Console Useful Controls

Introduction

This is a list of common console commands and cvars that are of use to Dark Mod mappers and developers for testing etc. It is in order of key words and meaning.

Notes

• Where a cvar or command is followed by a 1 (parameter) it can be taken that it is enabled by 1 and disabled by 0 unless otherwise stated. N indicates a range of values.
• The current value of a cvar can be shown by entering its name without a value.
• Parameters can be toggled between values by preceding the control with 'toggle' and following it with eg, 1 0. Example : toggle r_showtris 3 0
• Controls can be bound to keys to be used in-game, including the toggle command, eg, bind "v" "toggle r_showportals 1 0"
• Many controls can be included in the file Doomconfig.cfg in the darkmod folder so they are automatically effective.
• Some controls are disabled on exit from a map; others are permanent until manually changed.

Command	Description
noclip	Player flies through everything.
notarget	enemy AI will not attack player
god	Player cannot be harmed.
killmonsters	Removes all AI from a map.
tdm_show_loot	Shows loot items through walls for a short time.
g_dragentity 1	Aim at entity and hold attack control then pull back
pm_noclipspeed N	Changed the speed of player noclip movement
g_fov N	N=angle of field of view, eg, g_fov 30 = zoom in to restrict field of view to 30 degrees. Default = 90
g_showEntityInfo 1	Show info about near entities (as box with classname)
com_showfps 1	Show fps to test performance.
g_frametime 1	Timing info for each frame, see Profiling.
r_showPrimitives 1	Show info about number of drawcalls and tris/shadow tris rendered.
r_showskel 1	Shows skeleton in-game with joints names
g_showCollisionModels 1	Shows collision models. Use g_maxShowDistance N to increase the distance where they are shown to.
r_showtris N	(1) Shows triangles being rendered directly (2) shows overdrawn tri's (3) shows all tri's in scene, direct and indirect.
r_showportals 1	Shows all portals in scene (red=closed,green=open) If your portals dont show up they are most likely not sealing.
r_showlightcount 1	Using colours shows the number of lights hitting a surface, black = 0, red = 1, blue = 2... etc
seta tdm_showsprop 1	Shows the volume of sounds heard by AI.
tdm_ai_showbark 1	Gives the def name (not the soundshader) of barks used by AI
tdm_ai_showalert 1	Shows the AI's current alert total and alert state.
tdm_ai_showdest 1	Shows the AI's current path destination.
bind "f1" "_impulse27"	Pressing F1 shows the AAS regions.
timescale 2	Double speed, good for testing pathing, 1 = normal speed, 2 = double, 0.5 = half speed

Spawning entities

Command	Description
spawn atdm:weapon_blackjack	Spawns blackjack in front of the player. Look up if entity gets spawned under the floor.
spawn atdm:weapon_shortsword	Spawns a sword.
spawn atdm:ammo_broadhead	Spawns one arrow.
spawn atdm:ammo_broadhead inv_ammo_amount 50	Spawns 50 arrows (one entity with 50 ammo). Simillar technique can be used for other ammo types.
spawn atdm:ammo_firearrow
spawn atdm:ammo_gasarrow
spawn atdm:ammo_mossarrow
spawn atdm:ammo_noisemaker
spawn atdm:ammo_ropearrow
spawn atdm:ammo_waterarrow

With the Doom 3 console you can press tab after typing something to autocomplete, for example spawn atdm:<tab> will cycle through the various spawnables. You can also add additional spawnargs using the following syntax: spawn classname [key value] [key value] ....

See Also

Cvars in The Dark Mod