Quake Console Command List Updated, Corrected and Annotated by -=( Tommy )=- THC BBS (250) 381-7494 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To get into the console from within the game, get to the main menu with [Esc], select OPTIONS, and then GO TO CONSOLE. The console will drop down from the top of the screen. 40 columns, all uppercase, but it beats the hell out of typing IDDQD mid-game with no feedback while a dozen imps are wailing on you. But I digress. One thing of importance: GOD mode resets to OFF after every level. This means it's pointless to turn on God mode until after you have selected the level and difficulty, and you need to turn it on again as soon as the next level starts. You will get a nasty reminder if you forget. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALIAS Create a command alias BF Background flash BIND Assign a command to a keypress CLEAR Clear the console screen CMD ? COM1 Settings for COM1 COM2 Settings for COM2 CONNECT Start a session with a server DECIMATE_SFX Set sound decimation DECIMATE_SFX_SPEED Maximum rate of decimated sounds DECIMATE_SFX_WIDTH Maximum bitwidth of decimated sounds DISCONNECT End session ECHO Print something on the console screen EDICT Print info of an edict EDICTCOUNT Print numbers of edicts EDICTS List all edicts EXEC Process a command file FLY Toggle flymode FOV ? FRAGLIMIT Number of frags to win GAMMA Gamma correction GOD Toggle godmode GRABNEXTSND ? HOSTNAME Server name IMPULSE 0 Nothing for now IMPULSE 1 Select shotgun IMPULSE 2 Select supershotgun IMPULSE 3 Select nailgun IMPULSE 4 Select chainnailgun IMPULSE 5 Select grenade launcher IMPULSE 6 Select rocket launcher IMPULSE 7 Nothing for now IMPULSE 8 Nothing for now IMPULSE 9 Get all weapons and maximal ammo KILL Kill the session KILLSERVER Kill the server LOOKSPRING Freelook centering rate MAP Load a map and start a game MESSAGEMODE Start a message MOUSE1 Assign a command to mouse key 1 MOUSE2 Assign a command to mouse key 2 MOUSE3 Assign a command to mouse key 3 NAME Player's name NO Negative answer NOCLIP Toggle noclip mode NOSOUND Toggle sounds on/off NOTARGET Toggle targeting mode NUMCHANNELS Print number of channels PAUSABLE Set whether the game is pausable PAUSE Pause the game PLAY Play a sound effect PLAYVOL Play a sound effect with specified volume POINTFILE ? PROFILE Player profile PROGRESTART Clear memory cache and reload everything QUIT Exit to DOS RECORD Toggle demo recording on/off RESTART Reload map RMSR ? SAVESND Save a sound effect as a raw sound file SAY Transmit a message SBINFO List SoundBlaster info SCREENSHOT Take a screenshot SENSITIVITY Mouse sensitivity SIZEDOWN Reduce screen size SIZEUP Enlarge the screen SLIST List available servers SOUND Set speed, bits or channels or reset sounds SOUNDINFO List generic sound info SOUNDLIST List available sound effects SPAWN ? STATUS Print player information STOPSOUND ? STUFFCMDS Process command-line arguments TEAMPLAY Set teamplay mode TEMP1 ? TIMELIMIT Maximum duration of a game TIMEREFRESH Have a good look around and calculate fps TOGGLECONSOLE Toggle console VERSION Version information VIEWSIZE Set screen size directly YES Affirmative answer CL_ANGLESPEEDKEY Left-right turning rate CL_BACKSPEED Backwards walking speed CL_BOB Amplitude of bobbing CL_BOBCYCLE Frequency of bobbing CL_BOBUP Time to spend at the top CL_FORWARDSPEED Forwards walking speed CL_MOVESPEEDKEY ? CL_NOLERP ? CL_PITCHCENTERSPEED Rate of centering when not in freelook mode CL_PITCHDRIFTSPEED ? CL_PITCHSPEED Up-down pitch rate CL_ROLLANGLE Leaning angle when strafing and turning CL_ROLLSPEED ? CL_SHOWNET Debuginfo CL_SIDESPEED Strafing speed CL_TICRATE ? CL_UPSPEED Vertical speed CL_YAWSPEED ? D_ADRAWFLAT Draw weapons w/o textures HOST_FRAMERATE Generic game speed HOST_LINEREFRESH ? HOST_SPEEDS Debuginfo NET_MESSAGETIMEOUT Time to wait for messages until disconnecting NET_NAKGRACETIME ? NET_PACKETTIMEOUT ? NET_STATS Network statistics NET_SPEEDS Debuginfo, host speeds R_ALIASSTATS Debuginfo R_CLEARCOLOR The "Goodbye, HOM" color R_CSHIFT ? R_DMABUF ? R_DRAWENTITIES Draw the entities ("things") R_DRAWFLAT No textures R_DRAWORDER Reverse BSP drawing order R_DSPEEDS Debuginfo R_EDGECOUNT Debuginfo R_FULLBRIGHT Lighting at maximum everywhere ("lite-amp") R_GRAPHHEIGHT ? R_SHOWPOLYS Draw outlines of the polygons R_SHOWVERTS ? R_SPEEDS Debuginfo, drawing speeds R_TIMEGRAPH Debugging graph R_WAVE The wavy water effect SCR_COLORCON ? SCR_CONSPEED Console moving speed SCR_OFSX Front-back viewpoint offset SCR_OFSY Left-right viewpoint offset SCR_OFSZ Up-down viewpoint offset SCR_SHOWCACHETHRASH Debuginfo SCR_XPARCON ? SFX_ASYNCH ? SND_TIMING ? SV_ACCELERATE General acceleration rate SV_AIM ? SV_FRICTION Ground friction SV_GRAVITY General gravity SV_IDEALPITCHSCALE ? SV_MAXSPEED Maximum speed and running speed SV_NOSTEP No walking up the steps SV_STOPSPEED ? SYS_NOSTDOUT ? SYS_TICRATE ? V_KICKPITCH ? V_KICKROLL ? V_KICKTIME ? 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