List of Quake Console Commands
The following list was compiled from various sources around the net and sorted (as best I could) into categories. If you have any additions or modifications for this list, send them to me at the above address. Thanks and enjoy!
VIDEO COMMANDS
BF - flashes the screen green
GAMMA - gamma correct, 1 is default, less than 1 is brighter more than 1 is darker
R_CLEARCOLOR - color of clear sides
R_ALIASSTATS - debugging
R_DMABUF - ???????
R_DRAWENTITIES 0|1 - draw entities (objects)
R_DRAWFLAT - ???????
R_DRAWORDER 0|1 - weird when set to
1 R_DSPEEDS 0|1 - debugging
R_EDGECOUNT 0|1 - debugging
R_FULLBRIGHT - light amp goggles :)
R_GRAPHHEIGHT - height of r_timegraph
R_SHOWPOLYS - highlight polygons
R_SHOWVERTS - ???????
R_SPEEDS 0|1 - debugging
R_TIMEGRAPH 0|1 - some sort of graph showing amount of calculations that are being done
R_WAVE 0|1 - underwater mode!
SIZEDOWN - shrink the screen
SIZEUP - enlarge the screen
TIMEREFRESH - spins around and gives you the framerate
VID_DESCRIBECURRENTMODE - describes current mode, see video.txt
VID_DESCRIBEMODES - lists video modes, see video.txt
VID_NUMMODES - counts the number of modes, see video.txt
VID_TESTMODE - tests a videomode, see video.txt
VID_WAIT - sets video adapter waiting, see video.txt
SOUND COMMANDS
DECIMATE_SFX - decimate a cached sound, see sound.txt
DECIMATE_SFX_SPEED - " DECIMATE_SFX_WIDTH - "
GRABEXTSND - ???????
NOSOUND - no sound, see sound.txt
NUMCHANNELS - set the number of channels, see sound.txt
PLAY - play a sound, see sound.txt
PLAYVOL - play a sound with volume, see sound.txt
SAVESND - save a sound, see sound.txt
SBINFO - sound blaster info, see sound.txt
SFX_ASYNCH - enables asynchronous sound?
SOUND - some sort of sound control
SOUNDINFO - displays info on sound system, see sound.txt
SOUNDLIST - list sounds, sound.txt
SND_TIMING - displays sound timing info
STOPSOUND - disables sound
GAMEPLAY COMMANDS
BIND - keyboard setup, see readme.txt
CL_ANGLESPEEDKEY - ???????
CL_BACKSPEED - speed of backwards movement, see readme.txt
CL_FORWARDSPEED - speed of forward movement, see readme.txt
CL_MOVESPEEDKEY - ???????
CL_NOLERP - ???????
CL_PITCHSPEED - ???????
CL_ROLLANGLE -
CL_SHOWNET -
CL_SIDESTEP - speed of strafing, see readme.txt
CL_TICRATE - ???????
CL_UPSPEED - upwards movement speed (for flying)
CL_YAWSPEED - turning speed
COLOR - character color, see readme.txt
COLOR CODES
0 = WHITE
1 = BROWN
2 = LIGHT BLUE/GREY
3 = GREEN
4 = RED
5 = GOLD
6 = PINKISH ORANGE
7 = LIGHT BROWN
8 = PURPLE
9 = LIGHT PURPLE
10 = LIGHT GREY
11 = AQUA
12 = BRIGHT YELLOW
13 = BRIGHT BLUE
FLY [ON|OFF] - switch on flying mode
GOD [ON|OFF] - god mode (swim in lava, yeah)
IMPULSE# - get a weapon (as follows)
0 - Nothing for now
1 - Select shotgun
2 - Select supershotgun
3 - Select nailgun
4 - Select chainnailgun
5 - Select grenade launcher
6 - Select rocket launcher
7 - Nothing for now
8 - Nothing for now
9 - Get all weapons and maximal ammo
KILL - restart a level
LOOKSPRING - centres freelook, see readme.txt
MAP - load a level, see readme.txt
MOUSE# - assign mouse buttons, see readme.txt
NOCLIP [ON|OFF] - no clipping! NOTARGET - toggles auto-target
PAUSE - pause the game
PAUSEABLE 0|1 - ability to pause the game in multiplayer
QUIT - quit
RECORD - record a demo
RESTART - restarts a level
SCREENSHOT - screenshot
SENSITIVITY - mouse sensitivity, see readme.txt
SV_FRICTION - friction of player
SV_GRAVITY - sets gravity
SV_MAXSPEED - maximum speed of player
SV_NOSTEP 0|1 - if this is on (SV_NOSTEP 1) you cannot walk up stairs
SV_STOPSPEED - how much you skid around the plane
MODEM/NETWORK COMMANDS
<-/+>CTS - sets "clear to send"
<-/+>DSR - sets "data set ready"
<-/+>CD - sets "carrier detect"
8250 - selects the 8250 uart
16550 - selects the 16550 uart
ANSWER - selects answer the phone/server mode
BAUD - sets the baud rate to n
CONNECT - connect in multiplayer, see network.txt
COM# - setup com port, see network.txt
DIAL - selects client mode
DISABLE - disables com ports
ENABLE - enables com ports
FRAGLIMIT - number of frags in a network game, see readme.txt
HOST_SPEEDS - display the hosts speed
HOST_LINEREFRESH - ??????????
HOST_FRAMERATE - sets the speed from 0-0.01 IRQ - sets the com ports interrupt to n
KILLSERVER - kills the server and ends the game
MESSAGEMODE - send messages in multiplayer
NAME - multiplayer name, see readme.txt
NET_STATS - some sort of network status ?
NET_MESSAGETIMEOUT - ???????
NET_NAKGRACETIME - ???????
NET_PACKETTIMEOUT - ???????
PORT - sets the com ports port address to n
RESET - resets the com port
SAY - message in multiplayer?
SHUTDOWN - sets the modem shutdown string
SLIST - server list, see readme.txt
STARTUP - sets the modem startup string
TEAMPLAY - co-op mode
TIMELIMIT - timelimit for multiplayer, see readme.txt
MISC. COMMANDS
ALIAS - substitutes one command for another
CLEAR - clear the console
ECHO - echo string onto console (useless)
ENTITES - turn on monsters ?
EXEC - run a configuration file, see readme.txt
PROFILE - displays profiling info
SCR_COLORCON - ??? console color ???
SCR_CONSPEED - speed that the console scrolls
SCR_SHOWCACHETHRASH - ???????
SCR_XPARCON - ???????
STATUS - displays status abuout the game in progress
TOGGLECONSOLE - same as <esc> key
VERSION - displays build version