List of client commands

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Commands offer advanced features and configuration abilities for your game. There are really 2 lists of commands - Client and Server . The client is what displays your game on the screen, plays the sounds, takes in your controls and lets you connect to a game server (single or multiplayer). Client commands are those that usually just affect the appearance of your game, while server commands allows you to modify the world or configuration of the game.

All commands are typed in the chat window in order to execute them. A client command always starts with a dot ., while a server command always starts with a slash /.

Protip: It is advised to utilize in-game command handbook available under client command .chb as it is generally up to date with current game version and often has more information than what is available on Wiki. The article has been updated to include the addition of most commands as off 1.19.8, however, some the commands that have been removed or moved since 1.15 may not be correct. If a command does not work, check .chb for alternate commands.

See also: List of server commands

Client Commands

.blockitempngexport

• .blockitempngexport [inv|all] [imageSize] [domain]
  Export all items and blocks as png images
  • [inv|all] is (optionally) the exportRequest
  • [imageSize] is an integer number
  • [domain] is a string without spaces

.bsedit

• .bsedit
  Opens the block selection editor. Alias for .dev bsedit

.cam

• .cam [p|rp|cp|up|goto|start|loop|stop|clear|load|save|alpha|tp]
  The cinematic camera tool system.
  • .cam p
    Adds the current position to the list of places to visit.
  • .cam rp
    Removes the last added point.
  • .cam cp
    "Close path". Connects the path to the first position in the list. Useful in combination with .cam loop to create a looping camera path.
  • .cam up [num]
    Update the position and viewing angle of point num to the current location.
  • .cam goto [num]
    Go to point num by teleport.
  • .cam clear
    Clears the list of all points.
  • .cam start [time]
    Starts the cinematic camera, the camera will complete the path in the given number of seconds.
  • .cam rec [real seconds] [video seconds]
    Play path and record to .avi file.
  • .cam stop
    Stops the cinematic camera.
  • .cam save
    Exports the current list of points into your clipboard, which you then can paste into any text editor.
  • .cam load [data]
    Import supplied list of points.
  • .cam tp [0 or 1]
    Toggles whether to teleport you back to your previous position after the camera path has been completed.
  • .cam alpha [0..1]
    Modifies how the smoothly the points are traversed by the camera.
  • .cam gui [0 or 1]
    If one, will disable the guis during the duration of the recording (default on).

.c[louds]

• .cdensity
  Set large and small cloud density
• .cdensitylarge
  Set large cloud density
• .cdensitysmall
  Set small cloud density
• .clight
  Set Cloud lightness
• .crand
  Set large and small cloud noise
• .cviewdist
  Sets the cloud view distance. Will be reset when view distance in graphics settings are changed

.charsel

• .charsel
  Opens the character selection menu.

.chatsize

• .chatsize [width]/default [height]/default
  Set the chat dialog with custom width and/or height (default 400x160 [Depending on the interface])

.chb

• .chb
  Opens up command handbook

.clearchat

• .clearchat
  Clears your chat history

.client+

• .client+
  Client+ configuration command

.clientconfig

• .clientconfig [parameterName] [parameterValue]
  Changes client configuration at runtime. It can change any value in the clientsettings.json file. parametername may seem like subcommands, but is actually a dynamic list of options. This means that mods can change the list of options.
  • floatyGuis [1|0]
    Enables/disables the experimental feature where chest dialogs float above the chests
  • showentitydebuginfo [0|1]
    Displays arbitrary debug information above entities
    May require corresponding server command /entity debug 1
  • ssaa [0.5|2]
    Controls Screen Space Anti-Aliasing. 0.5 value enables 0.5x Sampling rate and may give a performance gain at the cost of reduced graphics quality for low end hardware. 2 value enables 2-4x Sampling rate.
  • gammaLevel [level]
    Allows to set gamma level in survival mode. Value 1 is the default 100%, 1.5 is brighter.

.clientconfigcreate

• .clientconfigcreate [name] [datatype] [value]
  Adds a new client configuration key that did not exist before.

• .clientconfigcreate overheadLookAt bool true
  Adds a client configuration key that causes the player's seraph to look at the camera when it is in front of the character. Set to false to disable.

.clients

• .clients
  Prints list of online players. Alias for .online .
• .clients ping
  Prints list of online players with their ping. Alias for .online ping .

.cp

• .cp [posi|aposi|apos|chat]
  Copy something to your clipboard
  • .cp posi
    The position below the player as an integer.
  • .cp aposi
    The absolute player position as an integer in the format X=1,Y=1,Z=1.
  • .cp apos
    The absolute player position as a float in the format X=1.34,Y=1.34,Z=1.34.
  • .cp chat
    The chat history.

.crash

• .crash
  Crashes the game.

.ctblocks

• .ctblocks [freezeCtBlocks]
  Lets you to toggle on/off the updating of client ticking blocks. This can be useful when recording waterfalls and such.
  • [freezeCtBlocks] is a boolean, including 1 or 0, yes or no, true or false, or on and off

.debug

• .debug normalview
  Shows vertex normals instead textures, but does not discard transparent pixels.
• .debug wireframe [value]
  Running .debug wireframe will give some help info.
  • entity
    Shows entity collision boxes.
  • chunk
    Shows chunk borders.
  • serverchunk
    Shows server chunk borders.
  • region
    Shows region borders.
  • blockentity
    Shows block entity borders e.g. of large gear.
  • ambsounds
    Shows ambient sound borders e.g. of flowing water.
• .debug talk [value]
  Plays actions with the character's voice. Running .debug talk will give a list of values.
• .debug [perceptioneffect|pc] [value]
  Applies effect.
  • drunk
    Makes player drunk.
  • damagedfreezing
    Applies a freezing effect to player.
• .debug tofb [true|false]
  Toggle offscreen buffer.
• .debug cmr
  Print a full list of color map rectangles to the client-main.txt.
• .debug us
  Toggle unbind samplers mode.
• .debug gl [true|false]
  Toggle OpenGL debug mode.
• .debug uiclick
  Toggle UI Debug print interactions.
• .debug discovery [value]
  Show a text on the screen as for lore books.
• .debug soundsummary
  Print a count of loaded sounds.
• .debug meshsummary
  Print a full list of block mesh sizes in kilobytes to client-debug.txt.
• .debug chunksummary
  Print a count of total chunks, packed chunks and free pool objects.
• .debug renderers
  Print a full list of renderers.
• .debug exptexatlas [block|item|entity]
  Export an atlas(es) of blocks, items or entities.
• .debug liquidselectable
  Toggle forced liquid selectable.
• .debug relightchunk
  Recalculate sunlight and queue for redrawing in the chunk.
• .debug fog [value]
  Sets fog density.
• .debug fov [value]
  Sets field of view.
• .debug wgen
  Print a rainfall and adjusted temperature values.
• .debug redrawall
  Redraw all chunks.
• .debug ci
  Display some information on the current chunk the player is in
• .debug shake [value]
  Shake effect. Insert a higher negative value to remove the effect.
• .debug recalctrav
  Recalculate traversability of all chunks.
• .debug find [blockName]
  Specify all or part of the name of a block to find its coordinates.

List of server commands/debug also exists. Use .help debug for more info on debug commands.

.dev

• .dev bsedit
  Opens The Block Selection Editor. Has alias of .bsedit .
• .dev reload <assetcategory>
  Asseted reloading utility. Incase of shape reload will also Re-tesselate. Incase of textures will regenerate the texture atlesses. See .reload for more information, as command is an alias.
• .dev tfedit [fp/tp/tpo/gui/ground]
  • [fp/tp/tpo/gui/ground] is (optionally) the type.
  • Opens The transform Editor. Has Alias of .tfedit .

.edi

• .edi
  Show/Hide Extended information on debug screen, e.g. block lighting. Has alias of .debug edi .

.errorreporter

• .errorreporter
  Reopens the error reporting dialog

.exponepng

• .exponepng code [block|item] [exportCode] [size=100]
  Export one item as png image
  • [block|item] is the exportType
  • [exportCode] is a string without spaces
  • [size] is an integer number. Default is 100.
• .exponepng hand [size=100]
  Export icon for currently held item/block.
  • [size] is an integer number. Default is 100.

.fbdeb

• .fbdeb
  Toggle Framebuffer/WOIT Debug mode

.fountain

• .fountain [quantity] [quad|cube]
  Toggle Particle fountain.

.firstlaunchinfo

• .firstlaunchinfo
  Show the first launch info dialog.

.freemove

• .freemove [freeMove]
  Toggle Freemove
  • [freeMove] is a boolean, including 1 or 0, yes or no, true or false, or on or off

.gencraftjson

• .gencraftjson
  Copies a snippet of json from your currently held item usable as a crafting recipe ingredient

.gui

• .gui [show_gui]
  Hide/Show all GUIs
  • [show_gui] is a boolean, including 1 or 0, yes or no, true or false, or on or off

.help

• .help
  Display list of available client commands. Has options parramameters of [commandname] [subcommand] and [subsubcommand] which are strings without spaces, you can use .help [commandname] to display the information regarding the command in question as well as restrictions on parameters as well as a list of subcommands.

.lockfly

• .lockfly
  Locks a movement axis during flying/swimming
  • .lockfly 1
    Locks a movement axis to X
  • .lockfly 2
    Locks a movement axis to Y
  • .lockfly 3
    Locks a movement axis to Z

.logticks

• .logticks
  Toggle Tick profiling. Won't log ticks below the threshold.

.map

• .map purgedb
  Purges map DB.
• .map redraw
  Redraws map.
• .map worldmapsize [mapHeight] [mapWidth]
  Sets world map size.

.moon

• .moon
  Prints the current moon phase.

.movespeed

• .movespeed [speed]
  Set Movespeed
  • [speed] is a decimal number, for example 0.5

.music

• .music stop
  Stops the current music track.

.netbenchmark

• .netbenchmark
  Toggles network benchmarking

.notminecraft

• .notminecraft
  Discription in the command handbook and when .help notminecraft reads: "No, this is not minecraft". Command displays a banner in the top right corner of the game that states "No, this is not minecraft". The banner also displays the minecraft icon with a red "X" marking through the image. To toggle off, run the command again.

.noclip

• .noclip [noclip]
  Toggle noclip

.online

• .online
  Prints list of online players. Alias for .clients .
• .online ping
  Prints list of online players with their ping. Alias for .clients ping .

.pastemode

• .pastemode [single|multi]
  Set the chats paste mode. If set to multi pasting multiple lines will produce multiple chat lines.
  • [single|mulit] is the mode

.recomposechat

• .recomposechat
  Recompose chat dialogs

.reconnect

• .reconnect
  Reconnect to server

.recordingmode

• .recordingmode
  Makes the game brighter for recording (Sets gamma level to 1.1 and brightness level to 1.5)

.reload

• This command has alias of Alias for .dev reload
• Warning: Some of the commands listed below may have changed, .chb does not list what options are available for testing and not all of the commands would run as tested.
• .reload shapes
  Reloads all JSON models from assets/blockshapes. Can be used to quickly test new block shapes.
  Notice: The chunks are not redrawn, so you'd have to force a redraw e.g. by placing and removing a block.
• .reload textures
  Reloads all textures from assets/textures. Can be used to quickly test texture changes.
• .reload lang
  Reloads all lang files from assets/lang. Can be used to quickly test translation changes.
• .reloadhandbook
  Reloads handbook entries. Can be used to quickly test translation etc. changes in handbook.

.resolution

• .resolution
  Sets the screen size to given width and height

.serverinfo

• .serverinfo
  Display information about server info

.spawndecal

• .spawndecal
  Spawn a decal at position

.tfedit

• .tfedit [fp/tp/tpo/gui/ground]
  Opens The transform Editor. Has Alias of .dev tfedit .
  • [fp/tp/tpo/gui/ground] is (optionally) the type.

.time

• .time
  Read local game time or speed

.timelapse

• .timelapse [interval-in-days] [duration-in-months]
  Takes a set of timelapse photographs of the same spot of several hours, days, or seasons. Images can be found in folder Pictures/Vintagestory/timelapse.
  Note: As currently implemented, the world does not actually change while the photographs are being taken. For example, crops will not grow, snow will not fall, ect. This is intended only for seeing the visual changes of the changing time of day or changing seasons.

.tutorial

• Interact with the tutorial system.
• .tutorial hud
  Toggles the tutorial HUD.
• .tutorial restart
  Restarts the currently selected tutorial .
• .tutorial ship [skip_amount]
  Skips the currently selected tutorial.
  • [skip_amount]
    Is an integer Number.

.viewdistance

• .viewdistance
  Sets the viewing distance. Same as setting the view distance in the graphics settings but with no upper limit. For viewing distances above 1000 blocks you also have to set the .zfar value above that.

.vrec

• .vrec
  Video Recorder Tools

.we

• .we
  World edit toolbar, see more in How to use WorldEdit

.weather

• .weather
  Shows current weather info.

.zfar

• .zfar [value]
  Sets the clipping plane distance, everything beyond given value is no longer visible (default value is 1000). Very high values will cause Z-fighting.

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