List of useful console commands

2013-10-02T18:15:33Z

Raef17:

[[File:Developer Console.png|thumb|200px|right|A screen of the Developer Console found in Portal 2]]

Using the [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Console Developer Console], you can turn specific gameplay and graphic settings on and off or modify their values. The console can be enabled from the options menu in the Keyboard/Mouse section. Any command put in the autoexec.cfg file will automatically be loaded on game launch.

== List of useful console commands ==
sv_chets 2 for on 0 for off
* portal_draw_ghosting 0/1 - Toggles the outline visible on portals through walls.
* mat_fastspecular 0/1 - Setting to 0 will improve the quality of specular highlights.
* r_portal_use_dlights 0/1 - Creates a dynamic light where portals are placed; looks aesthetically pleasing.
* r_waterforcereflectentities 0/1 - Force water to reflect everything.
* gameinstructor_enable 0/1 - Toggles the popup hints found throughout the game.
* sv_player_funnel_into_portals 0/1 - Toggles whether the player is 'funnelled' into portals.
* sv_props_funnel_into_portals 0/1 - Toggles whether objects are 'funnelled' into portals.
* sv_enableholdrotation 0/1 - If enabled, objects can be freely rotated with the [[Handheld Portal Device|Portal Device]] when holding the secondary fire key.
* cl_fov - Set desired field of vision.
* viewmodel_offset_x - Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the x axis.
* viewmodel_offset_y - Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the y axis.
* viewmodel_offset_z - Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the z axis.
* cm_reset_vo_progress - Resets the dialog progress of [[Cave Johnson]] in the [[Perpetual Testing Initiative]].

=== Miscellaneous ===

* bind <key> <command> - Binds a key with a command.
* unbind <key> - unbinds a key
* kill - Commit suicide.
* jpeg - Take a jpeg screenshot. Use <code>jpeg_quality #</code> to control the quality level of the resultant screenshots.
* screenshot - Take a TGA screenshot.
* r_drawviewmodel 0/1 - turns viewmodels on and off
* find <command> - a search function that displays all commands with searched term
* net_graph <1-6>
**Depending on the input value, different amounts of information will be shown such as ping, fps, lerp, packet loss, etc.
* changelevel <mapname> - changes the map without restarting the server.
* cvarlist - View complete cvar list.
* differences - View
* exec - Execute config file.
* map <mapname> - changes the map and restarts the server.
* maps - Display list of maps. Use <code>maps *</code> for a full listing.

'''For recording'''

* record <demo name> - records a demo
** stop - stops the recording of a demo
* startmovie <moviename> avi - opens up the source recorder during demo play back and allows for high quality avi format recording
**endmovie - stops source recorder
*host_framerate <number> - tells the source recorder to record at a constant framerate
*host_timescale <number> - use in conjunction with host_framerate to produce a smooth video output

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List of useful console commands