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Commands in Counter Strike: Global Offensive
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Enabling the console in CS:GO
There are two methods for enabling the console in Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Options
On the Start menu, you can open all game-related settings by clicking on Options. Set the value of “Enable Developer Console” to “Yes” to make it available to open the console in the game.
The Configuration File
It is also possible to open the console the old school way via the configuration file. Navigate to the local Steam installation directory (Steam steamapps common Counter-Strike Global Offensive CSGO cfg). In this folder, open the config.cfg file with your preferred text editor. At the beginning of the file, you should see many “bind” directives. Add your own “keybinding”. Example format ‘bind “key” “command”‘ In this case, we bind the console to F9, this would be the line to be inserted: ‘bind “F9” “toggleconsole’ ‘.
Further down in the configuration file, find the entry ‘con_enable’. This entry value must be set to 1, so: ‘con_enable “1”‘.
After saving the file, you can open the console with the assigned button in-game.
About the Steam Launch Parameters
You can adjust the start parameters of Steam games in their settings. To do this, in your Steam Library, right-click on the game you want, in this case, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, and select “Properties”. “Set Launch Options” is the option you are looking for.
Basic Commands
These are basic commands you can use for administrating your server.
| Command | Plugin | Access | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sm_addban | basebans | rcon | <time> <steamid> [reason] | Add SteamID to the ban list . |
| sm_admin | adminmenu | admin | Shows admin menu. | |
| sm_ban | basebans | ban | <#userid|name><minutes|0> [reason] | Ban a client. |
| sm_banip | basebans | ban | <ip#|userid|name> <time> [reason] | Add an IP to the ban list. Only someone with RCON access can ban from IP. |
| sm_cancelvote | basecommands | vote | Cancel ongoing votation. | |
| sm_cvar | basecommands | cvar | <cvar> [value] | Restore or change a cvar value. Protected cvars are only accessible through password, sv_cheats are only accessible activating cheats. To add a cvar to a protected list (which contains by default all marked cvars as PROTECTED, rcon_password, sn_show_activity and sm_immunity_mode), use sm_cver protect <name> |
| sm_execcfg | basecommands | config | <filename> | Execute a config file (no route needed, extension needed) |
| sm_help | adminhelp | admin | [page|search] | Show all admin commands. The result is shown and can be specified with a page number. Alternatively, you can specify a search filter to find a specific command. |
| sm_kick | basecommands | kick | <#userid|name> [reason] | Kick a player from the server. |
| sm_map | basecommands | map | <map> | Change current map. |
| sm_rcon | basecommands | rcon | <argstring> | Execute string argument via RCON. |
| sm_reloadadmins | basecommands | config | Refresh admin cache. | |
| sm_unban | basebans | unban | <steamid|ip> | Remove ban from an SteamID or IP. |
| sm_who | basecommands | admin | <#steamid|name> | Shows a list of all users and their access levels, can also show information about an specific user. |
The following list contains all common RCON-commands in Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
In order to use these commands you need to establish a connection to the server an log in to the console using the command rcon_password YOUR_PASSWORD .
General commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| rcon_password <The-Rcon-Password> | Login to a server as admin. Please not that if you want to use commands as admin, you have to prefix them with ‘rcon’, like ‘rcon sv_changemap de_dust’ for instance. |
| exec <Configuration-File-Name>.cfg | Execute the supplied configuration file and loads all containd settings and scripts. |
| stats | Displays Time, CPU, In, Out, Uptime, Users, FPS and Players in console. |
| mp_buytime | Sets the buy time in seconds. Example: mp_buytime “0.40″ |
| mp_autoteambalance | The teams are balanced to equal or +1 players. Note: 0=off; 1=on. |
| mp_c4timer | Sets the time in seconds till the bomb explodes. Example: mp_c4timer “50″ = 50 seconds. |
| mp_chattime | Sets the time till mesages fade out in seconds. Example: mp_chattime “5″ |
| mp_fadetoblack | Sets whether the screen fades to black on death or not. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_decals | Count of details (for example blood and bullte holes). Note: 0=off; 2048=max |
| mp_freezetime | Sets the freeze time at each round restart. Example: mp_freezetime “6″ = 6 seconds |
| mp_friendlyfire | Activate friendly fire. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_hostagepenalty | Sets the maximum tolerated hostage kills. Note: 0=off; 1=1 Kill; 2=2 Kills. |
| mp_limitteams | Sets the maximum of team player difference. Note: 0=No Limit. |
| mp_roundtime | Sets the round time. Note: 3=3 Minutes; 2.5=2Min 30 Sec; 0=No Limit. |
| mp_maxrounds | Sets rounds to play before a mapchange. Note: 0=No Mapchange. |
| mp_flashlight | Enables or disables flashlights. Note: 0=off; 1=on. |
| mp_autokick | Kick inactive players from server. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_friendly_grenade_damage | Toggle granede friendly fire. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_tkpunish | Toggle punishment for a teamkill (sit for one round). Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_startmoney | Sets the player starting currency. Example: mp_startmoney “800″ = 800 Dollar |
| sv_enablevoice | Toggle voicechat. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| sv_alltalk | Toggle of voicechat is global or team related. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_restartgame | Toggle map restart time in seconds. Example: mp_restartgame “2″ = Restart in 2 seconds. |
| sv_password | Sets a password required for players to connect. Example: sv_password somepass |
| mp_playerid | Toggles display of player names on focus. Note: 0=all; 1=team only; 2=off |
| mp_forcecamera | Toggles game view on death. Note: 0=all; 1=only team; 2=stay where you died. |
| sv_gravity | Sets the gravitation intensity. Default is 800 |
| sv_cheats | Toggle cheats on the server. Note: 0=off, 1=on |
| noclip | Become invulnerable and escape gravity. Note: only available if “sv_cheats″ set to higher than 0! |
| mp_allowspectators | Toggles spectator mode allowed. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| sv_pausable | Toggle game pausable. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| rcon say <Text> | Global message from server. |
| changelevel <Mapname> | Change the map. Example: changelevel de_dust |
| map <Mapname> | Change map and kick all players. Example: map de_dust |
| mp_footsteps | Stepping sounds. Note: 0=off; 1=on |
| mp_winlimit | Sets the rounds to win for a team to change the map. Note: 0=off |
| sv_rcon_maxfailures | Sets auto ban on false Rcon commands, for example when commands are issued without rcon login. Note: min=1; standard=10; max=20 |
| sv_rcon_minfailuretime | Resettime for sv_rcon_maxfailures. |
| sv_rcon_minfailures | Count of false rcon commands before sv_rcon_minfailuretime is over. Note: min=1; standard=5; max=20 |
| sv_rcon_banpenalty | Sets the ban time for failed rcon commands in seconds. Note: 0=Permanent |
| users | List all players user ID and name. |
| kick | Kicks a player. Example: kick playername; kick #id |
| banid | Ban a player by its ID for x minutes. Example: banid id x; x=0>permanent |
| banip | Ban a player by its IP for x minutes. Example: banip x; x=0>permanent |
| quit | Restarts the server. |
| reload | Reloads the map. |
| status | Lists all players on the server with their Steam ID. |
| sv_maxspeed | Sets the maximum speed for all players |
Commands for Bots
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| bot_add | Adds a bot randomly. |
| bot_add_ct | Adds a bot to the counter terrorist team. |
| bot_add_t | Adds a bot to the terrorist team. |
| bot_all_weapons | Toggle all weapons allowed for bots. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_grenades | Toggle bots allowed to use granades. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_machine_guns | Toggle bots allowed to use machine guns. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_pistols | Toggle bots allowed to use pistols. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_rifles | Toggle bots allowed to use rifles. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_rogues | Toggle bots allowed to use rouges. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_shotguns | Toggle bots allowed to use shotguns. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_snipers | Toggle bots allowed to use sniping rifles. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_allow_sub_machine_guns | Toggle bots allowed to use sub machine guns. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_kick | Kicks all bots. |
| bot_kill | Kills all bots |
| bot_snipers_only | Toggle bots only allowed to use sniping rifles. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_pistols_only | Toggle bots only allowed to use pistols. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
| bot_knives_only | Toggle bots only allowed to use knifes. Note: 0=no; 1=yes |
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