CS2 Cvars List

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

Cvar	Flags	Description	Default
gameevents_showevents 0	developmentonly defensive	Dump game events to console. (1 = Show Signaling, 2 = Show Posting also). Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
gameevents_showeventlisteners false	developmentonly defensive	Show listening addition/removals Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
sv_hoststate_quit_syscall false	release	When enabled, game server will quit immediately via syscall instead of running host states shutdown sequence Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
execute_command_every_frame	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default —
engine_show_frame_dispatch false	developmentonly	show frame dispatch names. Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default false	false
engine_show_frame_ticks false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
engine_max_ticks_to_simulate -1	developmentonly defensive	Max number of ticks to simulate per frame, after which simulation will start to slow down compared to real time. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default -1	-1
engine_render_only false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
engine_allow_multiple_ticks_per_frame true	developmentonly defensive	When the client is catching up in low frame rate situations, should we run tick more than once a frame? Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
engine_allow_multiple_simulates_per_frame false	developmentonly defensive	When the client is catching up in low frame rate situations, should we run client simulate more than once a frame? Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
engine_client_tick_pad_enable false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
engine_low_latency_sleep_after_client_tick false	release	When r_low_latency is enabled, this moves the low latency sleep on tick frames to happen after client simulation. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
engine_accurate_input_processing_delta_time false	developmentonly defensive	When true, elapsed time given to the input processing will be the time elapsed since the last input processing. This is only relevant when input is processed multiple times per frame ( i.e. multiple ticks per frame) Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
cl_predict_after_every_createmove true	developmentonly	run prediction after every CreateMove instead of only after CreateMove for the final tick in a frame. Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default true	true
cl_tickpacket_send_every_tick true	developmentonly	Send a network packet each time we generate a new usercommand, even if our frame rate is slow and we generate multiple commands in one frame Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default true	true
cl_poll_network_early true	developmentonly	Enable polling for network messages every frame, instead of every tick Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default true	true
sv_long_frame_ms 15.0	developmentonly defensive	If a server frame takes longer than N ms, complain about it. (Dedicated server only.) See also engine_frametime_warnings_enable. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 15.0	15.0
engine_frametime_warnings_enable true	developmentonly defensive	Enable framerate-related warnings, such as sv_long_frame_ms. Disabling warnings is useful when running in situations such a debug where a slow frame rate is expected Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
engine_frametime_amnesty_debug false	developmentonly defensive	Enable logging about events that disable frame time warnings Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
host_force_frametime_to_equal_tick_interval false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
host_force_max_frametime_to_tick_interval false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
host_framerate 0.0	release	Set to lock per-frame time elapse. Flags and default Flags release Default 0.0	0.0
host_timescale 1.0	replicated cheat	Prescale the clock by this amount. Flags and default Flags replicated cheat Default 1.0	1.0
engine_max_resource_system_update_time 5	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 5	5
r_experimental_lag_limiter false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
vis_sunlight_enable true	developmentonly cheat	Toggle whether to use sunlight PVS for sunlight views (0 = sky PVS, 1 = sunlight PVS) Flags and default Flags developmentonly cheat Default true	true
vis_enable true	developmentonly defensive	Enable precomputed visibility when true Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
r_indirectlighting true	cheat	Set to use indirect lighting Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_rendersun true	cheat	Render sun lighting Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_drawdecals true	cheat	Set to render decals Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_drawviewmodel true	clientdll cheat	Render view model Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default true	true
r_directlighting true	cheat	Set to use direct lighting Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_ssao true	developmentonly defensive	Set to use screen-space ambient occlusion Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
r_force_zprepass -1	cheat	0: Force z prepass off. 1: Force on. -1: Don't force Flags and default Flags cheat Default -1	-1
r_zprepass_normals false	cheat	0: Use normals reconstructed from depth. 1: Output correct normals in z prepass. Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
r_translucent true	cheat	Enable rendering of translucent geometry Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_showsunshadowdebugrendertargets false	cheat	Set to render sun shadow render targets Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
r_showdebugoverlays false	cheat	Set to render debug overlays Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
r_showsceneobjectbounds false	cheat	Show scenesystem object bounding boxes Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
r_showsunshadowdebugsplitvis false	cheat	Set to render sun shadow split visibility debugger Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
phys_highlight_expensive_objects false	cheat	Highlight expensive physics objects Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
phys_highlight_expensive_objects_strength 0.0	cheat	Highlight expensive physics objects strength Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0.0	0.0
r_showdebugrendertarget false	cheat	Set the debug render target to show, 0 == disable Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
fog_enable true	clientdll cheat	Enable fog Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default true	true
mat_wireframe 0	cheat	0=Off, 1=Surface Wireframe, 2=Transparent Wireframe Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0	0
mat_fullbright 0	cheat	Debug rendering modes Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0	0
mat_max_lighting_complexity 8.0	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default 8.0	8.0
mat_luxels false	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
mat_shadowmap_luxels false	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
mat_lpv_luxels false	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false