CONSOLE.md

Console commands

This file lists everything you can type into the game's console: the engine's commands, the game's, the modern build's, and the cheat codes. Variables (Name value) are listed in VARIABLES.md. The modern build's other changes are described in MODERN.md.

Commands and variable names are not case-sensitive. Arguments are separated by spaces; quote an argument that contains spaces.

Opening the console

Build	How
Retail	No console a player can open. The engine has one, but it only gets keys during demo playback. You can still run commands from the command line (lithtech.exe +DisableMovies 1 ...), from autoexec.cfg (run at start-up), or from a file with Exec. Cheat codes are typed in the chat line (T).
Modern	A drop-down console, opened and closed with the ToggleConsole control (default: the key left of 1, backquote), or opened with Shift+Esc on any keyboard layout. Esc also closes it. It opens in single player only, and pauses the game while it is open. Up/Down recall the last 32 lines. PgUp/PgDn/Home/End scroll. Help lists every command.

What happens when you press Enter in the modern console:

1. If the line is a cheat code, the cheat runs.
2. Otherwise the line runs as a client console command, or sets a variable.
3. In single player, or when you host, the same line is also sent to the server's console. So server commands (section 2) work without serv.

1. Engine client commands

Command	Arguments	What it does
quit		Quit the game.
World	<name>	Start a game on a world (<name>.dat, or worlds\<name>.dat).
serv	<command ...>	Run the rest of the line on the server's console.
Exec	<file>	Run a file of console commands.
Set		Print every client console variable and its value.
ListCommands		Print the engine's built-in commands (not the game's; use Help in the modern build).
Bind	<device> <trigger> <action> [...]	Bind a key or button to one or more actions. Clears the trigger's old bindings first.
RangeBind	<device> <trigger> <low> <high> <action> [...]	Bind a range of an axis to actions.
Scale	<device> <trigger> <scale>	Set an axis' scale.
RangeScale	<device> <trigger> <scale> <min> <max> <precenter>	Set an axis' scale and range. (Retail bug: it checks for 5 arguments but reads 6.)
AddAction	<name> <number>	Create an input action.
EnableDevice	<device>	Turn on an input device, e.g. "##gamepad".
ListInputDevices		List the input devices.
TimeDemo	<demo>	Play a recorded demo as a benchmark. Give the file name without its extension.
SSFile	<name>	Base name for screenshots (default Screenshot).
UpdateServer	0|1	0 stops updating the local server each frame, which freezes the game world.
RenderCommand, RCom	<args ...>	Pass a command to the renderer DLL.
RestartRender	[dll]	Restart the renderer, optionally with another .ren file.
ResizeScreen	<width> <height>	Change the resolution. Goes back to the old one if the new one fails.
RestartConsole		Reset the console's display.
MoveConsole	[Top|Bottom|Middle|Full|l t r b]	Print or set the engine console's rectangle.
EnvMap	<texture>	Set the environment-map texture.
RebindTextures		Free the loaded textures, so they are loaded again.
ModelAdd	<r> <g> <b>	Light added to every model, each 0-250.
ModelDirAdd	<r> <g> <b>	Light added to every model's directional lighting, each 0-250.
ShowTicks	ALL|NONE|SUMMARY|RENDER|GAME|ENGINE|GRAPH ...	Turn timing counters on or off.
ConsoleHistory		Print the command history.
ClearHistory		Clear the command history.
WriteHistory	<file>	Save the command history to a file.
ReadHistory	<file>	Load the command history from a file.
HeapCompact		Compact the memory heap.
BlastServer		Does nothing.

2. Engine server commands

These run on the server. In retail, run them from the client with serv, e.g. serv objectinfo. In the modern console they work without serv (see above).

Command	Arguments	What it does
world	<name> [mode]	Start a world on the server.
SpawnObject	<class> ["props"]	Create an object 200 units above the first player, e.g. SpawnObject PlayerVehicle.
objectinfo		Count the objects by class: total, active, and memory.
ShowGameVars		Print every server console variable.
ShowUsedFiles		List every file the server has opened.
Portal	<name> 0|1	Close or open a portal.
DisableWMPhysics		Give every object box physics.
ExhaustMemory		Does nothing.

3. Game commands (retail)

Command	Arguments	What it does
Cheat	<code>	Run a cheat code (section 5).
ChaseToggle		Switch between first and third person.
FragSelf		Kill yourself.
ExitLevel		Single player only: finish the current level.
ChangeTeam	[team]	Multiplayer: change team.
Sunglass		Cycle the sunglasses' camera modes. Prints the mode.
Music	I|PS|PM|V|SS|SM ...	Control the DirectMusic score: intensity, play a segment or motif, volume, stop a segment or motif. Type Music alone for help.
InitSound		Restart the sound.
Record	<world> <file>	Start a world and record a demo.
PlayDemo	<file>	Play a recorded demo.
ReloadWeapons		Reload the weapon attributes.
ReloadSurfaces		Reload the surface attributes.
ReloadFX		Reload the FX attributes, then the weapons and surfaces.
LeakFile	<file>	Load a level-compiler leak file and show it.
Cmd	<command> <args ...>	Send a command to the server's command manager, e.g. one a level's trigger would send.
Commands		List the commands Cmd accepts.
Trigger	<object> <message>	Send a message to a named object in the level.
Edit, Select, List		Object editing. Edit mode's key is compiled out of the final build, so these do nothing.
AddClient, AddABunch, ListClients, RemoveClient, AddFrag		Scoreboard tests: add or remove fake entries and frags.

4. Modern-build commands

Command	Arguments	What it does
Help		List every command: the game's and the engine's.
Cheats		List the cheat codes and what they do.
GetPos		Print the player's position. It is also written to modern.log.
SetPos	<x> <y> <z>	Single player only: move the player to a position. Use with GetPos to come back to a spot.
ConsoleHistoryToLog		Write the console's scroll-back to modern.log.

5. Cheat codes

Type a cheat code in the modern console, or in the chat line (T), or use Cheat <code>. Every code starts with mp. Once you use a cheat, the game records that you cheated.

Final means the cheat works in the retail game; the retail build left out the others. Modern means it works in the modern build. In multiplayer only mpasscam and mpexorbitantamounts work.

Code	Effect	Final	Modern
mpimyourfather	God mode on/off	yes	yes
mpdrdentz	Full health	yes	yes
mpwonderbra	Full armor	yes	yes
mpwegotdeathstar	Full ammunition	yes	yes
mpmimimi	Every weapon	yes	yes
mpsanta	Weapons, ammunition, armor and health	yes	yes
mpkingoftehmonstars	Every weapon, and ammunition never runs out, on/off	yes	yes
mpgoattech	Every modification for the weapons you carry	yes	yes
mpyoulooklikeyouneedamonkey	Every gadget	yes	yes
mpracerboy	Spawn a motorcycle	yes	yes
mprosebud	Spawn a snowmobile	yes	yes
mpasscam	First/third person view (works in multiplayer)	yes	yes
mppos	Show your position on/off	yes	yes
mpmaphole	Finish the current level	yes	yes
mpbuild	Show the build's version	yes	yes
mpexorbitantamounts	Much more blood on/off (works in multiplayer)	yes	yes
mpmiked	An "EXORBITANT amounts of money?" box: Yes quits the game, No plays a voice line. Not in the Cheats list.	yes	yes
mpclip	Fly through walls on/off. Also gets you out of a stuck spot.	no	yes
mpteleport	Go back to the level's start point	no	yes
mphookmeup	The mission's starting equipment	no	yes
mpboyisuck	Remove every AI from the level on/off	no	yes
mpbeenthere	Every mission selectable on/off	no	yes
mpwhoami	Clear the player's record	no	yes
mpcampos	Show the camera's position and rotation	no	no
mpwpos, mpwmpos	Adjust the weapon's / muzzle's position	no	no
mpcamera, mpcam	Adjust the first-person camera offset	no	no
mplightscale, mplightadd	Adjust the level's light scale / light add	no	no
mpfov	Adjust the field of view	no	no
mppoly	Adjust the menu's polygrid	no	no
mptriggers	Show trigger boxes on/off	no	no
mpbreach	Adjust the weapon's breach offset	no	no

Codes in the last group are still recognized, but do nothing in either build.

Cheats can also be applied at start-up: list them in ClientButes.txt under [Cheats], as Cheat0 = "mpimyourfather", Cheat1 = ....