Cool and useful console commands
You can use the tilde key on your keyboard to open the ingame console if you’re on a Windows machine. For a Mac it would be shift-esc. Once the console is opened up, you can enter all sorts of code into it, which can be as well useful as funny and entertaining.
Here’s a list of commands you might find handy.
Note: If not described as differently, the one after a command generally means “On”, a zero in that place would turn the function “Off”
/connect *ip*
Let’s you connect to a server by entering the ip or dns address, for example /connect 67.220.215.35 or /connect mulchers.dontexist.org
/reconnect
Connects to the server you were last connected to. Useful for rejoining when a server crashed or when you were kicked for radio spamming no appartent reason.
/cg_rgb *number*,*number*,*number*
Defines your armband color. Use an rgb color code (chart) to create your own custom one. Note the colors may not be lower than zero and higher than 255. Example: /cg_rgb 255,51,0
These are my custom armband colors. I have them bound to keys so I can easily switch between them.
/r_shownormals 1
Let’s you use Urban Terror’s built in wallhack. A little line for every visible vertex that is showing at that point is displayed. Useful for checking if people are using a wallhack. Note that this can only be used when not in a game, for example if in the menus or, most importantly, when watching a demo.
/video
Starts Urban Terror’s built-in screen recorder. It writes a full-resolution .avi file into your q3ut4/videos directory. Should only be used while watching a demo, as it slows down the performance
/stopvideo
Stops the screen recorder.
/cg_draw2d 1
Draws 2d stuff on the screen, like the HUD, lagometer, etc. Turning it off when exporting demos gives cleaner video results.
/kill
Kills your player
/timescale *number*
Set’s the timescale for the playback of a demo. Useful if used in conjunction with /video and /stopvideo to create cool slow motion effects.
1 = normal speed
2 = double speed
0.5 = half speed
/ut_itemdrop *item*
Only useful when bound to a key. Drops an item. Example: /ut_itemdrop kevlar.
/ut_weapontoggle *weapon* *weapon* *weapon*
Also only useful when bound. Toggles through the weapons listed in there. Useful to save keys, for exmaple ut_weaptoggle secondary sidearm.
/cl_drawclock 1
Draws a little clock on the screen, that displays your computer’s local time. Useful for timing attacks and of course keeping track of the time.
/clear
Clears the console
Console tips:
- Use your insert key to toggle the console cursor between replace and insert mode.
- Use your Page up and Page down keys to scroll through the console.
- Use your arrows keys to recall previous commands.
- Use tab to receive a list with all commands that start with the text you already entered.
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/clear – clears the console
+tab – gives complete list (or autofill) of commands that start with that letter(s)
arrowUP/DOWN – previous/next command last used
You’re right, I forgot about them, will add them in a second.
/disconnect
/cg_lagometer 1/0
/cg_crosshairrgb ” ” (rgb + alpha, respectively)
/playerlist
/tell (get this from /playerlist)
Sends a private message in game.
/recorddemo (leave demoname blank to get a name generated by the game based on time, date, map, name, and team names)
/stoprecord (stop recording a demo)
Also, ctrl + scrollwheel scrolls through the console log much faster.
/condump
Dumps console history to a file of your choosing. Add .txt to the end of the name to save yourself one step later on.:)
Stored in x/x/x/Urban Terror/q3ut4
also very useful is /cvarlist if your like me and cant remember cvarnames. without arguments it dumps all cvars with their flag [0] and current value (condump comes in handy there). with an argument you can do wildcardsearches on cvars set, which is particularly useful if you dont remember the exact name of the cvar. e.g.:
/cvarlist *bobA cg_bobroll "0"
A cg_bobpitch "0.000"
A cg_bobup "0.000"
808 total cvars
808 cvar indexes
an addition to scrolling in console: with CTRL + END you get back to last line if you scrolled up multiple pages
also very useful is the /toggle command
it toggles the value of a cvar between 0 and 1
like:
/cg_speedo"cg_speedo" is:"0" default:"0"
/toggle cg_speedo
/cg_speedo
"cg_speedo" is:"1" default:"0"
/toggle cg_speedo
/cg_speedo
"cg_speedo" is:"0" default:"0"
which when bound to a key displays or hides the speedometer in your hud (+ resets your maxspeed on hide)
/bind j "toggle cg_speedo"[0] urt.net: Server variable flags
Any1 know how to make a bind that says the weapon ur using and how much health u have? Only to your team of course.
/bind PGDN “team autojoin”
/bind PGUP “team spectator”
/bind HOME “quit”
nice
/r_shownormals 1
/connect *ip*
/cg_draw2d 1
I should try these they sound cool
hey curtis /bind 2 say_team “I am $health with a $weapon” look up more $ or variables online to fit them o your needs.
/maplist for upcoming maps
doesn’t work
how to create a strong console in an nw server
how to create a console in new server
hahhah acually the key to open up console on a mac is the same as windows, tilde,, were not that much of a minority hahahah
cara como mudo o botao de entra no console
I was wondering if cg_rgb was the correct name because there is also a cg_armbandrbg and it gives me a different value than the one I set for just cg_rgb.
how can i fill ^ in the console? if i press it i close the console. then i open it and then there are 2 of this ^^. but how can i only fill in one without close the console???
Hope for answer
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