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An unformatted list of console command specific to Alien Swarm that will slowly be integrated into this page and into other articles such as strategy and SDK.

Console commands[]

Command   Value Type Cheat Description
ASW_ActivateExtra client Activates the item in your extra inventory slot.
ASW_ActivatePrimary client Activates the item in your primary inventory slot.
ASW_ActivateSecondary client Activates the item in your secondary inventory slot.
asw_add_room_thumbnails_to_perforce = 0 client cheat Set to 1 to cause room thumbnails to be added to Perforce on creation.
asw_adjust_difficulty_by_number_of_marines = 1 game cheat If enabled, difficulty will be reduced when there are only 3 or 2 marines.
asw_ai_button_hacking_scale = 0.3 game cheat Button panel hacking speed scale for AI marines.
asw_ai_computer_hacking_scale = 0.1 game cheat Computer hacking speed scale for AI marines.
asw_ai_enable_fear_behavior = 1 game cheat
asw_ai_fear_player_dist = 720 game cheat
asw_ai_report game cheat Lists various AI and their efficiencies.
asw_alien_batch game cheat Creates a batch of aliens at the cursor.
asw_alien_break_chance = 0.5 game Chance the alien will break into ragdoll pieces instead of gib.
asw_alien_burn_duration = 5.0f game cheat Alien burn time
asw_alien_debug_death_style = 0 client cheat For debugging alien deaths
asw_alien_fancy_death_chance = 0.5 game If a drone doesn't instagib, this is the chance the alien plays a death anim bef
asw_alien_floor_texture = [1] game Alien floor texture used for replacement
asw_alien_footstep_interval = 0.25 client Minimum interval between alien footstep sounds. Used to keep them from piling up.
asw_alien_horde game cheat Creates a horde of aliens somewhere nearby.
asw_alien_hurt_speed = 0.5 game cheat Fraction of speed to use when the alien is hurt after being shot.
asw_alien_mining_laser_damage_scale = 0.25f client cheat
asw_alien_money_chance = 1.0 game cheat Chance of base aliens dropping money.
asw_alien_object_motion_blur_scale = 0.2 client
asw_alien_shadows = 0 client If set to one, aliens will always have shadows (WARNING: Big fps cost with hordes).
asw_alien_shover_speed = 50 game cheat Speed of a 75 kg object thrown by an alien.
asw_alien_speed_scale_easy = 0.7 game
asw_alien_speed_scale_hard = 1.1 game
asw_alien_speed_scale_insane = 1.2 game
asw_alien_speed_scale_normal = 1.0 game
asw_alien_stunned_speed = 0.3 game cheat Fraction of speed to use when the alien is electrostunned.
asw_alien_unlag = 1 game Unlag alien positions by player's ping.
asw_allow_detach = 0 client cheat Allow the camera to detach from the marine.
asw_allow_hull_shots = 1 client
ASW_AllowBriefing game Let's you restart the briefing.
asw_ammo_bag_burn_limit = 30 game cheat Amount of burn damage needed to make ammo bag explode.
asw_ammo_bag_damage = 150 game cheat Damage from ammo bag explosion.
asw_ammo_bag_damage_radius = 400 game cheat Radius from ammo bag explosion.
asw_ammo_bag_report game cheat List contents of ammo bag.
asw_ammo_bag_report_client client cheat List contents of ammo bag in client.dll.
asw_arena = 0 game cheat Will spawn waves of enemies (requires appropriate test map).
asw_arena_quantity_scale = 1.0 game cheat Scales number of aliens spawned in arena mode.
asw_arena_shuffle_walls = 3 game cheat Shuffle walls after how many waves?
asw_arena_wall_density_max = 0.7 game cheat Max density of random wall brushes in arena mode.
asw_arena_wall_density_min = 0.0 game cheat Max density of random wall brushes in arena mode.
asw_arena_wave game cheat Creates a wave of aliens on the arena test map.
asw_arena_waves_per_difficulty = 3 game cheat How many waves before difficulty ramps up.
asw_auto_reload = 1 game Whether your marines should autoreload when reaching 0 bullets.
asw_background_color = [2] client Color of background tinting in briefing screens.
asw_bait_launch_delay = 0.15f client Delay before bait is thrown.
asw_bait_refire_time = 0.1f client Time between starting a new bait throw.
asw_barrel_health_base = 3 game cheat Health of barrel at level 1.
asw_barrel_health_growth = 0.15 game cheat % change in health per level.
asw_batch_interval = 5 game cheat Time between successive batches spawning in the same spot.
asw_blend_test_scale = 0.1f game cheat
asw_blind_follow = 0 game Set to 1 to give marines short sight range while following (old school alien swarm).
asw_blink_charge_time = 30.0 client cheat
asw_blink_debug = 0 game cheat
asw_blink_height = 50 client
asw_blink_range = 2000 client cheat
asw_blink_time = 0.6 client cheat
asw_blink_visible_time = 0.15 client
asw_blip_speech_chance = 0.8 game cheat Chance the tech marines will shout about movement on their scanner after a period.
asw_bloodhound_drag = 0.9 game cheat Scalar applied to velocity every 0.1 seconds.
asw_bloodhound_drop_interval = 3.0 game cheat Interval between dropping off marines.
asw_bloodhound_max_speed = 600 game cheat Max speed of dropship.
asw_bloodhound_near_distance = 500 game cheat How near dropship needs to be to dest to start reducing thrust.
asw_bloodhound_random_interval = 1 game cheat Time between changing the random destination.
asw_bloodhound_randomness = 10 game cheat Randomness applied to hovering destinations.
asw_bloodhound_reset game cheat Resets dropship sequence.
asw_bloodhound_sway_speed = 1.0 game cheat How quickly the dropship sways side to side.
asw_bloodhound_thrust = 1200 game cheat Change in velocity per second.
asw_bloodhound_tolerance = 50 game cheat Distance dropship needs to be to reach destination.
asw_bonus_charges = 0 game cheat Bonus ammo given to starting equipment.
asw_boomer_blob_child_fuse_max = 1.0 game cheat Boomer blob child cluster's maximum fuse length.
asw_boomer_blob_child_fuse_min = 0.5 game cheat Boomer blob child cluster's minimum fuse length.
asw_boomer_blob_friction = 0.5f game cheat Friction.
asw_boomer_blob_fuse = 2.75f game cheat Fuse length of boomer blob.
asw_boomer_blob_gravity = 0.8f game cheat Gravity of boomer blob.
asw_boomer_blob_min_detonation_time = 0.9f game cheat Min. time before boomer blob can detonate.
asw_boomer_blob_radius_check_interval = 0.5f game cheat How often the boomer blob checks for nearby targets to explode against.
asw_boomer_blob_radius_check_scale = 0.6f game cheat What fraction of the blob's damage radius is used for the early detonation check.
asw_boomer_health = 800 game cheat
asw_boomer_inflate_debug = 1.0f game cheat
asw_boomer_inflate_speed = 6.0f game cheat
asw_breakable_aliens = 1 client If set, aliens can break into ragdoll gibs.
asw_buffgrenade = 98 34 16 client Color of buffgrenades.
asw_buffgrenade_gravity = 1000 game cheat Gravity of buffgrenades.
asw_build_map client
asw_build_speech_durations game cheat Measures speech durations and saves to file for use in async client speech.
asw_building_room_thumbnails = 0 client cheat Set to 1 to cause room thumbnails to be saved on next map load.
asw_buildroomthumbnails client Outputs room thumbnail TGAs for all rooms specific in roomthumbnails.txt.
asw_burst_pipe_chance = 0.25f client
asw_buzzer_poison_duration = 0.6f game cheat Base buzzer poison blur duration. This scales up to double the value based on the mission.
sk_asw_buzzer_health = 30 game cheat Health of the buzzer.
sk_asw_buzzer_melee_dmg = 15 game cheat Damage caused by buzzer.
sk_asw_buzzer_melee_interval = 1.5 game cheat Min time between causing damage to marines.
sk_asw_buzzer_v2 = 1 game cheat
asw_cain_mail client cheat Test shows cain mail.
asw_cam_marine_blend = 1 client cheat Marine Camera: Whether camera should blend Z movement changes.
asw_cam_marine_dist = 412 client cheat Marine Camera: Distance from marine.
asw_cam_marine_dist_death = 200 client cheat Marine Camera: Distance from marine as he dies.
asw_cam_marine_dist_rate = 50 client cheat Marine Camera: Distance from marine.
asw_cam_marine_pitch = 60 client cheat Marine Camera: pitch.
asw_cam_marine_pitch_death = 50 client cheat Marine Camera: pitch when he dies.
asw_cam_marine_pitch_rate = 1000 client cheat
asw_cam_marine_shift_deadspace = 64 client cheat Marine Camera: Deadspace around the marine before camera shifting starts.
asw_cam_marine_shift_enable = 1 client cheat Camera shifting enable/disable.
asw_cam_marine_shift_maxx = 300 client cheat Marine Camera: How far the camera pans east/west as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_maxy = 200 client che Marine Camera: How far the camera pans north as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_maxy_south = 380 client cheat Marine Camera: How far the camera pans south as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_ratex = 1000 client cheat Marine Camera: How far the camera pans east/west as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_ratey = 650 client cheat Marine Camera: How far the camera pans north as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_ratey_south = 2000 client cheat Marine Camera: How far the camera pans south as you move the mouse.
asw_cam_marine_shift_z_death = -30.0 client cheat
asw_cam_marine_sphere_max = 400 client cheat
asw_cam_marine_sphere_min = 32 client cheat
asw_cam_marine_spring_const = 0.75 client cheat Camera spring constant.
asw_cam_marine_spring_dampening = 3.0 client cheat Camera spring dampening.
asw_cam_marine_spring_vel_max = 35.0 client cheat Camera max velocity.
asw_cam_marine_test = 1 client cheat Camera Test.
asw_cam_marine_yaw = 90 client cheat Marine Camera: yaw.
asw_cam_marine_yaw_death_rate = 35.0 client cheat Marine Camera: yaw rotate rate when he dies.
asw_cam_marine_yshift_static = 75.0f client cheat Camera y
asw_camera_report_defaults client cheat Report default vectors on the camera based on current settings.
asw_camera_shake = 0 game Enable camera shakes.
asw_camera_volume client cheat Check if the marine is inside an asw_camera_control volume.
asw_campaign_death = 0 client Whether marines are killed in the roster if a mission is completed with the marine or marines dead.
asw_campaign_wounding = 0 game Whether marines are wounded in the roster if a mission is completed with the marine or marines (either dead or injured).
asw_candidate_interval = 1.0 game cheat Interval between updating candidate spawning nodes.
asw_carnage game cheat Scales the number of aliens each spawner will put out.
asw_chainsaw_attack_fade_time = 0.5 client cheat Time for chainsaw attack sound to fade out.
asw_chainsaw_debug = 0 client cheat
asw_chainsaw_pitch_bite_rate = 50.0 client cheat How quickly the chainsaw pitch changes when attack hits something.
asw_chainsaw_pitch_range = 5.0 client cheat Random variation applied above and below target pitch.
asw_chainsaw_pitch_return_delay = 1.0 client cheat How long after attacking something before the chainsaw pitch returns to normal.
asw_chainsaw_pitch_return_rate = 50.0 client cheat How quickly the pitch returns to normal when attacking chainsaw doesn't hit anything.
asw_chainsaw_pitch_target = 95.0 client cheat Target pitch when chainsaw starts to attack something.
asw_chainsaw_shake_amplitude = 12.5 client cheat
asw_chainsaw_shake_duration = 1.0 client cheat
asw_chainsaw_shake_frequency = 100.0 client cheat
asw_charge_height = 5 client
asw_check_campaign game cheat Is this map in campaign mode?
asw_ClearHouse game cheat Removes all Swarm from the map.
asw_client_build_maps = 0 client Whether clients compile random maps rather than getting sent them.
asw_clientside_avoidance = 1 client cheat
asw_clientside_avoidance_scale = 1.0 client cheat
asw_cluster_grenade_child_fuse_max = 1.0 game cheat Cluster grenade child cluster's maximum fuse length.
asw_cluster_grenade_child_fuse_min = 0.5 game cheat Cluster grenade child cluster's minimum fuse length.
asw_cluster_grenade_fuse = 4.0f game cheat Fuse length of cluster grenade.
asw_cluster_grenade_min_detonation_time = 0.9f game cheat Min. time before cluster grenade can detonate.
asw_cluster_grenade_radius_check_interval = 0.5f game cheat How often the cluster grenade checks for nearby drones to explode against.
asw_cluster_grenade_radius_check_scale = 0.6f game cheat What fraction of the grenade's damage radius is used for the early detonation check.
asw_colonist_health = 90 game
asw_colonist_tom_health = 30 game Poor Tom is unhealthy.
asw_compliment_chatter_interval_max = 240 game Max time between kill compliments.
asw_compliment_chatter_interval_min = 180 game Min time between kill compliments.
asw_controller_focus_list client Lists panels receiving controller focus.
asw_controller_lag = 40.0 client
asw_controls = 1 client cheat Disable to get normal FPS controls (affects all players on the server).
asw_conv game cheat Test a conversation.
asw_conversation game cheat Triggers a conversation.
asw_corpse game cheat Test create a clientside corpse.
asw_credits client cheat Test shows credits.
asw_cross_layout = 1 client If set, marine portraits are laid out in a cross shape in joypad mode.
asw_crosshair_progress_size = 20 client
asw_crosshair_use_perspective = 1 client cheat Show the crosshair that has perspective or the old version.
asw_custom_skill_points = 0 game If set, marines will start with no skill points and will spend them as they progress.
asw_damage_indicator = 1 game cheat If set, directional damage indicator is shown.
asw_damage_spark_rate = 0.24 client cheat Base number of seconds between spark sounds/effects at critical damage.
asw_damageindicator_alpha = 0.05f client Alpha of the HUD damage indicator.
asw_damageindicator_bullets_alpha = 0.05f client Scales alpha of the bullets in the HUD damage indicator.
asw_damageindicator_hurt_flash_alpha = 0.12f client The alpha of the screen flash when the player is at low health.
asw_damageindicator_scale = 0.9f client Scales the HUD damage indicator.
asw_damageindicator_slash_alpha = 0.85f client Scales alpha of the slashes in the HUD damage indicator.
asw_damageindicator_slash_radius = 0.28f client Scales the slashes in the HUD damage indicator.
asw_damageindicator_slash_scale = 0.25f client Scales the slashes in the HUD damage indicator.
asw_debug_air_move = 0 client cheat Gives debug info on air moving.
asw_debug_alien_damage = 0 game Print damage aliens receive.
asw_debug_aliens = 0 game cheat
asw_debug_button_skin = 0 game cheat If set, button panels will output skin setting details.
asw_debug_charging = 0 game cheat Visualize charging details.
asw_debug_clientside_avoidance = 0 client cheat
asw_debug_combat_status = 0 game cheat Show marine's combat status on the screen.
asw_debug_commander_list = 0 client Display fake names in commander list.
asw_debug_drone = 0 game cheat Enable drone debug messages.
asw_debug_drone_pose = 0 client Set to drone entity index to output drone pose params.
asw_debug_grubs = 0 game cheat If set, grubs will print debug messages for various things.
asw_debug_hud = 0 client Draw debug info for the HUD.
asw_debug_jump_behavior = 0 game
asw_debug_marine_aim = 0 game cheat Shows debug info on marine aiming.
asw_debug_marine_can_see = 0 game cheat Display lines for waking up aliens.
asw_debug_marine_chatter = 0 game Show debug info about when marine chatter is triggered.
asw_debug_marine_damage = 0 game Show damage marines are taking.
asw_debug_medals = 0 game Print debug info about medals.
asw_debug_mine = 0 game cheat Turn on debug messages for Incendiary Mines.
asw_debug_mortarbug = 0 game Display mortarbug debug info.
asw_debug_npcs = 0 game cheat Enables debug overlays for various NPCs.
asw_debug_pvs = 0 game cheat
asw_debug_scanner_sound = 0 client cheat Prints debug output on scanner pulses.
asw_debug_server_cursor game cheat Server shows a marker where it thinks your cursor is.
asw_debug_shieldbug = 0 game cheat Display shieldbug debug messages.
asw_debug_simple_alien = 0 game cheat Print debug text for simple aliens.
asw_debug_spawners = 0 game cheat Displays debug messages for the asw_spawners.
asw_debug_spectator client cheat Prints info on spectator.
asw_debug_spectator_server game cheat Prints whether a player wants to spectate.
asw_debug_steps = 0 client cheat Gives debug info on moving up/down steps.
asw_debug_throw = 0 game cheat Show node debug info on throw visibility checks.
asw_debug_tile_connections = 0 client Print debug info for tile connections.
asw_debug_xp client Lists experience details for local player.
asw_debuganimstate = 0 client
asw_DebugAutoAim = 0 client cheat
asw_default_campaign = jacob game Default campaign used when dedicated server restarts.
asw_demo_camera client
asw_difficulty_alien_damage_step = 0.2 game How much alien damage is changed per mission difficulty level.
asw_difficulty_alien_health_step = 0.2 game How much alien health is changed per mission difficulty level.
asw_directional_shadows = 1 client Whether aliens should have flashlight directional shadows.
asw_director_debug = 0 game cheat Displays director status on screen.
asw_director_peak_max_time = 3 game cheat Max time that director keeps spawning aliens when marine intensity has peaked.
asw_director_peak_min_time = 1 game cheat Min time that director keeps spawning aliens when marine intensity has peaked.
asw_director_relaxed_max_time = 40 game cheat Max time that director stops spawning aliens.
asw_director_relaxed_min_time = 25 game cheat Min time that director stops spawning aliens.
asw_dlight_list = 0 client Lists dynamic lights.
asw_door_drone_damage_scale = 2.0f game cheat Damage scale for drones hitting doors.
asw_door_explosion_boost = 2.0 game cheat Sets damage scale for grenades vs doors.
asw_door_healthbars = 2 client 0=no health bars, 1=health bar at cursor, 2=show all door health bars.
asw_door_physics = 0 game cheat If set, doors will turn into vphysics objects upon death.
asw_door_seal_damage_reduction = 0.6f game cheat Alien damage scale when door is fully sealed.
asw_draw_awake_ai = 0 game cheat Lists how many of each AI are awake.
asw_draw_hud = 1 client Draw the HUD or not.
asw_drawplayermesh = 0 client Draw the player entity or not.
asw_drone_acceleration = 5 game cheat How fast the swarm drone accelerates, as a multiplier on his ideal speed.
asw_drone_attacks = 1 game cheat Whether the drones attack or not.
asw_drone_auto_speed_scale = 0.5 game cheat Speed scale for the drones while melee attacking.
asw_drone_cycle game cheat Lists drones along with cycle and weight.
asw_drone_death_force = 5 game cheat Scale for alien death forces.
asw_drone_death_force_pitch = -10 game cheat Pitch angle of alien death forces.
asw_drone_door_distance = 60 game cheat How near to the door a drone needs to be to bash it.
asw_drone_door_distance_min = 40 game cheat Nearest a drone can be to a door when attacking.
asw_drone_fade_time_max = 4.0 client Maximum time a Swarm Drone ragdoll will stay around before fading.
asw_drone_fade_time_min = 2.0 client Minimum time a Swarm Drone ragdoll will stay around before fading.
asw_drone_friction = 0.1 game cheat Velocity loss due to friction.
asw_drone_gib_chance = 0.075 game cheat Chance of drone gibbing instead of ragdoll.
asw_drone_gib_time_max = 0.2 client Maximum time a Swarm Drone ragdoll will stay around before gibbing.
asw_drone_gib_time_min = 0.2 client Minimum time a Swarm Drone ragdoll will stay around before gibbing.
asw_drone_gib_velocity = 1.75 client cheat Drone gibs will inherit the velocity of the parent ragdoll scaled by this.
asw_drone_health = 40 game cheat How much health the Swarm drones have.
asw_drone_hurl_chance = [3] game Chance that an alien killed by explosives will hurl towards the camera.
asw_drone_hurl_interval = 10 game Minimum number of seconds that must pass between alien bodies flung at camera.
asw_drone_jump_pitch_max = 45 client Maximum pitch for drone's jumping pose.
asw_drone_jump_pitch_min = -45 client Minimum pitch for drone's jumping pose.
asw_drone_jump_pitch_speed = 3.0 client Speed for drone's pitch jumping pose parameter transition.
asw_drone_melee_force = 1.67 game cheat Force of the drone's melee attack.
asw_drone_melee_range = 60.0 game cheat Range of the drone's melee attack.
asw_drone_override_attack = 1 game cheat Enable to make Swarm drones use custom override movement to attack their enemy.
asw_drone_override_move = 0 game cheat Enable to make Swarm drones use custom override movement to chase their enemy.
asw_drone_override_speedboost = 0.32 game cheat Boost speed for the alien drones when in override mode.
asw_drone_ridiculous = 0 client cheat If true, hurl drone ragdolls at camera in a ridiculous fashion.
asw_drone_show_facing = 0 game cheat Show which way the drone is facing.
asw_drone_show_override = 0 game cheat Show a yellow arrow if drone is using override movement.
asw_drone_smooth_speed = 200 game cheat How fast the swarm drone smooths his current velocity into the ideal, when using.
asw_drone_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat Boost speed for the alien drones.
asw_drone_start_melee_range = 100.0 game cheat Range at which the drone starts his melee attack.
asw_drone_touch_damage = 0 game cheat Damage caused by drones on touch.
asw_drone_uber_health = 500 game cheat How much health the uber swarm drones have.
asw_drone_weak_from_behind = 0 client cheat Do drones take double damage from behind?
asw_drone_yaw_speed = 32.0 game cheat How fast the swarm drone can turn.
asw_drone_yaw_speed_attacking = 8.0 game cheat How fast the swarm drone can turn while doing a melee attack.
asw_drone_yaw_speed_attackprep = 64.0 game cheat How fast the swarm drone can turn while starting his melee attack.
asw_drone_zig_zag_length = 144 game cheat Length of drone zig zagging.
asw_drone_zig_zagging = 0 game cheat If set, aliens will try to zig zag up to their enemy instead of approaching dire.
asw_drones_friendly game cheat Makes drones friendly to marines.
asw_drop game Makes your marine drop his current weapon.
asw_drop_ammo game Drops ammo from an ammo bag.
asw_drop_money = 1 game cheat Do aliens drop money?
asw_drop_powerups = 0 game cheat Do aliens drop powerups?
asw_edit_panel client cheat ASW Edit a VGUI panel by name.
asw_editemitterframe client cheat The vgui panel used to edit emitters.
asw_egg_respawn = 0 game cheat If set, eggs will respawn the parasite inside.
asw_electrified_armor_duration = 12.0f game cheat Duration of electrified armor when activated.
asw_emitter_max_collision_speed = 80 client cheat Maximum speed that makes a full volume.
asw_emitter_min_collision_speed = 50 client cheat Minimum speed to make a sound.
asw_encounter_display = 1 game
asw_encounter_radius_max = 512.0f game cheat
asw_encounter_radius_min = 384.0f game cheat
asw_encounters_distance_min = 900 game cheat Minimum distance between edges of encounter circles.
asw_engine_finished_building_map game Notify engine that we've finished building a map.
asw_ent_create game cheat Creates an entity of the given type in front of the current marine.
asw_ent_teleport game cheat Teleport the specified entity to the crosshair location.
asw_entindex client cheat Returns the entity index of the player.
asw_facefronttime = 2.0 client How many seconds before marine faces front when standing still.
asw_fail_sound_delay = 0.0 client cheat Delay before playing mission fail music.
asw_fair_marine_rules = 1 game If set, fair marine selection rules are enforced during the briefing.
asw_fast_reload_enabled = 1 client cheat Use fast reload mechanic?
asw_fast_reload_under_marine = 1 game Draw the active reload bar under the marine?
asw_feetyawrate = 300 client How many degrees per second that we can turn our feet or upper body.
asw_fire_alien_damage_scale = 3.0 game cheat
asw_fire_glow = 1 game cheat
asw_fire_glow_radius = 280 game cheat
asw_fire_spread_scale = 2.0 game cheat
asw_fist_passive_damage_scale = 2.0f client cheat Damage scale applied from charged fist passive item.
asw_fist_ragdoll_chance = 0.4f game
asw_fix_cam = -1 client cheat
asw_fixed_movement_playback_rate = 0 client Movement animation playback is always unscaled.
asw_flamer_debug = 0 game cheat Visualize flamer projectile collision.
asw_flamer_force = 0.7f game cheat Force imparted by the flamer projectiles.
asw_flamer_light_b = 160 client cheat Alters the colour of the flamer dynamic light.
asw_flamer_light_exponent = 5 client cheat Alters the flamer dynamic light.
asw_flamer_light_g = 192 client cheat Alters the colour of the flamer dynamic light.
asw_flamer_light_r = 255 client cheat Alters the colour of the flamer dynamic light.
asw_flamer_light_scale = 0.7f client cheat Alters the size of the flamer dynamic light.
asw_flamer_size = 40 game cheat Radius at which flamer projectiles set aliens on fire.
asw_flare_anim_speed = 1.5f client Playback rate of the flare throw animation.
asw_flare_autoaim_radius = 250 client cheat Radius of autoaim effect from flares.
asw_flare_b = 200 client Colour of flares.
asw_flare_g = 255 client Colour of flares.
asw_flare_launch_delay = 0.15f client Delay before flares are thrown.
asw_flare_r = 240 client Colour of flares.
asw_flare_refire_time = 0.1f client Time between starting a new flare throw.
asw_flare_throw_speed = 50.0f game cheat Velocity of thrown flares.
asw_flashlight_dlight_b = 250 client cheat Blue component of flashlight colour.
asw_flashlight_dlight_g = 250 client cheat Green component of flashlight colour.
asw_flashlight_dlight_offsetx = 30 client cheat Offset of the flashlight dynamic light.
asw_flashlight_dlight_offsety = 0 client cheat Offset of the flashlight dynamic light.
asw_flashlight_dlight_offsetz = 60 client cheat Offset of the flashlight dynamic light.
asw_flashlight_dlight_r = 250 client cheat Red component of flashlight colour.
asw_flashlight_dlight_radius = 100 client cheat Radius of the light around the marine.
asw_flashlight_marine_ambient = 0.1 client cheat Ambient light of the marine with flashlight on.
asw_flashlight_marine_lightscale = 1.0 client cheat Light scale on the marine with flashlight on.
asw_flip_door game cheat Flip all door meshes.
asw_floating_number_type = 0 client 1 = vgui, 2 = particles.
asw_follow_hint_debug = 0 game cheat
asw_follow_hint_max_range = 300 game cheat
asw_follow_hint_max_z_dist = 120 game cheat
asw_follow_slow_distance = 1200.0f game cheat Marines will follow their leader slowly during combat if he's within this distance.
asw_follow_threshold = 40 game cheat Marines in diamond formation will move after leader has moved this much.
asw_follow_use_hints = 2 game cheat 0 = follow formation, 1 = use hints when in combat, 2 = always use hints.
asw_follow_velocity_predict = 0.3 game cheat Marines travelling in diamond follow formation will predict their leader's movement ahead by this many seconds.
asw_fonts client cheat Shows all AS:I fonts.
asw_force_ai_fire = 0 game cheat Forces all AI marines to fire constantly.
asw_g_jeepexitspeed = 100 game cheat
asw_gib_bleed_time = 1.5 client How long drone gibs bleed for.
asw_gimme_ammo game cheat Refills all marine ammo.
asw_gimme_health game cheat Refills all marine health.
asw_god = 0 game cheat Set to 1 to make marines invulnerable.
asw_goo_volume = 1.0f game cheat Volume of the alien goo looping sound.
asw_grenade_launcher_gravity = 2.4f game cheat Gravity of grenade launcher grenades.
asw_grenade_launcher_speed = 2.4f game cheat Scale speed of grenade launcher grenades.
asw_grenade_radius = 350 game cheat Radius of the rifle's grenade explosion.
asw_grenade_throw_delay = 0.15 client cheat Delay before grenade entity is spawned when throwing.
asw_grentrail_brightness = 128 game
asw_grentrail_fade = 100 game
asw_grentrail_lifetime = 0.2f game
asw_grentrail_width = 6.0f game
asw_grentrail_widthend = 1.0f game
asw_ground_secondary = 1 client cheat Set to 1 to make marines aim grenades at the floor instead of firing them straig.
asw_grub_speedboost = 1.4 game cheat Boost speed for the grubs.
asw_hack_cycle_time = 0.5f client cheat
asw_hacking_fraction = 0.1f game cheat
asw_harverter_suppress_children = 0 game cheat If set to 1, harvesters won't spawn harvesites.
asw_harvester_max_critters = 5 game cheat Maximum harvesites the harvester can spawn.
asw_harvester_new = 1 game cheat If set to 1, use the new model.
asw_harvester_spawn_height = 16 game cheat Height above harvester origin to spawn harvesites at.
asw_harvester_spawn_interval = 1.0 game cheat Time between spawning a harvesite and starting to spawn another.
asw_harvester_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat Boost speed for the harvesters.
asw_harvester_touch_damage = 5 game cheat Damage caused by harvesters on touch.
asw_heal_gun_heal_fade = 0.05 client cheat Fade time for heal gun's heal sound.
asw_heal_gun_start_heal_fade = 0.25 client cheat Crossfade time between heal gun's search and heal sound.
asw_healgrenade = 90 40 40 client Color of grenades.
asw_healgrenade_gravity = 1000 game cheat Gravity of healgrenades.
asw_healgrenade_refire_time = 1.0f client cheat Time between starting a new healgrenade throw.
asw_hear_fixed = 0 client If set, hearing audio position is locked in place. Use asw_set_hear_pos to set.
asw_hear_from_marine = 0 client Audio hearing position is at current marine's ears.
asw_hear_height = 256 game If set, hearing audio position is this many units above the marine.
asw_hear_pos_debug = 0 client Shows audio hearing position.
asw_hide_local_marine = 0 client cheat If enabled, your current marine will be invisible.
asw_hide_marine game cheat Toggle drawing of the current marine.
asw_hl2_camera = 0 client cheat
asw_holdout_announce_time = 5.0f game cheat How many seconds between announcing a wave and actually starting a wave.
asw_holdout_debug = 0 client cheat Show debug text for holdout mode.
asw_holdout_resupply_time = 20.0f game cheat How many seconds marines have to pick new weapons in the resupply stage.
asw_holdout_start_wave game Starts a holdout wave.
asw_holdout_wave_score_time = 5.0f game cheat How many seconds to show the end wave scores for.
asw_horde_class = asw_drone game cheat Alien class used when spawning hordes.
asw_horde_interval_max = 60 game cheat Maximum time between hordes.
asw_horde_interval_min = 40 game cheat Minimum time between hordes.
asw_horde_max_distance = 1500 game cheat Maximum distance away from the marines the horde can spawn.
asw_horde_min_distance = 800 game cheat Minimum distance away from the marines the horde can spawn.
asw_horde_override = 0 game Forces hordes to spawn.
asw_horde_size_max = 12 game cheat Maximum horde size.
asw_horde_size_min = 9 game cheat Minimum horde size.
asw_horizontal_autoaim = 1 client cheat Applies horizontal correction towards best aim entity.
asw_hotbar_self = 1 client Show your own items on the hotbar.
asw_hotbar_simple = 1 client Show only 1 item per AI marine on the squad hotbar.
asw_hud_alpha = 192 client Alpha of the black parts of the HUD.
asw_hud_jeephint_numentries = 10 game
asw_hud_scale = 0.8 game Scale of the HUD overall.
asw_hud_swaps = 1 client Show weapon swap icons on the HUD.
asw_ignore_need_two_player_requirement = 1 game If set to 1, ignores the mission setting that states two players are needed to start.
asw_infest_angle = 0 game Angle adjustment for parasite infestation attachment.
asw_infest_pitch = -45 game Pitch adjustment for parasite infestation attachment.
asw_info_sound_continue = 1 client Info message sounds continue after you close the window.
asw_inspect_profile client cheat Display a marine's profile.
asw_instant_restart = 0 game Whether the game should use the instant restart (if not, it'll do a full reload).
asw_intensity_decay_time = 20 game cheat Seconds to decay from full intensity to zero.
asw_intensity_far_range = 200 game cheat Enemies killed past this distance will only slightly increase intensity.
asw_intensity_inhibit_delay = 3.5 game cheat Seconds before intensity starts to decay after an increase.
asw_intensity_scale = 0.25 game cheat Scales intensity increases for marines.
asw_interval_change_max = 0.95 game cheat Director: Max scale applied to alien spawn interval each spawn.
asw_interval_change_min = 0.9 game cheat Director: Min scale applied to alien spawn interval each spawn.
asw_interval_initial_max = 7 game cheat Director: Max time between alien spawns when first entering spawning state.
asw_interval_initial_min = 5 game cheat Director: Min time between alien spawns when first entering spawning state.
asw_interval_min = 1.0f game cheat Director: Alien spawn interval will never go lower than this.
asw_inventory game cheat Lists marine's inventory.
ASW_InvLast client Switches between primary and secondary weapons.
ASW_InvNext client Makes your marine select the next weapon.
ASW_InvPrev client Makes your marine select the previous weapon.
ASW_JukeboxFadeOutTime = 1.0 client
asw_jump_jet_height = 160 client
asw_jump_jet_pounce_height = 60 client
asw_jump_jet_time = 1.32 client
asw_key_atten = 1.0 client
asw_key_falloff = .1 client
asw_key_innerCone = 20.0 client
asw_key_outerCone = 30.0 client
asw_key_range = 0 client
asw_knockdown_interval = 3.0 game cheat Minimum time between knockdowns.
asw_laser_sight = 1 client
asw_laser_sight_min_distance = 9999 client The minimum distance at which to accurately draw the laser sight from the muzzle.
asw_last_game_variation = 0 game Which game variation was used last game.
asw_last_marine_dead_delay = 0.6f game cheat How long to wait after the last marine has died before failing the mission.
asw_last_max_players = 6 client Last maxplayers used for starting a server from the main menu.
asw_last_server_name = [4] client Last name used for starting a server from the main menu.
asw_last_sv_lan = 0 client Last sv_lan used for starting a server from the main menu.
asw_leadership_radius = 600 client Radius of the leadership field around NCOs with the leadership skill.
asw_LeaveMarine game cheat Uninhabits your current marine.
asw_left_hand_ik = 0 client cheat IK the marine's left hand to his weapon.
asw_list_cached_emitters client cheat Lists all emitter templates currently loaded.
asw_live_marines game cheat Reports if you have live marines.
ASW_LoadCampaign client Loads a previously saved campaign game.
asw_local_dlight_b = 250 client cheat Blue component of local colour.
asw_local_dlight_exponent = 3 client cheat Exponent of local colour.
asw_local_dlight_g = 250 client cheat Green component of local colour.
asw_local_dlight_offsetx = 0 client cheat Offset of the local dynamic light.
asw_local_dlight_offsety = -15 client cheat 15" client cheat.
asw_local_dlight_offsetz = 95 client cheat Offset of the flashlight dynamic light.
asw_local_dlight_r = 250 client cheat Red component of local colour.
asw_local_dlight_radius = 0 client cheat Radius of the light around the marine.
asw_local_dlight_rotate = 0 client cheat Whether local dynamic light's offset is rotated by marine facing.
asw_location_grid_debug = 0 game Outputs mission grid hexes for server and client.
asw_mad_firing_break = 4 game Point at which the mad firing counter triggers the mad firing speech.
asw_mad_firing_decay = 0.15 game Tick down rate of the mad firing counter.
asw_main_menu_option client
asw_make_jeep client cheat Creates a clientside jeep.
asw_make_jeep_phys client cheat Creates physics for test clientside jeep.
asw_map_range = 1200 client cheat Range in world units of the minimap.
asw_marine_ai_acceleration = 4.0f game cheat Acceleration boost for marine AI.
asw_marine_ai_followspot = 0 game cheat
asw_marine_aim_error_decay_multiplier = 0.9f game cheat Value multiplied per turn to reduce aim error over time.
asw_marine_aim_error_max = 20.0f game cheat Maximum firing error angle for AI marines with base accuracy skill.
asw_marine_aim_error_min = 5.0f game cheat Minimum firing error angle for AI marines with base accuracy skill.
asw_marine_ambient = 0.02 client cheat Ambient light of the marine.
asw_marine_auto_hack = 0 game cheat If set to 1, marine will automatically hack nearby computers and button panels.
asw_marine_box_collision = 1 client
asw_marine_burn_time_easy = 6 game cheat Amount of time marine burns for when ignited on easy difficulty.
asw_marine_burn_time_hard = 12 game cheat Amount of time marine burns for when ignited on hard difficulty.
asw_marine_burn_time_insane = 15 game cheat Amount of time marine burns for when ignited on insane difficulty.
asw_marine_burn_time_normal = 8 game cheat Amount of time marine burns for when ignited on normal difficulty.
asw_marine_collision = 0 client Whether marines collide with each other or not, in a multiplayer game.
asw_marine_death_cam = 1 client cheat Use death cam.
asw_marine_death_cam_time = 0.4 client cheat Time to do the slowdown death cam.
asw_marine_death_cam_time_hold = 1.75 client cheat Time to hold on the dying marine at time ramps back up.
asw_marine_death_cam_time_interp = 0.5 client cheat Time to blend into the death cam.
asw_marine_death_cam_time_interp_out = 0.75 client cheat Time to blend out of the death cam.
asw_marine_death_cam_time_local_hold = 5.0 client cheat Time to hold on the dying marine at time ramps back up if they died.
asw_marine_death_cam_time_scale = 0.035 client cheat Time scale during death cam.
asw_marine_death_protection = 1 game cheat Prevents marines from dying in one hit, unless on 1 health.
asw_marine_debug_movement = 0 game cheat Debug overall marine movement direction.
asw_marine_edge_names = 1 client Prevent marine names from going off the edge of the screen.
asw_marine_explosion_protection = 0.5 game cheat Reduction of explosion radius against marines.
asw_marine_face_last_enemy_time = 5.0 game cheat Amount of time that AI marines will face their last enemy after losing it while.
asw_marine_fall_damage = 0 game cheat Marines take falling damage
asw_marine_ff = 1 game Marine friendly fire setting (0 = FFGuard, 1 = Normal (based on mission difficulty).
asw_marine_ff_absorption = 1 game cheat Friendly fire absorption style (0=none 1=ramp up 2=ramp down).
asw_marine_ff_absorption_build_rate = 0.25f game cheat Rate of FF absorption decay build up when being shot by friendlies.
asw_marine_ff_absorption_decay_rate = 0.33f game cheat Rate of FF absorption decay.
asw_marine_ff_dmg_base = 1.0 game cheat Amount of friendly fire damage on mission difficulty 5.
asw_marine_ff_dmg_step = 0.2 game cheat Amount friendly fire damage is modified per mission difficulty level away from 5.
asw_marine_ff_guard_time = 5.0 game cheat Amount of time firing is disabled for when activating friendly fire guard.
asw_marine_force_combat_status = 0 game cheat
asw_marine_fraction_turn_scale = 0 client cheat Scale for the fractional marine turning (large turns).
asw_marine_friction = 10 client Marine movement friction.
asw_marine_gravity = 800 client Marine gravity.
asw_marine_labels_cursor_maxdist = 70 client Only marines within this distance of the cursor will get their health bar drawn.
asw_marine_lightscale = 4.0 client cheat Light scale on the marine.
asw_marine_linear_turn_rate = 600 client cheat Linear turning rate of the marine.
asw_marine_melee_damage = 20 game cheat How much damage the marine's kick does.
asw_marine_melee_distance = 50 game cheat How far the marine can kick.
asw_marine_melee_force = 200000 game cheat Marine kick force = this / dist.
asw_marine_melee_kick_lift = 0.2 game cheat Upwards Z.
asw_marine_melee_max_force = 10000 game cheat Maximum force allowed.
asw_marine_names = 1 client Whether to show the marine name.
asw_marine_nearby_angle = -75 client cheat
asw_marine_object_motion_blur_scale = 0.0 client
asw_marine_passive_armor_scale = 0.8 game cheat Tactical Heavy Armor will scale damage taken by this much.
asw_marine_random_yaw = 40 game Min/max angle the marine will change his yaw when idling in follow mode.
asw_marine_rolls = 1 client cheat If set, marine will do rolls when jump is pressed.
asw_marine_scan_beams = 0 game Draw scan beams for marines holding position.
asw_marine_server_anim game cheat Lists animation playing on the player's current marine serverside.
asw_marine_server_ragdoll = 0 game cheat If set, marines will have server ragdolls instead of clientside ones.
asw_marine_shoulderlight = 2 client Should marines have a shoulder light effect on them.
asw_marine_skill game cheat Usage: asw_marine_skill [nSkillSlot].
asw_marine_special_heal_chatter_chance = 0.05 game Chance of medic saying a special healing line.
asw_marine_special_idle_chatter_chance = 0.25 game Chance of marine doing a special idle chatter.
asw_marine_spectate game cheat Usage: asw_marine_spectate [marine_num].
asw_marine_speed_scale_easy = 0.96 client
asw_marine_speed_scale_hard = 1.024 game
asw_marine_speed_scale_insane = 1.048 game
asw_marine_speed_scale_normal = 1.0 client
asw_marine_speed_type = 2 client 0=fixed points scaled by sequence speed, 1=fixed points, 2=just sequence speed.
asw_marine_stumble_on_damage = 1 game cheat Marine stumbles when he takes damage.
asw_marine_switch_blend_max_dist = 1500 client Maximum distance apart marines can be for a camera blend to occur.
asw_marine_switch_blend_speed = 2.5 client How quickly the camera blends between marines when switching.
asw_marine_time_until_ignite = 0.7f game cheat Amount of time before a marine ignites from taking repeated burn damage.
asw_marine_toggle_crouch_chance = 0.4 game Chance of AI changing between crouched and standing.
asw_marine_turn_firing_fraction = 0.6 client cheat Fractional turning value while firing, if using asw_marine_fraction_turn_scale.
asw_marine_turn_normal_fraction = 0.9 client cheat Fractional turning value if using asw_marine_fraction_turn_scale.
asw_marine_turn_y_pos = 0.55 client Normalized height position for where the cursor changes the player from looking.
asw_marine_update_visibility client cheat Updates marine visibility.
asw_marine_view_cone_cost = 5 game cheat Extra pathing cost if a node is visible to a marine.
asw_marine_view_cone_dist = 700 client Distance for marine view cone checks.
asw_marine_view_cone_dot = 0.5 client Dot for marine view cone checks.
asw_marine_yaw_interval_max = 8 game Maximum time between AI marine shifting his yaw.
asw_marine_yaw_interval_min = 3 game Minimum time between AI marine shifting his yaw.
asw_marineinvuln game cheat Makes your marines invulnerable.
asw_max_alien_batch = 10 game cheat Max number of aliens spawned in a horde batch.
asw_max_body_yaw = 30 client Max angle body yaw can turn either side before feet snap.
asw_max_saves = 200 game Maximum number of multiplayer saves that will be stored on this server.
asw_medal_accuracy = 0.9 game cheat Minimum accuracy needed to win the accuracy medal.
asw_medal_barrel_kills = 5 game cheat Minimum aliens killed with barrels to get the Collateral damage medal.
asw_medal_blood_heal_amount = 150 game cheat How much health must be healed to win the blood halo medal.
asw_medal_collection_sp = 1 client Whether the medal collection shows in singleplayer.
asw_medal_egg_kills = 10 game cheat Minimum kills needed to get the eggs medal, if the team has wiped out all grubs.
asw_medal_explosive_kills = 6 game cheat How many aliens have to be killed from one explosion to get the explosives merit.
asw_medal_firefighter = 10 game cheat Minimum fires needed to put out to get the firefighter medal.
asw_medal_grub_kills = 10 game cheat Minimum kills needed to get the grub medal, if the team has wiped out all grubs.
asw_medal_info game cheat Give medal info on a particular marine.
asw_medal_lifesaver_dist = 100 game cheat How close an alien has to be a fellow marine to count for the lifesaver medal.
asw_medal_lifesaver_kills = 1 game cheat How many aliens you have to kill that were close to a teammate to get the lifesaver medal.
asw_medal_melee_hits = 20 game cheat Minimum kicks needed to get the iron fist medal.
asw_medal_mine_burns = 60 game cheat How many mine kills needed to get the mine medal.
asw_medal_parasite_kills = 50 game cheat Minimum kills needed to get the parasite medal.
asw_medal_reckless_explosive_kills = 1 game cheat How many aliens have to be killed from kicked grenades to get the reckless explosive medal.
asw_medal_sentry_kills = 60 game cheat Minimum kills needed to win the sentry medal.
asw_medal_silver_heal_amount = 200 game cheat How much health must be healed to win the silver halo medal.
asw_melee_base_damage = 12.0 client cheat The melee damage that marines do at level 1 (scales up with level).
asw_melee_debug = 0 client Debugs the melee system. Set to 2 for position updates.
asw_melee_knockback_up_force = 1.0 game cheat
asw_melee_list_dps game Lists DPS for melee weapons.
asw_melee_lock = 0 client Marine is moved to the nearest enemy when melee attacking.
asw_melee_lock_distance = 35 client cheat Dist marine slides to when locked onto a melee target.
asw_melee_lock_slide_speed = 200 client cheat Speed at which marine slides into place when target locked in melee.
asw_melee_reload client Reloads melee_attacks.txt.
asw_melee_reload_server_only game Reloads melee_attacks.txt.
asw_melee_require_contact = 0 client Melee requires contact to transition to the next combo.
asw_melee_require_key_release = 1 client cheat Melee requires key release between attacks.
asw_mesh_emitter_draw = 1 client cheat Draw meshes from mesh emitters.
asw_mesh_emitter_test client cheat Test spawning a clientside mesh emitter.
asw_messagelog client Shows a log of info messages you've read so far in this mission.
asw_minigun_pitch_max = 150 client cheat Maximum pitch of barrel spin sound.
asw_minigun_pitch_min = 50 client cheat Minimum pitch of barrel spin sound.
asw_minigun_spin_down_rate = 0.4 client cheat Spin down speed of minigun.
asw_minigun_spin_rate_threshold = 0.75f client cheat Minimum barrel spin rate before minigun will fire.
asw_minigun_spin_up_rate = 1.0 client cheat Spin up speed of minigun.
asw_minimap_clicks = 1 client Is enabled, clicking on the minimap will draw on it. If disabled, clicking the minimap will have no effect.
asw_minimap_scale client cheat Overrides scale of the minimap.
asw_mining_laser_run_fade = 0.05 client cheat Fade time for mining laser run sound.
asw_mining_laser_start_run_fade = 0.1 client cheat Crossfade time between mining laser's charge and run sound.
asw_mininglaser_damage_snd_interval = 1.0 client cheat How often to play the damage sound when the laser beam is on.
asw_mission_complete game cheat Cheat to complete the current mission.
asw_money = 0 client Can players collect money?
asw_money_elasticity = 3.0f game cheat
asw_money_friction = -1.0f game cheat
asw_money_gravity = 0.8f game cheat
asw_mortar_round_child_fuse_max = 1.0 game cheat Mortar round child's maximum fuse length.
asw_mortar_round_child_fuse_min = 0.5 game cheat Mortar round child's minimum fuse length.
asw_mortar_round_fuse = 4.0f game cheat Fuse length of mortar round.
asw_mortar_round_gravity = 0.8f game cheat Gravity of mortar round.
asw_mortar_round_min_detonation_time = 0.9f game cheat Min. time before mortar round can detonate
asw_mortar_round_radius_check_interval = 0.5f game cheat How often the mortar round checks for nearby drones to explode against.
asw_mortar_round_radius_check_scale = 0.6f game cheat What fraction of the mortar's damage radius is used for the early detonation check.
asw_mortarbug_face_target = 1 game cheat Mortarbug faces his target when moving.
asw_mortarbug_shell_fuse = 3.0f game cheat Time before mortarbug shell explodes.
asw_mortarbug_shell_gravity = 0.8f game cheat Gravity of mortarbug shell
asw_mortarbug_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat boost speed for the mortarbug.
asw_mortarbug_spitspeed = 350 game cheat Speed at which mortarbug grenade travels.
asw_mortarbug_touch_damage = 5 game cheat Damage caused by mortarbug on touch.
asw_motionblur = 0 client Motion Blur.
asw_motionblur_addalpha = 0.1 client Motion Blur Alpha.
asw_motionblur_drawalpha = 1 client Motion Blur Draw Alpha.
asw_motionblur_time = 0.05 client The amount of time to wait until updating the FB.
asw_mouse_order_dist = 100 client Minimum distance squared needed to move the cursor while holding down a marine number to order that marine to face that direction.
asw_move_dummy game cheat
asw_move_marine = 1 game cheat Activate remote control of named entity.
asw_movement_direction_interval = 0.5 game cheat
asw_movement_direction_tolerance = 30.0 game cheat
asw_muzzle_flash_new_type = 0 client cheat
asw_muzzle_light = [5] client cheat
asw_muzzle_light_radius_max = 100 client cheat
asw_muzzle_light_radius_min = 50 client cheat
asw_network_id game cheat Returns network id.
asw_new_drone = 1 game cheat Set to 1 to use the new drone model.
asw_nextmarine game Select your next marine.
asw_night_vision_duration = 20.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_fade_in_speed = 400.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_fade_out_speed = 5000.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_flash_max = 220.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_flash_min = 0.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_flash_speed = 1000.0 client cheat
asw_night_vision_self_illum_multiplier = 25 client For materials that use the NightVision proxy, multiply the result (normally in the [0,1] range) by this value.
asw_npc_go game cheat Selected NPC(s) will go to the location that the player is looking (shown with a purple box). Arguments: -none-
asw_npc_go_do_run = 1 game cheat Set whether should run on asw_npc_go.
asw_objective_slowdown_time = 1.8 game cheat Length of time that the slowdown effect lasts.
asw_objective_update_time_scale = 0.2 client cheat Time scale during objective updates.
asw_old_shieldbug = 0 game cheat 1= old shield bug, 0 = new model.
asw_ordermarinesfollow client Orders nearest marine to follow.
asw_ordermarineshold client Orders nearby marines to hold position.
asw_override_footstep_volume = 0 client cheat Overrides footstep volume instead of it being surface dependent.
asw_override_max_marines = 0 game cheat Overrides how many marines can be selected for (testing).
asw_parasite_defanged_damage = 15.0 game cheat Damage per hit from defanged parasites.
asw_parasite_inside = 0 game If set, parasites will burrow into their victims rather than staying attached.
asw_parasite_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat Boost speed for the parasites.
asw_particle_count = 0 client Shows how many particles are being drawn.
asw_path_end game cheat Mark end of pathfinding test.
asw_path_start game cheat Mark start of pathfinding test.
asw_pdw_max_shooting_distance = 400 client Maximum distance of the hitscan weapons.
asw_pellet_trail_a = 40 client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_b = 255 client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_fade = 0.0f client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_g = 255 client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_life = 1.0f client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_material = [6] client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_r = 255 client cheat
asw_pellet_trail_width = 1.5f client cheat
asw_permastim game cheat Free long stim.
asw_permastimstop game cheat Disable free long stim
asw_phys_prop_motion_blur_scale = 0.5 client
asw_physicsshove game cheat Shoves objects in front of you.
asw_pick_stim_music client Shows a dialog for picking custom stim music.
asw_pierce_spark_scale = 0.9 client Scale applied to piercing spark effect.
asw_player_avoidance = 1 client cheat Enable/Disable player avoidance.
asw_player_avoidance_bounce = 1.0 client cheat Marine avoidance bounce.
asw_player_avoidance_fakehull = 25.0 client cheat Marine avoidance hull size.
asw_player_avoidance_force = 1024 client cheat Marine avoidance separation force.
asw_player_names = 1 client Whether to show player names under marines or not. Set to 2 to show both.
asw_portrait_ammo = 1 client
asw_portrait_class = 1 client
asw_portrait_face = 1 client
asw_portrait_health_cross = 0 client
asw_portrait_leadership = 1 client
asw_portrait_scale_test = 0 client cheat
asw_portraits_border = 8 client Black border around HUD portraits.
asw_portraits_border_shrink = 0.5f client How much of the border is applied to the actual size of the portrait.
asw_portraits_hide = 0 client
asw_powerup_elasticity = 0.6f client cheat
asw_powerup_friction = -0.5f client cheat
asw_powerup_gravity = 1.0f client cheat
asw_precache_speech = 0 game cheat If set, server will precache all speech files (increases load times a lot!).
asw_prevent_ai_crouch = 0 client cheat Prevents AI from crouching when they hold position.
ASW_PrevMarine game Select your previous marine.
asw_queen_debug = 0 game cheat Display debug info about the queen.
asw_queen_flame_flinch_chance = 0 game cheat Chance of queen flinching when she takes fire damage.
asw_queen_force_parasite_spawn = 0 game cheat Set to 1 to force the queen to spawn parasites.
asw_queen_force_spit = 0 game cheat Set to 1 to force the queen to spit.
asw_queen_grabber_dmg = 1 game cheat Damager per pump per grabber.
asw_queen_grabber_health = 20 game cheat Initial health of the queen grabbers.
asw_queen_health_easy = 2500 game cheat Initial health of the Swarm Queen.
asw_queen_health_hard = 5000 game cheat Initial health of the Swarm Queen.
asw_queen_health_insane = 6000 game cheat Initial health of the Swarm Queen.
asw_queen_health_normal = 3500 game cheat Initial health of the Swarm Queen.
asw_queen_max_mslash = 350 game cheat Maximum Range of Swarm Queen moving slash attack.
asw_queen_min_mslash = 160 game cheat Minimum Range of Swarm Queen moving slash attack.
asw_queen_slash_damage = 5 game cheat Damage caused by the Swarm Queen's slash attack.
asw_queen_slash_debug = 0 game cheat Visualize Swarm Queen slash collision.
asw_queen_slash_range = 200 game cheat Range of Swarm Queen slash attack.
asw_queen_slash_size = 100 game cheat Padding around the Swarm Queen's claw when calculating melee attack collision.
asw_queen_spit_autoaim_angle = 10 game cheat Angle in degrees in which the Queen's spit attack will adjust to fire at a marine.
asw_queen_spit_damage = 10 game cheat Damage caused by the queen's goo spit.
asw_queen_spit_radius = 350 game cheat Radius of the queen's goo spit attack.
asw_r_JeepFOV = 90 client cheat
asw_r_JeepViewBlendTo = 1 client cheat
asw_r_JeepViewBlendToScale = 0.03 client cheat
asw_r_JeepViewBlendToTime = 1.5 client cheat
asw_ragdoll_blend_test game cheat Ragdoll blending test.
asw_railgun_beam_lifetime = 0.5f client How long the railgun beam trails last.
asw_railgun_beam_width = 20.0f client Initial width of the railgun beam trail.
asw_railgun_force_scale = 60.0f client Force of railgun shots.
asw_ranger_health = 101.5 game cheat
asw_realistic_death_chatter = 0 game If true, only 1 nearby marine will shout about marine deaths.
asw_reconnect_after_outro = 0 client If set, client will reconnect to server after outro.
asw_red_muzzle_b = 128 client
asw_red_muzzle_g = 128 client
asw_red_muzzle_r = 255 client
asw_regular_floor_texture = [7] game Regular floor texture to replace.
asw_report_difficulty game cheat Reports current skill and mission difficulty level.
asw_reserve_marine_time = 30.0f game Number of seconds marines are reserved for at briefing start.
asw_restart_mission game Restarts the current mission.
asw_return_chat client
asw_rg_explosion = 0 client Should the rg tracer have an explosion at the end?
asw_ricochet_laser_b = 0 client Red component of ricochet rifle bounce laser.
asw_ricochet_laser_brightness = 255.0f client cheat Width of the ricochet targeting laser.
asw_ricochet_laser_fade = 0.5f client cheat Width of the ricochet targeting laser.
asw_ricochet_laser_g = 0 client Red component of ricochet rifle bounce laser.
asw_ricochet_laser_r = 255 client Red component of ricochet rifle bounce laser.
asw_ricochet_laser_width = 1.5f client cheat Width of the ricochet targeting laser.
asw_rim_atten = .25 client
asw_rim_falloff = .1 client
asw_rim_innerCone = 20.0 client
asw_rim_outerCone = 30.0 client
asw_rim_range = 0 client
asw_rocket_acceleration = 60 game cheat
asw_rocket_debug = 0 game cheat
asw_rocket_drag = 0.90 game cheat
asw_rocket_homing_range = 640000 game cheat
asw_rocket_hover_height = 10 game cheat
asw_rocket_hover_thrust = 60 game cheat
asw_rocket_lifetime = 3.0 game cheat
asw_rocket_max_speed = 600 game cheat
asw_rocket_min_speed = 280 game cheat
asw_rocket_trail_a = 40 client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_b = 128 client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_fade = 0.0f client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_g = 255 client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_life = 0.5f client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_material = [8] client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_r = 255 client cheat
asw_rocket_trail_width = 1.5f client cheat
asw_rocket_volume_time = 0.3 client Time taken to fade in rocket loop sound.
asw_rocket_wobble_amp = 90 game cheat
asw_rocket_wobble_freq = 0.25 game cheat
asw_room_info game Shows details about the current room in a randomly generated map.
asw_roster_select_bypass_steam = 0 client cheat Bypass checking if data has been downloaded from steam when selecting a Marine.
asw_rts_controls = 0 client cheat
asw_run_fixed_blend = 0.5 client
asw_run_speed = 380 client Test of movement speed returned in animstate code.
asw_run_speed_scale = 1 client
asw_sb_gallop_max_range = 130.0 game cheat Maximum range for shield gun to do ram attack.
asw_sb_gallop_min_range = 50.0 game cheat Minimum range for shield gun to do ram attack.
asw_scanner_background = 1 client Draw black background behind minimap.
asw_scanner_classic = 0 client Scanner has white blips, is always pinging.
asw_scanner_idle_sound = 3 client Which scanner idle sound is used (from 1 to 4).
asw_scanner_idle_volume = 0.4f client cheat Volume of scanner idle loop.
asw_scanner_interlace_alpha = 0 client Alpha of interlace effect on the scanner.
asw_scanner_noise_alpha = 0 client Alpha of noise effect on the scanner.
asw_scanner_pitch_base = 1.2f client cheat Starting pitch.
asw_scanner_pitch_change = 0.2f client cheat Change in pitch (from 0 to 1.0) of scanner blips depending on distance from the scanner.
asw_scanner_ring_scale = 1.0f client cheat Overdraw in the scanner ring size from the blip boundary.
asw_scanner_scanline_alpha = 80 client Alpha of scanlines on the scanner.
asw_scanner_scanline_double = 0 client Whether scanlines should be single or double pixel.
asw_scanner_warning_sound = 1 client Which scanner warning sound is used (from 1 to 3).
asw_scanner_warning_volume = 0.3f client cheat Volume of scanner warning beeps.
asw_screenflash = 0 game cheat Alpha of damage screen flash.
asw_sentry_debug_aim = 0 game cheat Draw debug lines for sentry gun aim.
asw_sentry_friendly_fire_scale = 0 game cheat Damage scale for sentry gun friendly fire.
asw_sentry_friendly_target = 0 game cheat Whether the sentry targets friendlies or not.
asw_sentry_gun_type = -1 game cheat
asw_sequence_speed_cap = 160 client
ASW_Server_LoadCampaign game Server loads a previously saved campaign game.
ASW_Server_StartCampaign game Server starts a new campaign game.
asw_set_drone_skin game cheat Sets skin index of all drones and simple drones.
asw_set_hear_pos client cheat Sets fixed audio position to the current position.
asw_set_solid game cheat Sets solid status of current marine.
asw_shake game cheat Shake the screen.
asw_shaman_aim_ahead_time = 1.0 game cheat Look ahead time for shaman's heal target.
asw_shaman_health = 59.8 game cheat
asw_shieldbug_death_force = 65000 client This sets the custom death force for the exploding shieldbug.
asw_shieldbug_defending_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat Boost speed for the shieldbug when defending.
asw_shieldbug_force_defend = 0 game cheat 0 = no force, 1 = force open, 2 = force defend.
asw_shieldbug_knockdown = 1 game cheat If set shieldbug will knock marines down with his melee attacks.
asw_shieldbug_knockdown_force = 500 game cheat Magnitude of knockdown force for shieldbug's melee attack.
asw_shieldbug_knockdown_lift = 300 game cheat Upwards force for shieldbug's melee attack.
asw_shieldbug_melee_force = 2.0 game cheat Melee force of the shieldbug.
asw_shieldbug_screen_shake = 1 game cheat Should the shieldbug cause screen shake?
asw_shieldbug_speedboost = 1.0 game cheat Boost speed for the shieldbug.
asw_shotgun_pellet_fade_length = 100.0f game Length of the trail on the shotgun pellets.
asw_shotgun_pellets_pass = 0 game cheat Set to make shotgun pellets pass through aliens (as opposed to stopping on contact).
asw_shotgun_shell_delay = 0.8f client Delay on shell casing after firing shotgun.
asw_show_all_singleplayer_maps = 0 client If set, offline practice option on the main menu will show all maps.
asw_show_marine_hints game Show hint manager spots.
asw_show_mouse_entity = 0 client cheat Show entity under the mouse cursor.
asw_show_stats_in_singleplayer = 0 client Show stats screen in singleplayer.
asw_show_xp client Print local player's experience and level.
asw_show_xp_details = 0 client Output experience rewards to the console
asw_simple_hacking = 0 game cheat Use simple progress bar computer hacking.
asw_sk_jeep_gauss_damage = 15 game
asw_skill = 1 game Game skill level.
asw_sniper_dlight_b = 250 client cheat Blue component of flashlight colour.
asw_sniper_dlight_exponent = 1 client cheat
asw_sniper_dlight_g = 250 client cheat Green component of flashlight colour.
asw_sniper_dlight_r = 250 client cheat Red component of flashlight colour.
asw_sniper_dlight_radius = 100 client cheat Radius of the light around the cursor.
asw_sniper_scope_radius = 100 client
asw_sniper_scope_self_illum_multiplier = 0.5 client For materials that use the NightVision proxy, multiply the result (normally in the [0,1] range) by this value.
asw_sniper_shell_delay = 0.7 client Delay on shell casing after firing rifle.
asw_solid_info game cheat Shows solid status of current marine.
asw_sounds client Lists sounds playing.
asw_spawn_alien game cheat Make the named asw_spawner spit out an alien.
asw_spawn_buzzer game cheat Make the name asw_spawner spit out a buzzer.
asw_spawning_enabled = 1 game cheat If set to 0, asw_spawners won't spawn aliens.
asw_spinning_stim_cam = 1 client If set, slow motion will display a small spinning camera view.
asw_springcol = 1 game cheat Use soft alien collision.
asw_springcol_core = 0.33 game cheat Fraction of the alien's pushaway radius that is a solid capped core.
asw_springcol_debug = 0 game cheat Display the direction of the pushaway vector. Set to entity index or -1 to show all.
asw_springcol_force_scale = 3.0 game cheat Multiplier for each individual push force.
asw_springcol_push_cap = 33.0 game cheat Cap on the total push vector.
asw_springcol_radius = 50.0 game cheat Radius of the alien's pushaway cylinder.
asw_squad_debug = 1 game cheat Draw debug overlays for squad movement.
asw_squad_hotbar client Activate a squad hotbar button.
asw_squad_inventory client Shows squad inventory.
asw_startcampaign client Starts a new campaign game.
asw_startstim game cheat Activates a stim pack.
asw_stats_scrub_time = 6.0 client cheat Time that it takes to do the full stats time scrub.
asw_stats_skip_marines_test = 0 client cheat Tests removing marines 1 and 3 from the stats screen.
asw_stats_track = 1 game Turn on//off Infested stats tracking.
asw_steam_cloud = 0 client Whether Swarm data should be stored in the Steam Cloud.
asw_steam_cloud_debug = 1 client Print Steam Cloud messages.
asw_stim_cam_pitch = 10 client Controls angle of the small in-picture Stim camera
asw_stim_cam_roll = 0 client Controls angle of the small in-picture Stim camera
asw_stim_cam_rotate_speed = 0 client Rotation speed of the stim camera.
asw_stim_cam_time = 0.6 client cheat When time scale drops below this value, the stim cam will show.
asw_stim_cam_x = -20 client
asw_stim_cam_y = -30 client
asw_stim_cam_yaw = 15 client Controls angle of the small in-picture Stim camera
asw_stim_cam_z = 70 client Controls offset of the small in-picture Stim camera
asw_stim_duration = 6.0f game cheat Default duration of the stimpack slomo (medics with skills will override this nunber).
asw_stim_music = [9] game Custom music file used for stim music.
asw_stim_time_scale = 0.35 client cheat Time scale during stimpack slow motion.
asw_stop_burning game cheat Makes your marine stop burning.
asw_stumble_interval = 2.0 game cheat Min time between stumbles.
asw_stumble_knockback = 300 game cheat Velocity given to aliens that get knocked back.
asw_stumble_lift = 300 game cheat Upwards velocity given to aliens that get knocked back.
asw_stun_grenade_time = 6.0 game cheat How long stun grenades stun aliens for.
asw_success_sound_delay = 0.0 client cheat Delay before playing mission success music.
asw_suicide game Kills your current marine.
asw_sv_maxspeed = 500 client
asw_synup_chatter_chance = 0.2 game cheat Chance of the synup chatter happening.
asw_tech_order_hack_range = 1200 game cheat Max range when searching for a nearby AI tech to hack for you.
asw_teleport game cheat Usage: asw_teleport <target entity>.
asw_test_marinenearby game cheat Tests the marine nearby util shared function.
asw_test_music client Lists music pointer.
asw_test_new_alien_jump = 1 game
asw_test_turret game cheat Test remote turret.
asw_test_wave_announce client cheat Shows wave announce panel.
ASW_TestLoad game cheat Tests loading a savegame.
ASW_TestRoute game cheat Tests loading a savegame.
asw_tilegen client cheat Experimental tile based level generator.
asw_tilegen_theme = example game Default theme selected in TileGen.
asw_time_scale_delay = 0.15 client cheat Delay before timescale changes to give a chance for the client to comply and predict.
asw_tracer_count client cheat Shows number of tracers spawned.
asw_tracer_style = 1 client Specify tracer style. 0=none 1=normal 2=grey line.
asw_trail_beam_lifetime = 0.5f client How long the pellet trails last.
asw_trail_beam_width = 3.0f client Initial width of the pellet trails.
asw_tumbler_debug = 0 client cheat Debug info on tumbler offsets.
asw_turret_debug_limits = 0 client cheat Prints debug info about turret turning limits.
asw_turret_dot = 0.9 client cheat Dot angle above which potential targets are shown in the remote turret view.
asw_turret_fire_rate = 0.1f client cheat Firing rate of remote controlled turrets.
asw_turret_fog_end = 1200 client Fog end distance for turret view.
asw_turret_fog_start = 900 client Fog start distance for turret view.
asw_turret_turn_rate = 50.0f client cheat Turning rate of remote controlled turrets.
asw_tutorial_save_stage = 0 game How far through the tutorial the player has got.
asw_uber_auto_speed_scale = 0.3f game cheat Speed scale of uber drones when attacking.
asw_uber_speed_scale = 0.5f game cheat Speed scale of uber drone compared to normal.
asw_unlock_all_locations = 0 game cheat Unlocks all mission hexes.
asw_update_binds client Makes ASI HUD elements update the detected key for various actions.
asw_use_particle_tracers = 1 client cheat Use particle tracers instead of the old school HL2 ones.
asw_vbsp2 = 0 game
asw_vehicle_cam_dist = 412 client cheat
asw_vehicle_cam_height = 0 client cheat
asw_vehicle_cam_pitch = 45 client cheat
asw_vindicator_grenade_elasticity = 1.8f game cheat Elasticity of vindicator grenade.
asw_vindicator_grenade_friction = -1.0f game cheat
asw_vindicator_grenade_fuse = 3 game cheat Fuse time on incendiary grenades.
asw_vindicator_grenade_gravity = 0.8f game cheat Gravity of vindicator grenade.
asw_vindicator_grenade_mass = 10 game cheat Mass of indendiary grenade.
asw_vindicator_grenade_min_detonation_time = 0.05f game cheat Minimum time before this grenade can detonate.
asw_vindicator_grenade_velocity = 3.0 game cheat Scale to the vindicator grenade initial velocity.
asw_visrange_generic = 400 client cheat Vismon range.
asw_voice_side_icon = 0 client cheat Set to 1 to use the voice indicators on the side of the screen instead of the on-screen indicators.
asw_vote_chooser client
asw_vote_duration = 30 client Time allowed to vote on a map/campaign/saved game change.
asw_vote_kick_fraction = 0.6 client Fraction of players needed to activate a kick vote.
asw_vote_leader_fraction = 0.6 client Fraction of players needed to activate a leader vote.
asw_vote_map_fraction = 0.6 client Fraction of players needed to activate a map vote.
asw_walk_fixed_blend = 0.5 client
asw_walk_point = 200 client
asw_walk_sequence_speed_cap = 50 client
asw_walk_speed = 175 client
asw_walk_speed_scale = 1 client
asw_wanderer_override = 0 game Force wanderers to spawn?
asw_weapon_force_scale = 1.0f client Force of weapon shots.
asw_weapon_max_shooting_distance = 1500 client Maximum distance of the hitscan weapons.
asw_weapon_pitch = 12 client
asw_weapon_safety_hull = 0 game cheat Size of hull used to check for AI shots going too near a friendly.
asw_wire_full_random = 0 game cheat Fully randomize wire hacks.
asw_world_healthbar_class_icon = 0 client Show class icon on mouse over.
asw_world_healthbars = 1 client Shows health bars in the game world.
asw_world_usingbars = 1 client Shows using bars in the game world.
asw_ww_chatter_interval_max = 260 game Max time between wildcat and wolfe conversation.
asw_ww_chatter_interval_min = 200 game Min time between wildcat and wolfe conversation.
asw_xp_screen_debug = 0 client cheat If enabled, XP screen will show dummy player slots.

Value Notes[]

  1. ALIEN_FLOOR
  2. 16 32 46 128
  3. 0.66666666666666
  4. AS:I Server
  5. 255 192 64 6
  6. sprites/laserbeam.vmt
  7. REGULAR_FLOOR
  8. sprites/laserbeam.vmt
  9. <INSTALLPATH>\steam\steamapps\common\alien swarm\swarm\sound\music\zumabeach.wav
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