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Debug Menu

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The Debug Menu are present (in all games since Source 2007 Source 2007) except in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It can be shown by pressing Shift + F1 or by typing "debugsystemui" in the Console.

Debugsystemui.png
Warning.pngWarning:Enabling certain options like MatSys > Software Lighting can cause the game to crash.
Icon-Bug.pngBug:Does not draw over video backgrounds like Portal 2's main menu.  [todo tested in?]
Note.pngNote:Some games may not include the scripts/debugoptions.txt which cause the Debug Menu UI to be broken, copy it from any other Source game (example: Half-Life 2 Half-Life 2) and paste it into the same directory on a game that have the broken Debug UI.

Contains a few debugging options that run commands in the console.

The file is located here: 🖿scripts/debugoptions.txt and can be modified.