Console Command List/P

Command	Default	Cheat?	Help Text
particle_simulateoverflow	0	Yes	Used for stress-testing particle systems. Randomly denies creation of particles.
password	0		Current server access password
path			Show the engine filesystem path.
pause			Toggle the server pause state.
perfui			Show/hide the level performance tools UI.
perfvisualbenchmark			None
perfvisualbenchmark_abort			None
phonemedelay	0		Phoneme delay to account for sound system latency.
phonemefilter	0		Time duration of box filter to pass over phonemes.
phonemesnap	1		Don't force visemes to always consider two phonemes, regardless of duration.
phys_impactforcescale	1		None
phys_penetration_error_time	10		Controls the duration of vphysics penetration error boxes.
phys_pushscale	1		None
phys_speeds	0		None
phys_stressbodyweights	5		None
phys_swap			Automatically swaps the current weapon for the physcannon and back again.
phys_timescale	1		Scale time for physics
phys_upimpactforcescale	0		None
physcannon_ball_cone	0		None
physcannon_chargetime	2		None
physcannon_cone	0		None
physcannon_dmg_glass	15
physcannon_maxforce	1500		None
physcannon_maxmass	250		None
physcannon_mega_enabled	0		Enables Dark Energy Field Manipulator
physcannon_mega_pullforce	8000		None
physcannon_mega_tracelength	850		None
physcannon_minforce	700		None
physcannon_pullforce	4000		None
physcannon_punt_cone	0.0997
physcannon_right_turrets	0
physcannon_tracelength	250		None
physics_budget			Times the cost of each active object
physics_constraints			Highlights constraint system graph for an entity
physics_debug_entity			Dumps debug info for an entity
physics_highlight_active			Turns on the absbox for all active physics objects
physics_report_active			Lists all active physics objects
physics_select			Dumps debug info for an entity
physicsshadowupdate_render	0		None
picker			Toggles 'picker' mode. When picker is on, the bounding box, pivot and debugging text is displayed for whatever entity the player is looking at. Arguments Full - enables all debug information
ping			Display ping to server.
pistol_use_new_accuracy	1		None
pixelvis_debug			Dump debug info
play			Play a sound.
playdemo			Play a recorded demo file (.dem ).
player_old_armor	0		None
player_showpredictedposition	0		None
player_showpredictedposition_timestep	1		None
player_squad_autosummon_debug	0		None
player_squad_autosummon_move_tolerance	20		None
player_squad_autosummon_player_tolerance	10		None
player_squad_autosummon_time	5		None
player_squad_autosummon_time_after_combat	8		None
player_squad_double_tap_time	0		None
player_squad_transient_commands	1		None
player_throwforce	1000		None
playflush			Play a sound, reloading from disk in case of changes.
playgamesound			Play a sound from the game sounds txt file
playsoundscape			Forces a soundscape to play
playvol			Play a sound at a specified volume.
plugin_load			Loads a plugin present in the addons directory.
plugin_print			Prints loaded plugins (server).
plugin_unload			Unloads a plugin based on it's ID in plugin_print.
portal_disable_radios	0		(only in Portal) since 2022 Steam Deck update: Disable the Portal 2 ARG Radios which is used to earn the "Transmission Received" achievement. A map reload is required for this command to take effect. This command can be also toggled through an option in the Gamepad UI (-gamepadui), but not the regular VGUI.
progress_enable			None
prop_crosshair			Shows name for prop looking at
prop_debug			Toggle prop debug mode. If on, props will show colorcoded bounding boxes. Red means ignore all damage. White means respond physically to damage but never break. Green maps health in the range of 100 down to 1.
prop_dynamic_create		Yes	Creates a dynamic prop with a specific .mdl aimed away from where the player is looking.
props_break_max_pieces	-1		None
pwatchent	-1	Yes	Entity to watch for prediction system changes.
pwatchvar	0	Yes	Entity variable to watch in prediction system for changes.