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The Q3A Guide - Basic Console Commands and Cheats
Like the previous games in the Quake series, Quake III contains lots of "console" commands
Files that can perform useful functions not described in the manual. Below are some of the more
Quake III Files useful ones, along with instructions on how you can browse the commands yourself.
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Remember, many of these commands can cause major changes to Quake III, and depending
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on your video card, may cause your game to crash. These commands are not supported by
Main
Game Info id and printed here for amusement purposes only.
Getting Started
Weapons
Items
Maps
Console Basics
Bots
Single-player First things first: to access the console, press the tilde ("~") key at any time (even from the
Deathmatch 101 main menus).
Teamplay
Capture the Flag
Cheats / console From there, put a "/" in front of any command you want to execute, or Q3 will interpret it as
Server Setup Guide a simple chat message. (There isn't anything more embarrassing that letting people know
Bot Editing
you were trying to use cheats during a game. :)
Easter Eggs

In the console, you can use the cursor, 'home' and 'end' keys just like you would in any
Q3:TA Guide other text editor, as well as the 'page up' and 'page down' to scroll through pages of text.
Main
Gametypes Many of these commands can be hard to remember, so you may want to use the handy
Weapons/Items
Powerups
"autocomplete" feature. If you type in the beginning of a command and hit the TAB key, Q3
Awards will offer up all the commands that start with that series of letters. So, if you forgot what
Getting Started the FOV command was, but remembered it starts with "/cg_", you could type that in, hit
Heads Up Display
TAB, and the console would show you all the commands that start with"/cg_". Useful, no?
Team Orders
Single-player
Multiplayer
Clans Cheats
Maps
Strategies
id Strategies A few select commands are considered "cheats", and can only be activated under certain
Console/Cheats conditions. To activate cheats, type:

Features /sv_cheats 1
Featured Levels
Featured Models
Featured Mods
from the console. From there, load any map using the /devmap command. For instance:

Community /devmap q3dm15

Hosted Sites
Forums will load "Demon Keep" with cheats enabled. You can only use cheats when using the
Chat "/devmap" command -- using the standard "/map" command will not allow cheats.
Mailing Lists

Once you've got cheats enabled, some other useful commands:

Add-ons
Modifications
Levels /god - "God" mode. You are invincible and cannot be hurt by weapons.
Models / Skins /noclip - "no clip" mode. You can fly through walls and floors, and basically go
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anywhere you want in the level. (Great for taking screenshots.)
Resources

GameSpy
Network Console Commands
GameSpy
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to scratch the surface, but are some of the more useful and interesting ones. Keep in mind
GameSpy Arcade
GameSpy 3D that some of these can only be used while in "cheat" mode, and other settings may be
Roger Wilco locked on certain servers, in the interest of keeping al players equal.
Services
CheatingPlanet
FilePlanet
If you want to see the complete lists:
ForumPlanet
GameFinger /cmdlist - will produce a list of commands
Action
/cvarlist - will produce a list of console variables
3DActionPlanet
Captured
PlanetAvP You can also output this to a text file by typing
PlanetDescent
PlanetDuke
/condump filename.txt
PlanetFortress
PlanetHalfLife
PlanetMedalOfHonor This will output the contents of the console to a text file in the Quake3/baseq3 directory.
PlanetQuake
PlanetRainbow6
/reconnect
PlanetSoldier
PlanetTribes Will reconnect you to the last server you were connected to. Useful if Q3 dumps
PlanetUnreal you to the main menu during a map change for no apparent reason.
PlanetWolfenstein
RPG
/bindlist
RPGPlanet
PlanetAnachronox Will produce a list of all currently bound commands.
PlanetBaldursGate
PlanetDeusEx /bind
PlanetDiablo
PlanetDungeonSiege
One of the most basic commands, this will "bind", or assign a command to a
PlanetEverQuest particular key.
PlanetVampire Usage: /bind " "
Sports
Example: /bind space "+zoom"
SportPlanet
PlanetTonyHawk
Strategy /say
StrategyPlanet Will produce a chat message onscreen. Used with the /bind command, this is an
PlanetAgeofEmpires
PlanetAnnihilation
easy way to set up chat messages.
PlanetBlackAndWhite Example: bind F5 say "ouch! that hurt!"
PlanetCNC Do NOT abuse this command. Spamming servers with lots of useless chat is an
Classic/Console
easy way to get kicked off a server.
ClassicGaming
PlanetDreamcast
PlanetNintendo /say_team
PlanetPS2 Allows you to send private messages to your teammates. VERY useful for
PlanetXbox
Hardware
Capture the Flag matches.
PlanetHardware Example: bind I say_team "Defense: Incoming Enemy!"
Community
LANParty.com
/messagemode 2
Bind this command to a key to enter "team chat" mode. Anything you type after
this command will only be sent to your teammates.

/kill
Will cause you to commit suicide. A handy way to lose a frag.

/callvote [proposed vote]

This command can be used to propose changes on a server, and allow all the
players on the server to vote on it. This can be used to change maps, game
modes, settings, and even kick players if necessary. To vote on a proposed
change, press F1 to vote "yes" and F2 to vote "no".

Examples:
callvote map q3dm9
callvote g_gravity
100 callvote kick sluggo

/quit
Quits the game.

Viewing Options

/cg_draw2d (deafult: 1)
Will turn your HUD on and off (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_fov (default: 90)

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Will alter your on-screen field of vision. Lower settings are more zoomed in;
higher #'s give you a wider view, but can get skewed at anything above.

/cg_zoom fov (default: 22.5)

Will alter your FOV when in "zoom" mode.

/cg_drawFPS (deafult: 0)
Will display your framerate in the upper right of the screen. (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_drawGun (deafult: 0)
Will toggle your gun model on and off the screen. (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_drawTimer (default: 0)
Will display elapsed game time in the upper right of the screen. (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_gibs (default: 1)
This activates the splatter that is so much a part of shooters these days.
Setting to "0" can help keep things clean in heavily trafficked games. (0=off,
1=on)

/cg_simpleItems (default: 0)
Will turn all items into 2D sprites. Can help improve performance on slower
systems. (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_drawTeamOverlay (default: 0) Will toggle the very useful "team

overlay" on your HUD, which will allow you to see the health, armor, and
current selected weapon of all your teammates. (0=off, 1=on)

/cg_thirdPerson (0/1; default: 0)

/cg_thirdPersonAngle (0-360; default: 0)
/cg_thirdPersonRange (default: 40)
These three commands will allow you to play with Quake III's "third-person"
view. Setting /cg_thirdPerson to 1 will activate the view, and
/cg_thirdPersonRange will set how far behind you view your player from.
/cg_thirdPersonAngle will rotate the camera around your player; set the angle
to 180 and you'll get a good head-on look at your model.

Useful Server Commands

These are some useful commands you might want to use when running a server. Some of
the variables require the map be restarted before taking effect; use the "/map_restart"
command to accomplish this.

/serverinfo
Will produce a list of current server settings.

/map
Will load any map with your current server settings.

/map_restart
Will reload current map. You may have to use this command before various
server settings can take effect.

/sv_hostname
Change or view the current server name with this command.

/g_gametype
Will display or set the current game type:

"0" - free-for-all DM
"1" - Tournament 1-on-1
"2" - Single-Player
"3" - Team Deathmatch
"4" - Capture the Flag.

Example: /g_gametype "3"

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/sv_maxclients
Will display or set the maximum # of players on a
Example: /sv_maxclients "10"

/timelimit
Displays or sets the server time limit.

/fraglimit
Displays or sets the server frag limit.

/bot_minplayers
This command can be used to keep a server populated with random bots when
empty. Bots are kicked when players join.
Example: /bot_minplayers "4"

/addbot
Can be used to manaully add bots to a game.

/kick
Will kick any specified player from the game.

/g_gravity (default: 800)

Set or display the world gravity with this variable. (Lower number is less
gravity.)

/g_speed (default: 320)

Set or display player running speed with this variable. Setting to 1000 will
produce highly interesting results.

If you're looking for more detailed information on what you can do with your
config or the console commands, then head over to The Bind: Arena -- they
have everything you're looking for in console and config commands!

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