CS2 Cvars List

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

Cvar	Flags	Description	Default
sv_vote_issue_nextlevel_allowextend true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Allow players to extend the current map? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
sv_vote_issue_nextlevel_prevent_change true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Not allowed to vote for a nextlevel if one has already been set. Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
sv_vote_issue_scramble_teams_allowed false	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to scramble the teams? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default false	false
sv_vote_issue_pause_match_allowed true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to pause/unpause the match? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
sv_vote_issue_pause_match_spec_only false	gamedll notify replicated release	When enabled, only admins start technical pause Flags and default Flags gamedll notify replicated release Default false	false
sv_vote_issue_timeout_allowed true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to time out? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
sv_vote_issue_matchready_allowed true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to ready/unready the match? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
sv_vote_issue_swap_teams_allowed false	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to swap the teams? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default false	false
sv_vote_issue_surrrender_allowed true	developmentonly gamedll defensive	Can people hold votes to surrender? Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll defensive Default true	true
r_csgo_depth_prepass_reflections_small true	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default true	true
r_csgo_water_reflections true	developmentonly clientdll	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default true	true
r_csgo_gpu_culling true	developmentonly clientdll menubar_item defensive	CSGO/Graphics/GPU Culling Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll menubar_item defensive Default true	true
r_csgo_gpu_culling_shadows false	developmentonly clientdll menubar_item defensive	CSGO/Graphics/GPU Cull Shadow Views Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll menubar_item defensive Default false	false
camera_datadriven_debug false	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default false	false
webapi_values_max_pool_size_mb 400	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Maximum size in bytes of the WebAPIValues buffer pool Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 400	400
webapi_values_init_buffer_size 65536	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Initial buffer size for buffers in the WebAPIValues buffer pool Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 65536	65536
r_csgo_viewmodel_envmap_position_bias 0.8	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 0.8	0.8
r_csgo_viewmodel_envmap_clamp_plane_distance 24.0	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 24.0	24.0
r_csgo_tools_vis_cubemap_roughness 0.0	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 0.0	0.0
r_csgo_stencil_sniper_zoom true	developmentonly clientdll	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default true	true
r_csgo_firstpersonlegs_nearz_offset 0.1	developmentonly clientdll	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default 0.1	0.1
r_csgo_shadow_map_allocation_failure_policy 1	developmentonly clientdll cheat	What happens when a shadow map fails allocation? 0 = don't render, 1 = render unshadowed Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 1	1
r_csgo_water_effects true	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default true	true
r_csgo_reflection_min_far_plane 5000.0	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default 5000.0	5000.0
r_csgo_water_refraction true	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default true	true
r_csgo_water_skybox_depth true	developmentonly clientdll	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default true	true
r_player_fog_maxdensity_multiplier 0.6	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 0.6	0.6
r_player_fog_distance_multiplier 1.7	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 1.7	1.7
r_player_visibility_mode 1	clientdll archive release	Flags and default Flags clientdll archive release Default 1	1
r_player_visibility_strength 1.1	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default 1.1	1.1
r_player_visibility_stencil true	developmentonly clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll cheat Default true	true
r_post_bloom_debug 0	developmentonly clientdll	1 = bloom output (before thresholding), 2 = quarter res downsample, 3 = quarter res effects bloom 4 = quarter res effects raw Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default 0	0
r_csgo_render_post_bloom_strength -1.0	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default -1.0	-1.0
r_csgo_bloom_threshold_all_samples true	developmentonly clientdll	Execute bloom threshold once per sample during downsample (default enabled, higher quality, less bloom aliasing) Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default true	true
r_csgo_bloom_threshold_downsample_jimenez true	developmentonly clientdll	Custom downsample based on Jimenez14, (default enabled, higher quality, decreases bloom aliasing further) Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll Default true	true
r_render_to_cubemap_begin_mixing_roughness 0.3	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 0.3	0.3
sv_smoke_perf_test false	reference	Flags and default Flags reference Default false	false
r_csgo_lowend_objects true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	0 = Force disable, 1 = use video settings Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_refraction_clip_plane_adjust -1.0	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default -1.0	-1.0
r_particle_shadows true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_particle_shadows_cast_on_particles true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_particle_shadows_cast_on_particles_scale true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_particle_shadows_compute true	clientdll release	Flags and default Flags clientdll release Default true	true
r_particle_shadows_cast_on_world true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_particle_shadow_map_texture_size 1536	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 1536	1536
r_debug_particle_shadows false	clientdll cheat	Flags and default Flags clientdll cheat Default false	false
r_csgo_fsr_upsample 0	developmentonly clientdll defensive	0 == bilinear upsampe, 1 == FSR upsample, 2 == FSR + RCAS upsample Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 0	0
r_csgo_fsr_rcas_sharpness 0.3	developmentonly clientdll defensive	RCAS sharpness when using FSR + RCAS upsample. Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default 0.3	0.3
r_csgo_fsr_enable_mip_bias true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Apply negative mip bias when rendering with FSR. Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true
r_csgo_enable_sunlight_check true	developmentonly clientdll defensive	Enable vis tests for sunlight. Flags and default Flags developmentonly clientdll defensive Default true	true