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Variable default value ! Description |- | '''cl_blend''' 1 | enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS |- | '''cl_lights''' 1 | enable dynamic lighting (set to 0 to increase FPS, see cl_testlights) |- | '''cl_particles''' 1 | enable particle display (sparks, splats) see cl_testparticles (0 may increase FPS) |- | '''cl_stereo''' 0 |..."

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Created page with "{{Console flags}} {| class="wikitable" |+ Video: ! Command arguments<br />- or - <br />Variable default value ! Description |- | '''cl_blend''' 1 | enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS |- | '''cl_lights''' 1 | enable dynamic lighting (set to 0 to increase FPS, see cl_testlights) |- | '''cl_particles''' 1 | enable particle display (sparks, splats) see cl_testparticles (0 may increase FPS) |- | '''cl_stereo''' 0 |..."

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{{Console flags}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Video:
! Command arguments<br />- or - <br />Variable default value
! Description
|-
| '''cl_blend''' 1
| enable palette-blending effects (lighting change when shot, underwater, etc.) 0 may increase FPS
|-
| '''cl_lights''' 1
| enable dynamic lighting (set to 0 to increase FPS, see cl_testlights)
|-
| '''cl_particles''' 1
| enable particle display (sparks, splats) see cl_testparticles (0 may increase FPS)
|-
| '''cl_stereo''' 0
| enable stereoscopic display mode (for 3D-glasses, see cl_stereo_separation)
|-
| '''cl_stereo_separation''' 0.4
| set stereoscopic display mode separation value (see cl_stereo) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''cl_testblend''' 0
| enable palette blending display test
|-
| '''cl_testentities''' 0
| enable entity test (see cl_entities)
|-
| '''cl_testlights''' 0
| enable dynamic lighting test (see cl_lights)
|-
| '''cl_testparticles''' 0
| enable particle system test (see cl_particles)
|-
| '''gl_3dlabs_broken''' 1
| enable special video code for 3DLabs video cards [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_allow_software''' 0
| enable software-rendering of OpenGL functions not performed by available hardware
|-
| '''gl_bitdepth''' 0
| enable 16-bit textures
|-
| '''gl_cull''' 1
| enable culling (NOT rendering obscured objects) disabling will reduce FPS
|-
| '''gl_drawbuffer''' GL_BACK
| set name of display buffer
|-
| '''gl_driver''' 3dfxgl
| display the name of the OpenGL .dll file [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_dynamic''' 1
| enable dynamic lighting (0 may increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_ext_compiled_vertex_array''' 1
| enable compiled vertex arrays (try both 0 and 1 to see which is better) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ext_multitexture''' 1
| enable multiple texture processor support (leave on if your video card supports it) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ext_palettedtexture''' 0
| enable texture-specific color palettes [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ext_pointparameters''' 1
| enable point parameter file support [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ext_swapinterval''' 1
| enable frame-swapping pause interval [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_finish''' 1
| enable calling OpenGL gl_finish() function after each frame is rendered [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_flashblend''' 0
| enable blending of lighting effects onto the map objects (0 will increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_fog''' 0
| enable fog (0 will increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_lightmap''' 0
| enable static lighting test mode (no textures, just lights)
|-
| '''gl_maxtexsize''' 256
| set maximum texture size (lower may increase FPS on some video cards) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_mode''' 0
| set screen resolution (0=320x200, 1=400x300, 2=512x384, 3=640x480, 4=800x600, 5=960x720, 6=1024x768, 7=1152x864, 8=1280x960, 9=1600x1200), lower will increase FPS [Flags: *U]
|-
| '''gl_modulate''' 2.1
| sets the brightness of dynamic lights on textures (greater than 1 is lighter, less than 1 is darker) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_monolightmap''' 0
| enable monochromatic light map test mode (no textures)
|-
| '''gl_nobind''' 0
| enable binding textures to triangles
|-
| '''gl_nosubimage''' 0
| enable subimages (rendering feature)
|-
| '''gl_particle_att_a''' 0.01
| set intensity of particle type A [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_particle_att_b''' 0.0
| set intensity of particle type B [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_particle_att_c''' 0.01
| set intensity of particle type C [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_particle_max_size''' 40
| set the maximum size of particle type A [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_particle_min_size''' 2
| set the maximum size of particle type B [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_particle_size''' 40
| set the maximum size of particle type C [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_picmip''' 0
| set the scaling factor by which to shrink textures (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
|-
| '''gl_playermip''' 0
| set the scaling factor by which to shrink player skins (higher numbers increase FPS, but look poorer, over 2 is very bad)
|-
| '''gl_polyblend''' 1
| enable flash/blending effect when injured or under water (0 will increase FPS)
|-
| '''gl_reflections''' 1
| enable reflections (not used?)
|-
| '''gl_round_down''' 1
| enable rounding down of texture sizes to next-lower power of 2 (set to 0 to round up, may look better, but will decrease FPS)
|-
| '''gl_saturatelighting''' 0
| enable full saturation level on all lights
|-
| '''gl_shadows''' 0
| enable shadows (1 will decrease FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_showtris''' 0
| enable display of triangles that make up the display (wireframe mode), OpenGL only, won't work on 3DFX cards.
|-
| '''gl_skymip''' 0
| enable mipmap sky graphics
|-
| '''gl_specular''' 1
| enable specular lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_strings'''
| display OpenGL string information
|-
| '''gl_swapinterval''' 0
| display delay between video buffer swaps [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_test_specular''' 0
| enable specular lighting test mode
|-
| '''gl_texturemode''' GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
| sets texture rendering mode: GL_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation (looks like software mode with colored lighting); GL_LINEAR = linear interpolation (blurs textures that are too close). GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST = nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (blurs textures that are too far away). GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST = linear interpolation with mipmapping; GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_LINEAR =nearest-neighbor interpolation with mipmapping (for trilinear hardware); GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR = linear interpolation with mipmapping for trilinear hardware. (The later ones in the list look better, but are slower) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_vertex_arrays''' 0
| enable vertex array support (compare 0 and 1) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''gl_ztrick''' 1
| enable z-buffer clearing between frames (0 will increase FPS, but may cause flickering)
|-
| '''intensity''' 2
| set OpenGL brightness
|-
| '''r_debug_lighting''' 0
| enable lighting debug mode
|-
| '''r_detail_alpha''' 0.2
| set detail reduction coefficient [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_dist''' 256
| set detail reduction distance (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_detail_scale''' 8.0
| set detail reduction scale factor (higher may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_directional_lighting''' 1
| enable directional lighting effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_fullbright''' 0
| enable maximum texture brightness
|-
| '''r_lightflares''' 1
| enable lens flare effects (0 may increase FPS) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''r_nocull''' 0
| disable skipping rendering on hidden objects (1 will decrease FPS and render all objects, hidden or not)
|-
| '''r_norefresh''' 0
| enable video display refreshing
|-
| '''r_speeds''' 0
| enable rendering speed running display (including FPS), see timerefresh, timedemo
|-
| '''sizedown'''
| shrink the view screen (will increase FPS if your video card will let it shrink)
|-
| '''sizeup'''
| enlarge the view screen (will decrease FPS if your video card will let it grow more)
|-
| '''sw_mode''' 0
| set the screen resolution for software rendering mode (unsupported)
|-
| '''sw_stipplealpha''' 0
| enable stippling effect to simulate transparent textures in software rendering mode (not supported) [Flags: *]
|-
| '''timerefresh [arg]'''
| If no [arg] given, will spin view in place and report average FPS for the 128 frames required for the full spin (FPS = 128 / time_required_to_spin). see timedemo, r_speeds
|-
| '''vid_front'''
| force the video display to use the front (instead of back) buffer
|-
| '''vid_fullscreen''' 1
| enable full-screen video mode [Flags: *]
|-
| '''vid_gamma''' 1
| set video gamma level [Flags: *]
|-
| '''vid_ref''' gl
| display name of the video rendering driver [Flags: *]
|-
| '''vid_restart'''
| restart the video rendering system, many video tweaking variables will not take effect until this command is executed
|-
| '''vid_xpos''' 3
| set the game view screen x-position [Flags: *]
|-
| '''vid_ypos''' 22
| set the game view screen y-position [Flags: *]
|-
| '''viewsize''' 100
| set the game view screen size [Flags: *]
|-
| '''z_stats'''
| display z-buffer memory statistics
|}

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