Quake III Arena Console Commands | AntMag

Quake III Arena offers various console commands to alter gameplay, such as changing camera views or enabling/disabling visual effects.

Quake III Arena offers various console commands to alter gameplay, such as changing camera views or enabling/disabling visual effects.

Quake III Arena offers various console commands to alter gameplay, such as changing camera views or enabling/disabling visual effects.

Quake III Arena offers various console commands to alter gameplay, such as changing camera views or enabling/disabling visual effects.

Quake III Arena offers various console commands to alter gameplay, such as changing camera views or enabling/disabling visual effects.

Walkthrough

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To turn on the third-person view, type \cg_thirdperson 1 into the console.
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To turn off the third-person view, type \cg_thirdperson 0 into the console.
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To make the view extremely bright, causing most textures to disappear, type \r_fullbright 1.
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To turn off the extreme brightness, type \r_fullbright 0.
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To apply any changes made in the setup menu immediately without restarting the game, type \vid_restart.
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To turn on gibs (body parts), type \cg_gibs 1.
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To turn off gibs, type \cg_gibs 0.
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To turn on player shadows, type \cg_shadows 1.
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To turn off player shadows, type \cg_shadows 0.
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To change to a specific map, type \map xxxxx, replacing xxxxx with the map name.
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To initiate a vote to change the map in a multiplayer game, type \callvote map xxxxx, replacing xxxxx with the map name.
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To access a secret stage that is just a box with no weapons or anything, type \test_bigbox.