Remote Console Commands

This guide covers settings that can be reached through the in-game console (bound to F1 by default). While there are more console commands possible, these are the most commonly used and useful ones.

Using The Console

Logging In As Admin

All commands will require login with the admin password first (see Server Hosting for how to set the server_admin_password). You only need to log on once per session (i.e. each time you reconnect to a server, but not on map rotation). The command to login is below and is case sensitive.

rc login <server_admin_password>

If you don’t see any console output confirming the login, hit F1 a couple of times to close and reopen the console.

Sending Remote Commands

All commands are prefixed with rc to distinguish them from console commands that run on your local game only. For example, rc help prints the list of rc commands and some descriptive help text. If you just type help you would only get the local console commands rather than the remote commands.

The console also has auto completion by pressing Tab for most commands (if not all arguments). This means that you can type a partial command, hit Tab, and it will complete the rest of the command up to the point where there is no ambiguity. This is handy if you can only remember the start of the command, or to correct the case used for commands as the console is case sensitive.

Examples:

1. Typing rc set drawFir and pressing Tab will automatically expand the command to read rc set drawFirearmTrajectories
2. Typing rc carbonPlayers force and pressing Tab will automatically expand the command to read rc carbonPlayers forceInput as it cannot choose between forceInputRotation or forceInputAxis.

Console Commands

Some commands take arguments that determine how they behave. You've already seen one example of this - the server_admin_password above is an argument to the login command. Another would be setting God Mode on the servers.

rc set characterGodMode true Enables god mode, the argument is true.

rc set characterGodMode false Disables god mode, the argument is false.

Where commands take arguments, they will be listed in angle brackets (<argument>). In some cases, arguments are optional. These will be surrounded by square brackets ([<optionalArgument>]). Where more than one optional argument is available, all arguments up to the desired argument must be given.

e.g. For a command of the form rc command <argument1> [<optional1>] [<optional2>] [<optional3>], to use <optional2>, we must also provide <optional1>. Arguments will be listed in the form argument (type): description, where argument is the name of the argument, type indicates the form the argument takes, and finally a description of the argument. Possible types of argument are:

String:	Any amount of text
Boolean:	true or false
Integer:	A non-floating point number (i.e. no decimals)
Float:	A floating point number (i.e. has decimals)
List:	A specific list of options that will be provided (e.g. faction choices of British, Prussian, or French)

Notes:

• Some arguments will require numbers representing a position or rotation. These can be worked out in game by typing get in the console to give the current player's position and rotation.
• Some arguments will require the ID of a player. This is visible in the Admin/Mute Players Window (reached by pressing P by default), or by using the command rc playerlist.
• All remote commands can be added into your Server Configuration file for each map rotation, so you can automatically run commands when the map is selected. For example, you may want to always spawn 100 bots on a certain map for training purposes.

Top Level Commands

Command	Description	Arguments
help [<command>]	Display help text about console commands e.g. rc help get	command (String): Optionally provide another command name to get further help on that specific command.
broadcast <message>	Send an admin message to all players on the server (can also be done in Admin chat with /bc <message>) e.g. rc broadcast Live at 18:30	message (String): The text you want to broadcast. Subsequent calls to this will immediately replace the current message.
carbonPlayers <command> [<arguments>]	Bot controls. For more details see the section on Bot Commands	See the section on Bot Commands
cls	Clear the console. Useful if you're recording and want to clear your admin password before starting.	N/A
fileReloader <fileType>	Allows reloading of server configuration files without a server reboot. Useful for refreshing ban lists or tweaking map rotations. e.g. rc fileReloader serverConfigFile	fileType (List): One of the following options. serverConfigFile: The Server Configuration file blackWhiteLists: The blacklist / whitelist bannedPlayers: Banned players file bannedMachines: Banned machines file mutePlayersVoip: The VOIP muted players file mutePlayersChat: The chat muted players file all: Loads all but the Server Configuration.
get [<variable>]	Fetches the value of a server setting (or all values if no variable provided). See Configuration Variables e.g. rc get characterGodMode	variable (List): See Configuration Variables
mapRotation <index>	Switches to the map configuration specified in the Server Configuration file. e.g. rc mapRotation 1	index (Integer): The number of the rotation to switch to. The first in the file is 1, the second 2, etc.
playerlist	List the players connected to the server	N/A
scorelog	Prints out a score log including a list of who killed who	N/A
serverAdmin <command> <ID>	Server admin commands. All generally accessible through the in-game "P" menu. e.g. rc serverAdmin slay 14	command (List): One of the following commands. ban kick chatMute chatUnmute voipMute voipUnmute permChatMute permVoipMute slay ID (Integer): The ID of the player to affect
set <variable> <value>	Sets the value of a server setting. See Configuration Variables e.g. rc set characterGodMode true	variable (List): See Configuration Variables value (?): The value and its type will depend on the variable used.
teleport <target/s> <destination>	Teleports a specified player / set of players to another position on the map. e.g. rc teleport me 200.5,11.1,435	target/s (Integer): The ID of the player OR target/s (String): Either me, all, defending, or attacking destination (Floats): The X,Y,Z co-ordinate in space for the teleport - the Y co-ordinate is height, so try to drop them gently! OR destination (String): Can be set to me to spawn on the player
emplacementLimit <emplacement> <side> <limit>	Sets the number of emplacements of a particular type that are buildable for each team	emplacement (List): An Emplacement Type side (List): Either attacking or defending limit (Integer): The limit to set

Configuration Variables

There are a number of server-side variables that can be tweaked which affect how the game behaves. These generally carry over between map rotations, so once they're set they can only be reset manually or by restarting the server. A recommendation for server owners would be to add the appropriate commands to set defaults into their starter map rotation (such as Training Grounds) so that they can restore the settings without a restart. See Server Configuration for how to do this.

Typing rc get will list the full set of variables and their current values. The ones listed below are those likely to be of use to server admins.

Game Settings

Command	Description	Arguments	Default
characterGodMode <enable>	GOD MODE for all characters	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
allowFriendlyDamageDefences <enable>	If enabled, friendly players may destroy the emplacements created by their own faction	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
characterFallDamageEnabled <enable>	Toggles players' fall damage	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
forceFirstPersonMode <enable>	Toggles forced first person mode	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
drawCannonPathTrajectories <enable>	Draw Cannon Path Trajectories	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
drawFirearmTrajectories <enable>	Broadcasts debug info to the clients when a player shoots a firearm. If you want to clear existing trajectories, get people to shoot into the ground in first person (i.e. bury the trajectories) before turning off.	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
broadcastMeleeDebugDataStrikeInfo <enable>	Broadcasts hit info for the melee debug data to debug melee strikes	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
allowPreviewAnimations <enable>	Allows usage of the preview animations on the clients (dance, etc...)	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
lanternsAsProjectiles <enable>	Allows usage of hand held lanterns as artillery projectiles	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
maxDistanceAllowedForHealing <distance>	Specifies the max distance for surgeon heals	distance (Float): The healing distance	2
fullPlayerHealingProcessTime	Specifies the full time in seconds for a full healing process to finish	time (Float): The time in seconds	10
voiceChatEnabled <enable>	Specifies whether voice chat is enabled or not	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
voiceChat3D <enable>	Specifies the spatial settings of the Voice Chat players	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
attackingFactionMaterialPoints <materials>	Set the material points for the attacking faction (for Sapper building)	materials (Integer): The number of materials to assign	50
defendingFactionMaterialPoints <materials>	Set the material points for the defending faction (for Sapper building)	materials (Integer): The number of materials to assign	50
spawnSectionsCapturable <enable>	Toggles the ability to make spawn capture points capturable	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
autoWeatherRotation <enable>	Specifies whether the server switches the weather automatically at random intervals	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
characterRespawnTime	Instructs the clients to change the respawn time. If lower than 5 may still show a 5s progress bar.	time (Float): The time in seconds	5
explosionScaleMultiplier <multiplier>	Specifies the explosion scale multiplier	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
ragdollForceMultiplier <multiplier>	Specifies the ragdoll effects multiplier	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
orderSystemEnabled <enable>	Toggles the officer order system. Defaults to true.	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true

Character Movement

Command	Description	Arguments	Default
characterJumpForce <force>	The jump force of the characters	force (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterRunSpeed <multiplier>	The run speed of the characters (multiplies with below options)	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterRunForwardSpeed <multiplier>	The forward run speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterRunStrafeSpeed <multiplier>	The strafe run speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterRunBackwardsSpeed <multiplier>	The backwards run speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterWalkSpeed <multiplier>	The walk speed of the characters (multiplies with below options). This will also apply when walking while holding objects (e.g. ammo boxes)	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterWalkForwardSpeed <multiplier>	The forward walk speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterWalkStrafeSpeed <multiplier>	The strafe walk speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterWalkBackwardsSpeed <multiplier>	The backwards walk speed of the characters	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
ladderMoverSpeedMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies ladder mover speed	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
ladderMoverRotationMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies ladder mover rotation	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
rocketMoverSpeedMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies rocket mover speed	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
rocketMoverRotationMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies rocket mover rotation	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1

Weapons

Command	Description	Arguments	Default
characterInfiniteFirearmAmmo <enable>	Toggles infinite firearm ammo for testing purposes	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
characterWeaponDamageScale <scale>	Sets the scale of the damage that weapons do (NOT CURRENTLY WORKING)	scale (Float): A multiplier value	1
characterWeaponApplyHorizontalDeviation <enable>	Specifies whether the firearm weapons apply horizontal deviation	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
characterWeaponFirearmApplyDrop <enable>	Specifies whether hand weapons can damage DamageableObjects (does not appear to be implemented)	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
characterMeleeBlockStunTime	The duration of a melee block stun	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.8
characterMeleeHitOpponentStunTime	The duration of a melee hit stun	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.35
characterMeleeInterruptedStunTime	The duration of a melee interrupted stun	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.4
characterMaimedTime	The duration of a maim	time (Float): The time in seconds	1.5
characterSecondaryAttackMaimedTime	The duration of a maim from secondary attack (shove/kick)	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.45
characterMaimedMovementTime	The duration of a maim movement	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.45
characterSecondaryAttackTime	The duration of a secondary attack duration	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.85
secondaryAttackCooldownDuration	The duration of the cooldown between secondary attacks	time (Float): The time in seconds	1
meleeChambering <enable>	Toggles melee chambering	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true

Artillery

Command	Description	Arguments	Default
cannonMoverSpeedMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies cannon mover speed. Note this will also affect cannon recoil!	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
cannonMoverRotationMultiplier <multiplier>	Multiplies cannon mover rotation	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
allowAmmoSelectorUIDebugShow <enable>	Allows players to use the debugging ammo selector panel. This is bound to O by default and will open an instant artillery ammo selection panel.	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
pathProjectileVelocity <value>	Sets the path velocity of the rocket projectile with given input	value (Float): Value to set	145
rocketProjectileVelocity <value>	Sets the velocity of the rocket projectile with given input	value (Float): Value to set	22
rocketProjectileGravity <value>	Change gravity of the rocket	value (Float): Value to set	40
rocketProjectileDamageRadius <value>	The radius of the rocket projectile's impact	value (Float): Value to set	3
rocketProjectileRandomizedInterval <value>	The frequency of random positioning of the projectile in seconds	value (Float): Value to set	2
rocketProjectileDeviation <value>	Set a positive value that can be used to randomize the flight deviation	value (Float): Value to set	5
mortarProjectileDamageRadius <value>	Set a positive value that can be used for mortar aoe damage	value (Float): Value to set	3.5
mortarProjectileVelocity <value>	Set a positive value that can be used for mortar projectile velocity	value (Float): Value to set	60
artyProjectileBounceSpeedReduction <value>	Set a positive value that can be used for bounce slowdowns	value (Float): Value to set	0.666

Naval

Command	Description	Arguments	Default
shipDrivingFieldsScale <scale>	Specifies the scale of the fields that are used when driving ships. Multiplies their speed.	scale (Float): A multiplier value	1
shipFlyMode <enable>	Interplentary travel! Enable ships to fly.	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	false
windDirectionAffectsShipSpeed <enable>	Specifies whether the wind direction affects the speed of the ships	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true
rowboatSpawnHoldInteractionTime	Rowboat spawning action duration	time (Float): The time in seconds	5
rowboatSpawnHoldInteractionTimeWhileSinking	Rowboat spawning action duration while sinking	time (Float): The time in seconds	0.5
rowboatCooldownBetweenSpawns	Rowboat spawning delay between spawns	time (Float): The time in seconds	120
rowboatCooldownBetweenSpawnsWhileSinking	Rowboat spawning delay between spawns while sinking	time (Float): The time in seconds	5
shipSailWindUnitMultiplier <multiplier>	Wind affect potency on the sails multiplier	multiplier (Float): A multiplier value	1
renderOcean <enable>	Toggles the ocean rendering	enable (Boolean): true to enable, false to disable	true

Nature Settings

These settings will allow you to change the time of day and weather of the current map.

Time

These commands should be prefixed with rc nature time.

e.g. To enable dynamic time, rc nature time dynamicTime true

Command	Description	Arguments
timeOfDay	Sets the time of day to the specified hour	time (Float): The hour in a 24 hour clock. i.e. 12 is midday, 23 is 11pm midnight
dynamicTime <enable>	Enabled dynamic time	enable (boolean): true to enable, false to disable
dynamicTimeSpeed <speed>	Sets the rate of change of dynamic time	speed (Float): Looks to be a scale of hours per second. Set it to 12 and watch night turn into day into night into day ...

Weather

These commands should be prefixed with rc nature weather.

e.g. To set the wind direction to North, rc nature weather wind direction North

Command	Description	Arguments
preset <name> [<transitionTime>]	Set the weather to one of the defined presets	name (List): The name of the preset to select from the list here transitionTime (Float): The length of time in s for the change to happen over (defaults to 1s)
wind strength <value>	Set the strength of the wind Z	value (Float): The wind strength to set
wind direction <value>	Set the direction of the wind Z	value (List): One of North, NorthEast, East, SouthEast, South, SouthWest, West, NorthWest
atmosphere temperature <value>	Set the temperature. Affects snow cover on ground and type of precipitation (snow, rain)	value (Float): Degrees
atmosphere fallIntensity <value>	Set the rainfall intensity	value (Float): A range between 0 and 1
fog enabled <enable>	Toggle fog on the map	enable (boolean): true to enable, false to disable
fog visibility <value>	The level of visibility in fog. The larger the number, the thinner the fog.	value (Float): Visibility in m
ocean choppinesss <value>	Ocean choppiness	value (Float): The rollin' of the ocean
ocean depth <value>	Ocean depth	value (Float): How low can you go

Weather Presets

• Custom
• Calm
• Storm
• Fog
• Snowy
• CalmRain
• Calm2
• Calm3
• Calm4
• Fog2
• Fog3
• Random

Bot Commands

Holdfast has some fairly dumb bots. While they won't put up a fight, they are useful for testing ranges, or just satisfying your need to kill. All commands are prefixed with rc carbonPlayers . Note that most commands apply to all bots, except where a bot could literally not follow the command (non-flagbearers switching to a BearingFlag for example).

e.g. To spawn 50 bots you would issue the command rc carbonPlayers spawn 50.

Command	Description	Arguments
spawn <number> [<interval>]	Spawn a number of bots on the server. Bots spawn (and respawn) as random classes and factions distributed across spawn points.	number (Integer): The number of bots to spawn interval (Integer): Seconds between each spawn. Defaults to 0.
disperse	Randomly disperse bots over the map	N/A
join	Join all of the bots in the centre of the map	N/A
forceInputAxis <enable>	Toggles whether the bots shuffle around randomly, or respond to the value set by inputAxis	enable (boolean): true to enable, false to disable
forceInputRotation <enable>	Toggles whether the bots spin around randomly, or respond to the value set by inputRotation	enable (boolean): true to enable, false to disable
inputAxis <sideways> <forwards>	Sets the movement inputs for ALL bots	sideways (Float): The amount of strafe input in the range -1 to +1. Positive is to the right. forwards (Float): The amount of forward/backward input in the range -1 to +1. Positive is forwards.
inputRotation <rotation>	Sets the direction for ALL bots to face	direction (Float): The direction in degrees taken from North. i.e. 90 is East, 180 South, etc.
playerAction <action>	Tells all bots to take a certain action	action (List): See the list of actions.
switchWeapon [<weapon>]	Tell all bots to switch to this weapon (if they have it in their loadout)	weapon (List): See the list of weapons. With no argument will switch between fists and firearm.
voicePhrase <phrase>	Bots will should this phrase	phrase (List): See the list of voice phrases.
voicePhraseRandom	Bots will each shout a random phrase	N/A
meleeAttack <attack>	Bots will do the specified melee attack (if holding a melee weapon).	attack (List): One of MeleeStrikeHigh, MeleeStrikeLow, MeleeStrikeLeft, MeleeStrikeRight

Bot Actions

Action	Description
ShipAutoMove
Jump
StartAimingFirearm
StopAimingFirearm
FireFirearm
FireCannon
Driveship
Run
Crouch
PlayerAutoWalk
SwitchWeapon
StartReloadFirearm
InterruptReloadFirearm
FinishReloadFirearm
EnableCombatStance
DisableCombatStance
StartMeleeWeaponHold
StopMeleeWeaponHold
ExecuteMeleeWeaponStrike
MeleeStrikeHigh
MeleeStrikeLow
MeleeStrikeLeft
MeleeStrikeRight

Action	Description
StartMeleeBlock
StopMeleeBlock
ChangeMeleeBlock
MeleeBlockHigh
MeleeBlockLow
MeleeBlockLeft
MeleeBlockRight
FireDryFirearm
StartCrouching
StopCrouching
StopPreviewAnimation
Dance_GanGamStyle
Dance_HipHop
Dance_Thriller
PreviewAnim_Dance_Belly
PreviewAnim_MusketKick
PreviewAnim_MusketCrouch
PreviewAnim_Instrument_Bass
PreviewAnim_Instrument_Guitar
PreviewAnim_Instrument_Drums
PreviewAnim_Salute
PreviewAnim_Pointing
PreviewAnim_LookingHorizon
PreviewAnim_MaleLayingDownPose

Naval

Command	Description	Arguments
shipList	List all spawned ships	N/A
spawnShips <shiptype> <number> [<faction>] [<variation>]	Spawns a number of ships for the given faction. If no faction specified, will randomly choose between British and French	shiptype (List): A defined [[Server_Configuration_Enums#Ship_Type|Ship Type] number (Integer): The number of ships to spawn faction (List): Either British or French variation (Integer): ????
removeships <selection>	Remove ships from the game	selection (List): Either all or the ID of the specific ship to remove

Updates

A quick reference of new/changed commands for Holdfast releases

Version 0.36 - 18th September 2019

• Added forceFirstPersonMode

Version 0.34 - 23rd August 2019

• Added secondary attack options
• Improved teleport command

Version 0.33 - 26th July 2019

• Added highPingIndicatorWarning setting
• Added orderSystemEnabled setting