Counter-Strike Console Commands


There are a number of console commands in Counter-Strike that can be very handy. Note that these are not cheats, and nothing listed here will give you an advantage of any kind over other players. These commands are usually used to tweak your display settings and what you can see on the screen. To use the console commands, just bring down the console by hitting the "~" key (the tilde) and type the command, followed by hitting enter.

ah 1

Toggles Auto-Help (gives player hint messages throught the game) - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'. cl_observercrosshair 1 Set to '1' to enable crosshairs in Observer mode, '0' to disable.

dm 1
Toggles displaying of map briefings after loading a new map - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'

cl_hidefrags 0
Toggles hiding everyone else's scores except your own - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'

drawradar
This turns the radar on

fastsprites 0
Sets the complexity of the smoke sprites for the smoke grenade - The range is 0-2, with 0 looking the most like actual smoke

hideradar
This turns the radar off

hud_centerid 0
Toggles the centering of the auto-ID text - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'

lefthand 0
Toggles the use of holding weapons in left hand - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'

listmaps
Lists the maps available on the server that the client can vote for - the server admin specifies which maps get listed by editing the mapcycle.txt file.

max_shells 300
Sets the number of shells visible at one time (0-500)

max_smokepuffs 300
Sets the number of smoke puffs visible at one time (0-500)

nightvision
Bind this to a key to toggle the use of the night vision goggles

rate 2500
Sets how much data/information you receive from the server that you are connected to - for a 14.4 connection, set your rate to 1500 - 33.6k connection use 3000 - 56k modem use 3500 - ISDN should be 5000 - all connections faster than that should be between 5000 and 9999

setinfo vgui_menus 1
Toggles the VGUI menu - Setting of 1 = 'on', and 0 = 'off'

timeleft
States how much time is left on the particular map

votemap
Allows the client to vote for a particular map

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