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Quake III Arena Commands

Name Description
+attack
+back
+button0
+button1
+button10
+button11
+button12
+button13
+button14
+button2
+button3
+button4
+button5
+button6
+button7
+button8
+button9
+forward
+left
+lookdown
+lookup
+mlook
+movedown
+moveleft
+moveright
+moveup
+right
+speed
+strafe
-attack
-back
-button0
-button1
-button10
-button11
-button12
-button13
-button14
-button2
-button3
-button4
-button5
-button6
-button7
-button8
-button9
-forward
-left
-lookdown
-lookup
-mlook
-movedown
-moveleft
-moveright
-moveup
-right
-speed
-strafe
banClient
banUser
bind binds a command to a key
bindlist
centerview centers the view
changeVectors
cinematic
clear clears the console
clientinfo
clientkick
cmd
cmdlist
condump dumps the console text to a file
configstrings
connect connects to a server
crash causes a crash
cvar_restart restart the cvar system
cvarlist
demo
devmap loads a map in developer mode
dir lists a folder
disconnect disconnects from a game
dumpuser
echo prints text
error causes an error
exec executes a config file
fdir
freeze freezes the game for a number of seconds
fs_openedList
fs_referencedList
gfxinfo show graphics info
globalservers
heartbeat send a heartbeat to the the master servers
hunklog
hunksmalllog
imagelist
in_restart restarts the input system
kick kick a client by connection number
killserver
localservers
map loads a map
map_restart
meminfo
messagemode
messagemode2
messagemode3
messagemode4
midiinfo
model
modelist
modellist
music Starts playing background music.
net_restart
path lists search paths
ping
play
quit quits the game
rcon sends remote console command to server
reconnect reconnect to the last server we tried to connect to
record
reset resets a cvar
s_info
s_list
s_stop
say text chat
screenshot takes a screenshot
screenshotJPEG
sectorlist
serverinfo shows server info
serverstatus
set sets a cvar
seta sets a cvar and flags it as archive
setenv
sets sets a cvar and flags it as server info
setu sets a cvar and flags it as user info
shaderlist
showip
skinlist
snd_restart
spdevmap
spmap
status
stoprecord
systeminfo
toggle toggles a cvar
toggleconsole
touchFile touches a file
unbind unbinds any command from a key
unbindall unbinds any commands from all keys
vid_restart restarts renderSystem
vminfo
vmprofile
vstr inserts the current value of a cvar as command text
wait delays remaining buffered commands one or more frames
writeconfig writes a config file
zonelog

Last changed Sep 21, 2026
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