Console commands

Commands can be entered directly into the debug console or invoked through the I/O system using a logic_command entity.

General

Command	Description
help	Display available console commands

Entities

Command	Description
list	List entities
entities	Alias for list
ents	Alias for list
ls	Alias for list
ent <name>	Show information about an entity
info <name>	Alias for ent
spawn ...	Spawn an entity
delete <name>	Delete an entity
kill <name>	Alias for delete
hide <name>	Hide an entity
show <name>	Show a hidden entity
tint <name> <R> <G> <B>	Apply a tint
tint <name> clear	Clear an entity's tint

Entity Properties

Command	Description
setprop <name> <property> <value>	Set an entity property
set <name> <property> <value>	Alias for setprop
getprop <name> <property>	Read an entity property
get <name> <property>	Alias for getprop

I/O

Command	Description
fire <entity> <output>	Fire an entity output
ent_fire ...	Alias for fire
trigger <entity>	Trigger an entity
send <entity> <input> ...	Send an input to an entity
toggle <entity> <property>	Toggle an entity property
outputs <entity>	List available entity outputs
inputs <entity>	List available entity inputs
connect ...	Create an I/O connection
disconnect ...	Remove an I/O connection
list_connections	List I/O connections
connections	Alias for list_connections

Monsters

Command	Description
monster_kill <name>	Kill a named monster
kill_monster <name>	Alias for monster_kill
monster_revive <name>	Revive a named monster
monster_revive_all	Revive all monsters

Play Mode

Command	Description
physics ...	Control physics debugging/state
setpos ...	Set the player position
teleport ...	Alias for setpos
ss ...	Control split-screen
cam ...	Control the camera
camera ...	Alias for cam
message "text"	Display a temporary message directly in the 3D play view
noclip	Toggle noclip movement
god	Toggle god mode
buddha	Toggle Buddha mode
notarget	Toggle whether monsters target the player

message

message "text" displays text directly in the QtGameView play screen.

The message:

• Is limited to 50 characters.
• Appears one line above the row used for held items/keys.
• Fades in over 1 second.
• Remains fully visible for 5 seconds.
• Fades out over 1 second.
• Remains on screen for 7 seconds in total.

Only one message is displayed at a time. If another message command arrives while a message is already being displayed, the new message is placed in a FIFO queue and is shown automatically after the current message has completely faded out.

For example:

message "You found the blue key"

Level and Save Games

Command	Description
map ...	Load/change the current map
save ...	Save the current play session
savegame ...	Alias for save
load ...	Load a saved play session
loadgame ...	Alias for load
quicksave	Create a quicksave
qs	Alias for quicksave
quickload	Load the quicksave
ql	Alias for quickload
saves	List available saves
listsaves	Alias for saves

Rendering

Command	Description
r_list	List renderer information/settings
r_wireframe	Toggle wireframe rendering
r_shadows	Toggle shadow rendering
r_fog	Toggle fog
fog	Alias for r_fog
disablefog	Explicitly disable distance fog
enablefog	Explicitly enable distance fog
nofog	Alias for disablefog
r_disablefog	Alias for disablefog
r_enablefog	Alias for enablefog
r_viewdistance <distance>	Set the renderer far-plane/view distance
r_water	Toggle water rendering
r_glass	Toggle glass rendering
r_lighting	Toggle lighting
r_deferred	Toggle deferred rendering
r_vsync	Toggle VSync
r_clearcolor	Set the renderer clear colour
r_reloadshaders	Reload shaders
r_info	Display renderer information

View Distance and Fog

r_viewdistance controls the maximum rendering distance. Fio also performs distance-based geometry culling, preventing objects beyond the configured distance from being submitted for rendering.

Distance fog can be used to hide the transition to the far-plane boundary. Fog and view distance are independent: disabling fog does not change the configured view distance.

For example:

r_viewdistance 4096
enablefog

sets a 4096-unit rendering horizon with distance fog enabled.

r_viewdistance 6000
disablefog

sets a 6000-unit rendering horizon while leaving fog disabled. The far-plane boundary will therefore remain visible.

disablefog and enablefog explicitly set the fog state rather than toggling it, making them safe to invoke repeatedly through bindings or the I/O system.

Rendering aliases

The following shorter aliases are provided:

Alias	Equivalent
wireframe	r_wireframe
shadows	r_shadows
fog	r_fog
nofog	disablefog
water	r_water
glass	r_glass
lighting	r_lighting
deferred	r_deferred
vsync	r_vsync
reloadshaders	r_reloadshaders

Debugging

Command	Description
sg	Toggle spatial-grid debugging
showcollision	Show collision geometry
collisionvis	Alias for showcollision
collision	Alias for showcollision
fps	Toggle/display FPS information
clear	Clear the debug console

Portals

Command	Description
portal_list	List portals
portal_create	Create a portal
portal_link	Link portals
portal_color	Set portal colour
portal_enable	Enable a portal
portal_disable	Disable a portal
portal_delete	Delete a portal

Plugin Commands

The native command handler also provides an extension point for plugins.

Plugins can register their own console commands through the Fio plugin API. When the console receives an unknown command, it checks the plugin manager before reporting the command as unknown.

Therefore:

The list above is the complete built-in command set, but not necessarily the complete command set of a Fio installation.

Installed plugins may add additional commands at runtime.