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Engine Launch Options

Demez edited this page May 11, 2019 · 8 revisions

All of the launch options we know about or have added

If you want to add one here, just search for CommandLine() in all the files

Some of this may be inaccurate and unfinished

X is whatever value you want to put in

Command Description
-sw
-windowed
-window
-startwindowed
Run in windowed mode
-noborder Disable the window border when launching in windowed mode
-full
-fullscreen
Run in Fullscreen Mode
-w X
-width X
Set the Resolution Width
-h X
-height X
Set the Resolution Height
-resizing Supposed to allow the window to be resized, but it doesn't work and vgui doesn't scale properly in it. I imagine this would be similar to gold source's window resizing
-mat_vsync Turns on VSync
-mat_antialias X Sets the Number of AA Samples
-mat_aaquality X Sets the Quality of the Anti Aliasing
-safe Runs the engine in Windowed, 640x480, no AA, and Default Refresh Rate
-dxlevel X Sets the DirectX Level
-vproject X Sets the vproject Directory to what game you put in for it
-game X Loads the Game in the Directory Given
-basedir X Sets the Engine Directory
-dxlevel X Sets the DirectX Level
-allowdebug
-tempcontent
-steam
-steamlocal
Uses filesystem_steam.dll instead of filesystem_stdio.dll
-adapter
-ref
-norfs
-host
-tools Runs the Internal Engine Tools
-defaultgamedir Set to HL2 by default
-makereslists
-textmode
-makedevshots
-g15 Enables LCD keyboard on G15. Support for this in Quiver will go away soon
-nomouse Don't use the Mouse
-useforcedmparms Uses the System Mouse Parameters
-noforcemspd No forced mouse speed
-noforcemaccel No forced Mouse Acceleration
-bugbait
-swapcores Only is enabled on TF2 for Xbox360, so this will be removed soon
-filmgrain
-particles X something for initbeams() idk
-no_compressed_vvds
-dvd
-dvddev
-HFILE
-HPARENT
-HCHILD
-conheight
-fs_log
-fs_target
-remote only works in x360 and in dvd_dev mode
-fs_nopreloaddata
-noasync Disables Async I/O, used by the filesystem to load files without stopping the game
-unbuffered_io Only works on X360 or Linux
-port X
-maxplayers X
+sv_lan X Turn LAN on or off
+map X Loads the map given on startup
-insecure
-usegh Loads Third Party DLLS, only has ghostinj.dll added so idk
-noassert
-console Opens the console on startup
-nominidumps
-vcrplayback X
-vcrrecord X
-primarysound
-snoforceformat
-wavonly
-sndcachedebug
-makereslists
-spewsentences
-nosound Do not Load Audio DLL's
-shadersondemand Live Updating Shaders? Helps tools reduce d3d memory, but causes I/O hitches. PC Only.
-gameui Use the Mod gameui.dll in the game/bin folder

DMXConvert:

Command Description
-i Input File
-o Output File
-if Input Format
-of Output Format
-oe Output Encoding

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