Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory client CVAR explanations

There are many different settings used in the game Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory. This document attempts to provide a brief description of the client side CVARs. If you are looking for more information about the commands and CVARs, I suggest you take a look at the Enemy Territory Console Commands & Cvars documentation by DG. As said, this documents is for the game Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory, not the newer Wolfenstein games.

If you want to start building your own config file based on these explanations, I suggest you download the default.cfg and start editing it to fit your needs.

The table below has three columns: (third column is below the first two on small screens)

The actual console variable
Default value of the CVAR
Description of what the CVAR does

CVAR explanations
- b = bani for etpro cvars
- cf = game stats
- cg = client game
- cl = client engine
- com = common
- con = console
- demo = demo view
- m = mouse
- net = netcode
- r = renderer
- s = sound
- ui = user interface and browser
- vid = video positioning
- vm = virtual machine
- * = miscellaneous other settings
CVAR restrictions
- forcecvar = forced CVARs
- sv_cvar = etpro CVAR restrictions
Color codes

1. CVAR explanations

b = bani for etpro cvars

b_altHud

chooses an alternate HUD layout, valid values: 0, 1, 2, 3 (editHUD)

b_altHudFlags

bitmask for various HUD settings, 1 = move round timer, 2 = hide rank, 4 = move messages

b_antilag

controls whether shots are lag-compensated by the server, valid values: 0, 1

b_backupcvars

controls whether backup files are made when etpro cvar restrictions are applied, valid values: 0, 1

b_altHudFlags

bitmask for various HUD settings, 1 = move round timer, 2 = hide rank, 4 = move messages

b_antilag

controls whether shots are lag-compensated by the server, valid values: 0, 1

b_backupcvars

controls whether backup files are made when etpro cvar restrictions are applied, valid values: 0, 1

b_chatAlpha

0.33

defines the alpha of the chat text, valid values: anything between 0 and 1

b_chatFlags

when set to 1, team flags are drawn by each chat message, valid values: 0, 1

b_chatsounds

enables a sound when players use text chats, valid values: 0, 1

b_cmdwarnings

enable/disable notifications from the tjl_* commands

b_debuglocations

bitmask to enable debugging/design aids for location names, 1 = draw a bubble sprite at each location marker, 2 = add a dynamic light at each location marker, 4 = draw floating text at each location marker containing the location's name, 8 = send updates to other players when a location is added, deleted or renamed, 16 = accept updates to locations from other players who are using b_debuglocations 8

b_demo_autotimescale

timescale to switch to when a weapon set in b_demo_autotimescaleweapons is fired

b_demo_autotimescaleweapons

bitmask to automatically change the timescale when a certain type of weapon are fired, 1 = Panzerfaust, 2 = Grenade, 4 = Dynamite, 8 = Mortar, 16 = Smoke grenades and airstrike markers

b_demo_dynamitecam

attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1

b_demo_dynamitecounter

draws a floating counter above armed dynamite during demo playback and when spectating as a shoutcaster

b_demo_followxDistance

x camera offset when attached to a weapon

b_demo_followyDistance

y camera offset when attached to a weapon

b_demo_followzDistance

z camera offset when attached to a weapon

b_demo_freecamspeed

800

controls the freecam movement speed, similar to g_speed

b_demo_grenadecam

attach the camera to these types of grenades during demo playback, 1 = grenades, 2 = airstrike markers, smoke grenades

b_demo_lookat

-1

causes the freecam to lock its view on the specified player (-1 disables)

b_demo_mortarcam

attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1

b_demo_nametags

a bitmask controlling how floating names above each player are drawn during demo playback and when spectating as a shoutcaster, 1 = draw visible players, 2 = draw all players, 4 = draw the player's client number, 8 = draw the player's class

b_demo_nopitch

when set to 1, the camera doesn't pitch while it's attached to weapons

b_demo_panzercam

attach the camera to this type of weapon during demo playback, valid values: 0, 1

b_demo_pitchturnspeed

140

defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second

b_demo_playersprites

controls whether the floating sprites are drawn over players' heads in demo playback

b_demo_pvshint

draws a line from the freecam origin to the origin of the demo recorder, valid values: 0, 1

b_demo_rollspeed

140

defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second

b_demo_teamonlymissilecam

only attach the camera to weapons fired by your own team, valid values: 0, 1

b_demo_yawturnspeed

140

defines the speed while using the +freecam_* commands (demo playback only), the units are degrees/second

b_descriptiveTextscale

0.8

scales the limbo HUD text

b_drawclock

when set to 1, a clock with your local time is drawn on the HUD, valid values: 0, 1

b_drawpromotions

controls whether the "Promoted to rank <rank>" messages are shown, valid values: 0, 1

b_drawranks

when set to 1, the ranks of other players are drawn when using cg_crosshairnames, valid values: 0, 1

b_drawrewards

controls whether skill level increase and reward messages are shown, valid values: 0, 1

b_drawspectatoralpha

1.0

defines the alpha of the "spectator", "shoutcaster", "freecam", etc. notices, valid values: 0 - 1.0

b_drawspectatorteamflags

draw a small team flag near the player name when following players in spectator mode, valid values: 0, 1

b_drawspeed

draws a speedometer on the HUD, valid values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

b_fireteamAlpha

defines the alpha of the fireteam overlay, valid values: anything between 0 and 1

b_fireteamLatchedClass

toggle showing latched playerclass instead of rank in the fireteam HUD display

b_goatsound

enables the OSP goat sound on knife kills, valid values: 0, 1

b_hitsounds

enables hitsounds, 0 = disable, 1 = enable, 2 = enable for headshots only

b_hudYoffset

moves the HUD up so it is out of the way of the demo status line

b_lagometerAlpha

defines the alpha of the lagometer, valid values: anything between 0 and 1

b_locationJustify

alignment of location names in fireteam HUD table, -1 = left padding, 0 = left, 1 = right padding

b_locationMaxChars

max number of characters for location name in the fireteam HUD table

b_locationMode

bitmask to control how locations are displayed, 0 = Default, currently equivalent to '1', 1 = Show location names, 2 = Show location coordinates, 4 = Do not check whether locations are in your PVS when searching for a location name, 8 = Do not fall back to location coordinates when no location name was found; instead, show "unknown"

b_logbanners

force logging of server banners to the console, valid values: 0, 1

b_mapzoom

5.159

zoom level for the map shown in the compass, valid values: 1.0-7.43

b_muzzleflash

when set to 1, first-person muzzleflash is drawn, valid values: 0, 1

b_noactivatelean

disables leaning behavior when strafing with +activate, valid values: 0, 1

b_numPopups

-1

controls the number of popup messages on the HUD, -1 = default, 0 = disable popups, n = number of popups

b_optimizePrediction

attempt to use previously calculated prediction results when possible to increase performance, valid values: 0, 1

b_panzerhack

if set to 1, the secondary MP40/Thompson (for a soldier with level 4 heavy weapons) is moved to weaponbank 2

b_popupFadeTime

2500

defines the time in milliseconds that popups take to fade out

b_popupStayTime

2000

defines the time in milliseconds that popups will stay before fading

b_popupTime

1000

the time in milliseconds between popups

b_predefineddemokeys

if this is set to 1, demo playback uses hard-coded key bindings, which cannot be overridden

b_shovesounds

enables shove sounds, valid values: 0, 1

b_simpleItems

draw sprites instead of models for items for a slight performance/visibility increase, valid values: 0, 1

b_speedinterval

100

the time in milliseconds between two speedometer updates

b_speedunit

the speedunit used for the ups meter, valid values: 0 (UPS), 1(mi/h), 2(km/h)

b_textcolorfilter

strips certain color characters from most text messages

b_tjg_ghostfx

special effects for trickjump ghosts to distinguish them from normal players, 0 = no effect, 1 = flicker, 2 = ghost, 3 = flaming, 4 = flame only

b_tjl_draw

when set to 0, no trickjump lines will be drawn, valid values: 0, 1

b_tjl_color

green

sets the default trickjump line color

b_tjl_quickslot

defines the slot used when specifying "quickslot" to tjl_startrecord. This is also the slot used by tjl_menu.

b_tjl_showmaxspeed

when set to 1, the top speed reached will be drawn at the appropriate point on a trickjump line

b_tjl_stepsize

0.5

the minimum distance between any two points of the drawn trickjump line

b_tjl_stoponnomove

when set to 1, trickjump line recording will automatically stop when the player being recorded stops moving

b_tracers

enable/disable bullet tracers, valid values: 0 = no tracers, 1 = show all tracers, 2 = don't show own tracers

b_votetextscale

0.8

defines the scaling for the vote text

b_watermarkAlpha

defines the alpha of the watermark, valid values: anything between 0 and 1

b_weapaltReloads

controls weather weapalt doubles as reload for weapons lacking an alternate fire mode, valid values: 0, 1

cf = game stats

cf_wstats

1.2

specifies the font scale of the +wstats window

cf_wtopshots

1.0

specifies the font scale of the +wtopshots window

cg = client game

cg_announcer

toggles the announcer voice on map start ("FIGHT!"), win (Allies win!) etc

cg_atmosphericEffects

toggles display of map effects like rain and snow

cg_autoAction

bitmask value that gives a variety of functions to always perform, 1 = demos, 2 = screenshot, 4 = stats, 8 = stopwatch only

cg_autoActivate

toggles automatically picking up items (paks, weapons etc)

cg_autoReload

toggles automatically reloading weapon when clip becomes empty

cg_autoSwitch

toggles automatically changing weapon when current one is out of ammo

cg_blinktime

duration of "blink" blackout when taking damage in milliseconds

cg_bloodDamageBlend

1.0

amount of blood flashed on screen when you take damage

cg_bloodFlash

1.0

toggles the blood effect when you are shot

cg_bloodTime

120

duration of blood puddle effect on walls/floor etc

cg_bobpitch

0.002

sets extent of the bob pitch (forwards/backwards) effect when moving

cg_bobroll

0.002

sets extent of the bob roll (left/right) effect when moving

cg_bobup

0.005

sets extent of the vertical "bob" effect when moving

cg_bobyaw

0.002

sets extent of the "bob" yaw (turn left/right) effect when moving

cg_brassTime

2500

sets the duration ejected bullet shells etc last for

cg_cameraOrbitDelay

associated with camera spinning around when you're dead

cg_complaintPopUp

toggles wether to show the popup about filing complaints after a teamkill

cg_coronafardist

1536

either the size or cull distance of corona effect

cg_coronas

toggles the corona effect around lights

cg_crosshairAlpha

1.0

sets the transparency of the crosshair

cg_crosshairAlphaAlt

1.0

sets the transparency of the secondary crosshair

cg_crosshairColor

white

sets the colour of the crosshair

cg_crosshairColorAlt

white

sets the colour of the secondary crosshair, usually the surrounding part

cg_crosshairHealth

toggles crosshair changing colour to indicate your health

cg_crosshairPulse

toggles the crosshair changing size according to bullet spread

cg_crosshairSize

size/scale of the crosshair

cg_crosshairX

move crosshair on x axis (left/right)

cg_crosshairY

move crosshair on y axis (up/down)

cg_cursorHints

toggles displaying action hint icons when near interactive objects, valid values are: 0 = off, 1 = size pulse, 2 = strobe pulse, 3 = alpha pulse, 4 = solid

cg_cycleAllWeaps

include non-weapon items when scrolling with weapnext (mousewheel)

cg_deferPlayers

toggle only loading models at convenient times

cg_descriptiveText

toggles the display of "you killed xxxx"

cg_draw2D

toggles all 2D items on the HUD display

cg_drawBuddies

toggle showing the icon above players in your fireteam

cg_drawCompass

toggles displaying the compass on the HUD

cg_drawCrosshair

sets which crosshair to use

cg_drawCrosshairNames

wether to draw the names of players when crosshair is on them

cg_drawCrosshairPickups

toggles a hand icon when crosshair is over items you can pick up

cg_drawFireteamOverlay

toggles the Fireteam overlay on the HUD

cg_drawFPS

toggles a FPS counter on the HUD, in etpro 2 enables a more accurate framerate counter

cg_drawGun

toggles displaying your weapon

cg_drawNotifyText

toggles displaying 'notification' text on the HUD

cg_drawReinforcementTime

toggles displaying your teams' respawn timer on the HUD

cg_drawRoundTimer

toggles a countdown of the time left for the current map

cg_drawSmallPopupIcons

show smaller popup messages

cg_drawSnapshot

toggle a display showing snapshot counter

cg_drawSpreadScale

show crosshair changing relevant to spread

cg_drawStatus

alpha (transparency) of the watermark HUD display, if the server has one

cg_drawTeamOverlay

toggle size/info shown in something akin to fireteam HUD item

cg_drawWeaponIconFlash

flashes the weapon's icon on certain events

cg_errordecay

100

supposed to decay prediction errors over several frames instead of correcting in one jerk

cg_fastSolids

cg_fov

sets the player's Field of View

cg_gibs

toggles gibbage from splatted bodies

cg_hudAlpha

4.0

alpha (transparency) of the HUD display

cg_instanttapout

go instantly to limbo, do not wait for medics

cg_lagometer

toggles a connection-related display on the HUD

cg_marktime

20000

duration of bullet marks on walls etc

cg_noAmmoAutoSwitch

toggles wether to change weapon when it is out of ammo

cg_noTaunt

Q3 relic, instead see cg_noVoiceChats and cg_noVoiceText

cg_noVoiceChats

toggles the audio of voice chats

cg_noVoiceText

toggles displaying the text of voice chats

cg_popupLimboMenu

toggles automatically popping up limbo menu on tapout

cg_predictItems

toggle use of prediction for picking up items.

cg_printObjectiveInfo

toggle displaying popup message on objective activity, "east radar parts returned"

cg_quickMessageAlt

sets wether voice chat system uses numbers (1) or apha (letters, 0)

cg_railTrailTime

400

duration bullet 'trails' last for with g_debugBullets.

cg_recording_statusline

move the demo recording text around, 0 to remove

cg_runpitch

0.002

see cg_bobpitch

cg_runroll

0.005

see cg_bobroll

cg_shadows

toggles display of player model shadows

cg_showblood

toggles showing blood spurt effect when player's are shot

cg_specHelp

toggle displaying spectator help

cg_stereoSeparation

0.4

set the stereo seperation, how far apart the red and green are

cg_teamChatHeight

number of rows of chats

cg_teamChatsOnly

toggles only displaying chats from teammates

cg_teamChatTime

8000

duration chats are displayed for

cg_tracerchance

0.4

likelihood of bullet tracers

cg_tracerlength

160

length of bullet tracers

cg_tracerSpeed

4500

speed of bullet tracers

cg_tracerwidth

0.8

width of bullet tracers

cg_useScreenshotJPEG

wether autoScreenshot's are of the JPEG or TGA format

cg_useWeapsForZoom

weapnext/weapprev keys zoom in/out for zoom weapons, 0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = inverse

cg_viewsize

100

supposed to be for setting the % of screen actually displaying rendered game

cg_voiceSpriteTime

6000

duration of the ! Vsay indicator sprite above player heads in milliseconds

cg_weaponCycleDelay

150

delay between accepting a new weapon has been selected, due to mousewheel errors

cg_wolfparticles

toggles display of particle effects, e.g. explosions, some smoke effects.

cg_zoomDefaultBinoc

22.5

initial zoom with binocular

cg_zoomDefaultFG

initial zoom with FG

cg_zoomDefaultSniper

initial zoom with sniper/binocular, 4 = fully in, 20 = fully out

cg_zoomDefaultSnooper

initial zoom with snooper rifle

cg_zoomfov

22.5

field of view when zoomed

cg_zoomStepBinoc

rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with binocular

cg_zoomStepFG

rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with FG

cg_zoomStepSniper

16/n = how many steps of incremental zoomin/zoomout for both binoc and sniper

cg_zoomStepSnooper

rate of change when zoomin/zoomout with snooper rifle

cl = client engine

cl_allowDownload

toggles downloading missing files from the server

cl_anonymous

this is included in the info you send on connect and server keeps in console logs, but nobody knows what it's for

cl_autoupdate

toggle automatic game update checks on launch

cl_doubletapdelay

350

sets the delay between keypresses required to be a double-tap

cl_freelook

look around using the mouse

cl_language

stores the language of user's ET

cl_maxpackets

cap for data packet transmissions (upstream)

cl_maxPing

800

don't show servers with a higher ping than this in server browser

cl_mouseAccel

toggles mouse acceleration

cl_packetdup

number of duplicates for every data packet sent upstream, minimized packetloss

cl_pitchspeed

140

turn speed when using keyboard to look up/down

cl_punkbuster

toggles Punkbuster anticheat for client

cl_run

toggle 'always run' setting

cl_timeNudge

supposed to be for adjusting prediction for your ping. Don't bother, use antilag

cl_wwwDownload

toggles downloading missing files from a www file server

cl_yawspeed

140

turn speed when using keyboard +left/right

com = common

com_hunkMegs

amount of memory (MB) assign to the hunk

com_maxfps

sets cap on the frames per second. 125, 76 and 43 common 'tweak' values, as better for jumping

com_soundMegs

sets the amount of memory (MB) to allocate for loaded sound files

com_zoneMegs

amount of RAM to allocate to map and texture loading

con = console

con_autoclear

toggle to clear console automatically on game start

con_debug

console debug

demo = demo view

demo_avifpsF1

screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F1

demo_avifpsF2

screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F2

demo_avifpsF3

screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F3

demo_avifpsF4

screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F4

demo_avifpsF5

screenshots per second when recording a movie from a demo and pressing F5

demo_drawTimeScale

display the current timescale (fast-forward) of playing demo

demo_infoWindow

toggle to show the demo information popup

m = mouse

m_filter

toggles mouse filter (mouse smoothing)

m_forward

0.25

m_pitch

0.022

sets the mouse pitch (up/down)

m_side

0.25

m_yaw

0.022

sets the mouse yaw (left/right)

net = netcode

net_noipx

toggle IPX network protocol

net_noudp

toggle UDP network protocol

r = renderer

r_allowExtensions

toggle allowing video-driver opengl extensions

r_ambientScale

0.5

strength of the player model ambient lighting

r_ati_fsaa_samples

ATI video card stuff

r_ati_truform_normalmode

see:

ATI video card truform stuff, default: GL_PN_TRIANGLES_NORMAL_MODE_LINEAR

r_ati_truform_pointmode

see:

ATI video card truform stuff, default: GL_PN_TRIANGLES_POINT_MODE_LINEAR

r_ati_truform_tess

ATI video card truform stuff

r_cacheShaders

r_clampToEdge

something to do with clamping fog

r_clear

used for map dev: clears the screen with a horrible pink color

r_colorbits

colour depth, 16/32

r_colorMipLevels

r_customaspect

toggles wether to use the custom resolution

r_customheight

1024

to set height of a custom resolution

r_customwidth

1600

to set width of a custom resolution

r_depthbits

r_detailtextures

wether to use high detail textures

r_displayRefresh

set the refresh rate of monitor

r_dlightBacks

r_drawentities

toggles drawing of players

r_drawfoliage

toggles drawing foliage (e.g. all the grass on Radar)

r_drawSun

toggles drawing the image of the sun in the sky

r_drawworld

toggles drawing of the "world"

r_dynamiclight

toggles use of dynamic lighting effect

r_ext_ATI_pntriangles

r_ext_compiled_vertex_array

r_ext_compressed_textures

toggles the compress textures

r_ext_gamma_control

r_ext_multitexture

r_ext_NV_fog_dist

r_ext_texture_env_add

r_ext_texture_filter_anisotropic

toggles anisotropic filtering, 1 to enable, r_textureAnisotropy to set the level

r_facePlaneCull

wether to not render the hidden side of objects in view

r_fastsky

toggles wether the detailed skybox is drawn or just a basic sky

r_finish

toggles sync every frame

r_flares

toggle flare effect around certain dynamic lights

r_fullscreen

toggle between fullscreen and windowed mode

r_gamma

1.3

sets gamma (form of brightness) level, gamma correction

r_glDriver

opengl32

r_glIgnoreWicked3D

r_highQualityVideo

r_ignoreFastPath

r_ignoreGLErrors

r_ignorehwgamma

toggles ignoring the hardware gamma settings

r_inGameVideo

toggle use of video clips in game (limbo menu)

r_intensity

sets intensity level

r_lightmap

r_lodbias

geometric detail level, 0 = high, 1 = medium, 2 = low, 3 = custom

r_lodCurveError

250

determines how quickly polygons are pulled out with distance

r_lodscale

r_mapoverbrightbits

set brightness of light on textures

r_mode

set screen resolution, see

available modes
 0 = 320x240
 1 = 400x300
 2 = 512x384
 3 = 640x480
 4 = 800x600
 5 = 960x720
 6 = 1024x768
 7 = 1152x864
 8 = 1280x1024
 9 = 1600x1200
10 = 2048x1536
11 = 856x480 (wide)
-1 = custom

modelist

r_nocull

toggle wether to render hidden objects

r_nocurves

r_normallength

0.5

r_nv_fogdist_mode

see:

default: GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV

r_oldMode

old resolution mode

r_overBrightBits

brightness setting

r_picmip

texture detail level, 0 = high, 1 = medium, 2 = low, 3 = custom

r_primitives

r_railCoreWidth

r_railSegmentLength

r_railWidth

r_rmse

0.0

r_roundImagesDown

toggles rounding of images

r_showmodelbounds

r_shownormals

can be used to detect wallhacks when watching demos

r_showtris

toggles showing of vectors

r_simpleMipMaps

r_singleShader

r_smp

r_stencilbits

r_stereo

for stereo OpenGL, 3D glasses type thing

r_subdivisions

sets number of subdivisions of "curves", increasing makes curves into straights

r_swapInterval

r_textureAnisotropy

1.0

set level of anisotropic texture filtering

r_texturebits

number of bits for textures, stick to 32 as 16 is hardly better performance

r_textureMode

see:

texture filtering, bilinear = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST, trilinear = GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR, default: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST

r_trisColor

see:

sets colour for r_tris, usage: r_triscolor r g b a, default: "1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0"

r_uifullscreen

appears functionless in ET, was fog-removal "exploit" in RTCW

r_wolffog

enables and disables fog

r_zfar

distance for culling distant objects

r_znear

distance for culling objects close to player

s = sound

s_bits

sound bits

s_channels

sound channels

s_defaultsound

s_doppler

toggle doppler effect

s_khz

sets frequency of the music, very high quality = 44, high = 22, low = 11

s_mixahead

0.2

for mixing audio

s_mixPreStep

0.05

s_musicvolume

0.25

sets volume of the music, multiplier value (0.0 to 1.0)

s_separation

0.5

stereo seperation

s_volume

0.8

sets volume of the game sounds, multiplier value (0.0 to 1.0)

s_wavonly

toggles playing only .wav files

ui = user interface and browser

ui_autoredirect

toggle allowing servers to auto-redirect you to another server when full

ui_browserShowAntilag

server browser: selects servers running specific gametypes

ui_browserShowEmptyOrFull

server browser: empty or full servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowETPro

server browser: servers running ETPro mod, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowFriendlyFire

server browser: servers with Friendly Fire, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowMaxlives

server browser: servers with limited lives, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowPasswordProtected

server browser: passworded servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowPunkBuster

server browser: PunkBuster servers, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowTeamBalanced

server browser: servers forcing balanced teams, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_browserShowWeaponsRestricted

server browser: servers with weapon restrictions, 0 = both, 1 = only show, 2 = don't show

ui_joinGameType

-1

server browser: selects servers running specific gametypes, -1 = all, 2 = objective, 3 = stopwatch, 4 = campaign, 5 = last man standing

ui_netSource

server browser: selects servers from source, 0 = local, 1 = internet, 2 = favorites

vid = video positioning

vid_xpos

X axis offset for moving the game-screen around

vid_ypos

Y axis offset for moving the game-screen around

vm = virtual machine

vm_cgame

vm_game

vm_ui

miscellaneous other settings

cm_playerCurveClip

devdll

logfile

toggles saving a logfile

mv_sensitivity

multiview sensitivity

pmove_fixed

affects game physiscs, see here

pmove_msec

affects game physiscs, see here

rate

5000

cap on the connection bandwidth to use, 1000=1KB/s, for 56k use about 4000, broadband 25000

scr_conspeed

console speed

sensitivity

used for setting the mouse sensitivity

snaps

"snapshots" for server to send you

2. CVAR restrictions

There are quite a few CVARs that can be exploited in the game to gain advantage and therefore the leagues and AntiCheat tools are restricting the use of these CVARs. Here I have listed the most common restrictions. The first table shows the forced CVARs (forcecvar command that forces all clients to set the cvarname cvar to value), the second table has etpro cvar range enforcement mechanism used in the league configs.

forcecvar = forced CVARs

r_ambientScale

forcecvar 0.5

forced to 0.5 in some league configs

r_wolffog

forcecvar 0

forced to 0 in some league configs

r_zfar

forcecvar 0

forced to 0 in some league configs

sv_cvar = etpro CVAR restrictions

cg_autoaction

IN 2 7

inside the range from 2 to 7 in some league configs

cg_bobup

IN 0 0.005

inside the range from 0 to 0.005 in some league configs

cg_fov

IN 90 140

inside the range from 90 to 120 in some league configs

cg_shadows

IN 0 1

inside the range from 0 to 1 in some league configs

cl_freelook

EQ 1

equal to 1 in some league configs

cl_maxpackets

EQ 100

equal to 100 in some league configs

cl_pitchspeed

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

cl_timenudge

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

cl_yawspeed

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

com_maxfps

IN 40 125

inside the range from 40 to 125 in some league configs

m_pitch

OUT -0.015 0.015

outside the range from -0.015 0.015 in some league configs

m_yaw

IN -0.022 0.022

inside the range from -0.022 0.022 in some league configs

r_allowextensions

EQ 1

equal to 1 in some league configs

r_ambientScale

EQ 0.5

equal to 0.5 in some league configs

r_ati_fsaa_samples

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_ati_truform_tess

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_clamptoedge

EQ 1

equal to 1 in some league configs

r_colorMipLevels

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_depthbits

IN 24 32

inside the range from 24 to 32 in some league configs

r_detailtextures

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_drawentities

EQ 1

equal to 1 in some league configs

r_drawworld

EQ 1

equal to 1 in some league configs

r_ext_ATI_pntriangles

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_flares

IN 0 1

inside the range from 0 to 1 in some league configs

r_lightmap

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_lodcurveerror

GE 60

greater or equal to 20 in some league configs

r_nv_fogdist_mode

see:

INCLUDE NV GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV (has to include NV GL_EYE_RADIAL_NV)

r_primitives

IN 0 2

inside the range from 0 to 2 in some league configs

r_showmodelbounds

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_showtris

EQ 0

equal to 0 in some league configs

r_subdivisions

IN 1 20

inside the range from 1 to 20 in some league configs

r_znear

EQ 3

equal to 3 in some league configs

rate

EQ 25000

equal to 25000 in some league configs

snaps

EQ 20

equal to 20 in some league configs

3. Color codes

There are 32 colors available -- internally, the game has a table of all 32 colors (starting with color #0) and uses the ASCII value of the character following the caret plus 16 to determine which color to use, looping back around to color #0 after color #31. The index lookup could be described in C code as '(*char + 16) & 31'.

The following table shows what the index of each color is, its HTML color code equivalent, and the characters that will produce the color in-game if placed after a caret:

Index	HTML color	Characters
0	#000000	0 P p ° Ð ð
1	#ff0000	1 Q q ± Ñ ñ
2	#00ff00	2 R r ² Ò ò
3	#ffff00	3 S s ³ Ó ó
4	#0000ff	4 T t Ž Ô ô
5	#00ffff	5 U u µ Õ õ
6	#ff00ff	6 V v ¶ Ö ö
7	#ffffff	7 W w · × ÷
8	#ff7f00	8 X x ž Ø ø
9	#7f7f7f	9 Y y ¹ Ù ù
10	#bfbfbf	: Z z º Ú ú
11	#bfbfbf	; [ { › Û û
12	#007f00	< \ \| Œ Ü ü
13	#7f7f00	= ] } œ Ý ý
14	#00007f	> ˆ ~ Ÿ Þ þ
15	#7f0000	? _ ¿ ß Ÿ ÿ
16	#7f3f00	@ ` À à
17	#ff9919	! A a ¡ Á á
18	#007f7f	" B b ¢ Â â
19	#7f007f	# C c £ Ã ã
20	#007fff	$ D d € Ä ä
21	#7f00ff	% E e ¥ Å å
22	#3399cc	& F f Š Æ æ
23	#ccffcc	' G g § Ç ç
24	#006633	( H h š È è
25	#ff0033	) I i © É é
26	#b21919	* J j ª Ê ê
27	#993300	+ K k « Ë ë
28	#cc9933	, L l ¬ Ì ì
29	#999933	- M m Í í
30	#ffffbf	. N n ® Î î
31	#ffff7f	/ O o ¯ Ï ï

Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory client CVAR explanations

Table of contents

1. CVAR explanations

b = bani for etpro cvars

cf = game stats

cg = client game

cl = client engine

com = common

con = console

demo = demo view

m = mouse

net = netcode

r = renderer

s = sound

ui = user interface and browser

vid = video positioning

vm = virtual machine

miscellaneous other settings

2. CVAR restrictions

forcecvar = forced CVARs

sv_cvar = etpro CVAR restrictions

3. Color codes