Battlefield 1942 - Console Commands: A guide to the world of console commands Copyrights August 23rd 2003 by KenZoe [Ken Zo] ------------------------ - Content of this FAQ: - ------------------------ 1.1 Copyrights & Version History 1.2 Introduction 1.3 Very Quick Kicking Guide 1.4 Client Commands - You, The Common User 1.5 Admin Commands 1.6 Alias Commands 1.7 Battlefield 1942 Server Utilities 1.8 FAQs 1.9 Credits & Noteworthy "Thank You's" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 Copyrights & Version History ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ were originally created for use in Joe Mommas Battlefield 1942 FAQ, which is also hosted on this site, but as time grew and console/kick threads still popped up once in a while, I saw the need for a permanent Console Command FAQ in which you could just hand over the URL to new users. Therefore this text is protected by copyrights and are not allowed to be hosted by any other sites than my own website (www.sitecenter.dk/kenzoe) and GameFAQs! Any questions, permissions, corrections etc. for this FAQ can be sent to me on the above mentioned URL under the "Send E-mail" link, just make sure that you type in a good RE: describtion as it will be deleted without reading it otherwise + add the word GFAQs into the subject. This FAQ was created over two periods; V0.1 was created a while after the official v1.3 patch was released for the game, since this was the patch that introduced the new and much shorter commands to the game. Before this patch we were forced to learn the long and tedious commands that took forever to write and even longer if you happened to misspell it. V0.2 was created/edited when patch v1.4 came out, this was when the new kick system was introduced, at least it gave a better view over how well your vote turned out. But other than a face lift nothing had really changed from earlier patches, but now more people were actually using the console - and in particular the "add buddy" system for the game. V0.3 is the current version and is only submitted because it was the only way in which I could get back to working on it. So expect a v0.4 quite soon. v0.4 Boy did it take time for me to get working on this version. Things as moving to a bigger appartment, Desert Combat and assorted PS2 games all kept me away from continuing the FAQ. [Writting it all and watching Notepad crash didn't help me either] But here it is, the biggest change has been the adding of the Alias Commands and the fact that I had the chance to try out a lot of the admin commands on the servers owned/co-owned with Vladeck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.2 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to my first attempt at contributing something permanent to GameFAQs. I'm a 24 year old Dane that has been playing this game since the early days of the demo back in August 2002. I bought the game after a quick video card update in September, and I have been playing it, to sometimes insane levels, ever since. All this time I've been posting at the Battlefield Message board on GameFAQs, and you can imagine how many "Where are submarines" and "How do you lower the landing craft ramp" threads I've seen in my time!! ;o) In this time I've had the pleasure of getting to know a lot of other board members, both ingame and IRL, and while doing so also had the chance of talking with these people at all time of day spanning users from more than 5 different countries (4 different continents). I've seen the rise of nearly all the mods, from the early beginning of great mods like Desert Combat to dubious mods like the already forgotten merge between Counter Strike and Battlefield called (Yup, you guessed it) Counter Field!! I started learning some console commands in back in version v1.1, but it wasn't until v1.3 that I really started to learn (and use) these to improve my own and my friends gaming experience - this being done by adding each other to the buddy system or by simply kicking an unneeded player. Bottom line with this rambling is, I hope that you can use this FAQ and the work I've put in it - and thus respect the copyright that was mentioned in 1.1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.3 Very Quick Kicking Guide ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Since this is what most of the readers of this FAQ are interested in I've decided to put in before all the other commands, but I'll be mentioned later on too.] Let's say that you wanted to kick a player called "I kill for planes" and has player ID # 9 - the situation is that he's been TK'ing for planes all map and thus is at an impressive - 42 score overall. The server doesn't have an admin so what can you do??? Easy, just open the console and type: kick 9 - You will now see a yellow written message about a vote being initiated, along with the player ID that is being voted for and the current and required amount of votes for the kicking to have an effect. - Over the next minute or so you will (perhaps) see and incline in the number of votes casted, don't be surprised of you don't though, since most players haven't got a clue about what to type to cast their vote. - If the number of required votes is reached, rejoice over your success of kicking a n00b [in some battles you might want to type the command for a team vote only, since sometimes the other team don't mind you having the worlds biggest team killer on YOUR team - in these cases just use the command KT #] As for voting, in case someone else started the vote, the commands are just the same: kt # = for a pure team side voting kick # = for an all server voting For both of the above the rule is that you must have around 1/2 of the voters support. The same system is what is used for voting for maps, here you'll still have to use the "lm" (list maps) command in order to get the ID number for the wanted map though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.4 Client Commands - The Common User ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************* ************************************************* ** ** ** I've listed them like this: ** ** "New input command" = "Old input command" ** ** Effect on the game ** ** ** ************************************************* ************************************************* ********************** * Client Commands: * ********************** These commands can be used outright with no need for adding numbers or follow-up questioning: lp = game.listplayers This one is the base for most other functions in the game, remember this one - use page up/down to scroll up and down through the players! [Although this command lost most of its meaning with the v1.4 patch, when player ID's were added when pressing TAB, it's still a good thing to remember this command if you spend time at servers with more than 48 players as the last ones aren't shown at the scoreboard.] lm = game.listmaps lists the maps in order of appearance on the current server - good to spot maps that you're not that fond of. ftk = game.TKForgive Only used on stuntservers or if a buddy (GFAQ'er) killed you! ptk = game.TKPunish Should be used every single time you get TK'ed, just get used to typing it in the console before you respawn as it will give the TK'er an extra spawn wave of waiting to spawn!!!! Most servers are running either of these as a standard, but just to be safe - punish the **** who killed you - I haven't been able to find a default number of punishes needed to be kicked (I think it's 5 punishs, since I've had players kicked after around 5 TKs on me. buddylist = game.buddylist Look at your current buddy list, although if you open the console when joining a server you'll see the console searching for the names on the list too. ignorelist = chat.ignorelist Look at your current ignore list, this also transferres from server to server after much complaining back in v1.3, where you had to type it in on each map (let alone a new server). ****************************** * Client 'Toggle' Settings: * ****************************** Toggle means that you should either press 1 or 0 in order to activate/ de-activate the feature. [As with all toggle commands 1 stands for show and 0 stands for hide] Fps 1/0 = console.showfps Show you current FPS as a number in the top left hand corner, it's easier to see if you press F8 to remove the Voice Command buttons first - just re-press to add them again hud 1/0 = game.usehud Removes the HUD (mini map, ammo and health symbol) This is great for talking screenshots in combination with Free Cam or whenever you wish to create movies as it'll remove everything from your view. [look for how to allow free cam under Admin commands] oldtext 1/0 = chat.oldChatListStyle After getting used to the v1.3 message system the old one seems weird! But try it out, I'm sure that the new one will still look better! ***************************** * Client Argument Commands: * ***************************** "Listen carefully children", since these are not used enough in this game! All of these are used in combination with numbers found in either the "lp" (list players) or "lm" (list maps) command: To any of them to have an effect you'll (as default) have to achieve at least a 50% vote for whichever vote you initiate: e.g: On a 24-player server you need 12 votes to kick the TK'er - but if you use the "kt" command you'll only need 1/2 of YOUR teams players to vote for the kick (= 6 votes if the teams are even) [so more people should use the Kick Team Vote instead of the basic Kick Vote, as the other team don't care if you're loosing] Vm # = game.voteMap Starts a vote using the number found in "listmaps" - other users will vote too, just don't expect a map change since not enough users know these commands! The map ID that is being voted for will show an the number of votes required will also show Kick # = game.voteKickPlayer Lets the entire server vote for a player to be kicked, just don't expect the other team to approve - since they are winning! Kt # = game.votekickteamplayer The best to use on small servers, and especially if you know some of the other players on the server/team - since kicking will be soo much easier as we proved on the Nvidia Montgomery server! *Lol* Ab # = game.addPlayerToBuddyList Find the number on your mate, and he'll now light up green on the maps. Rb # = game.removeplayerfrombuddylist Remove a player from the buddy list, another way of doing so is mentioned in the FAQ section of this thread. Ignore # = chat.addToIgnoreList Experiencing message spam..??! Not anymore, just add the user number who is doing the spam and you'll never hear from him again! [Sniper-wannabes can just add all 63 players for all their anti social needs!!!] unignore # = chat.removeFromIgnoreList Remove a player from the ignored user list, allowing you to hear commands and read text from this user again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.5 Admin Commands - The Almighty Kicker ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is were true power lies, here there is no need for puny votes or debates on whether or not you suck enough - here it's simply goodbye! Be careful though, as power often corrupts!!! [Since I've never been an admin on a server these are somewhat untested, so any feedback are very appreciated and will be given full credit in any future opdates!] Good thing is that all these commands can be used when playing in single player too, so this will give an easy way of trying out new mods/levels using the level change command - and taking some great pictures using the freecam and remove hud commands. ******************* * Admin Commands: * ******************* These commands can be used outright with no need for adding numbers or follow-up questioning: nm = admin.runnextlevel Changes the map to the next map in the server rotation rm = admin.restartmap Restarts the map, simply enough no? [mostly used for clan matches] banlist = admin.listBannedAddresses Shows the banned user list to the admin in the console Clearbans = admin.clearbanlist Does what it says pause = admin.togglegamepause If you for some freaky reason HAVE to use this command have a very good excuse ready or expect a lot of users to leave your server! unpause = admin.togglegamepause Does what it says **************************** * Admin 'Toggle' Settings: * **************************** freecam 1/0 = game.enableFreeCamera Enables the free cam, this is required to shoot movies, "control" a clan match and just for overall fun. Be careful though, since it's possible for a player using a voice chat to infiltrate the other team and give away friendly positions to the other team - I know that I'm guilty of such crimes on the Nvidia server along with the usual crew! So please feel free to kick users if they're "dead" for too long! tkban 1/0 = admin.banPlayerOnTKKick Changes whether a player is banned from the server if they are kicked for to many team kills punishmode 1/0 = admin.TKPunishMode Changes whether or not players should receive a spawn waves delay if they commit a team kill, E.g. if you have a 15 second spawn time you would get 30 seconds if you team killed. 1 is Punish TK where 0 is Forgive. mapvoting 1/0 = admin.enableMapVote Allows normal users to do map votes, some servers has this feature removed. kickvoting 1/0 = admin.enableKickPlayerVote Allows normal users to start of kick player votes, sadly there are also servers that has removed this feature. teamkickvoting 1/0 = admin.enableKickTeamPlayerVote Allows normal users to start of kick team player votes, this should be allowed on all servers - sadly enough it isn't. nosecam 1/0 = admin.allownosecam Allows the nose cam when using planes, most servers are allowing this except those that goes for the truly realistic feel extviews 1/0 = admin.externalViews Allows the external view points, again most servers allow this unless you're going for true realism - which can actually be quite fun! autoteam 1/0 = admin.autoBalanceTeam Enables/disables Auto Teams, my personal favorite is off - generally most users are fair enough to see when a team is vastly overpowered and change side there after... if not, use some of the Admin power and force them!!! ******************* * Admin Settings: * ******************* Tkspawndelay # = admin.spawnDelayPenaltyForTK The # is the amount of seconds that the penalty is for a TK is, so put in a good round number and TK'ers shouldn't be a problem anymore. Tklimit # = admin.nrOfTKToKick How many TKs are allowed before getting auto kicked. If the punish mode is set to forgive you will need to use the "ptk" command for the TK to be registred Remoteconsole 1/0 = admin.enableRemoteConsole Enable the console for other players to be admins on, e.g. if it's a clan server and there are more than one admin running the show. Remoteadmin (password) = admin.enableRemoteAdmin Enable a user to be an admin on a dedicated server, the (Not preset) = admin.execremotecommand "command" After you're logged in you'll need this command every time you want to use a command, do remember to use the quotation marks. [go look at 1.6 "Alias Commands" for an easier way to type the command] Votetime # = admin.votingTime Where # is the amount of seocnds in which you are alowed to cast your map/kick vote in before the time runs out and the map/kick-vote fails startdelay # = admin.delaybeforestartinggame Number of seconds before the match starts, it's nice to have a few seconds to chat/trash talk before the match starts - and this makes sure that there are enough of players online if the map just changed. rounddelay # = admin.roundDelayBeforeStartingGame Same as above, this just applies to the waiting time between two rounds on the same map. timelimit # = admin.timeLimit Amount of seconds that the match should last, so get that calculator out if you want it to last more than xx minutes! scorelimit # = admin.scoreLimit Guess this only applies for CTF (Capture the Flag) matches, can't really say anything here since I've never played one of these in my time with the game... roundlimit # = admin.setNrOfRounds Changes the amount of rounds on each map. **************************** * Admin argument commands: * **************************** akick # = admin.kickplayer This is the command that will make you a good/bad admin, use it too often and you'll suck! Use it wisely and you can make sure that people will come again! ban # = admin.banplayer The ultimate n00b buster - be sure to only use this as the final solution, since word tends to spread fast in gaming communities! message = admin.servermessage Gives out a server message for in yeallow for all to read, kinda like the automated kicking message that's given when someone is kicked. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.6 Alias Commands ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- With an imminent danger of making this entire FAQ obsolete I will now guide you through the world of Alias Commands. In short, Alias Commands are the shorter versions that were introduced in patch v1.30, e.g. "Kick #" is the alias of "game.voteKickPlayer #" So all of the above mentioned commands are Aliases for the longer/older commands that were before v1.30. Here comes the fun part; You can alter existing or even create your own/add new console commands, as long as they are all 'real' commands in the first place. Take a look at the (default) folder in which Battlefield 1942 is installed, or simply use the following command line; C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings Notice that there's a file called 'AliasedCommands.con', try to open this using any default text editor (e.g. Wordpad works perfectly). You will now get a list of all the Alias Commands, looking something like this; rem - Client commands: alias listplayers game.listplayers alias players game.listplayers alias lp game.listplayers alias listmaps game.listmaps alias lm game.listmaps alias forgive game.TKForgive alias forgivetk game.TKForgive etc. etc. Now let's say that you don't want to type in 'Ignore #' everytime that you wish to add a player to your ignore list. Simply find the command that you wish to change, in this case the command called 'chat.addToIgnoreList'. [should look something like this; alias ignore chat.addToIgnoreList] Now change the 'ignore' (which is the default alias) to any word/letter of your choice - and then save the file as you would any ordinary text file. It's as simple as that.... but please read the rest of my FAQ too :o) If you wish to add a console command, yes there are some that do not have a default alias, you just follow the same system (except you add the entire line this time). Say you want to add an alias for committing suicide; Find the original command on any BF1942 site and cut'n paste it into the 'AliasedCommands.con' file. The final line should look like this, where [X] is the command of your choice; alias [X] game.suicide e.g. alias suicide game.suicide Or you can even make it as simple as; alias s game.suicide Now you're ready to customize the console commands to whichever extend that you wish, just make sure that you can remember which one you've changed and which ones are still the default commands in the heat of battle!!! :o) ************************************************************************** * If there are any questions about alias commands either catch me on the * * boards or send me and e-mail following the instructions in the * * introduction of this FAQ * ************************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.7 Battlefield 1942 Server Utilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though this doesn't really fit into a Console Command FAQ I would still very much like to promote the awesome Server Manager created by 'Black Bag Operations'. http://www.blackbagops.com/ Although it's currently in hiatus, the v2.00 version is still the best server utility out there at the moment, allowing the admin to customize the server to an extend where the default EA version can't follow. Everything from the usual amount of tickets to the lengt of spawntime if commiting TKs can be altered, as well as allowing other admins access to the server manager (and even limiting their access to the different options) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.8 Frequently Asked Questions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** *1.* **** Q: I've added a player to my buddy list, and now I want to remove him for different reasons? A: Find the folder bearing your username in the path called (default): C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles Here you'll need to open the *.con file called "BuddyList", just delete the names that you need to and save the file again. **** *2.* **** Q: I am an admin on a server and I am having problems kicking players and generally using the admin commands, what am I doing wrong? A: First thing is that you have to make sure that you're logged in on the server, should it be a rented server and not just a server that's running on your pc (look above for the 'enable remote admin' command). Entering admin commands in the ingame console can, as both Vladeck and I found out on the GFAQ servers, be really tedious! What you have to do is add the command 'admin.execremotecommand "command"' into your 'AliasedCommands.con' file, picking an easy to remember word as the new command (e.g. command or something like that). What you have to do now can get quite anoying if you're trying to kick/ change several settings; [I'll type the commands and then explain what happened] Admin.execremotecommand "admin.kickplayer #" Or using the above mentioned alias/shortened commands; Command "akick #" In short you have to enter the 'admin.execremotecommand' command every time you wish to use your admin powers, followed by the command on the thing you wish to change (including the " " around the command/alias). Even worse if you're running on a rented server, since now you have to add the line for enabling remote admins everytime. [making it look like this] Remoteconsole 1 Remoteadmin (password) Command "akick #" So if you're renting a server, make sure that it has some sort of server manager installed, since the above could get quite tirring after the first 3-4 kicks!! :o) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.9 Credits & Noteworthy "Thank You's" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sites that have aided me greatly in creating this FAQ are: http://www.planetbattlefield.com/intel/faq.html An awesome FAQ that has been hosted on a few different sites, so the above adress might change at some point - if so please notify me and I'll update it as needed First of I would like to thank Dice Scandinavia for developing this awesome game, without it I would never have seen the massive potential that on-line gaming has to offer!! Next in line comes my friends in real life that willingly offered to spend their time, and my money, playing this awesome game back in its demo days in early/mid August of 2002 - GeDDeTH, Flenne and Stuffe - this one is for you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a strong third place comes the people that has enhanced my online gaming experience the most, people that defied bed times and time zones to play this awesome game despite of the fact that it was either way past their bedtime on a work night or leaving the Mrs. to her book and TV-shows! In alphabetic order from my IM buddylist: Leedeaton - First "underage" player to get my respect, and first to remove my "prejudice" about 14 year old gamers! Mandingo - The grand old man of the GFAQ Team Games, started using Roger Wilco/Teamspeak with Mandingo back in March - sometimes ending up having so much fun just talking and browsing the internet that we forgot to play the actual game. * Osakaaet - Original creator of the GFAQ team games, and always good for at least 10 hours of Battlefield a day during the Spring of 2003! Have been BF-less since he moved back to Japan though. :o( Vladeck - The one user that has walked more miles around the defense gun at Midway than me!! Is the one user, right after Osakaaet, that has heard me using the highest amount of profanities during our TeamSpeak sessions! As with Mandingo, sometimes we got so carried away that we never played the game. All of the above have all been a great source of fun and ammusements in Roger Wilco and IM sessions, along with me having a real kick out of any "accidental" TK'ing of your asses!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other "Thank you's" goes out to players/GameFAQs posters such as: Sabrekorn - Still the greates player player I've had the pleasure of playing with on a steady basiS!! Jello - Great player that lost his gaming privileges after getting married during the summer... we hope to get you back soon bro'! Mr. Clark, Toxickill, Griswald, Octavio, Mystic Reaver and the rest of the 200+ players that have joined at one point during the team games! Further thanks will be credited, once they reply, to the Danish Battlefield clan called Basserne for their assistance in some of the admin command codes. Their site and info about them can be found at their site: http://www.klan-basserne.dk/