Console Commands

Console Commands

In order to enable console commands, enter "Cheat" into the launch options as shown on steam here:

Then, bring up the console in your game with the backtick key ` (frequently also called the ~ key; normally located below the ESC key).
Use "help <command>" in-game to see more information about each command below:

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Console Command	Console Input	Description	Parameters
ModifyCredits	modcredits <amount>	The modcredits command will modify the local player's credits by the value provided.	<amount> - numeric value to modify the credits by.
ModifyPopulation	modpop <amount>	The modpop command will change the population of the colony on the currently selected planet. This works for any player's colony.	<amount> - numeric value to modify the population by.
ModifyCulturePoints	modcult <amount>	The modcult command will modify the local player's culture (ideology) points by the value provided, which affects the discount for the traits.	<amount> - numeric value to modify the culture (ideology) points by. <ideology> - specific ideology to increase the points.
ModifyStat	modstat <amount>	The modstat command will set a specified stat value for the currently selected game object (or the local player, if none). Note, use addstat to add to existing stat value instead.	<statname> - Name of stat to change. Use liststat without params to see options. <amount> - Numeric value to set the stat to.
AddStat	addstat <amount>	The addstat command will add a specified stat value to the existing stat value for the currently selected game object (or the local player, if none). Note, use modstat to set the stat value instead.	<statname> - Name of stat to change. Use liststat without params to see options. <amount> - Numeric value to add to the stat value.
ListStat	liststat <statname> {"breakdown"} {"id" <objid>}	The liststat command will show all the stats for the selected objects, or the local player if nothing is selected. Can optionally show the value of a specific stat, and a rough breakdown for that stat. Can also optionally specify an object id to check the stat on, instead of using the selected object or player fallback.	<statname> (Optional)- Name of stat to show the value of. Use liststat without params to see options. <breakdown> (Optional)- Add this parameter to see a rough list of modifiers on this stat. "id" <objid> (Optional)- ID of object to show the stats of, instead of selected object.
ColonizePlanet	colonize <all>	The colonize command will colonize the currently selected planet for the current local player.	<all> (optional) - All uncolonized planets in the galaxy will become colonized. <random> (Optional) - Owner of the planet is chosen randomly. <playerIndex> (Optional) - specify the owner of the planet. <stars> (Optional) - Colonize all uncolonized planets in the system. <spawnbp> (Optional)- Spawn ships in orbit of the planet. Type help spawnbp for more info. <event> <EventName> (Optional) - force a colonization event. If you don't specify the internal name of the event, it picks a random one.
UnlockColonyUpgrade	unlockcolonyupgrade	Sets counter to unlock colony upgrade(s) for the current local player.	<name> - Unlocks the specified colony upgrade. <all> - Unlocks all colony upgrades. <allplayers> - Unlocks colony upgrade for all players. <random> - Unlocks a random upgrade. <count> - Number of the colony upgrade that is unlocked (default is 1).
CreateTradeResource	createtraderesource <internal name> <tilex> <tiley>	Creates the trade resource at tilex, tiley on currently selected planet.	<resource> - The internal name of the resource to be created. <tilex> - The x location on the planet. <tiley> - The y location on the planet.
GiveArtifactPower	artifactpower <internalname> <all> <playerindex> <charges>	Gives the player one or more artifact powers.	<internalname> - OPTIONAL: The internal name of the artifact power to be given. If not specified, all powers are granted <charges> - OPTIONAL: the number of charges for the power(s) to be given, defaults to 1. <playerindex> - OPTIONAL: The index of the player to be given the artifact power def(s). Defaults to local player if not specified
FinishProduction	finish <next>	The finish command can be used to complete production on items in the queue at the currently selected colony. If no parameters are given, all items in the queue are completed.	<next> - Specifying the optional parameter "next" will cause only the next item in the queue to be completed.
Event	event <internalname>	Runs an arbitrary Galactic Event, or MegaEvent.	<internalname> - The InternalName of the Event or MegaEvent. <noreq> - Specifying the optional parameter "noreq" will trigger the event regardless of any requirements.
Unlock	unlock <internal name>	The unlock command will unlock the specified tech for the local player. If no tech name is given, then all techs and culture traits will be unlocked.	<internal name> - An optional parameter to specify the internal name of the tech to unlock. Can also be 'all' to unlock all techs. <playerIndex> - An optional parameter to specify the index of the player who unlocks the tech(s). Can also be 'all' to unlock for all players. <prereqs> - An optional parameter that unlocks all techs required by the named tech. <fast> - An optional parameter only does the stat calculations and other side effects once instead of after every tech.
FastUnlock	fastunlock	A light weight unlock command that unlocks all the techs as quickly as possible. This does nothing else and takes no parameters.	None.
CompleteTechResearch	completeresearch	The completeresearch command will unlock the current selected tech for the local player.	None.
AwardResearchPoints	awardresearchpoints <amount>	Award the specified number of research points to the local player, progressing the current tech and available for unlocking further techs if not used up.	<amount> - number of research points to award.
TransportUnit	transportunit	Spawns a unit transport on selected planet to go to the nearest colonized planet with a generic Unit.	None.
GenerateUnit	genunit	Spawns a unit. Can specify type for a planetary citizen if a ship or planet is selected.	UnitType (optional). Citizen by default, do not need to specify even if using the amount parameter. Amount (optional). Default is 1.
GenerateAgent	genagent	Spawns an agent.	Amount (optional).
GenerateLegion	genlegion	Spawns a general that provides legion resources.	Amount (optional).
KillUnits	killunits	Kills X number of units.	Amount (optional).
FinishUnitTraining	finishtraining	Finishes the training for the player.	None.
DefendPlanets	defendplanets <all>	Defends all planets of a selected player (or local player if none is selected).	<All> - defend all planets for all players.
QuickSave	quicksave	Quick saves the game.	None.
CloseConsole	close console	Closes the debug command console.	None.
Destroy	destroy <object ID>	The destroy command will destroy the currently selected object if no object ID is provided.	<object ID> - The ID of the object that should be destroyed.
Fow	fow <player index>	The fow command will toggle the fog of war on and off. It can also select which player's fog of war to show based on player index.	<player index> - The player index of whose fog of war should be displayed.
FowNC	fownc <player index>	The fow command will toggle the fog of war on and off (without displaying conversation popups). It can also select which player's fog of war to show based on player index.	<player index> - The player index of whose fog of war should be displayed.
FowTrans	fowtrans	The fowtrans command will toggle all objects on the map to be visible through the fog of war.	None.
DisplayFOW	displayfow	The displayfow command will print an ASCII representation of the fog of war.	None.
Resources	resources	Toggles whether or not resources are required for building ships. It will also grant 1000 of every type of resource.	None.
KillPlayer	killplayer <player index>	The killplayer command will kill a player based on player index. Omitting the player index will kill the local player.	<player index> - The player index that should be killed.
Desync	force desync error	This command induces a desync error and associated logging.	None.
ResetRandomSeed	reset the game random stream's seed	This will reset the game random stream back to a new seed for testing purposes.	<seed> - (Optional) New seed to use for the random stream. If not supplied, it will generate the random stream seed using like game startup.
ToggleAI	ai <hold>	This will toggle the local play to be AI and back. The parameter "hold" will allow the user to increment the next turn instead of the AI doing it automatically.	<hold> - Prevent the AI from automatically ending the turn. Let the user press the turn button.
DisplayInfluence	displayinfluence	The displayinfluence command will print an ASCII representation of the influence map.	None.
DiplomacyState	dipstate <state> <player index> <player index>	Sets the diplomacy state between two players. The players must be identified by their index ID. The player indices can be omitted in which case the state will be assigned between all players.	<state> - The diplomatic state to set. (Friendly, Foreign, Enemy, Trading). <player index> - The player index of the first player. <player index> - The player index of the second player. This must be given if the first player index is given.
GodMode	god	Toggles the ability for the local player to control every player's empire.	None.
Fps	fps	Toggles the display framerate, draw call, and rendering info over the screen.	None.
HideUI	hideui	The hideui command toggles UI visibility.	None.
SetGov	setgov <internal name>	Sets the government def for the local player. Pass in an empty parameter to clear it.	<internal name> - Internal name of the government to assign to the player.
LocalPlayer	localplayer <player index>	Changes the local player to be the specified player index.	<player index> - The player index the local player will assume control of. "Selected" for the player index will switch the local player to the owner of the selected object.
ShowMemory	showmem	The showmem command displays memory usage information.	None.
GenerateUnusedAssetReport	assetreport	The assetreport command creates an asset usage report in the directory %s.	None. %s refers to CBasicGameShell::GetInstance()->GetUserDefinedDataDir().
SaveLog	savelog <file>	The savelog command writes the current contents of the console log. If no file name is provided, the contents will be written to %s by default.	<file> - Filename that the console log should be written to. The file is saved at %s. %s refers to GetDebugFile(), CBasicGameShell::GetInstance()->GetUserDefinedDataDir().
DisableTurnActions	turn	Toggle if you are forced to deal with idle ships and colonies before ending the turn.	None.
Cam	cam	Prints position data for the camera.	None.
GenCompThumbs	gencompthumbs	Generates thumbnails for ship components.	None.
GenConfigThumbs	genconfigthumbs	Generates thumbnails for all object gfx configs.	<large> - An optional parameter to force generation of large thumbnails.
GenNormalAA	gennormalaa	Generates normal maps with specular-aa data for each texture set.	None.
Help	help <command>	The help command shows a list of commands.	<command> - Providing a command as a parameter shows additional information about that command.
ClearLog	clearlog	The clearlog command clears the console log.	None.
Lighting	lighting	Activates the lighting options in the main map screen.	None.
Range	range	Toggles unlimited range for local player.	None.
SectorLines	sectorlines	The sectorlines command will toggle the rectangular sector lines on and off.	None. (Note: Only available in DEBUG builds.)
ShowRallyPoints	showRallyPoints	The showRallyPoints command will toggle the other player rally points on and off.	None. (Note: Only available in DEBUG builds.)
CameraLock	cameralock	Toggles the camera tilt lock on/off.	None.
ObjectGfxConfig	objectgfxconfig <option> <source> <output>	Generates an objectgfxconfig binary file by placing the specified model at the origin.	<option> - must be: dir; <source> - source directory where FBX files are located; <output> - output file name (only required if option is file).
ResetLighting	resetlighting <scenename>	Resets specified scene to original lighting settings in xml.	<scenename> - must be one of the following: mainmap - main map scene.
ConvertConfigs	convertconfigs	Saves loaded object gfx configs with the current version.	None.
UPPrime	upprime	Primes the United Planets, so you don't have to meet half of the other factions.	None.
UPMeeting	upmeeting	Immediately opens a United Planets meeting once you close the debug console.	None.
Soak	soak <numTurns>	Calls several commands that are useful for soak testing.	<numTurns> - (optional) Number of turns to run the soak for. If left out, soak will run indefinitely.
DisableSoak	disablesoak	Disables soak for the player, or all players in MP.	None.
ResumeSoak	resumesoak	Similar to soak command, but checks to see if turns are disabled before toggling ForceTurnActions and if the AI is active before toggling it.	NONE.
SpawnShips	spawn <shipdesignname> <ownerplayerindex>	Creates several ships of specified type (and with specified owner) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<shipdesignname> - Ship design name to spawn; <ownerplayerindex> - The player index of the player who will own the new ships.
SpawnBattle	battle <shipdesignname> <ownerplayerindex1> <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several ships of specified type (and with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<shipdesignname> - Ship design name to spawn; <ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) Player index who will own half of the new ships; <ownerplayerindex2> - (optional) Player index who will own the other half.
SpawnShipsBlueprint	spawnbp <blueprintname> <ownerplayerindex> <count>	Creates several ships of specified blueprint (and with specified owner) in the unblocked tiles around the selected ship.	<blueprintname> - Blueprint name to spawn; <ownerplayerindex> - (optional) Player index who will own the new ships; <count> - (optional) Number of ships to spawn.
SpawnBattleBlueprint	battlebp <blueprintname> <ownerplayerindex1> <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several ships of specified blueprint (and with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<blueprintname> - Blueprint name to spawn; <ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) Player index who will own half of the new ships; <ownerplayerindex2> - (optional) Player index who will own the other half.
SpawnStarbase	spawnstarbase <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several starbases (and with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) The player index of the player who will own the new starbases.
SpawnBattleStarbase	battlestarbase <ownerplayerindex1> <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several starbases (with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) The player index of the player who will own half of the new ships; <ownerplayerindex2> - (optional) Player index who will own the other half.
SpawnShipyard	spawnshipyard <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several shipyards (and with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) The player index of the player who will own the new shipyards.
SpawnHypergate	spawnhypergate <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several hypergates (and with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) The player index of the player who will own the new hypergates.
SpawnTerrorStar	spawnterrorstar <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates a terror star with the given player near the selected object.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) The player index of the player who will own the new terror star; <level> - (optional) The level of Terror Star to spawn.
SpawnBattleShipyard	battleshipyard <ownerplayerindex1> <ownerplayerindex1>	Creates several shipyards (with specified owners) in the tiles around the selected ship.	<ownerplayerindex1> - (optional) Player index who will own half of the new shipyards; <ownerplayerindex2> - (optional) Player index who will own the other half.
SpawnPlanet	spawns a planet using specified planet def in selected star's system	Spawns a planet using specified planet def in selected star's system.	<planetDef> - PlanetDef for the new planet; <planetClass> - Class for new planet.
SpawnFaction	spawnfaction <factionname>	Creates a new faction.	<factionname> - Name of faction; <campaignID> - Name of campaign ID; <starting population> - Starting population of planet; <planet class> - Class of starting planet; <starting ship factor> - (Optional) Multiplier for starting ships/shipyard.
Assassination	assassination	Causes an assassination between player and faction with closest relation not on same team.	None.
SpawnArtifact	spawnartifact	Creates a new artifact (and awards it to the weakest player).	None.
SpawnAnomaly	spawnanoamly	Creates a random new anomaly in a random location.	<count> - Number to create; <name> - Specific anomaly def to use.
ConvertDeadPlanet	convertdeadplanet	Converts a random dead planet to be usable.	<class> - Planet class to convert dead planet to; <count> - Number of planets to convert.
ConvertDeadPlanetToThulium	convertdeadplanettothulium	Converts N random dead planet(s) into a Thulium resource(s).	<count> - Number to convert.
ConvertAsteroidsToDurantium	convertasteroidstodurantium	Converts N random asteroid(s) into a Durantium resource(s).	<count> - Number to convert.
ConvertGasGiantToPromethion	convertgasgianttopromethion	Converts N random Gas Giant(s) into a Promethion resource(s).	<count> - Number to convert.
SpawnElerium	spawnelerium	Spawns an Elerium resource in a random empty location (in a nebula).	<count> - Number to create.
SpawnRelic	spawnrelic	Spawns a Relic resource in a random empty location.	<count> - Number to create.
SpawnAntimatter	spawnantimatter	Spawns an Antimatter resource in a random empty location (around a black hole).	<count> - Number to create.
GrantRandomTechToAll	grantrandomtechtoall	Determines a random tech that all players don't have and gives it to them.	None.
Sounds	sounds	Prints a list of all sound instances, as reported by Miles Sound System.	None.
StopSounds	stopsounds	Stops all sound instances in Miles Sound System. Use to kill leaked SFX loops.	None.
Hotkeys	hotkeys	Toggles whether cheat hot keys are enabled.	None.
BattleSync	battlesync	Toggles whether battle viewer is in synch-mode.	None.
BattleBox	battlebox <starboxname>	Sets the star box for the battle viewer to use in battles.	<starboxname> - (optional) Name of the star box.
BattlePaths	battlepaths	Toggles whether battle viewer displays the ship paths.	None.
Run	run <textfilename>	Runs the commands specified in the file: textfilename.	<textfilename> - Name of the file containing commands.
Info	info	Prints debugging information about the selected target.	None.
DebugCineCam	debugcinecam	Toggles cinematic camera selector in battle viewer window.	None.
CalcSelectedObject	calc	Recalculates the stats for the currently selected object.	None.
DiplomacyCheat	dip <offset>	This cheat will offset your current diplomacy score with everyone by the given amount.	<offset> - The amount to change the local player's relation.
PrintMWinTable	mwinreport	Print out the results of DebugOutputMWinLookupTable().	None.
MarkTick	mark	Adds the current game tick to the Event Report.	None.
PrintEventReport	eventreport	Print out the Event Report.	None.
ListBinks	listbinks	Lists the loaded binks in the console and debug.err log.	None.
ShipSaveAuthor	shipsaveauthor <scenename>	When off, any ships created will not attempt to save an author.	<scenename> - Scene name.
EnableHeapAsserts	enableheapasserts	Disables asserts for the scene node pools when they run out of nodes and use the heap.	None.
WinGame	wingame	Kills all players except for the local player. Game will end.	None.
LoseGame	losegame	Kills the local player. Game will end.	None.
VictoryCondition	false>	Allows you to enable or disable victory conditions.	false> - true or false.
AllMercs	allmercs <next>	Makes all mercenaries available for purchase.	None.
ResetMercs	resetmercs	Any mercenaries that were purchased already will be purchasable again.	None.
TestCode	test	Developer only command. Go away.	None.
MoveToOpenTile	movetoopentile	Moves the selected ship to an open tile.	None.
SetDebugLevel	setdebuglevel <category> <level>	Sets the debug level for the specified category.	<category> - Debug filter category. <level> - Debug filter level.
Surrender	surrender <surrendering player index> <conquering player index> <beneficiary player index>	Forces a player to surrender.	<surrendering player index> - AI player to surrender. <conquering player index> - AI player that conquering. <beneficiary player index> - AI player that conquering.
GetOwner	getowner	Returns the owner of the selected object.	<index>/<id> - Returns the index or id.
GetTile	gettile	Returns the tile of the selected object.	None.
GetObjectID	getobjectid	Returns the objectID of the selected object.	None.
SetShipTarget	setshiptarget	Sets the target for the selected ship and sets AI assignment.	<id> - Id of object to target.
CreateHyperlane	createhyperlane <startX,startY> <destX,destY>	Creates a hyperlane between the given tile coordinates.	<startX,startY> - Start tile coordinates. <destX,destY> - Destination tile coordinates.
Hotload	hotload	Sets IsReadyToHotload to true.	None.
QuickStart	quickstart	Starts a new game from quickstart settings.	None.
FindStackedObjects	findstackedobjects	Finds objects occupying the same tile as something else.	<objectType> - Type of object to check.
FindStuckShips	findstuckships	Lists ships that are stuck under planets or other objects.	None.
GoToTile	gototile <tileX,tileY>	Moves camera to specified tile if valid.	<tileX,tileY> - Tile coordinates.
ToggleRebellionStatus	togglerebellionstatus	Toggles the rebellion status of a selected planet.	None.
ShowDifficulties	showdifficulties	Print the galaxy and AI difficulties to debug.err.	None.
ShowCounters	showcounters	List all the counters on the selected object.	None.
SetFlag	setflag <flag name>	Set a flag on the selected object.	<flag name> - Name of the flag to set.
ClearFlag	clearflag <flag name>	Clear a flag on the selected object.	<flag name> - Name of the flag to clear.
HasFlag	hasflag <flag name>	Checks for a flag on the selected object.	<flag name> - Name of the flag to check.
SetCounter	setcounter <counter name> <new value>	Set a counter on the selected object.	<counter name> - Name of the counter. <new value> - Value to set.
ClearCounter	clearcounter <counter name>	Sets a counter on the selected object to 0.	<counter name> - Name of the counter.
GetCounterValue	getcountervalue <counter name>	Gets the value for a counter on the selected object.	<counter name> - Name of the counter.
PlaceGovernor	placegov	Creates and assigns a governor at the selected colony.	None.
ToggleBetaWatermark	watermark	Hides or unhides the Beta Watermark.	None.
ToggleAllowColonyPlanetWnd	colonyplanetwnd	Allows you to bring up colony worlds in the planet wnd.	None.
ShowAOEs	showaoes	Toggle for changing the AOE preview system to show all AOE objects.	None.
AddThinktank	addthinktank	Adds a leader to the specified thinktank.	<thinktank internal name> - Internal name of the thinktank.
Clone	clone <playerIdx>	Clones the selected object, and optionally grants it to another player.	<playerIdx> - Index of alternate player.
AIOfferTrade	aioffertrade <playerIdx>	Forces an AI player to make a trade offer to the local player.	<playerIdx> - Index of the AI player.
NodeReport	lists the current state of the scene node util	Lists the current state of the scene node util.	None.
ShowBlockedTiles	Shows blocked tiles in radius around the selected ship.	None.
ForEachObject	owned status> <command> <command params>	Attempts to run a command for each object of the specified type.	owned status> - Owner status. <command> <command params> - Debug command and parameters.
ListPlayers	listplayers	List all the players in the game, with their faction name and player index.	<major> - List only major players.
BattleEnvironment	battleenv <envDefName>	Sets the battle viewer environment override.	<envDefName> - EnvironmentDef to use as override.
GenBaseLUT	genbaselut	Generates a base lut texture.	None.
SetLUT	setlut	Sets the current lut texture.	None.
LoadScenario	loadscenario	Loads the specified scenario.	<scenario> - Internal name of the scenarioDef.
LoadCampaign	loadcampaign	Loads the specified campaign.	<campaign> - Internal name of the campaignDef.
HighlightSelection	highlightselection	Chooses the highlighted index within your selection.	<index> - Index of the object within your selection.
ReportNodes	reportnodes	Generates report showing how many of each type of node are rendered.	None.
DebugStats	debugstats [dump]	Enables debug stats in the timeline views.	dump - (optional) Include to save each debug stat.
DumpObjGfxIDs	dumpobjgfxids	Dumps obj gfx Ids debug data to debug.err file.	None.
DumpShipDesigns	dumpshipdesigns	Dumps ship designs to a csv file.	None.
SceneDesc	scenedesc [dump]	Dumps scene description debug data to debug.err file.	None.
DumpResources	dumpresources [type] [sort] [sorttype]	Dumps the resources currently in memory.	type - (optional) Resource type. sort - (optional) Sort resources. sorttype - (optional) Criterion for sorting.
Asserts	off | once>	Enables or disables asserts.	on - Asserts on. off - Asserts off. once - Asserts on, but skip duplicates.
TraceRandom	off>	Enables or disables logging for random streams.	on - Enables logging. off - Disables logging.
PointLightBounds	pointlightbounds	Toggles the bound boxes for point lights.	None.