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There are many different settings used in the game Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory. This document attempts to provide a brief description of the client side CVARs. If you are looking for more information about the commands and CVARs, I suggest you take a look at the Enemy Territory Console Commands & Cvars documentation by DG. As said, this documents is for the game Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, not the newer Wolfenstein. If you are looking for a list of Wolfenstein MultiPlayer CVARs, I suggest you take a look at the WolfMP CVar list.
If you want to start building your own config file based on these explanations, I suggest you download the default.cfg and start editing it to fit your needs.
The table below has three columns:
- CVAR is the actual console variable
- default is the default value of the CVAR
- description of what the CVAR does
Table of contents:
- CVAR explanations
- b = bani for etpro cvars
- cf = game stats
- cg = client game (cgame.dll as opposed to engine)
- cl = client engine
- com = common
- con = console
- demo = demo view
- m = mouse
- net = configs netcode
- r = renderer
- s = sound settings
- ui = user interface and browser settings
- vid = video positioning
- vm = virtual machine
- * = miscellaneous other settings
- CVAR restrictions
- Color codes
1. CVAR explanations
b = bani for etpro cvars
| CVAR | default | description |
| b_altHud | 0 | chooses an alternate HUD layout, valid values: 0, 1, 2, 3 (editHUD) |
| b_altHudFlags | 0 | bitmask for various HUD settings, 1 = move round timer, 2 = hide rank, 4 = move messages |
| b_antilag | 1 | controls whether shots are lag-compensated by the server, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_backupcvars | 1 | controls whether backup files are made when etpro cvar restrictions are applied, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_chatAlpha | 0.33 | defines the alpha of the chat text, valid values: anything between 0 and 1 |
| b_chatFlags | 1 | when set to 1, team flags are drawn by each chat message, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_chatsounds | 0 | enables a sound when players use text chats, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_cmdwarnings | 1 | enable/disable notifications from the tjl_* commands |
| b_debuglocations | 0 | bitmask to enable debugging/design aids for location names, 1 = draw a bubble sprite at each location marker, 2 = add a dynamic light at each location marker, 4 = draw floating text at each location marker containing the location's name, 8 = send updates to other players when a location is added, deleted or renamed, 16 = accept updates to locations from other players who are using b_debuglocations 8 |
| b_demo_autotimescale | 1 | timescale to switch to when a weapon set in b_demo_autotimescaleweapons is fired |
| b_demo_autotimescaleweapons | 0 | bitmask to automatically change the timescale when a certain type of weapon are fired, 1 = Panzerfaust, 2 = Grenade, 4 = Dynamite, 8 = Mortar, 16 = Smoke grenades and airstrike markers |
| b_demo_dynamitecam | 0 | attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_demo_dynamitecounter | 0 | draws a floating counter above armed dynamite during demo playback and when spectating as a shoutcaster |
| b_demo_followxDistance | 50 | x camera offset when attached to a weapon |
| b_demo_followyDistance | 0 | y camera offset when attached to a weapon |
| b_demo_followzDistance | 20 | z camera offset when attached to a weapon |
| b_demo_freecamspeed | 800 | controls the freecam movement speed, similar to g_speed |
| b_demo_grenadecam | 0 | attach the camera to these types of grenades during demo playback, 1 = grenades, 2 = airstrike markers, smoke grenades |
| b_demo_lookat | -1 | causes the freecam to lock its view on the specified player (-1 disables) |
| b_demo_mortarcam | 0 | attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_demo_nametags | 0 | a bitmask controlling how floating names above each player are drawn during demo playback and when spectating as a shoutcaster, 1 = draw visible players, 2 = draw all players, 4 = draw the player's client number, 8 = draw the player's class |
| b_demo_nopitch | 1 | when set to 1, the camera doesn't pitch while it's attached to weapons |
| b_demo_panzercam | 0 | attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_demo_pitchturnspeed | 140 | defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second |
| b_demo_playersprites | 1 | controls whether the floating sprites are drawn over players' heads in demo playback |
| b_demo_pvshint | 0 | draws a line from the freecam origin to the origin of the demo recorder, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_demo_rollspeed | 140 | defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second |
| b_demo_teamonlymissilecam | 0 | only attach the camera to weapons fired by your own team, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_demo_yawturnspeed | 140 | defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second |
| b_descriptiveTextscale | 0.8 | scales the limbo HUD text |
| b_drawclock | 0 | when set to 1, a clock with your local time is drawn on the HUD, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_drawpromotions | 1 | controls whether the "Promoted to rank <rank>" messages are shown, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_drawranks | 1 | when set to 1, the ranks of other players are drawn when using cg_crosshairnames, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_drawrewards | 1 | controls whether skill level increase and reward messages are shown, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_drawspectatoralpha | 1.0 | defines the alpha of the "spectator", "shoutcaster", "freecam", etc. notices, valid values: 0 - 1.0 |
| b_drawspectatorteamflags | 1 | draw a small team flag near the player name when following players in spectator mode, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_drawspeed | 0 | draws a speedometer on the HUD, valid values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| b_fireteamAlpha | 1 | defines the alpha of the fireteam overlay, valid values: anything between 0 and 1 |
| b_fireteamLatchedClass | 0 | toggle showing latched playerclass instead of rank in the fireteam HUD display |
| b_goatsound | 1 | enables the OSP goat sound on knife kills, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_hitsounds | 1 | enables hitsounds, 0 = disable, 1 = enable, 2 = enable for headshots only |
| b_hudYoffset | 10 | moves the HUD up so it is out of the way of the demo status line |
| b_lagometerAlpha | 1 | defines the alpha of the lagometer, valid values: anything between 0 and 1 |
| b_locationJustify | 0 | alignment of location names in fireteam HUD table, -1 = left padding, 0 = left, 1 = right padding |
| b_locationMaxChars | 25 | max number of characters for location name in the fireteam HUD table |
| b_locationMode | 0 | bitmask to control how locations are displayed, 0 = Default, currently equivalent to '1', 1 = Show location names, 2 = Show location coordinates, 4 = Do not check whether locations are in your PVS when searching for a location name, 8 = Do not fall back to location coordinates when no location name was found; instead, show "unknown" |
| b_logbanners | 1 | force logging of server banners to the console, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_mapzoom | 5.159 | zoom level for the map shown in the compass, valid values: 1.0-7.43 |
| b_muzzleflash | 1 | when set to 1, first-person muzzleflash is drawn, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_noactivatelean | 0 | disables leaning behavior when strafing with +activate, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_numPopups | -1 | controls the number of popup messages on the HUD, -1 = default, 0 = disable popups, n = number of popups |
| b_optimizePrediction | 1 | attempt to use previously calculated prediction results when possible to increase performance, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_panzerhack | 1 | if set to 1, the secondary MP40/Thompson (for a soldier with level 4 heavy weapons) is moved to weaponbank 2 |
| b_popupFadeTime | 2500 | defines the time in milliseconds that popups take to fade out |
| b_popupStayTime | 2000 | defines the time in milliseconds that popups will stay before fading |
| b_popupTime | 1000 | the time in milliseconds between popups |
| b_predefineddemokeys | 1 | if this is set to 1, demo playback uses hard-coded key bindings, which cannot be overridden |
| b_shovesounds | 1 | enables shove sounds, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_simpleItems | 0 | draw sprites instead of models for items for a slight performance/visibility increase, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_speedinterval | 100 | the time in milliseconds between two speedometer updates |
| b_speedunit | 0 | the speedunit used for the ups meter, valid values: 0 (UPS), 1(mi/h), 2(km/h) |
| b_textcolorfilter | "" | strips certain color characters from most text messages |
| b_tjg_ghostfx | 2 | special effects for trickjump ghosts to distinguish them from normal players, 0 = no effect, 1 = flicker, 2 = ghost, 3 = flaming, 4 = flame only |
| b_tjl_draw | 1 | when set to 0, no trickjump lines will be drawn, valid values: 0, 1 |
| b_tjl_color | green | sets the default trickjump line color |
| b_tjl_quickslot | 0 | defines the slot used when specifying "quickslot" to tjl_startrecord. This is also the slot used by tjl_menu. |
| b_tjl_showmaxspeed | 0 | when set to 1, the top speed reached will be drawn at the appropriate point on a trickjump line |
| b_tjl_stepsize | 0.5 | the minimum distance between any two points of the drawn trickjump line |
| b_tjl_stoponnomove | 1 | when set to 1, trickjump line recording will automatically stop when the player being recorded stops moving |
| b_tracers | 1 | enable/disable bullet tracers, valid values: 0 = no tracers, 1 = show all tracers, 2 = don't show own tracers |
| b_votetextscale | 0.8 | defines the scaling for the vote text |
| b_watermarkAlpha | 1 | defines the alpha of the watermark, valid values: anything between 0 and 1 |
| b_weapaltReloads | 1 | controls weather weapalt doubles as reload for weapons lacking an alternate fire mode, valid values: 0, 1 |
cf = game stats
| CVAR | default | description |
| cf_wstats | 1.2 | specifies the font scale of the +wstats window |
| cf_wtopshots | 1.0 | specifies the font scale of the +wtopshots window |
cg = client game (cgame.dll as opposed to engine)
| CVAR | default | description |
| cg_announcer | 1 | toggles the announcer voice on map start ("FIGHT!"), win (Allies win!) etc |
| cg_atmosphericEffects | 1 | toggles display of map effects like rain and snow |
| cg_autoAction | 0 | bitmask value that gives a variety of functions to always perform, 1 = demos, 2 = screenshot, 4 = stats, 8 = stopwatch only |
| cg_autoActivate | 1 | toggles automatically picking up items (paks, weapons etc) |
| cg_autoReload | 1 | toggles automatically reloading weapon when clip becomes empty |
| cg_autoSwitch | 0 | toggles automatically changing weapon when current one is out of ammo |
| cg_blinktime | 0 | duration of "blink" blackout when taking damage in milliseconds |
| cg_bloodDamageBlend | 1.0 | amount of blood flashed on screen when you take damage |
| cg_bloodFlash | 1.0 | toggles the blood effect when you are shot |
| cg_bloodTime | 120 | duration of blood puddle effect on walls/floor etc |
| cg_bobpitch | 0.002 | sets extent of the bob pitch (forwards/backwards) effect when moving |
| cg_bobroll | 0.002 | sets extent of the bob roll (left/right) effect when moving |
| cg_bobup | 0.005 | sets extent of the vertical "bob" effect when moving |
| cg_bobyaw | 0.002 | sets extent of the "bob" yaw (turn left/right) effect when moving |
| cg_brassTime | 2500 | sets the duration ejected bullet shells etc last for |
| cg_cameraOrbitDelay | 50 | associated with camera spinning around when you're dead |
| cg_complaintPopUp | 1 | toggles wether to show the popup about filing complaints after a teamkill |
| cg_coronafardist | 1536 | either the size or cull distance of corona effect |
| cg_coronas | 1 | toggles the corona effect around lights |
| cg_crosshairAlpha | 1.0 | sets the transparency of the crosshair |
| cg_crosshairAlphaAlt | 1.0 | sets the transparency of the secondary crosshair |
| cg_crosshairColor | white | sets the colour of the crosshair |
| cg_crosshairColorAlt | white | sets the colour of the secondary crosshair, usually the surrounding part |
| cg_crosshairHealth | 0 | toggles crosshair changing colour to indicate your health |
| cg_crosshairPulse | 1 | toggles the crosshair changing size according to bullet spread |
| cg_crosshairSize | 48 | size/scale of the crosshair |
| cg_crosshairX | 0 | move crosshair on x axis (left/right) |
| cg_crosshairY | 0 | move crosshair on y axis (up/down) |
| cg_cursorHints | 1 | toggles displaying action hint icons when near interactive objects, valid values are: 0 = off, 1 = size pulse, 2 = strobe pulse, 3 = alpha pulse, 4 = solid |
| cg_cycleAllWeaps | 1 | include non-weapon items when scrolling with weapnext (mousewheel) |
| cg_deferPlayers | 1 | toggle only loading models at convenient times |
| cg_descriptiveText | 1 | toggles the display of "you killed xxxx" |
| cg_draw2D | 1 | toggles all 2D items on the HUD display |
| cg_drawBuddies | 1 | toggle showing the icon above players in your fireteam |
| cg_drawCompass | 1 | toggles displaying the compass on the HUD |
| cg_drawCrosshair | 1 | sets which crosshair to use
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| cg_drawCrosshairNames | 1 | wether to draw the names of players when crosshair is on them |
| cg_drawCrosshairPickups | 1 | toggles a hand icon when crosshair is over items you can pick up |
| cg_drawFireteamOverlay | 1 | toggles the Fireteam overlay on the HUD |
| cg_drawFPS | 0 | toggles a FPS counter on the HUD, in etpro 2 enables a more accurate framerate counter |
| cg_drawGun | 1 | toggles displaying your weapon |
| cg_drawNotifyText | 1 | toggles displaying 'notification' text on the HUD |
| cg_drawReinforcementTime | 1 | toggles displaying your teams' respawn timer on the HUD |
| cg_drawRoundTimer | 1 | toggles a countdown of the time left for the current map |
| cg_drawSmallPopupIcons | 0 | show smaller popup messages |
| cg_drawSnapshot | 0 | toggle a display showing snapshot counter |
| cg_drawSpreadScale | 1 | show crosshair changing relevant to spread |
| cg_drawStatus | 1 | alpha (transparency) of the watermark HUD display, if the server has one |
| cg_drawTeamOverlay | 2 | toggle size/info shown in something akin to fireteam HUD item |
| cg_drawWeaponIconFlash | 2 | flashes the weapon's icon on certain events |
| cg_errordecay | 100 | supposed to decay prediction errors over several frames instead of correcting in one jerk |
| cg_fastSolids | 1 | |
| cg_fov | 90 | sets the player's Field of View |
| cg_gibs | 1 | toggles gibbage from splatted bodies |
| cg_hudAlpha | 4.0 | alpha (transparency) of the HUD display |
| cg_instanttapout | 0 | go instantly to limbo, do not wait for medics |
| cg_lagometer | 0 | toggles a connection-related display on the HUD |
| cg_marktime | 20000 | duration of bullet marks on walls etc |
| cg_noAmmoAutoSwitch | 1 | toggles wether to change weapon when it is out of ammo |
| cg_noTaunt | 0 | Q3 relic, instead see cg_noVoiceChats and cg_noVoiceText |
| cg_noVoiceChats | 0 | toggles the audio of voice chats |
| cg_noVoiceText | 0 | toggles displaying the text of voice chats |
| cg_popupLimboMenu | 1 | toggles automatically popping up limbo menu on tapout |
| cg_predictItems | 1 | toggle use of prediction for picking up items. |
| cg_printObjectiveInfo | 1 | toggle displaying popup message on objective activity, "east radar parts returned" |
| cg_quickMessageAlt | 1 | sets wether voice chat system uses numbers (1) or apha (letters, 0) |
| cg_railTrailTime | 400 | duration bullet 'trails' last for with g_debugBullets. |
| cg_recording_statusline | 9 | move the demo recording text around, 0 to remove |
| cg_runpitch | 0.002 | see cg_bobpitch |
| cg_runroll | 0.005 | see cg_bobroll |
| cg_shadows | 1 | toggles display of player model shadows |
| cg_showblood | 1 | toggles showing blood spurt effect when player's are shot |
| cg_specHelp | 1 | toggle displaying spectator help |
| cg_stereoSeparation | 0.4 | set the stereo seperation, how far apart the red and green are |
| cg_teamChatHeight | 8 | number of rows of chats |
| cg_teamChatsOnly | 0 | toggles only displaying chats from teammates |
| cg_teamChatTime | 8000 | duration chats are displayed for |
| cg_tracerchance | 0.4 | likelihood of bullet tracers |
| cg_tracerlength | 160 | length of bullet tracers |
| cg_tracerSpeed | 4500 | speed of bullet tracers |
| cg_tracerwidth | 0.8 | width of bullet tracers |
| cg_useScreenshotJPEG | 1 | wether autoScreenshot's are of the JPEG or TGA format |
| cg_useWeapsForZoom | 1 | weapnext/weapprev keys zoom in/out for zoom weapons, 0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = inverse |
| cg_viewsize | 100 | supposed to be for setting the % of screen actually displaying rendered game |
| cg_voiceSpriteTime | 6000 | duration of the ! Vsay indicator sprite above player heads in milliseconds |
| cg_weaponCycleDelay | 150 | delay between accepting a new weapon has been selected, due to mousewheel errors |
| cg_wolfparticles | 1 | toggles display of particle effects, e.g. explosions, some smoke effects. |
| cg_zoomDefaultBinoc | 22.5 | initial zoom with binocular |
| cg_zoomDefaultFG | 55 | initial zoom with FG |
| cg_zoomDefaultSniper | 20 | initial zoom with sniper/binocular, 4 = fully in, 20 = fully out |
| cg_zoomDefaultSnooper | 40 | initial zoom with snooper rifle |
| cg_zoomfov | 22.5 | field of view when zoomed |
| cg_zoomStepBinoc | 3 | rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with binocular |
| cg_zoomStepFG | 10 | rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with FG |
| cg_zoomStepSniper | 2 | 16/n = how many steps of incremental zoomin/zoomout for both binoc and sniper |
| cg_zoomStepSnooper | 5 | rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with snooper rifle |
cl = client engine
| CVAR | default | description |
| cl_allowDownload | 1 | toggles downloading missing files from the server |
| cl_anonymous | 0 | this is included in the info you send on connect and server keeps in console logs, but nobody knows what it's for |
| cl_autoupdate | 1 | toggle automatic game update checks on launch |
| cl_doubletapdelay | 350 | sets the delay between keypresses required to be a double-tap |
| cl_freelook | 1 | look around using the mouse |
| cl_language | 9 | stores the language of user's ET |
| cl_maxpackets | 30 | cap for data packet transmissions (upstream) |
| cl_maxPing | 800 | don't show servers with a higher ping than this in server browser |
| cl_mouseAccel | 0 | toggles mouse acceleration |
| cl_packetdup | 1 | number of duplicates for every data packet sent upstream, minimized packetloss |
| cl_pitchspeed | 140 | turn speed when using keyboard to look up/down |
| cl_punkbuster | 0 | toggles Punkbuster anticheat for client |
| cl_run | 1 | toggle 'always run' setting |
| cl_timeNudge | 0 | supposed to be for adjusting prediction for your ping. Don't bother, use antilag |
| cl_wwwDownload | 1 | toggles downloading missing files from a www file server |
| cl_yawspeed | 140 | turn speed when using keyboard +left/right |
com = common
| CVAR | default | description |
| com_hunkMegs | 56 | amount of memory (MB) assign to the hunk |
| com_maxfps | 85 | sets cap on the frames per second. 125, 76 and 43 common 'tweak' values, as better for jumping |
| com_soundMegs | 24 | sets the amount of memory (MB) to allocate for loaded sound files |
| com_zoneMegs | 24 | amount of RAM to allocate to map and texture loading |
con = console
| CVAR | default | description |
| con_autoclear | 1 | toggle to clear console automatically on game start |
| con_debug | 0 |
demo = demo view
| CVAR | default | description |
| demo_avifpsF1 | 0 | screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F1 |
| demo_avifpsF2 | 10 | screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F2 |
| demo_avifpsF3 | 15 | screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F3 |
| demo_avifpsF4 | 20 | screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F4 |
| demo_avifpsF5 | 25 | screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F5 |
| demo_drawTimeScale | 1 | display the current timescale (fast-forward) of playing demo |
| demo_infoWindow | 0 | toggle to show the demo information popup |
m = mouse
| CVAR | default | description |
| m_filter | 0 | toggles mouse filter (mouse smoothing) |
| m_forward | 0.25 | |
| m_pitch | 0.022 | sets the mouse pitch (up/down) |
| m_side | 0.25 | |
| m_yaw | 0.022 | sets the mouse yaw (left/right) |
net = configs netcode
| CVAR | default | description |
| net_noipx | 0 | toggle IPX network protocol |
| net_noudp | 0 | toggle UDP network protocol |
r = renderer
| CVAR | default | description |
| r_allowExtensions | 1 | toggle allowing video-driver opengl extensions |
| r_ambientScale | 0.5 | strength of the player model ambient lighting |
| r_ati_fsaa_samples | 1 | ATI video card stuff |
| r_ati_truform_normalmode | see: | ATI video card truform stuff, default: GL_PN_TRIANGLES_NORMAL_MODE_LINEAR |
| r_ati_truform_pointmode | see: | ATI video card truform stuff, default: GL_PN_TRIANGLES_POINT_MODE_LINEAR |
| r_ati_truform_tess | 1 | ATI video card truform stuff |
| r_cacheShaders | 1 | |
| r_clampToEdge | 1 | something to do with clamping fog |
| r_clear | 0 | used for map dev: clears the screen with a horrible pink color |
| r_colorbits | 0 | colour depth, 16/32 |
| r_colorMipLevels | 0 | |
| r_customaspect | 1 | toggles wether to use the custom resolution |
| r_customheight | 1024 | to set height of a custom resolution |
| r_customwidth | 1600 | to set width of a custom resolution |
| r_depthbits | 0 | |
| r_detailtextures | 1 | wether to use high detail textures |
| r_displayRefresh | 0 | set the refresh rate of monitor |
| r_dlightBacks | 1 | |
| r_drawentities | 1 | toggles drawing of players |
| r_drawfoliage | 1 | toggles drawing foliage (e.g. all the grass on Radar) |
| r_drawSun | 1 | toggles drawing the image of the sun in the sky |
| r_drawworld | 1 | toggles drawing of the "world" |
| r_dynamiclight | 1 | toggles use of dynamic lighting effect |
| r_ext_ATI_pntriangles | 0 | |
| r_ext_compiled_vertex_array | 1 | |
| r_ext_compressed_textures | 1 | toggles the compress textures |
| r_ext_gamma_control | 1 | |
| r_ext_multitexture | 1 | |
| r_ext_NV_fog_dist | 0 | |
| r_ext_texture_env_add | 1 | |
| r_ext_texture_filter_anisotropic | 0 | toggles anisotropic filtering, 1 to enable, r_textureAnisotropy to set the level |
| r_facePlaneCull | 1 | wether to not render the hidden side of objects in view |
| r_fastsky | 0 | toggles wether the detailed skybox is drawn or just a basic sky |
| r_finish | 0 | toggles sync every frame |
| r_flares | 1 | toggle flare effect around certain dynamic lights |
| r_fullscreen | 1 | toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode |
| r_gamma | 1.3 | sets gamma (form of brightness) level, gamma correction |
| r_glDriver | opengl32 | |
| r_glIgnoreWicked3D | 0 | |
| r_highQualityVideo | 1 | |
| r_ignoreFastPath | 0 | |
| r_ignoreGLErrors | 1 | |
| r_ignorehwgamma | 0 | toggles ignoring the hardware gamma settings |
| r_inGameVideo | 1 | toggle use of video clips in game (limbo menu) |
| r_intensity | 1 | sets intensity level |
| r_lightmap | 0 | |
| r_lodbias | 0 | geometric detail level, 0 = high, 1 = medium, 2 = low, 3 = custom |
| r_lodCurveError | 250 | determines how quickly polygons are pulled out with distance |
| r_lodscale | 5 | |
| r_mapoverbrightbits | 2 | set brightness of light on textures |
| r_mode | 4 | set screen resolution, see modelist |
| r_nocull | 0 | toggle wether to render hidden objects |
| r_nocurves | 0 | |
| r_normallength | 0.5 | |
| r_nv_fogdist_mode | see: | default: GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV |
| r_oldMode | "" | old resolution mode |
| r_overBrightBits | 0 | brightness setting |
| r_picmip | 1 | texture detail level, 0 = high, 1 = medium, 2 = low, 3 = custom |
| r_primitives | 0 | |
| r_railCoreWidth | 1 | |
| r_railSegmentLength | 32 | |
| r_railWidth | 16 | |
| r_rmse | 0.0 | |
| r_roundImagesDown | 1 | toggles rounding of images |
| r_showmodelbounds | 0 | |
| r_shownormals | 0 | can be used to detect wallhacks when watching demos |
| r_showtris | 0 | toggles showing of vectors |
| r_simpleMipMaps | 1 | |
| r_singleShader | 0 | |
| r_smp | 0 | |
| r_stencilbits | 0 | |
| r_stereo | 0 | for stereo OpenGL, 3D glasses type thing |
| r_subdivisions | 4 | sets number of subdivisions of "curves", increasing makes curves into straights |
| r_swapInterval | 0 | |
| r_textureAnisotropy | 1.0 | set level of anisotropic texture filtering |
| r_texturebits | 0 | number of bits for textures, stick to 32 as 16 is hardly better performance |
| r_textureMode | see: | texture filtering, bilinear = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST, trilinear = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR, default: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST |
| r_trisColor | see: | sets colour for r_tris, usage: r_triscolor r g b a, default: "1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0" |
| r_uifullscreen | 0 | appears functionless in ET, was fog-removal "exploit" in RTCW |
| r_wolffog | 1 | enables and disables fog |
| r_zfar | 0 | distance for culling distant objects |
| r_znear | 3 | distance for culling objects close to player |
s = sound settings
| CVAR | default | description |
| s_bits | 16 | sound bits |
| s_channels | 2 | sound channels |
| s_defaultsound | 0 | |
| s_doppler | 1 | toggle doppler effect |
| s_khz | 22 | sets frequency of the music, very high quality = 44, high = 22, low = 11 |
| s_mixahead | 0.2 | for mixing audio |
| s_mixPreStep | 0.05 | |
| s_musicvolume | 0.25 | sets volume of the music, multiplier value (0.0 to 1.0) |
| s_separation | 0.5 | stereo seperation |
| s_volume | 0.8 | sets volume of the game sounds, multiplier value (0.0 to 1.0) |
| s_wavonly | 0 | toggles playing only .wav files |
ui = user interface and browser settings
| CVAR | default | description |
| ui_autoredirect | 0 | toggle allowing servers to auto-redirect you to another server when full |
| ui_browserShowAntilag | 0 | server browser: selects servers running specific gametypes |
| ui_browserShowEmptyOrFull | 0 | server browser: empty or full servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowETPro | 1 | server browser: servers running ETPro mod, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowFriendlyFire | 0 | server browser: servers with Friendly Fire, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowMaxlives | 0 | server browser: servers with limited lives, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowPasswordProtected | 0 | server browser: passworded servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowPunkBuster | 0 | server browser: PunkBuster servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowTeamBalanced | 0 | server browser: servers forcing balanced teams, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_browserShowWeaponsRestricted | 0 | server browser: servers with weapon restrictions, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show |
| ui_joinGameType | -1 | server browser: selects servers running specific gametypes, -1 = all, 2 = objective, 3 = stopwatch, 4 = campaign, 5 = last man standing |
| ui_netSource | 1 | server browser: selects servers from source, 0 = local, 1 = internet, 2 = favorites |
vid = video positioning
| CVAR | default | description |
| vid_xpos | 3 | X axis offset for moving the game-screen around |
| vid_ypos | 22 | Y axis offset for moving the game-screen around |
vm = virtual machine
| CVAR | default | description |
| vm_cgame | 0 | |
| vm_game | 0 | |
| vm_ui | 0 |
miscellaneous other settings
| CVAR | default | description |
| cm_playerCurveClip | 1 | |
| devdll | 1 | |
| logfile | 0 | toggles saving a logfile |
| mv_sensitivity | 20 | multiview sensitivity
|
| pmove_fixed | 0 | affects game physiscs, see here |
| pmove_msec | 8 | affects game physiscs, see here |
| rate | 5000 | cap on the connection bandwidth to use, 1000=1KB/s, for 56k use about 4000, broadband 25000 |
| scr_conspeed | 3 | console speed |
| sensitivity | 5 | used for setting the mouse sensitivity |
| snaps | 20 | "snapshots" for server to send you |
2. CVAR restrictions
There are quite a few CVARs that can be exploited in the game to gain advantage and therefore the leagues and AntiCheat tools are restricting the use of these CVARs. Here I have listed the most common restrictions. The first table shows the forced CVARs (forcecvar command that forces all clients to set the cvarname cvar to value), the second table has etpro cvar range enforcement mechanism used in the league configs.
forcecvar = forced CVARs
| CVAR | restriction | description |
| r_ambientScale | forcecvar 0.5 | forced to 0.5 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_wolffog | forcecvar 0 | forced to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_zfar | forcecvar 0 | forced to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
sv_cvar = etpro CVAR restrictions
| CVAR | restriction | description |
| cg_autoaction | IN 2 7 | inside the range from 2 to 7 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cg_bobup | IN 0 0.005 | inside the range from 0 to 0.005 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cg_fov | IN 90 120 | inside the range from 90 to 120 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cg_shadows | IN 0 1 | inside the range from 0 to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cl_freelook | EQ 1 | equal to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cl_maxpackets | EQ 100 | equal to 100 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cl_pitchspeed | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cl_timenudge | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| cl_yawspeed | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| com_maxfps | IN 40 125 | inside the range from 40 to 125 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| m_pitch | OUT -0.015 0.015 | outside the range from -0.015 0.015 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| m_yaw | IN -0.022 0.022 | inside the range from -0.022 0.022 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_allowextensions | EQ 1 | equal to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_ambientScale | EQ 0.5 | equal to 0.5 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_ati_fsaa_samples | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_ati_truform_tess | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_clamptoedge | EQ 1 | equal to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_colorMipLevels | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_depthbits | IN 24 32 | inside the range from 24 to 32 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_detailtextures | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_drawentities | EQ 1 | equal to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_drawworld | EQ 1 | equal to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_ext_ATI_pntriangles | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_flares | IN 0 1 | inside the range from 0 to 1 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_lightmap | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_lodcurveerror | GE 60 | greater or equal to 20 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_nv_fogdist_mode | see: | INCLUDE NV GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV (has to include NV GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV) |
| r_primitives | IN 0 2 | inside the range from 0 to 2 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_showmodelbounds | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_showtris | EQ 0 | equal to 0 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_subdivisions | IN 1 20 | inside the range from 1 to 20 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| r_znear | EQ 3 | equal to 3 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| rate | EQ 25000 | equal to 25000 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
| snaps | EQ 20 | equal to 20 in the Global Winter 2010 config |
3. Color codes
There are 32 colors available -- internally, the game has a table of all 32 colors (starting with color #0) and uses the ASCII value of the character following the caret plus 16 to determine which color to use, looping back around to color #0 after color #31. The index lookup could be described in C code as '(*char + 16) & 31'.
The following table shows what the index of each color is, its HTML color code equivalent, and the characters that will produce the color in-game if placed after a caret:
| Index | HTML color | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | #000000 | 0 P p ° Ð ð |
| 1 | #ff0000 | 1 Q q ± Ñ ñ |
| 2 | #00ff00 | 2 R r ² Ò ò |
| 3 | #ffff00 | 3 S s ³ Ó ó |
| 4 | #0000ff | 4 T t Ž Ô ô |
| 5 | #00ffff | 5 U u µ Õ õ |
| 6 | #ff00ff | 6 V v ¶ Ö ö |
| 7 | #ffffff | 7 W w · × ÷ |
| 8 | #ff7f00 | 8 X x ž Ø ø |
| 9 | #7f7f7f | 9 Y y ¹ Ù ù |
| 10 | #bfbfbf | : Z z º Ú ú |
| 11 | #bfbfbf | ; [ { › Û û |
| 12 | #007f00 | < \ | Œ Ü ü |
| 13 | #7f7f00 | = ] } œ Ý ý |
| 14 | #00007f | > ˆ ~ Ÿ Þ þ |
| 15 | #7f0000 | ? _ ¿ ß Ÿ ÿ |
| 16 | #7f3f00 | @ ` À à |
| 17 | #ff9919 | ! A a ¡ Á á |
| 18 | #007f7f | " B b ¢ Â â |
| 19 | #7f007f | # C c £ Ã ã |
| 20 | #007fff | $ D d € Ä ä |
| 21 | #7f00ff | % E e ¥ Å å |
| 22 | #3399cc | & F f Š Æ æ |
| 23 | #ccffcc | ' G g § Ç ç |
| 24 | #006633 | ( H h š È è |
| 25 | #ff0033 | ) I i © É é |
| 26 | #b21919 | * J j ª Ê ê |
| 27 | #993300 | + K k « Ë ë |
| 28 | #cc9933 | , L l ¬ Ì ì |
| 29 | #999933 | - M m Í í |
| 30 | #ffffbf | . N n ® Î î |
| 31 | #ffff7f | / O o ¯ Ï ï |