VCFG

Valve Configuration file (or VCFG) is a Source 2 games text file used to execute a newline-delimited list of console commands to the Developer Console. The .vcfg file extension can be found everywhere and is not specific to Source. Some Source 2 games (such as Half-Life: Alyx), still features .cfg file extension in some files (such as skill.cfg).

Tip:It can be useful to keep situational keybinds in files other than autoexec.cfg.

Confirm:What exactly happens after exec autoexec.cfg.

File format

• Each line is considered a command. Note that each command can still consist of multiple commands delimited with the semicolon ;.
• Comments can be added by using //. These two characters and everything following after them is ignored by the engine until the next line starts.
• Cheat commands require sv_cheats 1 enabled, otherwise they have no effect. To configure a mod's default cheat convars, VScript or point_servercommand can achieve this on map start without having to enable sv_cheats.

Files

The folder <game>/cfg/ is usually dedicated to CFG files and can be further organized in subdirectories, and referred in exec by relative path.

This is a table listing common CFG files found in mods and games alike.

CFG	Description
autoexec.vcfg	Ran on game start up, so one can easily create the file and put any commands that one doesn't want to type each time.
game.vcfg	Ran every time a map is loaded.
modsettings.vcfg	Ran on game start up, unless not found in mod folder.
listenserver.vcfg	Ran when a listen server is being started, and runs every time the map is changed.
user_keys_default.vcfg	Ran when the following file is not present: config.cfg (in Steam folder\userdata\SteamID\730\local\cfg\) cs2_user_keys_0_slot0.vcfg (in Steam folder\userdata\SteamID\730\local\cfg\) cs2_user_keys.vcfg (in Steam folder\userdata\SteamID\730\remote) user_keys_0_slot*.vcfg or when player reset Keyboard settings in game Settings/Options.
user_keys_dev_default.vcfg	Ran when no user_keys_default.vcfg is present or when player clicks the 'Use Defaults' button in the keyboard tab in the options panel, see Customizing Options: Keyboard.
valve.rc	Special vcfg file with the .rc extension, it's ran on game start up and executes autoexec.cfg along with a few other commands.