Battlefield 1942 - Console Commands:
A guide to the world of console commands
Copyrights August 23rd 2003 by KenZoe [Ken Zo]
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1.1 Copyrights & Version History
1.2 Introduction
1.3 Very Quick Kicking Guide
1.4 Client Commands - You, The Common User
1.5 Admin Commands
1.6 Alias Commands
1.7 Battlefield 1942 Server Utilities
1.8 FAQs
1.9 Credits & Noteworthy "Thank You's"
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1.1 Copyrights & Version History
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This FAQ were originally created for use in Joe Mommas Battlefield 1942 FAQ,
which is also hosted on this site, but as time grew and console/kick
threads still popped up once in a while, I saw the need for a permanent
Console Command FAQ in which you could just hand over the URL to new users.
Therefore this text is protected by copyrights and are not allowed to be
hosted by any other sites than my own website (www.sitecenter.dk/kenzoe)
and GameFAQs!
Any questions, permissions, corrections etc. for this FAQ can be sent to
me on the above mentioned URL under the "Send E-mail" link,
just make sure that you type in a good RE: describtion as it will be
deleted without reading it otherwise + add the word GFAQs into the subject.
This FAQ was created over two periods;
V0.1 was created a while after the official v1.3 patch was released for the
game, since this was the patch that introduced the new and much
shorter commands to the game.
Before this patch we were forced to learn the long and tedious commands that
took forever to write and even longer if you happened to misspell it.
V0.2 was created/edited when patch v1.4 came out, this was when the new kick
system was introduced, at least it gave a better view over how
well your vote turned out.
But other than a face lift nothing had really changed from earlier patches,
but now more people were actually using the console - and in
particular the "add buddy" system for the game.
V0.3 is the current version and is only submitted because it was the only way
in which I could get back to working on it.
So expect a v0.4 quite soon.
v0.4 Boy did it take time for me to get working on this version.
Things as moving to a bigger appartment, Desert Combat and assorted PS2
games all kept me away from continuing the FAQ.
[Writting it all and watching Notepad crash didn't help me either]
But here it is, the biggest change has been the adding of the
Alias Commands and the fact that I had the chance to try out a lot of the
admin commands on the servers owned/co-owned with Vladeck.
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1.2 Introduction
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Welcome to my first attempt at contributing something permanent to GameFAQs.
I'm a 24 year old Dane that has been playing this game since the early days
of the demo back in August 2002.
I bought the game after a quick video card update in September, and I have
been playing it, to sometimes insane levels, ever since.
All this time I've been posting at the Battlefield Message board on GameFAQs,
and you can imagine how many "Where are submarines" and "How do
you lower the landing craft ramp" threads I've seen in my time!! ;o)
In this time I've had the pleasure of getting to know a lot of other board
members, both ingame and IRL, and while doing so also had the chance
of talking with these people at all time of day spanning users from more than
5 different countries (4 different continents).
I've seen the rise of nearly all the mods, from the early beginning of great
mods like Desert Combat to dubious mods like the already forgotten
merge between Counter Strike and Battlefield called (Yup, you guessed it)
Counter Field!!
I started learning some console commands in back in version v1.1, but it
wasn't until v1.3 that I really started to learn (and use) these to improve
my own and my friends gaming experience - this being done by adding each other
to the buddy system or by simply kicking an unneeded player.
Bottom line with this rambling is, I hope that you can use this FAQ and the
work I've put in it - and thus respect the copyright that was
mentioned in 1.1.
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1.3 Very Quick Kicking Guide
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[Since this is what most of the readers of this FAQ are interested in
I've decided to put in before all the other commands, but I'll be
mentioned later on too.]
Let's say that you wanted to kick a player called "I kill for planes"
and has player ID # 9 - the situation is that he's been TK'ing for
planes all map and thus is at an impressive - 42 score overall.
The server doesn't have an admin so what can you do???
Easy, just open the console and type:
kick 9
- You will now see a yellow written message about a vote being initiated,
along with the player ID that is being voted for and the current
and required amount of votes for the kicking to have an effect.
- Over the next minute or so you will (perhaps) see and incline in the
number of votes casted, don't be surprised of you don't though,
since most players haven't got a clue about what to type to cast their vote.
- If the number of required votes is reached, rejoice over your success of
kicking a n00b
[in some battles you might want to type the command for a team vote only,
since sometimes the other team don't mind you having the worlds
biggest team killer on YOUR team - in these cases just use the command KT #]
As for voting, in case someone else started the vote, the commands are just
the same:
kt # = for a pure team side voting
kick # = for an all server voting
For both of the above the rule is that you must have around 1/2 of the voters
support.
The same system is what is used for voting for maps, here you'll still have
to use the "lm" (list maps) command in order to get
the ID number for the wanted map though.
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1.4 Client Commands - The Common User
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** I've listed them like this: **
** "New input command" = "Old input command" **
** Effect on the game **
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* Client Commands: *
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These commands can be used outright with no need for adding numbers or
follow-up questioning:
lp = game.listplayers
This one is the base for most other functions in the game, remember this one
- use page up/down to scroll up and down through the players!
[Although this command lost most of its meaning with the v1.4 patch, when
player ID's were added when pressing TAB, it's still a good thing
to remember this command if you spend time at servers with more than 48
players as the last ones aren't shown at the scoreboard.]
lm = game.listmaps
lists the maps in order of appearance on the current server - good to spot
maps that you're not that fond of.
ftk = game.TKForgive
Only used on stuntservers or if a buddy (GFAQ'er) killed you!
ptk = game.TKPunish
Should be used every single time you get TK'ed, just get used to typing it
in the console before you respawn as it will give the TK'er an
extra spawn wave of waiting to spawn!!!!
Most servers are running either of these as a standard, but just to be safe
- punish the **** who killed you - I haven't been able
to find a default number of punishes needed to be kicked (I think it's 5
punishs,
since I've had players kicked after around 5 TKs on me.
buddylist = game.buddylist
Look at your current buddy list, although if you open the console when joining
a server you'll see the console searching for the
names on the list too.
ignorelist = chat.ignorelist
Look at your current ignore list, this also transferres from server to server
after much complaining back in v1.3, where you had to type
it in on each map (let alone a new server).
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* Client 'Toggle' Settings: *
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Toggle means that you should either press 1 or 0 in order to activate/
de-activate the feature.
[As with all toggle commands 1 stands for show and 0 stands for hide]
Fps 1/0 = console.showfps
Show you current FPS as a number in the top left hand corner, it's easier
to see if you press F8 to remove the Voice Command buttons first
- just re-press to add them again
hud 1/0 = game.usehud
Removes the HUD (mini map, ammo and health symbol)
This is great for talking screenshots in combination with Free Cam or whenever
you wish to create movies as it'll remove everything from your view.
[look for how to allow free cam under Admin commands]
oldtext 1/0 = chat.oldChatListStyle
After getting used to the v1.3 message system the old one seems weird!
But try it out, I'm sure that the new one will still look better!
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* Client Argument Commands: *
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"Listen carefully children", since these are not used enough in this game!
All of these are used in combination with numbers found in either the "lp"
(list players) or "lm" (list maps) command:
To any of them to have an effect you'll (as default) have to achieve at
least a 50% vote for whichever vote you initiate:
e.g:
On a 24-player server you need 12 votes to kick the TK'er - but if you use
the "kt" command you'll only need 1/2 of YOUR teams players to
vote for the kick (= 6 votes if the teams are even)
[so more people should use the Kick Team Vote instead of the basic Kick
Vote, as the other team don't care if you're loosing]
Vm # = game.voteMap
Starts a vote using the number found in "listmaps" - other users will
vote too, just don't expect a map change since not enough users
know these commands!
The map ID that is being voted for will show an the number of votes
required will also show
Kick # = game.voteKickPlayer
Lets the entire server vote for a player to be kicked, just don't expect
the other team to approve - since they are winning!
Kt # = game.votekickteamplayer
The best to use on small servers, and especially if you know some of the
other players on the server/team - since kicking will be soo
much easier as we proved on the Nvidia Montgomery server! *Lol*
Ab # = game.addPlayerToBuddyList
Find the number on your mate, and he'll now light up green on the maps.
Rb # = game.removeplayerfrombuddylist
Remove a player from the buddy list, another way of doing so is mentioned
in the FAQ section of this thread.
Ignore # = chat.addToIgnoreList
Experiencing message spam..??!
Not anymore, just add the user number who is doing the spam and you'll
never hear from him again!
[Sniper-wannabes can just add all 63 players for all their anti
social needs!!!]
unignore # = chat.removeFromIgnoreList
Remove a player from the ignored user list, allowing you to hear commands
and read text from this user again.
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1.5 Admin Commands - The Almighty Kicker
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This is were true power lies, here there is no need for puny votes or
debates on whether or not you suck enough - here it's simply goodbye!
Be careful though, as power often corrupts!!!
[Since I've never been an admin on a server these are somewhat untested,
so any feedback are very appreciated and will be given full
credit in any future opdates!]
Good thing is that all these commands can be used when playing in single
player too, so this will give an easy way of trying out new mods/levels
using the level change command - and taking some great pictures using the
freecam and remove hud commands.
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* Admin Commands: *
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These commands can be used outright with no need for adding numbers or
follow-up questioning:
nm = admin.runnextlevel
Changes the map to the next map in the server rotation
rm = admin.restartmap
Restarts the map, simply enough no?
[mostly used for clan matches]
banlist = admin.listBannedAddresses
Shows the banned user list to the admin in the console
Clearbans = admin.clearbanlist
Does what it says
pause = admin.togglegamepause
If you for some freaky reason HAVE to use this command have a very good
excuse ready or expect a lot of users to leave your server!
unpause = admin.togglegamepause
Does what it says
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* Admin 'Toggle' Settings: *
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freecam 1/0 = game.enableFreeCamera
Enables the free cam, this is required to shoot movies, "control" a
clan match and just for overall fun.
Be careful though, since it's possible for a player using a voice chat
to infiltrate the other team and give away friendly positions
to the other team - I know that I'm guilty of such crimes on the Nvidia
server along with the usual crew!
So please feel free to kick users if they're "dead" for too long!
tkban 1/0 = admin.banPlayerOnTKKick
Changes whether a player is banned from the server if they are kicked
for to many team kills
punishmode 1/0 = admin.TKPunishMode
Changes whether or not players should receive a spawn waves delay
if they commit a team kill,
E.g. if you have a 15 second spawn time you would get 30 seconds if
you team killed.
1 is Punish TK where 0 is Forgive.
mapvoting 1/0 = admin.enableMapVote
Allows normal users to do map votes, some servers has this feature
removed.
kickvoting 1/0 = admin.enableKickPlayerVote
Allows normal users to start of kick player votes, sadly there are
also servers that has removed this feature.
teamkickvoting 1/0 = admin.enableKickTeamPlayerVote
Allows normal users to start of kick team player votes, this should be
allowed on all servers - sadly enough it isn't.
nosecam 1/0 = admin.allownosecam
Allows the nose cam when using planes, most servers are allowing this
except those that goes for the truly realistic feel
extviews 1/0 = admin.externalViews
Allows the external view points, again most servers allow this unless
you're going for true realism - which can actually be quite fun!
autoteam 1/0 = admin.autoBalanceTeam
Enables/disables Auto Teams, my personal favorite is off - generally
most users are fair enough to see when a team is vastly
overpowered and change side there after... if not, use some of the Admin
power and force them!!!
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* Admin Settings: *
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Tkspawndelay # = admin.spawnDelayPenaltyForTK
The # is the amount of seconds that the penalty is for a TK is, so
put in a good round number and TK'ers shouldn't be a problem anymore.
Tklimit # = admin.nrOfTKToKick
How many TKs are allowed before getting auto kicked.
If the punish mode is set to forgive you will need to use the "ptk"
command for the TK to be registred
Remoteconsole 1/0 = admin.enableRemoteConsole
Enable the console for other players to be admins on, e.g. if it's a
clan server and there are more than one admin running the show.
Remoteadmin (password) = admin.enableRemoteAdmin
Enable a user to be an admin on a dedicated server, the
(Not preset) = admin.execremotecommand "command"
After you're logged in you'll need this command every time you want
to use a command, do remember to use the quotation marks.
[go look at 1.6 "Alias Commands" for an easier way to type the command]
Votetime # = admin.votingTime
Where # is the amount of seocnds in which you are alowed to cast your
map/kick vote in before the time runs out and the map/kick-vote fails
startdelay # = admin.delaybeforestartinggame
Number of seconds before the match starts, it's nice to have a few
seconds to chat/trash talk before the match starts - and this makes
sure that
there are enough of players online if the map just changed.
rounddelay # = admin.roundDelayBeforeStartingGame
Same as above, this just applies to the waiting time between two rounds
on the same map.
timelimit # = admin.timeLimit
Amount of seconds that the match should last, so get that calculator out
if you want it to last more than xx minutes!
scorelimit # = admin.scoreLimit
Guess this only applies for CTF (Capture the Flag) matches, can't really
say anything here since I've never played one of these in my time
with the game...
roundlimit # = admin.setNrOfRounds
Changes the amount of rounds on each map.
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* Admin argument commands: *
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akick # = admin.kickplayer
This is the command that will make you a good/bad admin, use it too
often and you'll suck!
Use it wisely and you can make sure that people will come again!
ban # = admin.banplayer
The ultimate n00b buster - be sure to only use this as the final solution,
since word tends to spread fast in gaming communities!
message = admin.servermessage
Gives out a server message for in yeallow for all to read, kinda like the
automated kicking message that's given when someone is kicked.
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1.6 Alias Commands
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With an imminent danger of making this entire FAQ obsolete I will now guide
you through the world of Alias Commands.
In short, Alias Commands are the shorter versions that were introduced in
patch v1.30, e.g. "Kick #" is the alias of "game.voteKickPlayer #"
So all of the above mentioned commands are Aliases for the longer/older
commands that were before v1.30.
Here comes the fun part;
You can alter existing or even create your own/add new console commands,
as long as they are all 'real' commands in the first place.
Take a look at the (default) folder in which Battlefield 1942 is installed,
or simply use the following command line;
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings
Notice that there's a file called 'AliasedCommands.con', try to open this
using any default text editor (e.g. Wordpad works perfectly).
You will now get a list of all the Alias Commands, looking something like
this;
rem - Client commands:
alias listplayers game.listplayers
alias players game.listplayers
alias lp game.listplayers
alias listmaps game.listmaps
alias lm game.listmaps
alias forgive game.TKForgive
alias forgivetk game.TKForgive
etc. etc.
Now let's say that you don't want to type in 'Ignore #' everytime that you
wish to add a player to your ignore list.
Simply find the command that you wish to change, in this case the command
called 'chat.addToIgnoreList'.
[should look something like this; alias ignore chat.addToIgnoreList]
Now change the 'ignore' (which is the default alias) to any word/letter of
your choice - and then save the file as you would any ordinary text file.
It's as simple as that.... but please read the rest of my FAQ too :o)
If you wish to add a console command, yes there are some that do not have
a default alias, you just follow the same system (except you add the entire
line this time).
Say you want to add an alias for committing suicide;
Find the original command on any BF1942 site and cut'n paste it into the
'AliasedCommands.con' file.
The final line should look like this, where [X] is the command of your
choice;
alias [X] game.suicide
e.g.
alias suicide game.suicide
Or you can even make it as simple as;
alias s game.suicide
Now you're ready to customize the console commands to whichever extend
that you wish, just make sure that you can remember which one you've
changed and which ones are still the default commands in the heat of
battle!!! :o)
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* If there are any questions about alias commands either catch me on the *
* boards or send me and e-mail following the instructions in the *
* introduction of this FAQ *
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1.7 Battlefield 1942 Server Utilities
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Even though this doesn't really fit into a Console Command FAQ I would still
very much like to promote the awesome Server Manager created by
'Black Bag Operations'.
http://www.blackbagops.com/
Although it's currently in hiatus, the v2.00 version is still the best
server utility out there at the moment, allowing the admin to customize
the server to an extend where the default EA version can't follow.
Everything from the usual amount of tickets to the lengt of spawntime if
commiting TKs can be altered, as well as allowing other admins access to
the server manager (and even limiting their access to the different options)
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1.8 Frequently Asked Questions
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Q: I've added a player to my buddy list, and now I want to remove him
for different reasons?
A: Find the folder bearing your username in the path called (default):
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles
Here you'll need to open the *.con file called "BuddyList", just delete
the names that you need to and save the file again.
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Q: I am an admin on a server and I am having problems kicking players and
generally using the admin commands, what am I doing wrong?
A: First thing is that you have to make sure that you're logged in on the
server, should it be a rented server and not just a server that's running
on your pc (look above for the 'enable remote admin' command).
Entering admin commands in the ingame console can, as both Vladeck and I
found out on the GFAQ servers, be really tedious!
What you have to do is add the command 'admin.execremotecommand "command"'
into your 'AliasedCommands.con' file, picking an easy to remember word as
the new command (e.g. command or something like that).
What you have to do now can get quite anoying if you're trying to kick/
change several settings;
[I'll type the commands and then explain what happened]
Admin.execremotecommand "admin.kickplayer #"
Or using the above mentioned alias/shortened commands;
Command "akick #"
In short you have to enter the 'admin.execremotecommand' command every
time you wish to use your admin powers, followed by the command on the
thing you wish to change (including the " " around the command/alias).
Even worse if you're running on a rented server, since now you have to add
the line for enabling remote admins everytime.
[making it look like this]
Remoteconsole 1
Remoteadmin (password)
Command "akick #"
So if you're renting a server, make sure that it has some sort of server
manager installed, since the above could get quite tirring after the first
3-4 kicks!! :o)
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1.9 Credits & Noteworthy "Thank You's"
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Sites that have aided me greatly in creating this FAQ are:
http://www.planetbattlefield.com/intel/faq.html
An awesome FAQ that has been hosted on a few different sites, so the above
adress might change at some point - if so please notify me and I'll
update it as needed
First of I would like to thank Dice Scandinavia for developing this awesome
game, without it I would never have seen the massive potential
that on-line gaming has to offer!!
Next in line comes my friends in real life that willingly offered to spend
their time, and my money, playing this awesome game back in its demo days
in early/mid August of 2002 - GeDDeTH, Flenne and Stuffe - this one is
for you!
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In a strong third place comes the people that has enhanced my online gaming
experience the most, people that defied bed times and time zones to
play this awesome game despite of the fact that it was either way past
their bedtime on a work night or leaving the Mrs. to her book and TV-shows!
In alphabetic order from my IM buddylist:
Leedeaton - First "underage" player to get my respect,
and first to remove my "prejudice" about 14 year old gamers!
Mandingo - The grand old man of the GFAQ Team Games, started using
Roger Wilco/Teamspeak with Mandingo back in March - sometimes ending up
having so much fun just talking and browsing the internet that we forgot
to play the actual game. *
Osakaaet - Original creator of the GFAQ team games, and
always good for at least 10 hours of Battlefield a day
during the Spring of 2003!
Have been BF-less since he moved back to Japan though. :o(
Vladeck - The one user that has walked more miles around
the defense gun at Midway than me!!
Is the one user, right after Osakaaet, that has heard me using the highest
amount of profanities during our TeamSpeak sessions!
As with Mandingo, sometimes we got so carried away that we never played the
game.
All of the above have all been a great source of fun and ammusements in Roger
Wilco and IM sessions, along with me having a real kick out of
any "accidental" TK'ing of your asses!!
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Other "Thank you's" goes out to players/GameFAQs posters such as:
Sabrekorn - Still the greates player player I've had the pleasure of
playing with on a steady basiS!!
Jello - Great player that lost his gaming privileges after getting married
during the summer... we hope to get you back soon bro'!
Mr. Clark, Toxickill, Griswald, Octavio, Mystic Reaver and the rest of the
200+ players that have joined at one point during the team games!
Further thanks will be credited, once they reply, to the Danish Battlefield clan
called Basserne for their assistance in some of the admin command codes.
Their site and info about them can be found at their site:
http://www.klan-basserne.dk/
