HOI4 Console Commands

438 Console Commands

A complete and up-to-date searchable list of every HOI4 console command, with syntax and working examples.

Press the tilde key (~) in-game to open the console, then type a command and press Enter. Cheats are disabled in Ironman games — see the guide on how to open the console.

Category

	Effect	Category
debug_achievements	Enables popups for achievements to debug them	Debug
debug_achievements_clear	Clear all achievements and user stats	Debug
debug_air_vs_land	Toggle debug mode for air vs land combat.	Debug
debug_army_entity	Shows debug entity for all armies	Debug
debug_assert	Toggles asserts on/off	Debug
debug_bloom	Toggles Bloom on/off	Debug
debug_borders	Toggles Borders on/off	Debug
debug_checkportraitssanity	Analyse all characters' portraits and write failures in error log	Debug
debug_cities	Toggles Cities painting mode on/off	Debug
debug_crash	Crash!	Debug
debug_custom_achievements	For testing custom achievements, clear completion status (delete files on cloud storage) and reload mod achievement files	Debug
debug_diploactions	Start Counting diplomatic actions	Debug
debug_dumpdiploactions	Dump diplomatic action data to game log	Debug
debug_dumpevents	Dump Event data to game log	Debug
debug_entities	Toggles Debug entities	Debug
debug_events	Start Counting events	Debug
debug_force_capitulate	forces capitulation of a country on next daily tick	Debug
debug_front_sections	Visual debug of theatres, fronts and sections.	Debug
debug_fronts	Toggles interpolated fronts debug	Debug
debug_info	Toggles Debug info	Debug
debug_lines	Toggles Debuglines	Debug
debug_lockcamera	Toggles Camera locked on/off	Debug
debug_nogui	Toggles GUI on/off	Debug
debug_nomouse	Toggles mouse scrollwheel on/off	Debug
debug_norender	Toggle rendering of map	Debug
debug_off_front_snap	Toggles offensive fronts snapping debug	Debug
debug_orders_tree	Print out debug about orders chain.	Debug
debug_particle	Toggles Particles Debug info	Debug
debug_postfx	Toggles PostFX on/off	Debug
debug_rivers	Toggles Rivers on/off	Debug
debug_show_event_ID	Shows event ID	Debug
debug_sky	Toggles Sky on/off	Debug
debug_smooth	Toggle framesmoothing	Debug
debug_tactics	Toggle visibility of debug tooltip for tactics	Debug
debug_terrain	Toggles Terrain on/off	Debug
debug_texture	draws textures like bloom	Debug
debug_textures	Writes Texture info to application debug log	Debug
debug_tooltip	Toggles Tooltips on/off	Debug
debug_trees	Toggles Trees on/off	Debug
debug_types	Will print the data type for all dynamic reference objects. Can only be used if using RTTI.	Debug
debug_unit_controller_weights	Visual debug of unit controller weights. Enable track_unit_controller_weights first!	Debug
debug_unit_entity	Print out the entity hierarchy.	Debug
debug_validate_supply	Toggle debug validate supply cache.	Debug
debug_water	Toggles Water on/off	Debug
debug_wireframe	Toggles forced wireframe on/off	Debug
debug_zoom	Zooms in the game	Debug
Debug.DeleteUnitEachTick	The Debug.DeleteUnitEachTick console command.	Tweakable Variable
Debug.OldCombat	The Debug.OldCombat console command.	Tweakable Variable
Decision.FastRemove	The Decision.FastRemove console command.	Tweakable Variable
Decision.NoChecks	The Decision.NoChecks console command.	Tweakable Variable

debug_achievements

Enables popups for achievements to debug them

Debug

debug_achievements_clear

Clear all achievements and user stats

Debug

debug_air_vs_land

Toggle debug mode for air vs land combat.

Debug

debug_army_entity

Shows debug entity for all armies

Debug

debug_assert

Toggles asserts on/off

Debug

debug_bloom

Toggles Bloom on/off

Debug

debug_borders

Toggles Borders on/off

Debug

debug_checkportraitssanity

Analyse all characters' portraits and write failures in error log

Debug

debug_cities

Toggles Cities painting mode on/off

Debug

debug_crash

Crash!

Debug

debug_custom_achievements

For testing custom achievements, clear completion status (delete files on cloud storage) and reload mod achievement files

Debug

debug_diploactions

Start Counting diplomatic actions

Debug

debug_dumpdiploactions

Dump diplomatic action data to game log

Debug

debug_dumpevents

Dump Event data to game log

Debug

debug_entities

Toggles Debug entities

Debug

debug_events

Start Counting events

Debug

debug_force_capitulate

forces capitulation of a country on next daily tick

Debug

debug_front_sections

Visual debug of theatres, fronts and sections.

Debug

debug_fronts

Toggles interpolated fronts debug

Debug

debug_info

Toggles Debug info

Debug

debug_lines

Toggles Debuglines

Debug

debug_lockcamera

Toggles Camera locked on/off

Debug

debug_nogui

Toggles GUI on/off

Debug

debug_nomouse

Toggles mouse scrollwheel on/off

Debug

debug_norender

Toggle rendering of map

Debug

debug_off_front_snap

Toggles offensive fronts snapping debug

Debug

debug_orders_tree

Print out debug about orders chain.

Debug

debug_particle

Toggles Particles Debug info

Debug

debug_postfx

Toggles PostFX on/off

Debug

debug_rivers

Toggles Rivers on/off

Debug

debug_show_event_ID

Shows event ID

Debug

debug_sky

Toggles Sky on/off

Debug

debug_smooth

Toggle framesmoothing

Debug

debug_tactics

Toggle visibility of debug tooltip for tactics

Debug

debug_terrain

Toggles Terrain on/off

Debug

debug_texture

draws textures like bloom

Debug

debug_textures

Writes Texture info to application debug log

Debug

debug_tooltip

Toggles Tooltips on/off

Debug

debug_trees

Toggles Trees on/off

Debug

debug_types

Will print the data type for all dynamic reference objects. Can only be used if using RTTI.

Debug

debug_unit_controller_weights

Visual debug of unit controller weights. Enable track_unit_controller_weights first!

Debug

debug_unit_entity

Print out the entity hierarchy.

Debug

debug_validate_supply

Toggle debug validate supply cache.

Debug

debug_water

Toggles Water on/off

Debug

debug_wireframe

Toggles forced wireframe on/off

Debug

debug_zoom

Zooms in the game

Debug

Debug.DeleteUnitEachTick

The Debug.DeleteUnitEachTick console command.

Tweakable Variable

Debug.OldCombat

The Debug.OldCombat console command.

Tweakable Variable

Decision.FastRemove

The Decision.FastRemove console command.

Tweakable Variable

Decision.NoChecks

The Decision.NoChecks console command.

Tweakable Variable