Console Command List/R

Command	Default	Cheat?	Help Text
r_3dnow	1		hl2 : to make engine uses amd 3dnow registers
r_3dsky	1	Yes	Enable the rendering of 3d sky boxes
r_AirboatPitchCurveLinear	60	Yes	None
r_AirboatPitchCurveZero	25	Yes	None
r_AirboatRollCurveLinear	120	Yes	None
r_AirboatRollCurveZero	90	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewBlendTo	1	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewBlendToScale	0	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewBlendToTime	1	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewDampenDamp	1	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewDampenFreq	7	Yes	None
r_AirboatViewZHeight	0	Yes	None
r_ambientlightingonly	0	Yes	Set this to 1 to light models with only ambient lighting (and no static lighting).
r_aspectratio	0	Yes	None
r_avglight	1		None
r_avglightmap	0		None
r_cheapwaterend			None
r_cheapwaterstart			None
r_cleardecals			Usage r_cleardecals <permanent>.
r_ClipAreaPortals	1	Yes	None
r_colorstaticprops	0	Yes	None
r_debugcheapwater	0	Yes	None
r_debugrandomstaticlighting	0	Yes	Set to 1 to make all static lighting red for debugging. Must restart for change to take affect.
r_decal_cullsize	5		Decals under this size in pixels are culled
r_decals	2048		None
r_decalstaticprops	1		Decal static props test
r_DispBuildable	0	Yes	None
r_DispDrawAxes	0		None
r_DispEnableLOD	0		None
r_DispFullRadius	400		Radius within which a displacement will stay at its highest LOD
r_DispLockLOD	0		None
r_DispRadius	500		None
r_DispSetLOD	0		None
r_DispTolerance	5		None
r_DispUpdateAll	0		None
r_DispUseStaticMeshes	1	Yes	High end machines use static meshes. Low end machines use temp meshes.
r_DispWalkable	0	Yes	None
r_DoCovertTransitions	0		None
r_dopixelvisibility	1		None
r_drawbatchdecals	1		Render decals batched.
r_DrawBeams	1	Yes	None
r_drawbrushmodels	1	Yes	Render brush models.
r_drawclipbrushes	0	Yes	Draw clip brushes
r_drawdecals	1	Yes	Render decals.
r_drawdetailprops	1		None
r_DrawDisp	1	Yes	Toggles rendering of displacment maps
r_drawentities	1	Yes	None
r_drawflecks	1		None
r_drawfullskybox	1	Yes	None
r_drawleaf	-1	Yes	Draw the specified leaf.
r_drawlightcache	0	Yes	0: off 1: draw light cache entries2: draw rays
r_drawlightinfo	0	Yes	None
r_drawlights	0	Yes	None
r_drawmodeldecals	1		None
r_DrawModelLightOrigin	0	Yes	None
r_drawmodelstatsoverlay	0	Yes	None
r_drawmodelstatsoverlaydistance	500	Yes	None
r_drawmodelstatsoverlaymax	1		time in milliseconds beyond which a model overlay is fully red in r_drawmodelstatsoverlay 2
r_drawmodelstatsoverlaymin	0		time in milliseconds that a model must take to render before showing an overlay in r_drawmodelstatsoverlay 2
r_drawopaquerenderables	1	Yes	None
r_drawopaqueworld	1	Yes	None
r_drawothermodels	1	Yes	None
r_drawparticles	1	Yes	Enable/disable particle rendering
r_drawpixelvisibility	0		Show the occlusion proxies
r_DrawPortals	0	Yes	None
r_DrawRain	1	Yes	Enable/disable rain rendering.
r_drawrenderboxes	0	Yes	None
r_drawropes	1	Yes	None
r_drawskybox	1	Yes	None
r_DrawSpecificStaticProp	-1		None
r_drawsprites	1	Yes	None
r_drawstaticprops	1	Yes	None
r_drawtranslucentrenderables	1	Yes	None
r_drawtranslucentworld	1	Yes	None
r_drawvgui	1	Yes	Enable the rendering of vgui panels
r_drawviewmodel	1	Yes	None
r_drawworld	1	Yes	Render the world.
r_dynamic	1		None
r_eyeglintlodpixels	20		The number of pixels wide an eyeball has to be before rendering an eyeglint. Is a floating point value.
r_eyegloss	1		None
r_eyemove	1		None
r_eyes	1		None
r_eyeshift_x	0		None
r_eyeshift_y	0		None
r_eyeshift_z	0		None
r_eyesize	0		None
r_eyewaterepsilon	7	Yes	None
r_farz	-1	Yes	Override the far clipping plane. -1 means to use the value in env_fog_controller.
r_fastzreject	0		Activate/deactivates a fast z-setting algorithm to take advantage of hardware with fast z reject. Use -1 to default to hardware settings
r_flashlightconstant	0	Yes	None
r_flashlightdrawfrustum	0		None
r_flashlightdrawfrustumbbox	0		None
r_flashlightdrawsweptbbox	0		None
r_flashlightfar	750	Yes	None
r_flashlightfov	45	Yes	None
r_flashlightlinear	100	Yes	None
r_flashlightlockposition	0	Yes	None
r_flashlightmodels	1		None
r_flashlightnear	1	Yes	None
r_flashlightnodraw	0		None
r_flashlightoffsetx	10	Yes	None
r_flashlightoffsety	-20	Yes	None
r_flashlightoffsetz	24	Yes	None
r_flashlightquadratic	0	Yes	None
r_flashlightvisualizetrace	0	Yes	None
r_flex	1		None
r_flushlod			Flush and reload LODs.
r_ForceRestore	0		None
r_ForceWaterLeaf	1		Enable for optimization to water - considers view in leaf under water for purposes of culling
r_frustumcullworld	1		None
r_JeepFOV	90	Yes	None
r_JeepViewBlendTo	1	Yes	None
r_JeepViewBlendToScale	0	Yes	None
r_JeepViewBlendToTime	1	Yes	None
r_JeepViewDampenDamp	1	Yes	None
r_JeepViewDampenFreq	7	Yes	None
r_JeepViewZHeight	10	Yes	None
r_lightaverage	1		Activates/deactivate light averaging
r_lightcache_numambientsamples	162		number of random directions to fire rays when computing ambient lighting
r_lightcachecenter	1	Yes	None
r_lightinterp	5		Controls the speed of light interpolation, 0 turns off interpolation
r_lightmap	-1		None
r_lightstyle	-1		None
r_lockpvs	0	Yes	Lock the PVS so you can fly around and inspect what is being drawn.
r_lod	-1		None
r_lod_noupdate	0		None
r_mapextents	16384	Yes	Set the max dimension for the map. This determines the far clipping plane
r_maxdlights	32		None
r_maxmodeldecal	50		None
r_maxnewsamples	6		None
r_maxsampledist	128		None
r_minnewsamples	3		None
r_mmx	1		hl1 and hl2 : to make engines use mmx registers
r_modellodscale	1		1.0 is the default, set to a lower value (ie 0.5) to tend towards simpler models
r_modelwireframedecal	0	Yes	None
r_newflashlight	1	Yes	None
r_newproplighting	0		None
r_nohw	0	Yes	None
r_norefresh	0		None
r_nosw	0	Yes	None
r_novis	0	Yes	Turn off the PVS.
r_occludeemaxarea	0		Prevents occlusion testing for entities that take up more than X% of the screen. 0 means use whatever the level said to use.
r_occluderminarea	0		Prevents this occluder from being used if it takes up less than X% of the screen. 0 means use whatever the level said to use.
r_occludermincount	0		At least this many occluders will be used, no matter how big they are.
r_occlusion	1		Activate/deactivate the occlusion system.
r_occlusionspew	0		Activate/deactivates spew about what the occlusion system is doing.
r_overlaywireframe	0		None
r_PhysPropStaticLighting	1		None
r_pixelvis_partial	1		None
r_portalscloseall	0		None
r_portalsopenall	0		None
r_PortalTestEnts	1	Yes	Clip entities against portal frustums.
r_printdecalinfo			None
r_propsmaxdist	1200		Maximum visible distance
r_radiosity	4		0 No radiosity 1 Radiosity with ambient cube (6 samples) 2 Radiosity with 162 samples 3 162 samples for static props, 6 samples for everything else
r_rainalpha	0		None
r_rainalphapow	0		None
r_raindensity	0		None
r_RainHack	0		None
r_rainlength	0		None
r_RainProfile	0		Enable/disable rain profiling.
r_RainRadius	1500		None
r_RainSideVel	130		How much sideways velocity rain gets.
r_RainSimulate	1		Enable/disable rain simulation.
r_rainspeed	600		None
r_RainSplashPercentage	20		None
r_rainwidth	0		None
r_renderoverlayfragment	1		None
r_rootlod	0		Root LOD
r_ropebatch	1		None
r_ropetranslucent	1		None
r_screenfademaxsize	0		Maximum prop visible distance
r_screenfademinsize	0		Minimum prop visible distance
r_screenoverlay			None
r_sequence_debug	0		None
r_shadowangles			Set shadow angles
r_shadowblobbycutoff			some shadow stuff
r_shadowcolor			Set shadow color
r_shadowdir			Set shadow direction
r_shadowdist			Set shadow distance
r_shadowids	0		None
r_shadowlod	-1		None
r_shadowlodbias	2		None
r_shadowmaxrendered	32		None
r_shadowrendertotexture	1		Determines shadow quality - is the same as the "Shadow Detail" option in the menu
r_shadows	1		Determines whether shadows are drawn
r_shadowwireframe	0	Yes	None
r_showenvcubemap	0	Yes	None
r_skin	0		None
r_skybox	1	Yes	Enable the rendering of sky boxes
r_snapportal	-1		None
r_spewleaf	0		None
r_sse	1		hl2 : to make engine uses sse registers
r_sse2	1		hl2 : to make engine uses sse registers
r_staticpropinfo	0		None
r_teeth	1		None
r_TransitionSensitivity	6		Controls when LODs are changed. Lower numbers cause more overt LOD transitions.
r_updaterefracttexture	1		None
r_vehicleBrakeRate	1	Yes	None
r_vehicleDrawDebug	0	Yes	None
r_VehicleViewClamp	1	Yes	None
r_VehicleViewDampen	1	Yes	None
r_visocclusion	0		Activate/deactivate wireframe rendering of what the occlusion system is doing.
r_visualizelighttraces	0	Yes	None
r_visualizelighttracesshowfulltrace	0	Yes	None
r_visualizeproplightcaching	0		None
r_visualizetraces	0	Yes	None
r_WaterDrawReflection	1		Enable water reflection
r_WaterDrawRefraction	1		Enable water refraction
r_waterforceexpensive	1		None
r_waterforcereflectentities	0		None
r_worldlightmin	0		None
r_worldlights	2		number of world lights to use per vertex
rate	12000		Max bytes/sec the host can receive data
rcon			Issue an rcon command.
rcon_address	0		Address of remote server if sending unconnected rcon commands (format x.x.x.x:p)
rcon_password	0		remote console password.
recompute_speed			Recomputes clock speed (for debugging purposes).
record			Record a demo.
+reload			None
-reload			None
reload			Reload the most recent saved game (add setpos to jump to current view position on reload).
removeid			Remove a user ID from the ban list.
removeip			Remove an IP address from the ban list.
replaydelay	0		None
report_entities			Lists all entities
report_simthinklist			Lists all simulating/thinking entities
report_soundpatch			reports sound patch count
report_soundpatch			reports sound patch count
report_touchlinks			Lists all touchlinks
respawn_entities		Yes	Respawns all entities on the map. Is only usable on single player games.
restart			Restart the game on the same level (add setpos to jump to current view position on restart).
retry			Retry connection to last server.
revert			Revert convars to their default values.
+right			None
-right			None
room_type	0		None
rope_averagelight	1		Makes ropes use average of cubemap lighting instead of max intensity.
rope_collide	1		Collide rope with the world
rope_drawlines	0		None
rope_shake	0		None
rope_smooth	1		Do an antialiasing effect on ropes
rope_smooth_enlarge	1		How much to enlarge ropes in screen space for antialiasing effect
rope_smooth_maxalpha	0		Alpha for rope antialiasing effect
rope_smooth_maxalphawidth	1		None
rope_smooth_minalpha	0		Alpha for rope antialiasing effect
rope_smooth_minwidth	0		When using smoothing, this is the min screenspace width it lets a rope shrink to
rope_subdiv	2		Rope subdivision amount
rope_wind_dist	1000		Don't use CPU applying small wind gusts to ropes when they're past this distance.