Network Commands

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This command sets the amount of time the game client will wait before resending a connection attempt, should the previous one have failed.

This console command is used to set your max preferred ping when connecting to matchmaking servers. It can be beneficial to adjust this command if you find yourself being put in laggy servers.

This command sets whether or not multicast is enabled. Default is 1 (enabled).

This command sets the public IP of the server (NAT/DHCP).

This command, if set to 1 (default 0), will enable the printing of information about UDP packets to the console.

This command, if set to 1 (default 0), will enable the printing of information about remote UDP packets to the console.

Enables a new client-side clock synchronization strategy that aims to maintain a specific receive margin for improved network performance.

This command sets the maximum number of ticks the client's clock is allowed to drift from the server's clock before it automatically corrects itself to match the server clock. It's primarily a cheat or debug command useful in development or testing scenarios.

This command decides the duration in seconds over which the game should spread out retry attempts for peer-to-peer (P2P) network connections.

This command controls how the client handles the command queue size for games that use a command queue system for user commands (CUserCmds). Setting it to -1 disables the command queue, 0 allows the server to decide, and any other positive value requests a specific minimum queue size.

Sets the minimum time in seconds that must elapse before printing a prediction error summary. Setting it to 0 disables this feature.

Sets the threshold for considering the packet delivery anomaly rate as 'poor'. The range is from 0 to 100.

This command controls whether to display the packet delivery anomaly (loss or out-of-order) rate on the HUD. It can be set to never show, only show under poor conditions, or always show.

Enables the display of interpolation profile timing, primarily useful for debugging or analyzing the network interpolation.

Controls the number of ticks of delay for server snapshots and user commands, indirectly setting the value of cl_interp_ratio which should not be modified directly.

This command adjusts the rate of positional interpolation for observed entities, impacting how smoothly they move in the observer's view.

This command, when executed, likely affects the timing or reset mechanism for a specific redemption feature within the game, although the precise effect is not detailed without further context.

Enables a new method for pacing out user commands. This method ensures a packet is always prepared and attempts to send it to achieve a desired server receive margin.

Determines the interval at which information about the tick packet receive margin is output. A value of 0 disables this output.

Specifies the maximum number of client user commands (CUserCmds) that can be sent in a single client move message. This impacts how many actions the client can send to the server at once.

This command is used to connect to a remote HLTV (Half-Life Television) server, typically for watching live or recorded matches through the game's spectator system.

Specifies the tolerable buffer bloat in milliseconds before the system starts pushing the rate down to accommodate.

Sets the maximum milliseconds of buffer bloat before the system resets and discards buffered user commands to prevent delays or issues with command processing.

Sets the minimum buffer queue target size, impacting server performance and network traffic handling.

This command allows the server hostname to be shown in the client's status information.

This command is used to set a delay and URI of a listener to receive logs via HTTP POST. The URI must be wrapped in double quotes.

This command lists all registered network messages, which is useful for debugging network communications and understanding the scope of information being exchanged in the game.

This command is used to display information about a network message either by specifying its classname or ID. It is primarily useful for debugging network-related issues.

Allows to get or set SteamNetworkingSockets options such as fake packet lag and loss. Useful for testing network conditions.

Prints the current ping times to Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) points of presence, as well as the selected network route, in the console.

This command activates or deactivates the net message validation, which is commonly used for debugging purposes to ensure that network messages are correctly formatted and valid.

Sets the maximum number of rays that can be traced for volumetric occlusion by Steam Audio, which affects how sound is occluded by the game environment.

This command is used to print the current game status, including player and server information, in JSON format for easier parsing and automation tasks.

Specifies the data center cluster in which the server is located. Mainly used for networking optimization and server management.

This command configures how many late commands are permitted to run at a 0 time scale before an on-time command is executed. It supports negative values for calculations based on network round trip, with a limit set to the absolute value of the input.

This command configures the server to track individual field offset changes for network variables, rather than using a single 'dirty flag' for an entire entity. This can improve networking efficiency in some scenarios.

Used to enforce validation of each 'StateChanged' event against known offsets, ensuring data integrity in state changes.

Displays statistics about entity packing in the game; used for debugging and optimizing network performance. The command can also clear current statistics when provided with a specific argument.

This command sets a maximum range to Potentially Visible Set (PVS) and Potentially Audible Set (PAS) checks, which can influence network optimization and the visibility/audio of objects and entities in the game.

This command is used to monitor the NetworkStateChanged information for a specific entity based on its index.

Sets the frequency, in seconds, at which keyframes and delta fragments are sent to the broadcast relay server.

Sets the maximum number of simultaneous HTTP requests for broadcast1 in flight to avoid server performance degradation due to network issues. Exceeding this limit results in new requests being dropped.

This command is used to specify which player's voice messages can be heard when watching a game through SourceTV. By default, no player voices are heard.

This command sets the high 32 bits of a bitfield representing player slots from which to listen to voice messages when connected to SourceTV. By default, no slots are set to listen.

This command is used to bypass the secure challenge on the TV port, which is often related to network security settings for game broadcasting.

This command, when set to a non-empty value, facilitates an easy connection for the VConsole to a dedicated server. It is primarily used for server administration and debugging purposes.