CS2 Cvars List

Complete Counter-Strike 2 cvars (convars) list with descriptions, flags, defaults, and detail pages.

Cvar	Flags	Description	Default
panorama_max_text_shadow_strength 10.0	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default 10.0	10.0
panorama_allow_transitions true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_2d_translate_no_comp_layer true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_might_scroll_no_comp_layer true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_box_shadow_no_comp_layer true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_simple_borders_no_comp_layer true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_allow_texture_composition_layer_fast_path true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_transforms_no_comp_layer false	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default false	false
panorama_transform_parents_no_layer_for_perspective false	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default false	false
panorama_hsbc_through_fast_path true	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default true	true
panorama_track_render_commands false	developmentonly hidden defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly hidden defensive Default false	false
lua_assert_on_error false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
lua_shipping_assert_on_error false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
net_max_polymorphic_spew 5	developmentonly defensive	Max polymorphic variants to spew when spewing a flattened serializer. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 5	5
net_use_delta_property_fastpath 1	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 1	1
net_culloptimization true	developmentonly defensive	Enable optimization of slow path that makes HLTV CPU consumption high in AnimGraph-using mods. Will switch to this on by default soon. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
net_filelogging false	developmentonly	Log packets to files Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default false	false
net_qosinterval_spew false	developmentonly	Spew QoS interval data as we gather it Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default false	false
net_qospacketloss_percentage_threshold 5.0	developmentonly defensive	Spew a warning if packet loss percentage is above this threshold Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 5.0	5.0
net_log_processing false	developmentonly defensive	Log network processing Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
net_use_packet_compression true	developmentonly defensive	Compress network traffic Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
net_showudp false	release	Dump UDP packets summary to console Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
net_showudp_remoteonly true	release	Dump non-loopback udp only Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
net_showmsg 0	developmentonly defensive	Show incoming message: <0\|1\|2\|name> where 1 == all and 2 == all except net_NOP Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
net_showreliable 0	developmentonly defensive	Like net_showmsg, but only spew reliable messages Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
net_showpeaks 0	developmentonly defensive	Show messages for large packets only: <size> Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
net_showdrop false	developmentonly defensive	Show dropped packets in console Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
net_compresspackets_minsize 1024	developmentonly	Don't bother compressing packets below this size. Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default 1024	1024
net_restrict_showmsg_socket	developmentonly defensive	If set, only net_showmsg spew for data inbound on this socket name e.g. client, server, etc. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default —
net_max_message_process_count 0	developmentonly defensive	Maximum number of messages to process from a client in a single frame (0 == no limit). Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
net_max_message_queue_size 0	developmentonly defensive	Maximum number of messages to allow waiting in queue after processing; exceeding this disconnects the client. 0 == no limit Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
net_detailed_canpacket_log false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
net_showoob false	developmentonly defensive	Show connectionless UDP traffic. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
ip	release	Overrides IP for multihomed hosts Flags and default Flags release Default —
hostip 0	release	Host game server ip Flags and default Flags release Default 0	0
net_public_adr	release	For servers behind NAT/DHCP meant to be exposed to the public internet, this is the public facing ip address string: ("x.x.x.x" ) Flags and default Flags release Default —
net_p2p_listen_dedicated false	developmentonly defensive	Should dedicated server listen for new-style P2P? Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
net_limit_sv_recvbuffer_kb 128	release	Server will not buffer more than N kb from connected clients Flags and default Flags release Default 128	128
net_limit_sv_recvbuffer_msg 100	release	Server will not buffer more than N messages from connected clients Flags and default Flags release Default 100	100
net_limit_sv_recv_max_message_size_kb 32	release	Server will reject message larger than N kb Flags and default Flags release Default 32	32
net_limit_sv_recv_segments_per_packet 50	release	Server will reject packets with more than N segments Flags and default Flags release Default 50	50
net_fs_showindirections false	developmentonly	Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default false	false
animgraph_force_full_network_updates false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
animgraph_enable_dirty_netvar_optimization true	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
animgraph_verify_dirty_netvar_optimization false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
animgraph_footlock_trace_ground_enabled true	developmentonly replicated defensive	Convar for toggling foot lock ground tracking. Flags and default Flags developmentonly replicated defensive Default true	true
animgraph_footlock_calculate_tilt true	developmentonly replicated defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly replicated defensive Default true	true
animgraph_footlock_auto_ledge_detection true	developmentonly replicated defensive	Attempt to detect when the foot is partially hanging off a ledge and stop it tilting to reach the bottom Flags and default Flags developmentonly replicated defensive Default true	true
animgraph_footlock_auto_stair_detection true	developmentonly replicated defensive	Attempt to detect when the foot is on a stair and will stop it from tilting to reach the next step Flags and default Flags developmentonly replicated defensive Default true	true
animgraph_footlock_debug_foot_index -1	developmentonly replicated defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly replicated defensive Default -1	-1