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[ElementUser 842]

Repertoire of Useful Console Commands

- Open up the game console by pressing Ctrl+F8

Quickstart Practice Game Enable in the UI (extremely helpful for people who love Practice Mode).
*Requires restarting HoN to take effect
*An icon appears in the top bar after restarting HoN: http://i.imgur.com/0Rftyjs.jpg

*New UI: 

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SetSave "ui_showQuickStart" "true"

List of console commands (in case you forget some of them or if new ones pop up)

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cmdlist

Enable Advanced Mode in Test+++ (restart of the HoN Client is required):

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SetSave "ui_forceEnableTesting" "true"

Enable the Ruler function in Practice Mode by rebinding it to a desired hotkey:

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GameBind Ruler Ruler "" button game "K" "INVALID"

 

Change Max FPS

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SetSave "host_maxFPS" "200"

 

Adjusting console height and opacity:
 

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con_height 0.3 //will make the console taking only 30% of your screen.
con_alpha 0.4 //will make the console opacity to 40% (you can see stuff "through" the console screen)

*Numbers are floats, restricted to a range between 0 and 1

Practice Game Helpful when unable to login

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startgame practice GameName map:caldavar allheroes:true devheroes:true nostats:true

*To host other games, there are some options that you can substitute into these fields (credits to Jonathan and VolkoCorp):

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startgame game_type game_name game_options

game_type can be either local_automatic, practice, or remote_automatic

game_name can be any String

game_options are map:map_name mode:game_mode teamsize:5 spectators:10 referees:2 tier:1 noleaver:false

game_mode can be:

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normal, nm, randomdraft, rd, singledraft, sd, banningdraft, bd, banningpick, bp, lockpick, lp, allrandom, ar, blindban, bb, botmatch, bm, deathmatch, captainsmode, cm, krosmode, km (deathmatch needs to be enabled in the map's worldconfig as it is disabled by default)

true/false game options

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private
noleaver
nostats
allheroes
alternatepicks
norepick
noswap
noagility
nointelligence
nostrength
norespawntimer
dropitems
nopowerups
easymode
allowduplicate
reverseselect
notop
nomiddle
nobottom
allowveto
shuffleteams
autobalance
devheroes
cheats

Area Affectors

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d_drawareaaffectors true

Projectile Radii

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d_drawProjectileRadiuses true

Unit Bounds

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d_drawUnitBounds true

Host Timescale:

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host_timescale 1.5

The number can be changed from a value from 0 to 99

Reconnect:  Helpful when you can't normally reconnect to a game, i.e. the reconnect box dialog box doesn't pop up.

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reconnect

Draw Selected Path:

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cg_drawSelectedPath true

Dynamic File Update Helps when bugfixing/editing heroes

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host_dynamicResReload true

Navgrid

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cg_drawNavGrid true

Show FPS

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host_drawFPS 1

*Inputting a "2" instead of a "1" will show your ping instead of your FPS.

Taunt Unlock Local only

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g_perks true

Day/Night

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g_dayStartTime #

Number is 225000 to shift to day, 675000 to shift to night

Terminate a player in Practice Mode

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TerminatePlayer 1

*Note: only works once per Practice Mode instance for teal and pink. You will have to restart your Practice Mode session if you want to do it again.

Ready. Set. Go! You can change the green color, to what you desire.

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Bind F4 "SpawnHero Hero_Flux; SelectAvatar Alt; Ready"

Select avatar in pick screen Useful for testing hero voice

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SpawnHero Hero_<Entity Type>; SelectAvatar Alt

Console Transparency Value between 0 and 1 (0-100%)

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con_alpha

Console Height Value between 0 and 1 (0-100%)

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con_height

Rebind Refresh  You can change the green color, to what you desire.

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SetSave bind Y "Refresh #GetSelectedEntity()#"

Fog of War Darkness Value between 0 and 1 (0-100%)

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cg_fogofwarDarkness

Spawn Unit Command (especially useful for Alt Avatars)

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StartCmdClickPos SpawnUnit2 <Entity Type>.<Alt> 0 1 1

Grey is optional, # can be 0 for Controllable, 1 for Uncontrollable, # is the faction the unit belongs to: 0 for Passive, 1 for Legion, 2 for Hellbourne, 3 for Neutral. # can be 0 for No-Precache, 1 for Precache

Spawn Unit Command, with voice enabled on spawned hero

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StartCmdClickPos ClientSpawnUnit <Entity Type>.<Alt> 0 1 1

Grey is optional, # can be 0 for Controllable, 1 for Uncontrollable, # is the faction the unit belongs to: 0 for Passive, 1 for Legion, 2 for Hellbourne, 3 for Neutral. # can be 0 for No-Precache, 1 for Precache

Connecting Chat Connects to the chat-server. Good for those harsh DDoS times.

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ChatConnect

Disconnecting Chat Disconnects the chat-server. Good for ... when you don't want to be disturbed?
ChatDisconnect

Joining Directly An alternative way to join games, if you know the IP.

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Connect 83.89.75.43

Force Update Useful for reverting to older versions temporarily

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ForceUpdate <Version #> http://dl.heroesofnewerth.com/ http://dl.heroesofnewerth.com/ false

Then type:

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restartandupdate

http://dl.heroesofnewerth.com/ as substitute for website

Max Camera Distance Only works in Practice Mode or replay viewing

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g_camDistanceMax 2200

8-Bit mode (first line turns 8-bit mode on, second line turns 8-bit mode off)

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exec 8bit

exec non8bit

 

Big head mode

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SetSave skel_bighead true
Setsave skel_bigheadscale 2.5

Give item command (useful for Puzzlebox recipes in Practice Mode, for example - and yes, this only works in Practice Mode obviously)

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GiveItem #GetSelectedEntity()# Item_Summon recipe

Item name, optional "recipe" field to obtain recipe

 

Restart and update (useful if you cannot update regularly for some reason, but can still access the console):

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restartandupdate

Check for Updates (useful for devs in particular)

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SetSave "upd_checkForUpdates" "true"

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UI-related Console Commands

[TABLE]cvarlist | Lists the console cvars (console variables)
uitriggerlist <name>|Lists all UI Triggers that exist that have names that match against <name>. If no <name> is supplied, it will list all triggers.
cmdlist <name>    |Lists all Console Commands that exist that have names that match against <name>. If no <name> is supplied, it will list all commands.
uicmdlist <name>    |Lists all uiscript functions that exist that have names that match against <name>. If no <name> is supplied, it will list all commands.
luafunctions <name>    |Lists all Lua functions that exist that have names that match against <name>. If no <name> is supplied, it will list all commands.
ui_debughoverwidget <boolean>    |This is a cvar that, when set to true, will display information about what UI widget is selected and where it is and what its parents are. This is very useful for figuring out where widgets are and where your mouse is, for example.
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- Credits to Norroar, Deejay and the rest of the posters in this thread who helped me with this!

Edited January 23, 2021 by ElementUser

[MacroHard 151]

For "Bind XXX" command, what is the system name for the - and + keys to the right of a standard numpad?  When I bind a function to -, the - to the right of the numpad does not work but the - above the letters does.

Edited July 19, 2020 by MacroHard
bad spelling

[MerryHONmas 68]

now thats a new...

i distinctively remember being scolded for mentioning the console and commands in the post, being told neither are something the common playerbase should know about
i welcome these being more publicly accessable now tho

[MerryHONmas 68]

your first link redirects here instead of to imgur xD

[ElementUser 842]

Fixed

[da_sexy`nerd 2]

what are cheat commands? how to increase gold and level for example

how to play a practice with friends, i tried creating using the commands above with cheats set to true, but i dont know how to get extra gold or level etc