CS2 Cvars List

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

Cvar	Flags	Description	Default
sv_logfile false	archive release	Log server information in the log file. Flags and default Flags archive release Default false	false
sv_logflush false	archive release	Flush the log file to disk on each write (slow). Flags and default Flags archive release Default false	false
sv_logecho true	archive release	Echo log information to the console. Flags and default Flags archive release Default true	true
sv_log_onefile false	archive release	Log server information to only one file. Flags and default Flags archive release Default false	false
sv_logbans false	archive release	Log server bans in the server logs. Flags and default Flags archive release Default false	false
sv_parallel_packentities 2	release	Set to 1 to use threaded snapshot sending on listen servers, 2 for dedicated servers. Flags and default Flags release Default 2	2
sv_networkvar_validate false	release	Validate each StateChanged against known offsets. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
sv_enable_delta_packing true	release	When enabled, this allows for entity packing to use the property changes for building up the data. This is many times faster, but can be disabled for error checking. Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
sv_usenetworkvars true	developmentonly defensive	Use networkvar system. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
sv_networkvar_perfieldtracking true	release	Track individual field offset changes, rather than a single dirty flag for the whole entity. Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
sv_enable_alternate_baselines 1	release	Allow alternate baseline system, set to 2 for debugging spew. Flags and default Flags release Default 1	1
sv_enable_pvs_vis_bits false	developmentonly gamedll	Flags and default Flags developmentonly gamedll Default false	false
rcon_password	dontrecord release server_cannot_query	remote console password. Flags and default Flags dontrecord release server_cannot_query Default —
rcon_connected_clients_allow true	replicated release	Allow clients to use rcon commands on server. Flags and default Flags replicated release Default true	true
vconsole_rcon_server_details	dontrecord release server_cannot_query	when non-empty allows for easy vconsole connection to the dedicated server. Flags and default Flags dontrecord release server_cannot_query Default —
sv_rcon_banpenalty 0	developmentonly defensive	Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
sv_rcon_maxfailures 10	developmentonly defensive	Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being banned Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 10	10
sv_rcon_minfailures 5	developmentonly defensive	Number of times a user can fail rcon authentication in sv_rcon_minfailuretime before being banned Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 5	5
sv_rcon_minfailuretime 30.0	developmentonly defensive	Number of seconds to track failed rcon authentications Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 30.0	30.0
sv_rcon_log true	developmentonly defensive	Enable/disable rcon logging. Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
sv_steamauth_ignore_localhost true	release	Ignore VAC and auth errors for client connected via localhost address or in-engine loopback Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
closecaption false	clientdll archive userinfo	Enable close captioning. Flags and default Flags clientdll archive userinfo Default false	false
hostname	release	Hostname for server. Flags and default Flags release Default —
hostname_in_client_status false	release	Show server hostname in client status. Flags and default Flags release Default false	false
developer 0	release	Set developer message level. Flags and default Flags release Default 0	0
violence_hblood true	archive	Draw human blood Flags and default Flags archive Default true	true
violence_hgibs true	archive	Show human gib entities Flags and default Flags archive Default true	true
violence_ablood true	archive	Draw alien blood Flags and default Flags archive Default true	true
violence_agibs true	archive	Show alien gib entities Flags and default Flags archive Default true	true
sv_unlockedchapters 1	archive	Highest unlocked game chapter. Flags and default Flags archive Default 1	1
name unnamed	archive per_user	Flags and default Flags archive per_user Default unnamed	unnamed
mem_test_quiet false	developmentonly defensive	Don't print stats when memtesting Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
mem_test_each_frame false	developmentonly defensive	Run heap check at end of every frame Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default false	false
mem_test_every_n_seconds 0	developmentonly defensive	Run heap check at a specified interval Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 0	0
engine_sse42 true	developmentonly defensive	turn on sse4.2 optimizations in the engine Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default true	true
sv_temp_baseline_string_table_buffer_size 524288	developmentonly defensive	Buffer size for writing string table baselines Flags and default Flags developmentonly defensive Default 524288	524288
tv_playcast_delay_resync 0.0	release	To alleviate intermittent network connectivity problems, this is the number of seconds to wait before actually re-syncing the stream after failure Flags and default Flags release Default 0.0	0.0
tv_playcast_showerrors	hidden release	Set to display headers upon error (e.g. "CF-Ray,CF-Cache-Status,Body" ) Flags and default Flags hidden release Default —
tv_playcast_origin_auth	hidden release	Get request X-Origin-Auth string Flags and default Flags hidden release Default —
tv_playcast_max_rcvage 15.0	hidden release	Flags and default Flags hidden release Default 15.0	15.0
tv_playcast_max_rtdelay 300.0	hidden release	Flags and default Flags hidden release Default 300.0	300.0
tv_playcast_delay_prediction true	release	Flags and default Flags release Default true	true
tv_playcast_retry_timeout 25.0	release	In case of intermittent network problems, how long should playcast retry fragment retrieval before resorting to resync Flags and default Flags release Default 25.0	25.0
tv_broadcast_keyframe_interval 3.0	release	The frequency, in seconds, of sending keyframes and delta fragments to the broadcast relay server Flags and default Flags release Default 3.0	3.0
tv_broadcast_keyframe_interval1 3.0	release	The frequency, in seconds, of sending keyframes and delta fragments to the broadcast1 relay server Flags and default Flags release Default 3.0	3.0
tv_broadcast_startup_resend_interval 10.0	release	The interval, in seconds, of re-sending startup data to the broadcast relay server (useful in case relay crashes, restarts or startup data http request fails) Flags and default Flags release Default 10.0	10.0
tv_broadcast_max_requests 20	release	Max number of broadcast http requests in flight. If there is a network issue, the requests may start piling up, degrading server performance. If more than the specified number of requests are in flight, the new requests are dropped. Flags and default Flags release Default 20	20
tv_broadcast_max_requests1 20	release	Max number of broadcast1 http requests in flight. If there is a network issue, the requests may start piling up, degrading server performance. If more than the specified number of requests are in flight, the new requests are dropped. Flags and default Flags release Default 20	20
tv_broadcast_drop_fragments 0	hidden release	Drop every Nth fragment Flags and default Flags hidden release Default 0	0
tv_broadcast_terminate true	hidden release	Terminate every broadcast with a stop command Flags and default Flags hidden release Default true	true