheck {<seconds>|now|tryfix}	sets auto corruption check interval if <seconds> given, otherwise as indicated
tint <pal> <r> <g> <b> <flags>	queries or sets hightile tinting			OpenGL-enabled builds only
lua "Lua code..."	runs Lua code			Lunatic builds only
include <filenames...>	compiles one or more M32 script files
do (m32 script ...)	executes M32 script statements
script_info	shows information about compiled M32 script
script_expertmode <value>	toggles M32 script expert mode
enableevent {all|EVENT_...|(event number)}
disableevent {all|EVENT_...|(event number)}
osd_tryscript	toggles execution of M32 script on invalid OSD command
sideview_reversehorizrot	toggles reversion of Q and W keys in side view mode
disasm [s|e] <state or event number>				debug builds only