Command reference
Press backquote/tilde to open the browser console. Run help for the commands registered in the current composition and help <command> for its usage and subcommands.
This page is organized by task rather than generated from source. Engine commands are discovered from src/engine/console/commands/; the FPS module adds commands from src/games/fps/console/commands/. Commands marked dev require developer 1: without it the console answers Command 'x' requires developer mode and leaves them out of completion.
Setup and help
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
help [command] | List commands or show one command's usage and subcommands |
developer [0|1] | Turn developer mode on or off (alias dev) |
version | Show the build version (alias ver) |
clear | Clear console output (alias cls) |
echo <text> | Print text |
exec <filename> | Run a config file through the virtual filesystem |
quit | Exit the CLI or desktop app (aliases exit, q) |
writeconsole | Write the console log to a file (alias condump) |
Maps and BSP inspection
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
map <name> [gametype] dev | Browser gameplay launch through the registered launcher |
map list|current|reload|unload dev | Gameplay-map operations |
training_demo <map> [name] [gametype] dev | Launch a map on a server that stays in warmup and records every tick of your play, for bots to learn a movement route from |
training_demo stop dev | Leave the training server; it saves public/data/demos/training/<map>_<name>.shagdemo |
bsp load|unload <name> | Parse an indexed BSP for inspection, or drop it |
bsp render [all|poly|patch|mesh] | Build inspection geometry |
bsp info|faces|entities|textures|worldspawn | Inspect parsed data |
bsp clusters|lightmaps|lightgrid|required | Inspect visibility, lightmaps and dependencies |
bsp loadrequired|preload|loadtextures | Load dependent archives and textures |
bsp applytextures|applylightmaps|clear | Apply or drop inspection materials |
bsp sky info|apply|toggle|remove|debug | Inspect and manage BSP sky |
bsp fog info|apply|clear | Inspect and manage BSP fog volumes |
bsp collision point | Show contents at the active camera |
bsp trace | Trace a ray through the collision world |
bsp door | Inspect door and mover entities |
pvs on|off|status|cluster | PVS diagnostics |
map needs a gameplay launcher, which the browser composition registers and cli:game does not; use bsp load there.
training_demo records one trick per demo: do it, then training_demo stop. A name that already exists gets _2, _3 and so on rather than being overwritten.
Camera and position
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
camera mode <isometric|iso|fps|freefly|follow|sidescroll> | Select a built-in controller |
camera fov <degrees> | Get or set FOV |
camera pos / camera info | Inspect camera |
pos [copy] | Show or copy position (aliases position, getpos) |
teleport <x> <y> <z> dev | Move the camera (aliases tp, goto) |
freefly_speed [value] dev | Get or set freefly speed |
freefly_collision [0|1] | Turn freefly collision on or off |
freefly_collision mode [native|bsp] | Select the collision path |
freefly_collision test|draw|clear | Probe and visualise collision geometry |
freefly_collision clipviz|clipdump|cliptrace | Inspect clip brushes |
PK3 and shaders
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
pk3 list dev | List indexed packages |
pk3 index dev | Rebuild the runtime index |
pk3 find <exact-path> dev | Find the owning archive |
pk3 stats dev | Show package/file/shader/map counts |
shader load|count | Load or count parsed shaders |
shader list [filter] | List parsed shader names |
shader info [name] | Inspect a shader or the aimed surface |
shader surface | Snapshot aimed mesh layers, depth/alpha state and texture UV transforms |
shader resolve <name> | Show resolved material flags |
shader deps <name> | Trace archive dependencies |
shader aim <0|1> | Highlight aimed surfaces |
shader anim play|pause|resume|speed|status | Drive shader animation |
shader glow|blendmode|lightmap|toggle|clear | Inspect and override stage behaviour |
Cvars and rendering
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
<cvar> [value] | Get or set a registered cvar directly |
set <cvar> <value> | Explicit setter |
toggle <cvar> | Toggle a boolean cvar, or flip a numeric one between 0 and 1 |
reset <cvar> / resetall | Restore defaults |
cvarlist [filter] | List cvars |
cvarexport | Copy modified cvars |
render list|reset|export|apply dev | Render-variable group operations |
pp <effect> [value] dev | Post-processing control |
show_fps [0|1|on|off] | FPS counter (default on; saved preference) |
cl_showspeed <0|1> | Movement speed readout (default on) |
perf capture [seconds] | Performance capture and summary |
export <all|cvars|camera|fx> | Copy current state as config text |
settings export|import|list | Copy/import cvars through the clipboard, or list modified values |
screenshot [filename] | Save a screenshot |
A numeric cvar refuses text: r_bloom abc fails and leaves the value alone rather than reading the typo as zero. A number outside the cvar's range is clamped, not refused.
settings import reports accepted settings and rejected line numbers. Unknown, read-only and invalid entries are not counted as imported; valid entries still apply. Blank lines and // or # comments are ignored. Exports quote and escape string values; simple name value and name "value" configs remain supported.
World, lighting and weather
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
light <subcommand> dev | Dynamic light control |
arealight [<image-url>|off] | Area light from an image |
shadow on|off|quality [value] dev | Shadow control |
godrays [sun|here|off] | Volumetric light shafts |
skybox load|clear|info [name] dev | Skybox control |
fog dev | Show the world fog: its source (map or cvars), distance, start, colour, height band, sun, sky tint and sky height |
r_fog 0|1 | World fog from the map's worldspawn on or off (saved) |
r_fog_distance <d> dev | Fog ~95% opaque at d; above 0 the r_fog_* cvars replace the map's fog, on any map |
r_fog_color "r g b", r_fog_mindist <d> dev | Override colour (default 0.75 grey) and start distance (-1 keeps the map's) |
r_fog_height_clear <y>, r_fog_height_full <y> dev | Height band (99999 / -99999 keep the map's) |
r_fog_sun_dir "x y z", r_fog_sun_color "r g b [exp]", r_fog_sun_inscatter <i>, r_fog_sky_blend <0|1> dev | Sun glow and sky horizon tint (-1 or empty keeps the map's) |
daynight on|off|noon|midnight|sunrise|sunset|start|stop|info dev | Day/night cycle |
daynight time <0-1>, daynight cycle <minutes> dev | Set the time of day, or the length of a full cycle |
weather rain|snow|clear|fog|thunder|status [intensity] | Weather |
wind on|off|strength|direction [value] | Wind |
debris leaves|trash|dust|mixed|off|density|size|speed | Ambient debris |
time [subcommand] | Time of day |
texture <subcommand> dev | Texture inspection |
Player state and cheats
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
god dev | Toggle invulnerability |
noclip dev | Toggle movement through geometry |
giveweapon <weapon_id|all> [amount] | Give a weapon and ammunition |
cl_wep_reset | Reset client weapon state |
weapon <subcommand> | Weapon inspection |
spectator [0|1] | Enter or leave spectator |
timescale [value] dev | Scale simulation speed |
gravity [value] dev | Movement gravity shortcut |
spawn [index] dev | Move to a spawn point |
spawnmodel <model> [scale] [x y z] [angle] dev | Spawn a model |
spawn_pickable_entity <entity_id> dev | Spawn a pickup |
name [newname] | Show or change the account name |
Physics and diagnostics
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
physics init|on|off|gravity|debug|info dev | Havok scene-physics control |
debug wireframe|bounds|player|info dev | Debug toggles and a scene summary |
stats [detailed] | Runtime statistics |
mem [subcommand] dev | Memory statistics |
inspect dev | Inspect the aimed scene object |
entity list|info|count dev | Inspect entities |
scene [subcommand] | Scene queries |
dump_scene [filter] dev | Dump the Babylon scene graph |
console_debug [0|1] dev | Console diagnostics |
editor [open|close|status|return] dev | Open the SHAGGED four-view brush editor from the lobby; return comes back from a playtest. See SHAGGED Editor |
animtest load|play|list|stop|dispose dev | Animation harness |
game info|load|switch|reload | Game module control |
hud <subcommand> / ui <subcommand> | HUD and UI control |
audio <subcommand> | Audio control |
Networking and FPS game commands
Engine: join, nettest <subcommand>, binarytest <subcommand>.
The FPS module adds connect, disconnect, loadout, demo, demolist, demoplay, timedemo, netsim (network condition simulation), pickup_audit dev, camera_audit dev and water.
connect localhost:7777
disconnect
cl_netgraph 2| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
demolist [filter] | List recorded demos |
demo <number|filename> | Load a demo |
demoplay | Play the loaded demo |
demoplay cinematic <minutes> | Play a highlight reel of the given length |
demoplay hud on|off|toggle | Show or hide the demo overlays |
demoplay analyze | Print the highlight analysis |
demoplay stop | Stop playback, or cancel a demo that is still loading |
A demo download is abandoned after 60 seconds without data, or after 15 minutes in total. The Demos menu offers Cancel during the transfer and Try again after an error, and a demo is fully validated before its playback replaces a live session.
For offline renderer benchmarking, see the timedemo guide. Game commands change independently of engine commands, so help in the running build is the final word.
Key bindings
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
bind | List every bound key |
bind <key> | Show what one key runs |
bind <key> <command> | Bind a key to a console command |
unbind <key> | Remove one binding |
unbind all | Remove every binding |
bind f screenshot
bind 5 "giveweapon all"
bind ` clear
unbind fA key is written the way you would say it — f, 5, f5, space, esc, up, ` — or as the browser's own key code, KeyF. Bindings persist per browser.
This is separate from the action map in Settings → Controls. An action binding says what a key means while it is held — Jump, Fire, Crouch — and a command binding runs a console command once, on the press. A key can carry both: binding space to a command does not stop it being Jump.
A bound key stays quiet while a text field has the keyboard, while the console is open, and when Ctrl, Alt or Meta is held, so it never steals a browser or operating-system shortcut.