Alice Console Commmands
This is an ever growing list of commands for the console in American Mcgee's Alice. This is by no means a complete list. As we find new commands we will post them here for all to enjoy. If you know of any commands that are not listed here PLEASE send them to our web master at superseth@altereddreams.net.Now for the wonderful disclaimer:).
NOTE: Use these commands at your own risk. We take no responsibility for what occurs as a result of useing the infomormation on this page. If it kills yor cat,destorys you home, or eats your nachos, we're sorry but are not responsible. Every command here has been tested and if it caused us any problems then it has been marked as potenitally dangerous.
| Image Quality (Note: These kill your FPS) | |
| r_lodbias | (level of detail-bias, the value "-2" offers the best quality, default is "0") |
| com_maxfps | sets the max. framerate, default is "85" |
| r_lodBias -2 | Turns on High quality models. Default is 0 |
| r_subdivisions 1 | changes the number of triangles in curves. 1=most 4=least (4 is default) |
| r_lodCurveError 10000 | don't drop curve rows for a long time (default 250, best quality 10000) |
| r_stencilbits 8 | enable the 8 bit stencil buffer |
| r_ext_compress_textures 1 | use S3TC texture compression (default 0; for better quality leave it unabled) [For all us special people that bought the Savage 200 cards.] |
| Thanks Luis! | :) |
| General | |
| exec [filename.cfg] | the essential command for running config files. |
| fps 1 | this shows the fps counter |
| cmdlist | the god command, lists all the commands |
| restart | Restarts the game from the begining of the level. like restarting the server in quake 3. |
| kill | kills poor Alice |
| quit | quits the game |
| clear | clears the console |
| serverinfo | list server settings |
| clientinfo | give the client settings |
| systeminfo | displays system settings |
| cd | change directory |
| dir | directory list |
| path | file path? |
| reset {var} | reset the said function |
| saveshot | saves a screen shot to the base folder of Alice's working directory. |
| Bindings | |
| ctrlbindlist | ? |
| altbindlist | ? |
| bindlist | List all binds |
| unctrlbind | the opposite of whatever ctrl bind does |
| ctrlbind | ? |
| unaltbind | opposite of altbind |
| altbind | ? |
| unbind [key] [command] | unbinds a key from a command. |
| cl_ commands | |
| cl_dumpallclasses | ? |
| cl_dumpclassevents | ? |
| cl_classevents | ? |
| cl_classtree | ? |
| cl_classlist | ? |
| pendingevents | ? |
| cl_dumpevents | ? |
| cl_eventhelp | ? |
| cl_eventlist | ? |
| Maps | |
| map xxx | loads a map with name (see the map list for the file names. |
| maplist | brings up a maplist window (no maps) |
| unbindall | unbinds all key from commands |
| bind [key] [command] | Just like the bind command in quake binds a command to one key |
| GamePlay | |
| skill X.XXX | difficulty setting (2.000=Hard) |
| god | god mode |
| noclip | no clipping (you float and can walk through walls) |
| give [item name] | gives you said item. See item list for names. |
| Multiplayer (Quake III Leftovers) | |
| connect [address] | connects to said ip or web address |
| disconnect | 'nuf said |
| reconnect | ditto |
| kick [player name] | kicks said player from the game |
| ping [player] | pings a player in mutliplayer |
| name [new name] | lets you change the player name |
| sv_hostname [new name] | changes your "server" name |
| sv_maxclients | sets the number of people what can join the server (if only you really could join!) |
| timelimit XX | time limit for deathmatch |
| globalservers | list online servers |
| localservers | list LAN servers |
| killserver | kills the server but not the game. |
| status | shows status of all people in the server. |
| Just Plain Weird | |
| notepad | opens a little notepad program. Created so the programers could edit cfg files in game. Thanks Aqua :) |
| freeze | the game bites the big one |
| crash | resluts similar to taknga blunderbuss to the head at close range. |
| error | A former Microsoft programer was on the team. |
| wait | is there a point? |
| Menu Stuff | |
| loadmenu | loads the main menu |
| toggle menu | exit the menu or exit to the menu |
| listmenu | ? |
| showmenu | brings up the main menu |
| popmenu | prints some text to console about itself. |
| forcemenu | forces the menu up when toggle won't activate. |
| pushmenu [menu name] | opens the stated menu, no real use in the game currently,as far as I know. |
| Graphics | |
| cg_3rd_person (1 or 0) | first person toggle |
| gfxinfo | graphics driver info. |
| modelist | list models |
| modellist | same as above, why two commands? |
| skinlist | list the skins |
| shaderlist | shaders are in all quake III games, but I don't know what thay are for. Any Quake level builders care in enlighten me? |
| imagelist | list the textures |
| vidmode | video mode |