CommandMode

Command Mode

You can access command mode by typing ' : ' in a single player or multiplayer scenario. More accurately, you need to type shift - semicolon( ; ). However this isn't possible on all keyboards; if your keyboard doesn't have ':' above ';' you can change the hotkey in the Preferences, or you could edit game.cfg by hand.'

Several vi-like commands are available in command mode. They are defined in playturn.cpp in the turn_info::do_command() function:

:q or :q!

quit the scenario (without prompting)

:w

save the game (without prompting)

:wq

save the game and quit the scenario (without prompting)

:refresh

redraw the screen

:droid side

toggle player on side between human and AI players. If a human controls the side, the player himself has to issue this command.

:kick username

kick a user in multiplayer. They will be able to rejoin the game. Generally a friendly way to remove someone who is having connection or other difficulties.

:ban username

kick and ban a user in multiplayer, and the IP address used by that username

:control side username

change the controller for side to username

:clear

clear chat messages

:debug

switch debug mode on (does not work in multiplayer). Debug mode is turned off by quitting the game.

:theme

bring up theme selection menu

Extra Debugging Commands

DebugMode enables additional commands in command mode:

:n

skip to next scenario by triggering a win event

:gold amount

add amount gold to the current player's side

:create unit_type

create a unit of type specified at last selected hex

:unit attribute=value

when a unit is selected, this will set the unit's attribute to value. See SingleUnitWML for possible values.

See Also

• DebugMode
• DeveloperResources