Unsynced Commands

AdvMapShading

Control advanced map shading mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

No arguments provided
Toggles advanced map shading mode
<on|off>
Set advanced map shading mode <on|off>

AdvModelShading

Control advanced model shading mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

No arguments provided
Toggles advanced model shading mode
<on|off>
Set advanced model shading mode <on|off>

AIControl

Creates a new instance of a Skirmish AI, to let it control a specific team

Cheats are not required for this command.

AIKill

Kills the Skirmish AI controlling a specified team

Cheats are not required for this command.

AIList

Prints a list of all currently active Skirmish AIs

Cheats are not required for this command.

AIReload

Reloads the Skirmish AI controlling a specified team

Cheats are not required for this command.

airmesh

Show/Hide the smooth air-mesh map overlay

Cheats are required for this command.

AllMapMarks

Show/Hide all map marks drawn so far

Cheats are required for this command.

Ally

Starts/Ends alliance of the local player's ally-team with another ally-team

Cheats are not required for this command.

ATM

Redirects command /ATM to its synced processor

Cheats are not required for this command.

BufferText

Write the argument string(s) directly to the console history

Cheats are not required for this command.

Chat

Starts waiting for intput to be sent to

Cheats are not required for this command.

ChatAll

Starts waiting for intput to be sent to All

Cheats are not required for this command.

ChatAlly

Starts waiting for intput to be sent to Ally

Cheats are not required for this command.

ChatSpec

Starts waiting for intput to be sent to Spec

Cheats are not required for this command.

ClearMapMarks

Remove all map marks drawn so far

Cheats are not required for this command.

Clock

Shows a small digital clock indicating the local time

Cheats are not required for this command.

CmdColors

Reloads cmdcolors.txt

Cheats are not required for this command.

CommandHelp

Prints info about a specific chat command

Cheats are not required for this command.

CommandList

Prints all the available chat commands with description (if available) to the console

Cheats are not required for this command.

Console

Enables/Disables the in-game console

Cheats are not required for this command.

ControlUnit

Start to first-person-control a unit

Cheats are not required for this command.

Crash

Invoke an artificial crash through a NULL-pointer dereference (SIGSEGV)

Cheats are required for this command.

CreateVideo

Start/Stop capturing a video of the game in progress

Cheats are not required for this command.

Cross

Allows one to exchange and modify the appearance of the cross/mouse-pointer in first-person-control view

Cheats are not required for this command.

CtrlPanel

Reloads GUI config

Cheats are not required for this command.

Debug

Enable/Disable debug rendering mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugColVol

Enable/Disable drawing of collision volumes

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugCubeMap

Use debug cubemap texture instead of the sky

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugDrawAI

Enables/Disables debug drawing for AIs

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugGL

Enable/Disable OpenGL debug-context output

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugGLErrors

Enable/Disable OpenGL debug-errors

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugInfo

Print debug info to the chat/log-file about either sound, profiling, or command-descriptions

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugPath

Enable/Disable drawing of pathfinder debug-data

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugQuadField

Draw quadfield sectors around GuiTraceRay and selected units

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugShadowFrustum

Enable/Disable drawing of shadow frustum shape

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugTraceRay

Enable/Disable drawing of traceray debug-data

Cheats are not required for this command.

DebugVisibility

Enable/Disable drawing of visible terrain

Cheats are not required for this command.

DecGUIOpacity

Decreases the the opacity(see-through-ness) of GUI elements

Cheats are not required for this command.

DecreaseViewRadius

Decrease the view radius (higher performance, uglier view)

Cheats are not required for this command.

Deselect

Deselects all currently selected units

Cheats are not required for this command.

Destroy

Destroys one or multiple units by unitID immediately

Cheats are required for this command.

DistIcon

Set the distance between units and camera, at which they turn into icons (Graphic setting)

Cheats are not required for this command.

DistSortProjectiles

Enable/Disable sorting drawn projectiles by camera distance

Cheats are not required for this command.

DivByZero

Invoke an artificial crash by performing a division-by-zero

Cheats are required for this command.

DrawInMap

Enables drawing on the map

Cheats are not required for this command.

DrawLabel

Draws a label on the map at the current mouse-pointer position

Cheats are not required for this command.

DrawOrderParticles

Enable/Disable particles draw order: 0=disabled, 1=enabled

Cheats are not required for this command.

DrawSky

Whether to actually draw sky

Cheats are not required for this command.

DumpAtlas

Save Some Atlases

Cheats are not required for this command.

DumpRNG

dump SyncedRNG-state to file

Cheats are not required for this command.

DumpShadows

Save shadow map textures to files

Cheats are not required for this command.

DumpState

dump game-state to file

Cheats are not required for this command.

Echo

Write a string to the log file

Cheats are not required for this command.

EndGraph

Enables/Disables the statistics graphs shown at the end of the game

Cheats are not required for this command.

Exception

Invoke an artificial crash by throwing an std::runtime_error

Cheats are required for this command.

FeatureDrawDistance

Cheats are not required for this command.

FeatureDrawer

Forces particular Feature drawer type

Cheats are not required for this command.

FeatureFadeDistance

Cheats are not required for this command.

Font

Reloads default or custom fonts

Cheats are not required for this command.

FPS

Shows/Hides the frames-per-second indicator

Cheats are not required for this command.

FPSHud

Enables/Disables HUD (GUI interface) shown in first-person-control mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Fullscreen

Switches fullscreen mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

GameInfo

Enables/Disables game-info panel rendering

Cheats are not required for this command.

GatherMode

Enter/Leave gather-wait command mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Give

Places one or multiple units of a single or multiple types on the map, instantly; by default to your own team

Cheats are required for this command.

GrabInput

Prevents/Enables the mouse from leaving the game window (windowed mode only)

Cheats are not required for this command.

GroundDecals

Enable/Disable ground-decal rendering

Cheats are not required for this command.

GroundDetail

Set the level of ground detail

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group

Manage control groups

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

<n>
Select group <n>, also focuses on second call (deprecated)
add <n>
Add current selected units to group <n>
focus <n>
Focus camera on group <n>
select <n>
Select group <n>
selectadd <n>
Add members from group <n> to currently selected units
selectclear <n>
Remove members from group <n> from currently selected units
selecttoggle <n>
Toggle members from group <n> from currently selected units
set <n>
Set current selected units as group <n>
unset
Deassign control group for currently selected units

Group0

Allows modifying the members of group 0

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group1

Allows modifying the members of group 1

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group2

Allows modifying the members of group 2

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group3

Allows modifying the members of group 3

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group4

Allows modifying the members of group 4

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group5

Allows modifying the members of group 5

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group6

Allows modifying the members of group 6

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group7

Allows modifying the members of group 7

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group8

Allows modifying the members of group 8

Cheats are not required for this command.

Group9

Allows modifying the members of group 9

Cheats are not required for this command.

Hang

Invoke an artificial hang

Cheats are required for this command.

HardwareCursor

Enables/Disables hardware mouse-cursor support

Cheats are not required for this command.

HideInterface

Hide/Show the GUI controlls

Cheats are not required for this command.

IconFadeStart

Set the distance where unit icons became completely opaque at

Cheats are not required for this command.

IconFadeVanish

Set the distance where unit icons fade out at

Cheats are not required for this command.

IconsAsUI

Set whether unit icons are drawn as an UI element (true) or old LOD-like style (false, default).

Cheats are not required for this command.

IconScaleUI

Set the multiplier for the size of the UI unit icons

Cheats are not required for this command.

IconsHideWithUI

Set whether unit icons are hidden when UI is hidden.

Cheats are not required for this command.

IncGUIOpacity

Increases the the opacity(see-through-ness) of GUI elements

Cheats are not required for this command.

IncreaseViewRadius

Increase terrain tessellation level

Cheats are not required for this command.

Info

Shows/Hides the player roster

Cheats are not required for this command.

InputTextGeo

Move and/or resize the input-text field (the "Say: " thing)

Cheats are not required for this command.

LastMsgPos

Moves the camera to show the position of the last message

Cheats are not required for this command.

LODScale

Set the scale for either of: LOD (level-of-detail), shadow-LOD, reflection-LOD, refraction-LOD

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaGaia

Redirects command /LuaGaia to its synced processor

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaGCControl

Toggle between 1/f and 30/s Lua garbage collection rate

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaMenu

Allows one to reload or disable LuaMenu, or alternatively to send a chat message to LuaMenu

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaRules

Redirects command /LuaRules to its synced processor

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaSave

Save the game state to a specific file, add -y to overwrite when file is already present

Cheats are not required for this command.

LuaUI

Allows one to reload or disable LuaUI, or alternatively to send a chat message to LuaUI

Cheats are not required for this command.

MapBorder

Control map-border rendering

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

No arguments provided
Toggles map-border rendering
<on|off>
Set map-border rendering <on|off>

MapMarks

Enables/Disables map marks rendering

Cheats are not required for this command.

mapmeshdrawer

Switch map-mesh rendering modes: 0=GCM, 1=HLOD, 2=ROAM

Cheats are not required for this command.

MapShadowPolyOffset

Cheats are not required for this command.

MaxNanoParticles

Set the maximum number of nano-particles (Graphic setting)

Cheats are not required for this command.

MaxParticles

Set the maximum number of particles (Graphics setting)

Cheats are not required for this command.

MaxViewRange

Set maximum view-distance

Cheats are not required for this command.

MiniMap

FIXME document subcommands

Cheats are not required for this command.

MinViewRange

Set minimum view-distance

Cheats are not required for this command.

Mouse1

Simulates a press of mouse-button 1

Cheats are not required for this command.

Mouse2

Simulates a press of mouse-button 2

Cheats are not required for this command.

Mouse3

Simulates a press of mouse-button 3

Cheats are not required for this command.

Mouse4

Simulates a press of mouse-button 4

Cheats are not required for this command.

Mouse5

Simulates a press of mouse-button 5

Cheats are not required for this command.

MouseCancelSelectionRectangle

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveBack

Moves the camera Back a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveDown

Moves the camera Down a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveFast

Moves the camera Fast a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveForward

Moves the camera Forward a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveLeft

Moves the camera Left a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveReset

Moves the camera Reset a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveRight

Moves the camera Right a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveRotate

Moves the camera Rotate a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveSlow

Moves the camera Slow a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveTilt

Moves the camera Tilt a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MoveUp

Moves the camera Up a bit

Cheats are not required for this command.

MuteSound

Mute/Unmute the current sound system

Cheats are not required for this command.

NetMsgSmoothing

Toggles whether client will use net-message smoothing; better for unstable connections

Cheats are not required for this command.

NetPing

Send a ping request to the server

Cheats are not required for this command.

NoLuaDraw

Allow/Disallow Lua to draw on the map

Cheats are not required for this command.

PasteText

Paste either the argument string(s) or the content of the clip-board to chat input

Cheats are not required for this command.

Pause

Pause/Unpause the game

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

No arguments provided
Toggles tracking
<on|off>
Set tracking <on|off>

QuitForce

Exits game to system

Cheats are not required for this command.

QuitMenu

Opens the quit-menu, if it is not already open

Cheats are not required for this command.

QuitMessage

Deprecated, see /Quit instead (was used to quit the game immediately)

Cheats are not required for this command.

ReloadForce

Exits game to menu

Cheats are not required for this command.

ReloadShaders

Reloads all engine shaders

Cheats are not required for this command.

ReloadTextures

Reloads textures

Cheats are not required for this command.

Remove

Removes one or multiple units by unitID immediately, bypassing death sequence

Cheats are required for this command.

ResBar

Shows/Hides team resource storage indicator bar

Cheats are not required for this command.

Resync

Redirects command /Resync to its synced processor

Cheats are not required for this command.

SafeGL

Enables/Disables OpenGL safe-mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Save

Save the game state to a specific file, add -y to overwrite when file is already present

Cheats are not required for this command.

Say

Say something in (public) chat

Cheats are not required for this command.

ScreenShot

Take a screen-shot of the current view

Cheats are not required for this command.

Select

<chat command description: Select>

Cheats are not required for this command.

SelectCycle

<chat command description: SelectUnits>

Cheats are not required for this command.

SelectUnits

<chat command description: SelectUnits>

Cheats are not required for this command.

Send

Send a string as raw network message to the game host (for debugging only)

Cheats are not required for this command.

Set

Set a config key=value pair

Cheats are not required for this command.

SetSpeed

Set the simulation speed to any positive value, bounded by the minimum and maximum game speed settings.

Cheats are not required for this command.

Shadows

Control shadow rendering

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

-1
Disabled
0
Off
1
Full shadows
2
Skip terrain shadows

ShareDialog

Opens the share dialog for sending units and resources to other players

Cheats are not required for this command.

ShowElevation

Enable rendering of the auxiliary height-map overlay

Cheats are not required for this command.

ShowMetalMap

Enable rendering of the auxiliary metal-map overlay

Cheats are not required for this command.

ShowPathCost

Enable rendering of the path cost-map overlay

Cheats are required for this command.

ShowPathFlow

Enable/Disable rendering of the path flow-map overlay

Cheats are required for this command.

ShowPathHeat

Enable/Disable rendering of the path heat-map overlay

Cheats are required for this command.

ShowPathTraversability

Enable rendering of the path traversability-map overlay

Cheats are not required for this command.

ShowPathType

Shows path traversability for a given MoveDefName, MoveDefID or UnitDefName

Cheats are not required for this command.

ShowStandard

Disable rendering of all auxiliary map overlays

Cheats are not required for this command.

SlowDown

Decreases the simulation speed. The engine will try to simulate less frames per second

Cheats are not required for this command.

SoftParticles

Enable/Disable particles softening: 0=disabled, 1=enabled

Cheats are not required for this command.

SoundChannelEnable

Enable/Disable specific sound channels: UnitReply, General, Battle, UserInterface, Music

Cheats are not required for this command.

SoundDevice

Switch the sound output system (currently only OpenAL / NullAudio)

Cheats are not required for this command.

SpecFullView

Sets or toggles between full LOS or ally-team LOS if the local user is a spectator

Cheats are not required for this command.

Spectator

Lets the local user give up control over a team and start spectating

Cheats are not required for this command.

SpecTeam

Lets the local user specify the team to follow if he is a spectator

Cheats are not required for this command.

Speed

Shows/Hides the simulation speed indicator

Cheats are not required for this command.

SpeedControl

Sets how server adjusts speed according to player's CPU load, 1: use average, 0: use highest

Cheats are not required for this command.

SpeedUp

Increases the simulation speed. The engine will try to simulate more frames per second

Cheats are not required for this command.

Take

Redirects command /Take to its synced processor

Cheats are not required for this command.

Team

Lets the local user change to another team

Cheats are required for this command.

TeamHighlight

Enables/Disables uncontrolled team blinking

Cheats are not required for this command.

ToggleInfo

Toggles current info texture view

Cheats are not required for this command.

ToggleLOS

Enable rendering of the auxiliary LOS-map overlay

Cheats are not required for this command.

ToolTip

Enables/Disables the general tool-tips, displayed when hovering over units. features or the map

Cheats are not required for this command.

Track

Start/stop following the selected unit(s) with the camera

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

No arguments provided
Toggles tracking
<on|off>
Set tracking <on|off> <unitID unitID ...>

TrackMode

Shift through different ways of following selected unit(s)

Cheats are not required for this command.

TSet

Set a config key=value pair in the overlay, meaning it will not be persisted for future games

Cheats are not required for this command.

UnitDrawer

Forces particular Unit drawer type

Cheats are not required for this command.

ViewSelection

Moves the camera to the center of the currently selected units

Cheats are not required for this command.

VSync

Enables/Disables vertical-sync (Graphics setting)

Cheats are not required for this command.

W

Say something in private to a specific player, by player-name

Cheats are not required for this command.

Water

Set water rendering mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

Arguments

0
Basic
1
Reflective
2
Dynamic
3
Reflective & Refractive
4
Bump-mapped

WByNum

Say something in private to a specific player, by player-ID

Cheats are not required for this command.

WindowBorderless

Switches borderless/decorated mode

Cheats are not required for this command.

WireMap

Toggle wireframe-mode drawing of map geometry

Cheats are not required for this command.

WireModel

Toggle wireframe-mode drawing of model geometry

Cheats are not required for this command.

WireSky

Toggle wireframe-mode drawing of skydome geometry

Cheats are not required for this command.

WireWater

Toggle wireframe-mode drawing of water geometry

Cheats are not required for this command.