Command Reference

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

Note that the commands and globals listed below do not include any project-specific commands or globals. To obtain a list of commands which includes the below commands as well as project-provided commands and globals, you can use the script_doc command.

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.
find	find <string>	prints any hs command matching the string passed in
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.
init_world_state	init_world_state	Initializes (or re-initializes) the world state. Will clear any existing world state if applicable.
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.
set_project_root	set_project_root	Updates the content root of the engine. Only available in debug and test builds, and is intended for use in conjunction with the Editing Kit.
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
debug_3d_cursor	boolean	whether or not to render 3d cursor position sphere
debug_axes	boolean	whether or not to render axis lines, relative to world center
debug_grid	boolean	whether or not to render camera-following grid
debug_object_bounds	boolean	whether or not to render object bounding boxes
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
transform_space_local	boolean	whether or not gizmo transform space is local. if false, transform gizmos use global space
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