Battlefield Vietnam Tweak Guide
[Page 7] Console Commands
There are a range of useful commands which can be accessed through the game console, or entered into the .con files (See Advanced Tweaking section). To open the console, press the '~' key (just below ESC). To close the console, press ~ again. You can bring up a full list of commands for each command category (Console, Game, Chat, Renderer, Admin and Debug) in the console by typing the group name (e.g. Game) and then pressing the TAB key repeatedly to first see the group list, then the correct usage of the commands.
To use a console command, type the full name of the command and the value required, e.g:
console.ShowFPS 1
will turn the FPS counter on. Using the value 0 in front of the same command will turn the FPS counter off again. This is shown as [1/0] below. String values such as [Name] or [Text] simply indicate the entry of specified text. Numeric values are usually shown as a range, or simply [Value].
In BF:V there are also a range of 'Aliases' - abbreviated versions of the more commonly used console commands below which can be used in place of the full commands. For example instead of 'console.showfps 1' to enable the FPS counter on the screen, you can use the simple alias command:
FPS 1
This means that FPS is the alias for console.showfps. A range of other aliases are listed in round brackets after the name of certain console commands below (e.g. console.showfps (fps)). The full list of Aliased commands can be found in the file AliasedCommands.con in your \Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield Vietnam\Mods\BfVietnam\settings\ directory. If you want to change any of the existing aliased commands, or add new ones, you can edit this file and edit/insert new aliases. For example, edit the alias fps console.showfps line to alias frames console.showfps and now the command "frames 1" will bring up the fps counter.
The list of major console commands (and where relevant, aliases) for Battlefield Vietnam is provided below, grouped into the various categories. The Debug command category is not covered here as it doesn't have any real use for most players. A description of the command is also provided if known.
Console
console.ShowFPS (fps) [1/0] - When enabled shows your current Frames Per Second (FPS) in the top left corner of the screen
console.DrawFPSgraph [1/0] - When enabled shows a large red graph of your FPS over time if the console.ShowFPS command is also enabled.
Renderer
renderer.VSyncEnabled [1/0] - Enables/Disables Vertical Sync. Performance is improved when VSync is disabled, but you may experience some screen "tearing".
renderer.ExtrapolateFrame [1/0] -
renderer.ForceSWSkinning [1/0] -
Game
game.sayAll [String] - Says the entered text in Global chat
game.clientPunkBuster [1/0] - Turns PunkBuster on or off
game.listPlayers (lp or listplayers) - Lists players and their ID numbers
game.listMaps (lm or listmaps) - Lists the maps and number assignments in server rotation
game.voteMap (vm or votemap) [1-12] - Votes to change the map to the number specified
game.voteKickPlayer (kick) [ID] - Calls a vote to kick a player. To vote enter this command with the same number
game.voteKickTeamPlayer (kt or kickteam) [ID] - Same as above but only teammates are allowed to vote
game.TKForgive (ftk or forgive) - Forgive a TK - works only in Punish Mode
game.TKPunish (ptk or punish) - Punish a TK - works only in Forgive Mode
game.changePlayerName (name) [Name] - Renames your player in-game
game.useHUD (hud) [1/0] - Toggles the Head Up Display (HUD)
game.getIp - Displays server IP in the message window
game.getLevelName - Displays the name of the level
game.buddyList (buddylist) - Prints a list of your current buddies
game.addPlayerToBuddyList (ab or addbuddy) [ID] - Add a user (specified by ID) to the buddy list
game.removePlayerFromBuddyList (rb or removebuddy) [ID] - Removes a user (specified by ID) from the buddy list
game.addPlayerToBuddyListByName [Name] - Add a user (specified by name) to the buddy list
game.removePlayerFromBuddyListByName [Name] - Removes a user (specified by name) from the buddy list
game.suicide (suicide) - Kills your character
game.enableFreeCamera (freecam) [1/0] - Enable/disable the ability to look around while waiting to spawn
game.FreeCameraBaseSpeed [value] - If free camera is enabled, sets the free camera base movement speed
game.FreeCameraSlowSpeed [value] - If free camera is enabled, sets the free camera slow movement speed
game.FreeCameraFastSpeed [value] - If free camera is enabled, sets the free camera fast movement speed
game.setLoadingLeftText [Text] -
game.setLoadingLeftTitle [Text] -
game.setLoadingRightText [Text] -
game.setLoadingRightTitle [Text] -
game.setLoadingLeftPosition [Pos] -
game.setLoadingRightPosition [Pos] -
Chat
chat.addToIgnoreList (ignore) [ID] - Ignores a specific user's chatting
chat.removeFromIgnoreList (unignore) [ID] - Stop ignoring a specific user's chatting
chat.ignoreList (ignorelist) - Returns the list of ignored players
chat.setChatHistory (textsizes) [1-12] [1-12] [1-12] - Sets the no of lines for all 3 message displays at once
chat.chatMessageSize (chattext) [1-12] - No. of lines for chat messages display
chat.gameInfoMessageSize (flagtext) [1-12] - No. of lines for game info display
chat.killMessageSize (killtext) [1-12] - No. of lines for kills info display
chat.chatInfo (textinfo) - Returns status on how many lines each message window is using
chat.ignoreRadioText[1/0] - If 1, No radio text is printed
chat.ignoreRadioAudio [1/0] - If 1, No radio sounds are played
chat.setIgnoreRadioAudioAndText [1/0] - If 1, both radio sounds and radio text is suppressed
chat.getIgnoreRadioAudioAndText - Prints status for these settings
chat.oldChatListStyle (oldtext) [1/0] - If set to 1, the BF1942 v1.2-style message window model is used
chat.oldchatListHistory (oldtextsize) [1/0] - No. of rows used if the old message window model is used
Admin
admin.spawnDelayPenaltyForTK [Value] - The number of extra spawn waves applied
admin.nrOrTKToKick [Value] - The number of punished TKs before being kicked
admin.banPlayerOnTKKick [1/0] - When set to 1, players are also banned when kicked for TK
admin.tkPunishMode [1/0] - 0: Punish Mode - Players are punished by default, until the victim forgives the TK, 1: Forgive Mode - Players are forgiven by default, until the victim punishes the TK
admin.getRemoteConsoleEnabled - Displays whether remote console is enabled
admin.enableRemoteConsole [username] [password] - Enables remote access to a BF:V Server
admin.disableRemoteConsole - Disables remote access to a BF:V Server
admin.enableRemoteAdmin [password] - Allows a Remote Admin to log into a server
admin.disableRemoteAdmin - Disables a Remote Admin logging into a server
admin.execremotecommand ["command"] - Executes a command (such as those listed here) from remote Admin. Make sure to use "" (quote) marks around commands
admin.maxAllowedConnectionType [type] (Sets the highest connection type (1-4) allowed to join the server)
admin.voteMapMajority [0-1.0] - Percentage of voters required to change a Map
admin.voteKickPlayerMajority [0-1.0] - As above for Votekicks
admin.voteKickTeamPlayerMajority [0-1.0] - As above for Team Votekicks
admin.enableMapVote [1/0] - Enables/Disables Map voting
admin.enableKickPlayerVote [1/0] - As above for Votekicks
admin.enableKickTeamPlayerVote [1/0] - As above for Team Votekicks
admin.votingTime [Time] - Number of seconds during which players can vote
admin.banTime [Time] - Length of time a banned player cannot join server
admin.kickPlayer [ID] - Kicks the player with the ID you specify
admin.kickPlayerByName [Name] - Kicks the player with the name you specify
admin.banPlayer [ID] - Admin permanent Votekick (ban) of player
admin.addAddressToBanList [IP] - Adds a player's IP address to banned list
admin.removeAddressFromBanList [IP] - Removes a player's IP address from banned list
admin.listBannedAdresses - Lists all banned IPs
admin.clearBanList - Clears all banned IPs
admin.banPlayerKey [Key] - Admin permanent Votekick (ban) of player's CD Key
admin.addKeyToBanList [Key] - Adds a player's CD Key to banned list
admin.removeKeyFromBanList [IP] - Removes a player's CD Key from banned list
admin.listBannedKeys - Lists all banned CD Keys
admin.changeMap [map name] - Admin changes map to name specified
admin.tagPlayerId [ID] -
admin.bandWidthChokeLimit [Value] -
admin.allowNoseCam [1/0] - Allows/disallows players to turn off HUD and switch to nose view while flying
admin.externalviews [1/0] - Allows/disallows external camera view and nose cam
admin.CrossHairCenterPoint -
admin.togglegamepause [1/0] - Allows/disallows game to be paused
admin.setTicketRatio [Ratio] - Sets the death ticket ratio
admin.autoBalanceTeam [1/0] - Enables/Disables Auto team-balancing when teams are uneven
admin.delayBeforeStartingGame [Time] - Time delay before a game starts
admin.roundDelayBeforeStartingGame [Time] - Time delay before a new round starts
admin.serverMessage -
admin.soldierFFRatio [Ratio] - The ratio of damage (e.g. 0.5=50%) done by Friendly Fire
admin.vehicleFFratio [Ratio] - As above for vehicle FF
admin.soldierFFRatioOnSplash [Ratio] - As above for weapon splash damage
admin.vehcileFFRatioOnSplash [Ratio] - As above for vehicle FF splash damage
admin.kickBack [Value] - How far player is kicked back when hit
admin.kickBackOnSplash [Value] - As above for splash damage
admin.timeLimit [Time] - Time limit for match
admin.scoreLimit [Value] - Score limit for match
admin.restartMap - Restarts current map
admin.setNextLevel [Mapname] - Sets the next map to load after current map ends
admin.timeBeforeRestartMap [Time] - How much time until the map restarts
admin.SetNrOfRounds [Value] - Sets the number of rounds
admin.timeToNextWave [Time] -
admin.spawnWaveTime [Time] -
That's the full list of console commands in Battlefield Vietnam. If you are aware of any additional console commands, or descriptions for undescribed commands above Email Me
The next section wraps up the guide with some neat stuff, concluding words and links to important BF:V resources.
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