Alias
alias is a console command that allows a specified command to invoke one or several other commands. Aliases will only act for the game session in which they are called upon in. However, keys bound can last if your config.cfg is not set to read only. It is common for aliases to be defined in the autoexec.cfg file, or, in the case of Team Fortress 2, in the class config files that are executed when a class is chosen.
Examples
After running the following command, typing greet in the console will execute say hello!
alias greet "say hello!"
An example of an alias that toggles zoom. running ZoomToggle will alternate between running +zoom and -zoom
alias "ZoomON" "+zoom; alias ZoomToggle ZoomOFF" alias "ZoomOFF" "-zoom; alias ZoomToggle ZoomON" alias "ZoomToggle" "ZoomON"
An example of using aliases to increment/decrement the field of view. Note that running alias FoVxIN makes the command FoVxIN no longer do anything
alias "FoVx85" "FoV 85; alias FoVxIN ; alias FoVxOUT FoVx90" alias "FoVx90" "FoV 90; alias FoVxIN FoVx85; alias FoVxOUT FoVx95" alias "FoVx95" "FoV 95; alias FoVxIN FoVx90; alias FoVxOUT" alias "FoVxIN" "FoVx85" alias "FoVxOUT" "FoVx95"
A common use of alias is to run commands when a key is unpressed. for example, the following aliases can be used to test when alt is unpressed to allow alt + f4 to exit the engine
bind alt "+alt_pressed" alias +alt_pressed "bind f4 exit" alias -alt_pressed "unbind f4"
Warning:An alias doesn't work if the command it is set to invoke has quotation marks. (alias does not support quotation marks inside quotation marks.)alias healthpls "ent_fire !self addoutput "health 200"" //does not work
Workaround:Create a separate file containing that lone command and set alias to exec the file.//This is the only line in file health_wrapper.cfg: ent_fire !self addoutput "health 200"
alias healthpls "exec health_wrapper.cfg" //works