Command / Variable Name

Who Uses It?

General Category

Description

+attack

client

player

primary fire

+attack2

client

player

secondary fire - special action (zoom, burst fire, silencer)

+back

client

player

move backwards

+duck

client

player

crouches

+forward

client

player

moves forward

+jump

client

player

jumps

+klook

client

player

enables the keyboard to look around

+left

client

player

strafes left

+lookdown

client

player

looks down

+lookup

client

player

looks up

+mlook

client

mouse

enables mouse to look around

+movedown

client

player

moves player down - *climbing down a ladder, swimming down

+moveleft

client

player

strafes left

+moveright

client

player

strafes right

+moveup

client

player

moves player up - *climbing up a ladder, swimming up

+reload

client

player

reloads current weapon

+right

client

player

strafes right

+showscores

client

player

shows player scores and pings

+speed

client

player

forces player to walk if 'always run' is enabled, and forces player to run if 'always run' is disabled

+strafe

client

player

strafe modifier - while this is held down, use direction keys to strafe in different directions

+use

client

player

uses an item- such as a button, machine gun, etc.

adjust_crosshair

client

player

Use to change crosshair color

alias "cmd1; cmd2"

client

player

binds commands together in an alias to perform mutiple tasks at the hit of one button

allowupload

client

uploading/ downloading

toggles the uploading of local decals and models to the server on/off

ambient_fade 100

client

audio

sets the distance at which ambient sounds fade away

ambient_level 0.300

client

audio

sets the sound level for ambient sounds

appenddemo

client

demo

records a demo and appends it to the demo file in existence at Half-Life/Valve/demo.dem

bind

client

player

combines a with a command or alias

bottomcolor 6

client

player

sets the bottom color of the player model

brightness 1

client

video

enables glare reduction - *the higher the value, the brighter it gets

buy

client

player

This opens the Buy Menu

buyequip

client

player

This opens the Buy Equipment Menu

buyammo1

client

player

This buys one primary magazine or clip

buyammo2

client

player

This buys one pistol clip

cancelselect

client

player

cancels selection

changeteam

client

player

displays the team change menu

cl_allowdownload 0

client

uploading/ downloading

toggles download of maps, models and decals when joining a server - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_allowupload 0

client

uploading/ downloading

toggles upload of maps, models and decals when joining a server - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_anglespeedkey 0.670

client

player

sets the speed that the direction keys change the view angle

cl_backspeed 400

client

player

sets the backup speed of a player - number can only go as fast as a particular server allows

cl_bob 0.010

client

player

sets the amount that the view bobs while the player is running

cl_bobcycle 0.800

client

player

sets how frequently the view of a player bobs while running

cl_bobup 0.500

client

player

sets the amount that the view of a player bobs while running

cl_download_ingame 0

client

uploading/ downloading

toggles downloads of models and decals during a game - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_forwardspeed 400

client

player

sets the forward speed of a player - *can only go as fast as the server allows

cl_gaitestimation 1

client

player

enables estimated player stepping motion

cl_gg 0

client

player

toggles game gauge mode - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_himodels

client

player

toggles higer quality player models - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_messages

client

player

shows server messages

cl_movespeedkey 0.300

client

player

sets movement speed for keyboard use

cl_nopred 0

client

player

toggles client-side prediction - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_pitchdown

client

player

sets the maximum angle to look down - *default is 89

cl_pitchspeed 225

client

player

sets the speed at which the pitch changes

cl_pitchup

client

player

sets the maximum angle to look up - *default is 89

cl_showfps 1

client

player

This shows your FPS, default is 0 off, and 1 is on. Better than netgraph for saving FPS

cl_shownet 0

client

player

toggles the display of network packet numbers - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_slist 10

client

player

sets the number of servers in the serverlist

cl_solid_players 1

client

player

toggles solid player models - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

cl_upspeed 320

client

player

sets the speed of a player when he climbs up

cl_waterdist 4

client

player

sets the underwater distance

cl_yawspeed 210

client

player

sets the turning speed - * only will go as fast as a server allows

clear

client

player

clears the console screen

cmd

client

player

can use this in conjunction with a command

cmdlist

client/ server

all

lists all of the console commands - * if you type 'cmdlist a', it will only list those commands that begin with the letter a, and so on - also, 'cmdlist log logfile writes the list to C:\logfile

connect

client

player

connects to a server with the used ip address

cvarlist

client/ server

all

lists all the console variables in the console - * 'cvar log filename' will write this list to the file C:\filename

developer 0

mod authors

developers

toggles on/off special developer debug console messages - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

disconnect

client

player

disconnects a player from a server

drawradar

client

player

This shows your friendly radar; "hideradar" hides it

drop

client

player

This drops whatever is in your hands at the time you use it

echo "message"

client

player

echos text to the console - * useful for letting a player know that a script or .cfg file was loaded successfully

enableconsole

client

player

enables the console screen

escape

client

player

acts as key by hiding the console and cancelling selections

exec

client/ server

all

executes a script of .cfg file

exit

client/ server

all

closes a game or dedicated server program to windows without confirmation

fakelag 0

client

player

simulates lag - * the higher the number, the more simulated lag

fakeloss 0

client

player

simulates packet loss - * the higher the value, the more simulated packet loss

force_centerview

client

player

forces the player's view to look straight ahead

fps_lan

client

player

sets the maximum framerate on a LAN game

fps_modem

client

player

sets the maximum framerate in an internet game

fps_single

client

player

sets the maximum framerate in a single playergame

fullinfo

displays user information

fullserverinfo

displays server information

gamma 3

client

video

sets the gamma level

getcertificate

client

player

gets certificate from WON

getsv

client

player

lists each server's ip address and the total number of servers

gl_alphamin 0.250

client

video

sets the minimum alpha blending level

gl_clear 0

client

video

toggles visual quality - * cracks between textures show when set to 1

gl_cull 1

client

video

toggles rendering of visible objects only - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off', and 0 will lower fps

gl_d3dflip 0

client

video

toggles reversed rendering order for D3D

gl_dither 1

client

video

toggles dithering - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_dump

client

video

lists the data for the video card: vendor, renderer, version, and extensions used

gl_flipmatrix 0

client

video

toggles special crosshair fix when using the 3DNow! 3Dfx MiniGL - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_keeptjunctions 0

client

video

toggles showing of cracks between textures - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off', with 1 being the better quality and slower fps

gl_lightholes 0

client

video

toggles light holes - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_max_size 256

client

video

sets the maximum texture size

gl_monolights 0

client

video

toggles a uniform light source with no shadows - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off', and works in OpenGL only

gl_overbright 0

client

video

toggles maximum brightness mode - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_palette_tex 0

client

video

toggles paletted textures - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_picmip 0

client

video

sets the rendering quality - * higher the number is faster but lower quality

gl_playermip 0

client

video

sets the player rendering quality - * higher the number is faster but lower quality

gl_polyoffset 4

client

video

sets the polygon offset - try out different values for texture flickering problems

gl_round_down 3

client

video

sets the texture rounding down value - * higher the number faster but lower quality

gl_smoothmodels 0

client

video

toggles model smoothing - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_spriteblend 0

client

video

toggles blending sprite graphics - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_texels

client

video

reports the number of texels uploaded to the video card

gl_texsort 0

client

video

toggles a texel sort - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

gl_texturemode [type]

client

video

sets the rendering mode in order from the lowest quality but fastest to highest quality which is slower - * [type] options are: gl_nearest_mipmap_nearest, gl_linear_mipmap_nearest (these two deal with bilinear filtering) and gl_nearest_mipmap_linear, gl_linear_mipmap_linear (which deals with trilinear filtering)

gl_zmax 4096

client

video

sets the maximum size for the Z-Buffer

gl_ztrick 1

client

video

toggles the speeding up of 3Dfx rendering - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

graphheight 64

client

player

sets the height of the r_netgraph display

graphhigh 512

client

player

sets the maximum value of the r_netgraph display

graphmean 1

client

player

sets the mean value of the r_netgraph display

graphmedian 128

client

player

sets the median value of the r_netgraph display

hideconsole

client

player

hides the console

hideradar

client

player

hides the radar

hisound 1

client

audio

toggles high-quality sound - * 1=22kHz, 0=11kHz

hud_centerid 0

client

player

toggles player ID display - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

hud_fastswitch 0

client

player

toggles fast weapon switching - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

hud_saytext_time 5

client

player

sets how long chat messages remain onscreen

impulse 100

client

player

enables flashlight

impulse 201

client

player

sprays logo decal

invlast

client

player

selects previous item in inventory

invnext

client

player

selects next item in inventory

invprev

client

player

selects previous item in inventory

kill

client

player

player suicides to respawn again

lightgamma 2.500

client

video

sets the lighting gamma value

listdemo

client

demo

lists information about

lookspring 0

client

mouse

toggles automatic view centering when 'mlook' is deactivated - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

lookstrafe 0

client

mouse

toggles mouse strafing when 'mlook' is active - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

m_filter 0

client

mouse

toggles mouse filtering (smoothing) - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

m_forward

client

mouse

sets the mouse forward speed sensitivity multiplier

m_pitch 0.022

client

mouse

sets the mouse pitch (up and down motion) speed sensitivity multiplier - * negative numbers result in an inverted mouselook

m_side 0.800

client

mouse

sets the mouse strafing speed sensitivity multiplier

m_yaw 0.022

client

mouse

sets the yaw speed sensitivity multiplier

menuselect

client

player

selects item from a menu

messagemode

client

player

displays to all other players on a server

messagemode2

client

player

displays to only other players on same team

motd

client

player

displays the Message Of The Day from the server's motd.txt file

name

client

player

used to change a player's name

net_graph 1

client

player

this shows your fps, network latency, up & downstream bandwidth, and your client and server update rate. net_graph 0 turns it off, net_graph 3 shows the info without the graph and saves some fps.

nosound 0

client

audio

toggles sound - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

pingsv

client

player

pings a server at

play

client

audio

plays a .wav designated by

playdemo

client

demo

plays .dem at normal speed

playvol 9

client

demo

sets demo playback volume

pushlatency -100

client

player

set this number to the inverse of your ping to help latency

quit

client/ server

all

exits to windows without confirmation

r_decals 250

client

player

sets the maximum number of decals

r_drawviewmodel 0

client

player

toggles drawing player weapon model - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

r_dynamic 0

client

video

toggles dynamic lighting - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

r_mmx 0

client

player

toggles MMX calculations for MMX cpu's - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

radio1

client

player

This opens up Radio1 Menu

radio2

client

player

This opens up Radio2 Menu

radio3

client

player

This opens up Radio3 Menu

r_netgraph 0

client

player

toggles graph of network conditions - *0 is 'off', 1 shows green = good, yellow = bad, red = horrible, 2 shows packetsize

rate 5000

client

player

sets client data rat -*1000 - 5000 for modems, 10000+ for LAN

reconnect

client

player

reconnects to the current server

record

client

demo

begins to record a demo and saves it to Half-Life\Valve\.dem

retry

client

player

tries four more times to connect to a server that has already failed four connect attempts

s_2dvolume 1

client

audio

maximum volume at which 2D sounds are played - * range from 0 to 1.0

s_a3d 0.000000

client

audio

toggles A3D support - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

s_automax_distance 30

client

audio

sets the distance for maximum sound volume

s_automin_distance 2

client

audio

sets the distance for minimum sound volume

s_bloat 2.0

client

audio

bloat factor for polygons in A3D 2.0 only

s_buffersize 65536

client

audio

sets the buffer size

s_disable_a3d 0

client

audio

toggles disabling a3D - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

s_distance 60

client

audio

adjust the ratio of game units to meters, affecting velocity, positioning and distance - * higher the number, the closer everything gets in audio terms - range from 0 to infinity

s_doppler 0.0

client

audio

adjusts the doppler - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off', range from 0 to 10, and is very sensitive

s_eax 0

client

audio

toggles EAX support - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

s_enable_a3d

client

audio

enables A3D support

s_geometry 0

client

audio

toggles geometry rendering in A3D 2.0 only - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

s_max_distance 1000

client

audio

maximum distance from the listener before rolloff is no longer applied - * valid range from 's_min_distance' to infinity

s_min_distance 5

client

audio

minimum distance a source will be from the listener before rolloff is applied - * range from 0 to 's_max_distance'

s_numpolys 200

client

audio

maximum polygons to be rendered in A3D 2.0 only - setting this to 0 is the same as turning off 's_geometry' - * range from 0 to infinity

s_occfactor 0.250

client

audio

transmission value of material - the smaller the number, the less sound passes through material - * range from 0 to 1.0

s_occlude 0

client

audio

toggles sound passing throug material (occlusions) in A3D 2.0 only - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

s_refdelay 4

client

audio

delays between a source and its closest reflection in A3D 2.0 only - higher the delay, the more time it takes between when the source and its first reflection is played - * range from 0 to 100

s_refgain 0.4

client

audio

adjusts the gain on each reflection in A3D 2.0 only, where the effects of distance are increased: high frequencies are filtered and volume lowered - * range from 0 to 10

s_verbwet 0.25

client

audio

controls the wet/dry mix of reverb for A3D only - higher the number, the more wet the sounds - * range from 0 to 1.0

say "message"

client

player

chat with all other players on a server

say_team "message"

client

players

relay a message to only your teammates

scr_centertime 2

sets how long server messages remain on the screen

scr_conspeed 600

client

player

sets the console scroll speed

scr_printspeed 7

client

player

sets the screen message print speed

screenshot

client

player

captures the screen and saves it in the Half-Life/Valve directory

sensitivity 9

client

mouse

sets the sensitivity of the mouse

serverinfo

client

player

displays the server infromation

setdemoinfo info

client

demo

adds information to a demo, such as a text title, play 'tracknum', fade or

setinfo

client

player

- * i.e., 'setinfo "ts" "0"' or 'setinfo "dc" "0"'

showbriefing

client

player

This shows the map briefing

showinfo 0

client

player

toggles display of all packets - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

showpackets 0

client

player

toggles network packet info display - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

showpause 0

client

player

toggles pause of graphic display - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

showram 0

client

player

toggles display of available ram - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

sizedown

client

player

decreases screen size and increases fps

sizeup

client

player

increases screen size and decreases fps

slot1

client

player

select weapon group 1 (or menu item 1) see 'use'

slot2

client

player

select weapon group 2 (or menu item 2) see 'use'

slot3

client

player

select weapon group 3 (or menu item 3) see 'use'

slot4

client

player

select weapon group 4 (or menu item 4) see 'use'

slot5

client

player

select weapon group 5 (or menu item 5) see 'use'

slot6

client

player

select weapon group 6 (or menu item 6) see 'use'

slot7

client

player

select weapon group 7 (or menu item 7) see 'use'

slot8

client

player

select weapon group 8 (or menu item 8) see 'use'

slot9

client

player

select weapon group 9 (or menu item 9) see 'use'

slot10

client

player

select weapon group 10 (or menu item 10) see 'use'

snapshot

client

player

takes a screenshot

speak

client

player

to say something over the intercom - * try: hello, #000000, mesa, you, go alert

startdemos

client

demo

begins playing demos in a loop

stop

client

demo

stops the recording of a demo

stopdemo

client

demo

stop the playing of a demo

stopsound

client

audio

stops playing the current sound

swapdemo

client

demo

swaps two segments' positions inside a demo

timedemo

client

demo

plays .dem at max fps and reports average fps

toggleconsole

client

player

toggles the console screen - * usually bound to '~'

topcolor 30

client

player

sets the model top color

unbind

client

player

removes binding to key

unbindall

client

player

removes all key bindings

use

client

player

uses an item or weapon, such as 'use weapon_crowbar'

vid_config_x 800

client

video

sets horizontal screen resolution

vid_config_y 600

client

video

sets vertical screen resolution

vid_d3d 0

client

video

toggles Direct3D support - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

vid_describemode

client

video

displays video mode settings

vid_mode 0

client

video

sets video mode

vid_nopageflip 0

client

video

toggles disabling video page flipping - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

vid_wait 0

client

video

toggles video sync - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

viewframe

client

video

enables wire-frame display - * OpenGL only

violence_ablood 0

client

player

toggles blood - * 1 is 'on', 0 is 'off'

volume 1.0

client

audio

sets game volume

weapon_

client

player

- This selects the weapon directly, by binding a key like "h" to weapon_knife, and pressing "h", you pull out the knife

wait

client

player

pauses for 1 tick during running an alias or script