Map (console command)

This article is about the console command. For the place in a game, see Map (level design).  For the file format, see MAP file format.

map is a console command available in all GoldSrc, Source, and Source 2 games. It loads the specified map and starts a game on it.

Warning:For multiplayer games, this command may kick everyone from your server before changing the map, or does a hard change, so to speak. If you want a soft change, use changelevel.
Apparently, both commands behave like changelevel since .

Usage

map <mapname>
map <mapname> [gamemode] // CS:GO
map <mapname> [key1=value1] [key2=value2] [...] // CS2

The .bsp extension must be omitted. The game can access both maps in mounted VPKs and in the maps\ folder. Maps that are in a subdirectory of maps\ need to have the folder name included in the console command.

Example: map d1_trainstation_01
map de_dust2 deathmatch
map de_dust2 gamemode=deathmatch

Note:

(in all games since ) (also in ) If you type the map name partially, like map l4d_river or map de_du, then submit it, it will load the first result it found (l4d_river01_docks or de_dust).
The optional gamemode parameter can be one of the values deathmatch, casual, competitive, armsrace, coopstrike ..., see CS:GO Game Modes.

Todo: A similar list exists for .

A list of key-value pairs can be passed. As seen in the example above, this can be used to set the game mode.^{[What else?]}

Similar Commands

ConCommand	Description
map_background	Analogous to map but loads a map as a background for the main menu. The player will not be able to move normally, but they can still use the console to move, attack, etc. This was introduced and used in Half-Life 2 and its series but it does no longer work properly in newer games. Works in Team Fortress 2 and Portal
map_commentary	Analogous to map but also enables commentary mode, introduced in Half-Life 2: Lost Coast and Source 2006.
maps <substring>	Lists all the maps the game has access to that contain a certain character sequence. Use * to list all maps.