Variables

Description

class ID

r_norefresh "0"

toggle the refreshing of the rendered display

C

r_novis "0"

the VIS tables hold information about which areas should be displayed from other areas.

C

r_offsetfactor "-1"

control the OpenGL Polygon Offset, If you see lines appearing in decals, or they seem to flick on and off, these variables may help out. - Questy/Andre

C

r_offsetunits "-2"

see r_offsetfactor

C

r_overBrightBits "1"

possibly similar to r_mapOverBrightBits (no visible effect on mine)

A L

r_picmip "1"

set maximum texture size (0 - 3, 3=fastest 0=quality)

A L

r_portalOnly "0"

when set to "1" turns off stencil buffering for portals, this allows you to see the entire portal before it's clipped, i.e. more of the room, to get a better feel for who's in there before you jump in.

r_preloadTextures "0"

enable video processor to pre-cache textures

A L

r_primitives "0"

set the rendering method. -1 = skips drawing 0 = uses glDrawElements if compiled vertex arrays are present, or strips of glArrayElement if not present 1 = forces strips 2 = forces drawElements 3 = path for non-vertex array testing "John Carmack"

A

r_printShaders "0"

possibly toggle the printing on console of the number of shaders used?

A

r_railCoreWidth "16"

set size of the rail trail's core

A

r_railSegmentLength "64"

set distance between rail "sun bursts"

A

r_railWidth "128"

set width of the rail trail

A

r_roundImagesDown "1"

set rounding down amount (larger = faster, lower quality) - Randy

A L

r_showcluster "0"

toggle the display of clusters by number as the player enters them on the currently loaded map<maddog

C

r_showImages "0"

toggle displaying a collage of all image files when set to a one...texture use debugging tool

r_shownormals "0"

toggle the drawing of short lines indicating brush and entity polygon vertices, useful when debugging model lighting - Andre Lucas < maddog

C

r_showsky "0"

enable rendering sky in front of other objects

C

r_showSmp "0"

toggle display of multi processor (SMP) info on the HUD

C

r_showtris "0"

show triangles, pretty cool looking...

C

r_simpleMipMaps "1"

toggle the use of "simple" mip mapping. used to "dumb-down" resoluiton displays for slower machines - Questy

A L

r_singleShader "0"

possibly toggles use of 1 shader for objects that have multiple shaders

L C

r_skipBackEnd "0"

possibly to toggle the skipping of the backend video buffer

C

r_smp "0"

toggle the use of multi processor acceleration code

A L

r_speeds "0"

show the rendering info e.g. how many triangles are drawn added r_speeds timing info to cinematic texture uploads "John Carmack"

C

r_stencilbits "8"

stencil buffer size (0, 8bit, and 16bit)

A L

r_stereo "0"

toggle the use of stereo separation for 3D glasses

A L

r_subdivisions "4"

set maximum level of detail. (an example would be the complexity of curves. 1=highest detail)

A L

r_swapInterval "0"

toggle frame swapping.

A

r_texturebits "0"

set number of bits used for each texture from 0 to 32 bit

A L

r_textureMode ""

select texture mode. "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST" (nearest or linear)

A

r_verbose "0"

toggle display of rendering commands as they happen on the console

C

r_vertexLight "1"

enable vertex lighting (faster, lower quality than lightmap) removes lightmaps, forces every shader to only use a single rendering pass, no layered transparancy, environment mapping, world lighting is completely static, and there is no dynamic lighting when in vertex lighting mode. (recommend dynamiclight 0 and this 1) direct FPS benefit "John Carmack"

A L

r_znear "4"

set how close objects can be to the player before they're clipped out of the scene - Questy/Andre

C

rate ""

modem speed/rate of data transfer "4500" (take a zero off the end of your connection speed?)

U A

rcon_password ""

set password for remote console control of the server removed cause dupe

rconAddress ""

variable holds IP address of the server for rcon

rconPassword ""

set password for remote console control of the server

s_2dvolume "0.7"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

s_bloat "2.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_compression "1"

toggle the use of sound compression

A

s_distance "100.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_doppler "1.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_fogeq "0.8"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

s_geometry "1"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

s_initsound "1"

toggle weather sound is initialized or not (on next game)

s_khz "11"

set the sampling frequency of sounds lower=performance higher=quality

A

s_leafnum "0"

A

s_loadas8bit "1"

load sounds in 8bit mode

A

s_max_distance "1000.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_min_distance "3.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_mixahead "0.2"

set delay before mixing sound samples.

A

s_mixPreStep "0.05"

possibly to set the prefetching of sound on sound cards that have that power

A

s_musicvolume "1"

music volume level 0=off

A

s_numpolys "400"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_occ_eq "0.75"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_occfactor "0.5"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_occlude "0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

s_polykeep "1000000000"

A

s_polyreflectsize "10000000"

A

s_polysize "10000000"

A

s_refdelay "2.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_refgain "0.45"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_reflect "1"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

s_rolloff "1.0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

A

s_separation "0.5"

set separation between left and right sound channels (this one is it)

A

s_show "0"

toggle display of paths and filenames of all sound files as they are played.

C

s_testsound "0"

toggle a test tone to test sound system.0=disables,1=toggles.

C

s_usingA3D "0"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

R

s_volume "0.7"

Sound FX Volume

A

s_watereq "0.2"

vortex of sound - has a good description of this A3D variable

scr_conspeed "3"

set how fast the console goes up and down

sensitivity "9"

set how far your mouse moves in relation to travel on the mouse pad

A

server1 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server2 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server3 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server4 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server5 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server6 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server7 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server8 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server9 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server10 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server11 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server12 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server13 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server14 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server15 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

server16 ""

holds IP/URL of a servers from the favorite servers list - Dr Qube

A

session "2"

possibly holds the value for the active session number when running multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine?

session0 ""0 300 1 0 0 0"

possibly to set up multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine (can you say BFServer with multiple processors?)

session1 "0 300 1 0 0 0"

possibly to set up multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine (can you say BFServer with multiple processors?)

session2 "0 300 1 0 0 0"

possibly to set up multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine (can you say BFServer with multiple processors?)

session3 "0 300 1 0 0 0"

possibly to set up multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine (can you say BFServer with multiple processors?)

session4 "0 300 1 0 0 0"

possibly to set up multiple addresses and sockets for multiple servers on one machine (can you say BFServer with multiple processors?)

sex "male"

set gender for model characteristics (sounds, obituary's etc.)

U A

showdrop "0"

toggle display of dropped packets. 0=disables,1=toggles.

showpackets "0"

toggle display of all packets sent and received. 0=disables,1=toggles.

showtrace "0"

toggle display of packet traces. 0=disables,1=toggles.

snaps "20"

set the number of snapshots sever will send to a client (server run at 40Hz, so use 40, 20, or 10) -Randy

U A

snd "visor"

select which model sounds your player uses (mix it up)

U A

sv_allowdownload "1"

toggle the ability for clients to download files maps etc. from server. .

sv_cheats "1"

enable cheating commands (give all) (serverside only)

R

sv_floodProtect "1"

toggle server flood protection to keep players from bringing the server down

S A

sv_fps "20"

set the max frames per second the server sends the client

sv_hostname ""

set the name of the server "Shadowlands"

S A

sv_keywords ""

variable holds the search string entered in the internet connection menu

S

sv_killserver "0"

if set to a one the server goes down (server console only I hope)

sv_mapChecksum ""

allows check for client server map to match

R

sv_mapname ""

display the name of the current map being used on a server

S R

sv_master1 ""

set URL or address to master server "master3.idsoftware.com"

sv_master2 ""

optional master 2

A

sv_master3 ""

optional master 3

A

sv_master4 ""

optional master 4

A

sv_master5 ""

optional master 5

A

sv_maxclients "8"

maximum number of people allowed to join the server dedicated server memory optimizations. Tips: com_hunkMegs 4 sv_maxclients 3 bot_enable 0 "John Carmack"

S A L

sv_maxPing "0"

set the maximum ping aloud on the server to keep HPB out

S A

sv_maxRate ""

option to force all clients to play with a max rate. This can be used to limit the advantage of LPB, or to cap bandwidth utilization for a server. Note that rate is ignored for clients that are on the same LAN. Father John stepping in, in the name of fairness…(c: (ever notice when 3 or so LPB's join a server your PING takes a dump? It's because your slice of the pie got smaller because theirs is so big…die bandwidth suckers)

S A

sv_minPing "0"

set the minimum ping aloud on the server to keep LPB out

S A

sv_nopredict "0"

is it possible that the server is handling some prediction of player location?

sv_pad "0"

sv_padPackets "0"

possibly toggles the padding of network packets on the server PAD - Packet Assembler/Disassembler

sv_pakNames "antilogic"

variable holds list of pk3 files to be scanned for game data "antilogic"

R

sv_paks "182784856 "

R

sv_paused "0"

allow the game to be paused from the server console?

R

sv_privateClients "0"

the number of spots, out of sv_maxclients, reserved for players with the server password (sv_privatePassword) - Holesinswiss

S

sv_privatePassword ""

set password for private clients to login with

sv_pure "1"

disallow native DLL loading if sv_pure, requires clients to only get data from pk3 files the server is using "John Carmack"

sv_reconnectlimit "3"

number of times a disconnected client can come back and reconnect

sv_referencedPakNames ""

variable holds list of reference pk3 files to be scanned for game data "baseq3/pak2 baseq3/pak0"

R

sv_referencedPaks ""

variable holds the checksum of the referenced pk3 files

R

sv_running "1"

variable flag tells the console weather or not a local server is running

R

sv_serverid ""

hmm…"8021204"

R

sv_showloss "0"

toggle sever packet loss display

sv_timeout "120"

sets the amount of time for the server to wait for a client packet before assuming a disconnected state.

sv_zombietime "2"

the amount of time in minutes before a frozen character is removed from the map.

sv_zone "default"

this is the keyword that clients will search for, server admin's should set this variable to the gametype they have running. free for all, tournament, team deathmatch, and CTF I do not know if you can deviate from the keywords the way Zaphod laid them down in the whatsnew.txt

S

sys_cpuid "33"

more snooping into your CPU

sys_cpustring ""

variable holds a string that identifies your processor

teamoverlay "0"

toggle the drawing of the colored team overlay on the HUD

U R

teamflags "0"

set flags for team play (probably will be a hex value like deathmatch flags)

S A

timedemo "0"

when set to "1" times a demo and returns frames per second like a benchmark

C

timegraph "0"

toggle the display of the timegraph. .

C

timelimit "0"

amount of time before new map loads or next match begins

S A

timescale "1"

set the ratio between game time and real time

C

ui_browserGameType "0"

set server search game type in the browser list (see g_gametype)

A

ui_browserMaster "0"

set server search 0=LAN 1=Mplayer 2=Internet 3=Favorites - WeeJoker

A

ui_browserShowEmpty "1"

toggle the displaying of empty servers in the browser list

A

ui_browserShowFull "1"

toggle the displaying of full servers in the browser list

A

ui_browserSortKey "4"

set the field number to sort by in the browser list 0=Server Name 1=Map Name 2=Open Player Spots 3=Game Type 4=PingTime

A

ui_cdkeychecked "1"

set to a 1 after the cdkey has been checked so won't ask again

R

ui_ctf_capturelimit "8"

set the menu default capture limit for single player bot matches

A

ui_ctf_friendly "0"

toggle team mate damage in single player CTF bot matches

A

ui_ctf_timelimit "30"

set the menu default CTF time limit for single player bot matches

A

ui_ffa_fraglimit "20"

set the menu default frag limit for single player FFA bot matches

A

ui_ffa_timelimit "0"

set the menu default time limit for single player FFA bot matches

A

ui_master "0"

set server search 0=LAN 1=Mplayer 2=Internet 3=Favorites - WeeJoker

A

ui_spSelection "2"

set the menu default gametype of single player? 16 = CTF 2 = FFA DM

R

ui_team_fraglimit "0"

set the menu default frag limit for single player team bot matches

A

ui_team_friendly "1"

toggle default team mate damage in single player team bot matches

A

ui_team_timelimit "20"

set the menu default time limit for single player team bot matches

A

ui_tourney_fraglimit "0"

set the menu default frag limit for single player tourney bot matches

A

ui_tourney_timelimit "15"

sets the menu default time limit for single player tourney bot matches

A

username "vern"

variable holds your network login id from %username% env variable…hmmm? id hackers!

version ""

Q3 1.17 win-x86 Apr 27 2000

S R

versionNumber ""

"Q3T 1.08"

A

vid_xpos "30"

x position when windowed

A

vid_ypos "30"

y position when windowed

A

viewlog "0"

toggle the display of the startup console window over the game screen

C

viewsize "100"

changes view port size 0 - 100 (you probably wouldn't want less than 100)

A

vm_cgame "0"

part of the virtual machine interpreter which allows PC MOD makers to not have to know MAC code and MAC MOD makers to not have to know PC

A

vm_game "0"

toggle the virtual machine interpreter, cgame can switch between being loaded as a binary .dll or an interpreted .qvm at the change of this cvar

A

vm_ui "0"

part of the virtual machine interpreter which allows PC MOD makers to not have to know MAC code and MAC MOD makers to not have to know PC

A

win_hinstance ""

address of the handle instance of quake3 under windows - LOKi

R

win_wndproc ""

hmm..."4368704"

R

zoomfov "22.5"

what the zoomed in field of view will be any thing more than 30 would not be sniper friendly

A

 Red Font

Removed or replaced in current version

I - init

 Green Font

Added by current version

L - latched Thanks LOKi

C - cheat

U - user (player)

A - archive

S - server

R - read only