USEFUL LIST OF COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS

[bman83]

Hi All,

I am keen to start a list of common command-line parameters we can all use for getting games to run, So I will start =)

-autoconfig - Restores video and performance settings to default for the current hardware detected. Ignores settings inside any .cfg files until this parameter is removed.

• -dev - Enables developer mode. Also disables the automatic loading of menu background maps and stops the quit dialog from appearing on exit.
• -condebug - Logs all console output into the console.log text file.
• -console - Starts the game with the developer console enabled.
• -toconsole - Starts the engine directly in the console, unless a map is specified with +map.
• -dxlevel <level> - Forces a specific DirectX version when launching the game. This is useful if your graphics hardware is older, and gets significantly better performance in an earlier version of DirectX. Below are the most common modes used:
   
  • -dxlevel 80
  • -dxlevel 81
  • -dxlevel 90
  • -dxlevel 95
  • -dxlevel 98
     
• -fullscreen - Forces the engine to start in fullscreen mode.
• -windowed or -sw - Forces the engine to start in windowed mode.
• -16bpp or -32bpp - Forces the selected color mode (bit depth). GoldSource only
• -w <width> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <width>.
• -h <height> - Forces the engine to start with resolution set to <height>. This launch option does not need to be set in the presence of -w. The width value will determine the height automatically.
• -refresh <rate> - Force a specific refresh rate.

SOURCE https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1040-JWMT-2947