CS2 Cvars List

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

Cvar	Flags	Description	Default
r_drawskybox true	cheat	Render the 2d skybox. Flags and default Flags cheat Default true	true
r_size_cull_threshold_fade 7.5	developmentonly	% above the screen size percentage where we will start fading out (==0 will disable fading). Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default 7.5	7.5
r_size_cull_threshold 0.3	developmentonly	Threshold of screen size percentage below which objects get culled Flags and default Flags developmentonly Default 0.3	0.3
r_size_cull_threshold_shadow 0.2	cheat	Threshold of shadow map size percentage below which objects get culled Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0.2	0.2
r_drawblankworld false	cheat	Render blank instead of the game world Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
mat_show_distance_field 0	cheat	0=Off, 1=Visualize trace from camera, 2=Visualize occlusion, 3=Visualize far field trace from camera Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0	0
fog_override_enable false	cheat	Use fog_override convars instead of world fog data Flags and default Flags cheat Default false	false
fog_override_start 1000.0	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default 1000.0	1000.0
fog_override_end 3500.0	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default 3500.0	3500.0
fog_override_max_density 0.4	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default 0.4	0.4
fog_override_exponent 2.0	cheat	Flags and default Flags cheat Default 2.0	2.0
tv_grouprelaydatavoice false	developmentonly defensive	Similar to tv_grouprelaydata, but controls whether or not the voice channels should be routed into the grouped data for the relays Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_autoretry true	release	Relay proxies retry connection after network timeout Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
tv_timeout 20.0	release	SourceTV connection timeout in seconds. Flags and default Flags release Default 20.0	20.0
demo_writefullupdate_rate 60	developmentonly defensive	Interval time in seconds to write full updates to demo. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 60	60
sv_replaysdir replays	developmentonly defensive	Directory to store replays in Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default replays	replays
tv_demo_starttick 0	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
tv_relay_hard_shutdown false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_secure_bypass false	release	Bypass secure challenge on TV port Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
tv_maxclients 128	release	Maximum client number on SourceTV server. Flags and default Flags release Default 128	128
tv_maxclients_relayreserved 0	release	This number of relay client connections are reserved for SourceTV relays. Flags and default Flags release Default 0	0
tv_update_hibernation_enabled false	developmentonly defensive	Allow SourceTV to control server hibernation state. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_name SourceTV	release	SourceTV host name Flags and default Flags release Default SourceTV	SourceTV
tv_password	protected notify dontrecord release	SourceTV password for all clients of CSTV[0] Flags and default Flags protected notify dontrecord release Default —
tv_password1	protected notify dontrecord release	SourceTV password for all clients of CSTV[1]. If empty, tv_password is used Flags and default Flags protected notify dontrecord release Default —
tv_advertise_watchable false	protected notify dontrecord release	GOTV advertises the match as watchable via game UI, clients watching via UI will not need to type password Flags and default Flags protected notify dontrecord release Default false	false
tv_overridemaster false	release	Overrides the SourceTV master root address. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
tv_dispatchmode 1	release	Dispatch clients to relay proxies: 0=never, 1=if appropriate, 2=always Flags and default Flags release Default 1	1
tv_debug 0	release	SourceTV debug info. Flags and default Flags release Default 0	0
tv_title SourceTV	release	Set title for SourceTV spectator UI Flags and default Flags release Default SourceTV	SourceTV
tv_relayvoice true	release	Relay voice data: 0=off, 1=on Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
tv_secret_code false	developmentonly defensive	When enabled, this will use a uniquely generated server code to authenticate relay connections. This code is coordinated via the GC or some external means rather than by clients directly Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_relay_secret_code false	developmentonly defensive	When enabled, this will use a uniquely generated server code to authenticate relay to relay connections. This code is coordinated via the GC or some external means rather than by clients directly Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_relay_quit_after_game true	developmentonly defensive	Quit after a game has been relayed, do not hibernate Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
tv_relay_rate 500000	developmentonly defensive	default rate for relays Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 500000	500000
spec_replay_leadup_time 5.3	replicated release	Replay time in seconds before the highlighted event Flags and default Flags replicated release Default 5.3	5.3
tv_threaded_merge_entity_deltas true	developmentonly defensive	Enable SourceTV threading of delta merging Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
tv_broadcast_url http://localhost:8080	release	URL of the broadcast relay Flags and default Flags release Default http://localhost:8080	http://localhost:8080
tv_broadcast_url1 http://localhost:8080	release	URL of the broadcast relay1 Flags and default Flags release Default http://localhost:8080	http://localhost:8080
tv_autorecord false	release	Automatically records all games as SourceTV demos. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
tv_broadcast false	release	Automatically broadcasts all games as GOTV demos through Steam. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
tv_broadcast1 false	release	Automatically broadcasts all games as GOTV[1] demos through Steam. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
tv_extended_logging false	developmentonly defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
tv_window_size 16.0	release	Specifies the number of seconds worth of frames that the tv replay system should keep in memory. Increasing this greatly increases the amount of memory consumed by the TV system Flags and default Flags release Default 16.0	16.0
tv_enable_delta_frames true	release	Indicates whether or not the tv should use delta frames for storage of intermediate frames. This takes more CPU but significantly less memory. Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
tv_transmitall false	replicated release	Transmit all entities (not only director view) Flags and default Flags replicated release Default false	false
tv_deltacache 2	release	Enable delta entity bit stream cache Flags and default Flags release Default 2	2
tv_instant_replay_full_frame true	developmentonly defensive	Send embedded full frames Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
tv_instant_replay_full_frame_time 30	developmentonly defensive	Seconds between full frame embeddeds Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 30	30
tv_instant_replay_full_frame_build_threaded false	developmentonly defensive	Build the full frames on a seperate job thread Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false