CS2 commands: full list with descriptions and an autoexec generator

Picks the crosshair style, including whether it spreads when you move and shoot.

• 4Classic Static: a crosshair that does not spread when you move or shoot.
• 3Classic Dynamic: the crosshair spreads when you move or shoot.

Tip:A crosshair share code sets this for you. Type the command yourself only when you change the style without pasting a code.

Pros 188 of 199 pros in our database use style 4 (94%, 15 Oct 2026).

Crosshair colour from the preset palette. A custom colour is value 5 together with the r, g and b commands.

• 0Red.
• 1Green.
• 2Yellow.
• 3Blue.
• 4Cyan.
• 5Custom: use cl_crosshaircolor_r, _g and _b.

Tip:Value 5 is required for a custom colour to apply at all.

Red component of a custom crosshair colour (0 to 255). Applies with cl_crosshaircolor 5.

Tip:A custom colour is three separate commands: _r, _g and _b. Enter all of them.

Green component of a custom crosshair colour (0 to 255). Applies with cl_crosshaircolor 5.

Tip:Remember cl_crosshaircolor 5, otherwise the game uses the palette colour.

Blue component of a custom crosshair colour (0 to 255). Applies with cl_crosshaircolor 5.

Tip:Remember cl_crosshaircolor 5, otherwise the game uses the palette colour.

Crosshair opacity: 0 is fully transparent, 255 fully opaque.

Tip:255 is fully visible. Lower values make the crosshair semi-transparent.

Length of each crosshair bar, scaled with screen resolution.

Tip:The value scales with resolution, so the same setting looks different on another screen.

Thickness of the crosshair bars and circle, scaled with screen resolution. The minimum is 1 pixel.

Tip:The value scales with resolution, and the minimum is one pixel.

Offset added to the gap between the crosshair centre and the bars. A negative value pulls the bars toward the centre.

Tip:Change it by 1 and check the result in practice with bots, the difference shows immediately.

Draws a dot at the centre of the crosshair.

• 0No dot.
• 1With a dot.

Tip:Most pros play without a dot.

Pros 183 of 199 pros play without a dot (92%, 15 Oct 2026).

T-style crosshair: hides the top bar.

• 0All four bars.
• 1Without the top bar.

Tip:Hides only the top bar, the rest of the crosshair settings stay as they are.

Width of the sniper scope cross lines. A value above 1 gives extra width, 1 gives a single-pixel hairline.

Tip:1 gives a thin line with the best view of the target, a higher value thickens it.

Draws a black outline around the crosshair for better visibility.

• 0No outline.
• 1Full outline.
• 2Half outline.

Tip:With 1 or 2 you set the outline thickness with cl_crosshair_outlinethickness.

Thickness of the crosshair outline.

Tip:Only takes effect when the outline is turned on in cl_crosshair_drawoutline.

Red component of the crosshair outline colour. _g, _b and _a (opacity) exist too.

The crosshair follows the weapon's predicted recoil (aim punch).

• 0The crosshair stays at the centre of the screen.
• 1The crosshair moves with the recoil.

Tip:With 1 the crosshair moves down with the recoil, so you see where the next bullet will go.

The additional distance the dynamic elements are allowed to spread out to from the baseline of 128 pixels.

The CS:GO-era crosshair size. The name is still in the game files, but size is now set by length, thickness and gap separately.

Use instead cl_crosshair_length, cl_crosshair_thickness, cl_crosshair_gap

The CS:GO-era crosshair thickness, superseded by the newer underscore commands.

Use instead cl_crosshair_thickness

The CS:GO-era crosshair gap, superseded by cl_crosshair_gap.

Use instead cl_crosshair_gap

Field of view of the weapon you hold (viewmodel FOV). A higher value pushes the weapon away from the screen centre.

Tip:The most common value among pros is 68.

Pros 169 of 185 pros in our database use 68 (91%, 15 Oct 2026).

Moves the weapon horizontally. A positive value moves it right, a negative one left.

Tip:Change it by 0.5 and check how the weapon looks while running and shooting.

Moves the weapon forward and back, closer to or further from the camera.

Tip:Change it by 0.5 and check how the weapon looks while running and shooting.

Moves the weapon vertically. A negative value lowers it on screen.

Tip:Change it by 0.5 and check how the weapon looks while running and shooting.

Picks a ready-made weapon position preset.

• 1Desktop.
• 2Classic.

Tip:One command sets a ready set of offsets you can start your own tweaks from.

Sets the view FOV, but only when cheats are on. For practice and testing, not online matches.

Tip:Enter sv_cheats 1 first. The game accepts this value on a local server only.

Left-handed preference: the weapon appears on the left side of the screen.

A command for a bind: switches the weapon between the right and left side of the screen during play.

Tip:Bind it to a key and switch the weapon side when a wall blocks your view.

Radar scale. Valid values are 0.25 to 1.0.

Tip:A smaller value gives a smaller radar and more room for the game view.

Whether the player is always centred on the radar.

• 0The radar is used to the maximum and the player is not always centred.
• 1The player is always centred, even at the map edges.

Tip:With 1 the radar does not drift at the map edges, because the player is always at its centre.

Pros 137 of 154 pros use 1 (89%, 15 Oct 2026).

Minimum icon scale on the radar. Valid values are 0.4 to 1.25.

Rotates the radar with the player's view.

Tip:With 1 the radar rotates with your view, with 0 the map stays fixed.

The radar switches to square when the scoreboard is visible.

Blurs the radar background.

Draws an FPS meter at the top of the screen.

• 1FPS.
• 2Smoothed FPS.
• 3Server ms.
• 4FPS and logging to a file.

Tip:Value 1 is enough for an FPS readout, 3 shows server response time.

Draws the player's current position at the top of the screen.

Tip:Handy when setting up grenades: it shows position, view angle and velocity.

Shows ping in the HUD. The replacement for the ping part of net_graph.

• 0Never.
• 1Only in poor conditions.
• 2Always.

Tip:Value 1 shows ping only when it is poor, so it does not distract when conditions are good.

Shows frame time (FPS) in the HUD.

• 0Never.
• 1Only if poor.
• 2Always.

Tip:Value 1 shows frame time only when the game starts stuttering.

Shows the percentage of user commands and server snapshots missed because of network conditions.

• 0Never.
• 1Only in poor conditions.
• 2Always.

Tip:Shows how many commands and snapshots get lost on the way to the server and back.

Shows packet jitter and netframe loss and reordering in the HUD.

• 0Never.
• 1Only in poor conditions.
• 2Always.

Changes the colour of the interface (HUD) elements.

• 0Team colour.
• 1White.
• 2Bright white.
• 3Light blue.
• 4Blue.
• 5Purple.
• 6Red.
• 7Orange.
• 8Yellow.
• 9Green.
• 10Aqua.
• 11Pink.
• 12Teammate colour.

Tip:Value 0 changes the HUD colour with the side you play.

Turns the rendering of the whole HUD on and off. Useful for filming shots.

Tip:With 0 the whole interface disappears. Instead of typing it each time, bind a toggle: bind "n" "toggle cl_drawhud 0 1".

Draws only the crosshair and death notices. Meant for moviemaking.

How names are shown in death notices.

• 0Default.
• 1Just numbers instead of names.
• 2The number is appended to the killer and victim names.

Shows markers above your teammates.

• 0Off.
• 1Pips only.
• 2Pips and name.
• 3Pips, name and equipment.

Toggles the display of your current loadout.

The percentage of the screen width considered safe from overscan. It cannot give a width smaller than the height. safezoney exists too.

Tip:If the HUD is cut off at the edge of a monitor or TV, lower this value.

Frame rate limiter. 0 means no limit. Does not apply to a dedicated server.

• 0No limit.
• 400Capped at 400 frames.

Pros 74 of 154 pros play uncapped, and the median of the limits set is 500 (15 Oct 2026).

Frame rate limiter while the game UI is displayed. 0 means no limit. Does not apply to a dedicated server.

Tip:A lower limit in the menu puts less load on the computer while you wait for a match.

The number of client simulation interpolation ticks. According to Valve this value is controlled by cl_net_buffer_ticks and should not be modified directly.

Number of ticks of delay for server snapshots and user commands. It controls the value of cl_interp_ratio.

Reads the effective client interpolation amount in time. The game rejects attempts to change it with a message asking you to remove the command from your script, so a cfg line does nothing.

Tip:Do not put it in a cfg: the game rejects the change, so the line does nothing.

Maximum number of ticks the clock is allowed to drift before the client snaps its clock to the server's.

Volume of the round start music.

Tip:Enter 0 to silence this music. The other game sounds stay as they are.

Volume of the won and lost round music.

Tip:Enter 0 to silence this music. The other game sounds stay as they are.

Volume of the MVP music.

Tip:Enter 0 to silence the MVP music.

Volume of the map objective music.

Tip:Enter 0 to silence this music. Bomb sounds stay as they are.

Volume of the ten second warnings.

Volume of the death camera timers.

Volume of the menu and non-gameplay music.

Tip:Enter 0 to silence the menu music.

Whether pings from players make a sound: with 1 they make a sound, with 0 they are silent.

Mutes voice chat of the enemy team.

Mutes everyone except friends and party members.

Enables or disables voice in this mod.

Mutes the game when the window loses focus.

Tip:With 0 the sound does not cut off after you switch windows.

How many seconds the sound engine mixes ahead of playback. A lower value gives less sound latency at the risk of crackling.

The exponent for the pan crossfade from phone to phone if the "exp" pan law is being used.

Mouse sensitivity. One number in CS2 means something different than in other games, so use the converter to convert.

Tip:Moving your sensitivity from another game? The sensitivity converter does the maths, no guessing.

Pros The pro median is 800 eDPI, about 52 cm per turn.

Additional mouse sensitivity scale factor applied when the view is zoomed in.

Tip:Value 1 keeps the default scaling. The ratio that gives a 1:1 match is worked out in the scope sensitivity calculator.

Additional sensitivity scale factor applied when the FOV is zoomed in. The general variant; for the mouse use zoom_sensitivity_ratio_mouse.

Mouse yaw factor: degrees per mouse count at sensitivity 1. In CS2 it defaults to 0.022.

Enables cheat-protected commands on a local server. Without it noclip, god or give will not work.

• 0Cheat commands disabled.
• 1Cheat commands enabled.

Tip:Enter sv_cheats 1 first, only then noclip, god or give.

Toggle: the player becomes non-solid and flies. An optional argument of 0 or 1 forces it off or on.

Tip:Enter it a second time to go back to normal walking.

Invulnerability toggle: it toggles by default, 0 disables and 1 enables. The player becomes invulnerable.

Tip:Enter it a second time to turn invulnerability off.

Gives the player the named item, for example give weapon_ak47.

Tip:Weapon names start with weapon_, for example weapon_awp.

Kills the player with generic damage. The explode command does it with explosive damage.

The player's active weapon never runs out of ammo.

Disables weapon inaccuracy spread.

World gravity.

Prescales the clock. A value below 1 slows the game down, above 1 speeds it up.

Tip:At 0.5 the game runs half as fast. Go back to 1 after practising.

Restores binds that combine several movement and shooting commands (for example a jump-throw), which Valve has ignored by default since 19 August 2024. It is cheat-protected, so it works only locally.

• 1Binds with several movement or shooting commands work again.

Shows the grenade trajectory practice picture-in-picture preview.

For how many seconds the grenade trajectory trail stays visible in grenade practice.

Emits the last grenade thrown on the server.

Tip:Makes practising one grenade easier: you do not have to buy it every time.

Shows bullet impact points: red for the client, blue for the server.

• 1Both client and server.
• 2Client only.
• 3Server only.

Tip:Red points are the client, blue ones the server. Gaps between them show where hit registration diverges.

How long bullet impact indicators remain before disappearing.

Shows hits and near misses.

• 1Hits and near misses.
• 2Hits only.

If non-zero, the game restarts after the specified number of seconds.

Tip:Enter 1 to restart the game after a second, for example after changing round settings.

Ends warmup immediately. It cannot be used on official servers, where you shorten mp_warmuptime instead.

How long the warmup period lasts. Changing this value resets warmup.

How many seconds players are kept frozen when the round starts.

Tip:In practice 1 gives a quick round start, and 0 removes the freeze entirely.

How many minutes each round takes.

Tip:After changing it, enter mp_restartgame 1 so the new length applies from the next round.

How many minutes each round of Bomb Defuse takes. If 0, mp_roundtime is used instead.

How long from when the C4 is armed until it blows.

Max number of players one team can have over another. 0 disables the check.

Ignores the conditions that would end the current round.

Whether the match switches sides in a halftime event.

Max number of rounds to play before the server changes maps.

Swaps the teams and restarts the game.

Keeps warmup going indefinitely, or resumes its timer.

• 1Warmup stays on indefinitely.
• 0The warmup timer resumes.

Tip:Combine it with mp_roundtime 60 to get an endless round too.

Starts warmup. It cannot be used on official servers, where you lengthen mp_warmuptime instead.

Game time per map in minutes.

Pauses the match in the next freeze time. mp_unpause_match resumes it.

Resumes the match.

How many seconds after round start players can buy items.

Tip:A large value lets you buy for the whole round.

Players can buy anywhere, not only in buy zones.

• 0Default.
• 1Both teams.
• 2Terrorists.
• 3Counter-Terrorists.

Players can buy while immune, ignoring buy time.

• 0Default.
• 1Both teams.
• 2Terrorists.
• 3Counter-Terrorists.

Maximum amount of money allowed in a player's account.

Amount of money each player gets when they reset.

Determines whether kevlar (1+) and/or helmet (2+) are given automatically.

How defusers are allocated to CTs at the start of the round.

• 0None.
• 1Random.
• 2Everyone.

Which gun the player drops on death.

• 0None.
• 1The best.
• 2The current or the best.
• 3Both.

The default secondary (pistol) weapon the Ts spawn with. For CTs use mp_ct_default_secondary.

Allows players to drop knives.

• 0Knives cannot be dropped.
• 1Knives can be dropped.

Resets all player equipment every N rounds. 0 means never.

The grenades the Ts spawn with. Separate several classes with a space, for example "weapon_molotov weapon_hegrenade".

When set to 1, counter-terrorists respawn after dying. The terrorist counterpart is mp_respawn_on_death_t.

How solid teammates are.

• 0Transparent.
• 1Fully solid.
• 2You can stand on top of heads.

Scales the damage a CT player takes in the head (1 is 100%, 0.5 is 50%). Similar commands exist for other body parts and for Ts.

How many seconds after respawn immunity lasts. A negative value disables warmup immunity.

Adds a bot matching the given criteria. Syntax: bot_add <t|ct> <type> <difficulty> <name>. bot_add_t and bot_add_ct exist too.

Tip:bot_add ct adds a bot on the counter-terrorist side, bot_add t on the terrorist side.

Kicks a specific bot, or all bots, matching the given criteria. Syntax: bot_kick <all> <t|ct> <type> <difficulty> <name>.

Tip:Without arguments it removes all bots.

Kills a specific bot, or all bots, matching the given criteria.

Places a bot from the map at where the local player is pointing.

Tip:Point at a spot with your crosshair and enter the command: the bot appears there.

Stops the bots. Syntax: bot_stop <1|all>, or with criteria such as t or ct.

Tip:With 1 the bots stand still, handy for practising shooting and grenades.

Defines the skill of bots joining the game.

• 0Easy.
• 1Normal.
• 2Hard.
• 3Expert.

If nonzero, bots will not fire weapons (a debugging option, handy for practice).

Tip:Lets you practise without the risk of dying.

The bot uses the usercmd of the player with the given index.

The total number of bots in the game.

Holding the key pulls out the knife (slot 3), and releasing it goes back to the weapon you used before. Handy for running faster with the knife without clicking through slots.

Binds jumping to scrolling the wheel up and down. Useful for bunny hops and jumps in motion.

Tip:With this you no longer switch weapons with the wheel, so use the number keys.

Buys kevlar with helmet and a defuser at once. Terrorists skip the defuser because they cannot buy it.

Buys a frag, a flash and a smoke grenade at once. The game skips whatever you cannot afford or carry.

One bind buys the AK-47, and when you play CT, the M4A1. The game skips the command that does not fit your side.

Toggles the interface between visible and hidden, for example for screenshots and clips.

A full pack for practising grenades on a local server: trajectory preview, a long round, no freeze, buying anywhere and lots of money. Enter it in practice with bots, not in an online match.

Four cl_hud_telemetry commands show ping, frame time and network problems in the HUD only when conditions are poor, so nothing distracts you when things are fine.

Sets the music volumes to zero and leaves footsteps, gunshots and the ten second warning alone.

Plays a recorded demo file (.dem).

Tip:Enter the demo file name; saved demos sit in the game folder.

Starts recording a demo. The stop command finishes recording.

Finishes recording the demo.

Shows or hides the demo playback UI. You can bind it to a key.

Tip:Bind it to a key to open the panel with one press.

Skips to a tick in the demo.

Tip:You can check the tick number in the demoui panel.

Sets the demo replay speed.

Tip:A value below 1 slows playback down, above 1 speeds it up.

Pauses demo playback. demo_resume resumes it and demo_togglepause toggles it.

Quits the game after demo playback.

Records commands typed at the console into .dem files.

If set to 1, you can see player outlines and name IDs through walls. Who you can see depends on your team and mode.

The auto-director chooses the best view modes while spectating.

Auto-starts the Killer Replay when available.

SourceTV broadcast delay in seconds.

Binds a command to a key. Syntax: bind "key" "command".

Tip:Wrap a multi-word command in quotes, for example bind "x" "switchhands".

Unbinds a key. The unbindall command removes every binding.

Creates your own name for a command or a series of commands.

Tip:You can then bind the alias to a key like any ordinary command.

Executes a cfg file if it exists. This is how you load your own autoexec.

Tip:That is how you load your own cfg files from the game's cfg folder.

Saves out the user config values.

Tip:Saves your current settings so they are not lost if the game crashes.

Echoes text to the console. Handy in a cfg to see that the file loaded.

Tip:Add it at the end of your autoexec to see in the console that the file loaded.

Blinks the specified convar value between two values.

Cycles through the specified convar values.

Buys an item by name, for example buy ak47. That lets you bind purchases to a key.

Tip:Item names include ak47, awp, m4a1, vest, vesthelm, defuser, hegrenade, flashbang, smokegrenade and molotov.

Pressing the +use key opens the buy menu if you are in a buy zone, just as if you pressed the 'buy' key.

Whether the silencer can be detached.

• 0Cannot detach.
• 1Press secondary fire to detach.

Auto-help: hints for new players.

Displays in-game lessons that teach new players.

Preferred teammate colour.

In deathmatch the player gets a random weapon on spawn (1) or the last weapon (0).

Sets the developer message level.

Allows the console to be activated. With 0 the console will not open.