Console Commands and CVars

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For updated versions see: Server Commands and Client Commands

This page shows a list of commands and cvars that are accessable ingame through the console (F8).

Commands

help
Prints useful information to the console
exit
Quits MTA
quit
Same as above
ver
Prints the current version to the console
screenshot
Captures a screenshot
window
Enables windowed mode (Can only be used while not being connected to a server)
time
Shows the current time
connectiontype
Sets the connection type (Can be either "lan", "dsl" or "modem")
connect
Attempts connecting to a specified host (Syntax: "connect <ip> <port>")
reconnect
Reconnects to the last visitied server
showchat
Toggles chat
shownametags
Toggles player nametags
shownetstat
Shows/Hides current network usage statistics
bind
Binds a key and optionally it's state to a command or control (Syntax: "bind <key> [<state>] <command>")
unbind
Unbinds a key completely or just from a given command/control (Syntax: "unbind <key> [<state> <command>]
binds
Shows a list of all binds
copygtacontrols
Updates the gta controls (Try this when your controls seem to be reset)
debugscript
Displays/Hides the debugwindow at a given debug-level (Acceptable values: 0 = off; 1 = errors; 2 = errors,warnings; 3 = errors,warnings and info messages)
cleardebug
Clears the debugwindow (enabled using the debugscript command)
hud
Hides/Shows the GTA Hud (0 = off; 1 = on)
saveconfig
Saves your settings to the coreconfig.xml file immediatly

CVars

(Usage: CVAR = value [value2] etc.)

CVAR Default value(s)
fps_limit 100
chat_color 0 0 128 100
chat_input_color 0 0 129 110
chat_input_text_color 172 213 254 255
chat_input_prefix_color 172 213 254 255
chat_use_cegui 0
chat_lines 7
chat_text_color 255 255 255 255
chat_scale 1
chat_width 1
chat_css_style_text 0
chat_css_style_background 0
chat_line_life 12000
chat_line_fade_out 3000
chat_font 0