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

/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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