Command Reference

Below is a list of all available console commands and globals.

Console Commands#

Name	Syntax	Description	Aliases
`abort`	`abort`	Aborts the engine using abort() function. Requires CONFIRM argument to execute.
`classify`	`classify`	Provides information on a command	`man`
`cls`	`cls`	Clears console log	`clear`
`crash`	`crash`	Crashes the engine. Requires CONFIRM argument to execute.	`kms`
`create_cmd_obj`	`create_cmd_obj`	Early debug command used to test CommandScript objects. No longer used and has no functionality other than a warning message
`debug_menu_how_to`	`debug_menu_how_to`	Displays information on how to use the debug menu in the console.
`debug_menu_rebuild`	`debug_menu_rebuild`	Reloads debug_menu_init.xml and rebuilds the debug menu contents	`regenerate_debug_menu`,`regendebugmenu`,`reloadmenu`,`rdm`
`drop`	`drop`	drops the named tag e.g. objects/vehicles/banshee/banshee.vehicle	`spawn`,`summon`,`create`,`drop_safe`
`explore`	`explore <user\|engine> <string>`	opens an engine data directory in the system file explorer.
`generate_plugins`	`generate_plugins`	Generates plugin files for all available tag classes, for use in Guerilla and other tools.	`make_plugins`,`gen_plugins`,`create_plugins`
`help`	`help`	Shows a list of commands.
`history`	`history`	Shows recently executed commands.
`list_colors`	`list_colors`	List all available colors for the print command.	`listcolors`
`list_levels`	`list_levels`	Provides information on a command	`listlevels`,`list_scenarios`,`listscenarios`,`list_maps`,`listmaps`
`listener_bug_check`	`listener_bug_check <iterations>`	creates and deletes the specified number of event listeners, used for bug diagnosis
`log`	`log [WARNING\|ERROR\|SEVERE] [FORCE] <message>`	Logs an error to the console.
`map_name`	`map_name`	the same as game_start: launches a game for debugging purposes	`level_name`,`scenario_name`,`game_start`
`nou`	`nou`	A joke command that prints "no u" to the log	`no_u`
`old_help`	`help <string>`	prints a description of the named function.	`chelp`,`h2help`
`old_print`	`old_print`	Prints a message to the screen. Color overrides are not supported.	`h2print`,`cprint`
`open_game_dir`	`open_game_dir`	Opens the game directory in the system file explorer.
`open_web_url`	`open_web_url <string>`	Opens a URL in the user's preferred web browser.	`url`
`print`	`print`	Prints a message to the screen. Supports color arguments
`quit`	`quit`	Quits the game.	`exit`,`qqq`
`reload_material_datablocks`	`reload_material_datablocks`	Rebuilds all OGRE datablocks from their original material tags.
`screenres`	`screenres <string>`	Allows specifying the display resolution manually.	`Settings.ScreenResolution`
`screenshot`	`screenshot [string]`	Captures the current frame onscreen to a file, with an optional filename. If no filename is provided, a default filename is used.
`script_doc`	`script_doc [quiet]`	saves a file called hs_doc.txt with parameters for all script commands and globals.	`hs_doc`
`sentry_test`	`sentry_test`	Throws Sentry Test Event to dashboard.
`show_stats`	`show_stats`	Shows framerate, pointer location, and ms/frame.
`tag_field_sizes`	`tag_field_sizes`	print sizes for all tag fields
`tag_load_force`	`tag_load_force <string>`	loads a tag from an available cache file or from the engine tags folder
`toggle_imgui_window`	`toggle_imgui_window <string>`	Toggles the visibility of an imgui window.	`duigvs`
`version`	`version`	Show engine version information.	`ver`
`win32_dialog_test`	`win32_dialog_test`

Script Globals#

Name	Type	Description
`always_update_shader_uniforms`	`boolean`	whether or not shader uniforms will be refreshed every frame
`aqua`	`color`
`clear_col`	`color`	Color used for render target clearing.
`clear_col_h3`	`color`	Color used for render target clearing in H3Sapien.
`console_blue`	`color`
`console_color`	`color`
`console_error`	`color`
`console_internal_gold`	`color`
`console_msg_color`	`color`
`console_print`	`color`
`console_shadow`	`color`
`console_yellow`	`color`
`crash_screen_background`	`color`
`crash_text_col`	`color`
`crash_text_shadow_col`	`color`
`d_blurple`	`color`
`d_dark`	`color`
`d_greyple`	`color`
`d_nqblack`	`color`
`d_text_dark`	`color`
`d_text_light`	`color`
`d_white`	`color`
`display_coordinates`	`boolean`
`display_framerate`	`boolean`
`h2_profiler`	`color`
`imgui_metrics_auto_scale`	`boolean`	whether or not to automatically scale imgui metrics upon applying them
`int_gvar_test`	`int`
`long_gvar_test`	`long`
`max_2d_z_depth`	`int`	maximum z depth for 2d objects
`mc_color_0`	`color`
`mc_color_0_s`	`color`
`mc_color_1`	`color`
`mc_color_1_s`	`color`
`mc_color_2`	`color`
`mc_color_2_s`	`color`
`mc_color_3`	`color`
`mc_color_3_s`	`color`
`mc_color_4`	`color`
`mc_color_4_s`	`color`
`mc_color_5`	`color`
`mc_color_5_s`	`color`
`mc_color_6`	`color`
`mc_color_6_s`	`color`
`mc_color_7`	`color`
`mc_color_7_s`	`color`
`mc_color_8`	`color`
`mc_color_8_s`	`color`
`mc_color_9`	`color`
`mc_color_9_s`	`color`
`mc_color_a`	`color`
`mc_color_a_s`	`color`
`mc_color_b`	`color`
`mc_color_b_s`	`color`
`mc_color_c`	`color`
`mc_color_c_s`	`color`
`mc_color_d`	`color`
`mc_color_d_s`	`color`
`mc_color_e`	`color`
`mc_color_e_s`	`color`
`mc_color_f`	`color`
`mc_color_f_s`	`color`
`opengl_triangle_color`	`color`
`protected_gvar_test`	`int`	This gvar has additional info!
`render_target_clearing`	`boolean`	toggles render target clearing on each frame
`short_gvar_test`	`short`
`string_gvar_test`	`string`
`transparent`	`color`
`ui_scale_factor`	`unknown`	controls the scaling of the engine ui
`wsv_aierr`	`color`
`wsv_critical`	`color`
`wsv_default`	`color`
`wsv_error`	`color`
`wsv_info`	`color`
`wsv_severe`	`color`
`wsv_warning`	`color`