Doom 3 / Doom III Console Commands, Benchmarks, and Cheats (PC)

This tutorial contains a brief listing of Doom 3 console commands with descriptions.

The following is a list of console commands for Doom 3.

CLTR – ALT – ~ opens the console
Press the tilde key (~) while holding the CLTR and ALT keys.

Once the console is open, type in the following commands. (Some only work within an active game.)

benchmark – benchmarks your system with different sizes of screen

sizedown – decreases the size of the screen

sizeup – increases the size of the screen

map mapname – opens a map named mapname

bind – binds commands to key

recorddemo – closes the console and starts recording until you send a “stoprecording” command or quit
It defaults to \Doom 3\base\demos and names it subsequently demo000.demo.

stoprecording – stop the recording of a demo

timedemo demoname – run a demo for a benchmark

playdemo demoname – play a recorded demo

avidemo – saves a demo as an avi

god – god mode

screenshot – records a screenshot and places it in the screenshot directory

notarget – enemies cannot see you

noclip – toggles clipping on and off

give all – gives all weapons

give weapon_chainsaw – chainsaw
give weapon_rocketlauncher – rocket launcher
give weapon_machinegun – machine gun
give weapon_shotgun – shotgun
give weapon_plasmagun – plasmagun
give weapon_bfg – BFG

testlight – increases the light in the room

gfxinfo – displays info on your graphics card

quit – exits

exit – quits

For additional information, this tech recipe gives a brief description of all console commands.