Portal 2 Cheats and Console Commands

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Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following.

The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers. Players will explore never-before-seen areas of the Aperture Science Labs and be reunited with GLaDOS, the occasionally murderous computer companion who guided them through the original game.

The game’s two-player cooperative mode features its own entirely separate campaign with a unique story, test chambers, and two new player characters. This new mode forces players to reconsider everything they thought they knew about portals. Success will require them to not just act cooperatively, but to think cooperatively.

Portal 2 Cheats

Allow Developer Console
If you wanna use cheats: Esc > Options > Keyboard/Mouse > Allow Developer Console.
Press the ` key (upper-left corner of your keyboard) to open the Developer Console. Most of these codes will not work unless cheats are activated (sv_cheats 1).

Make sure the Developer Console is enabled in options, and assign a proper key to open the console. Open the developer console in-game and note the following commands:

Type sv_cheats 0 or 1 to turn off or on cheats respectively.

Useful Commands

portal_draw_ghosting 0/1 – Toggles the outline visible on portals through walls.
mat_fastspecular 0/1 – Setting to 0 will improve the quality of specular highlights.
r_portal_use_dlights 0/1 – Creates a dynamic light where portals are placed; looks aesthetically pleasing.
r_waterforcereflectentities 0/1 – Force water to reflect everything.
gameinstructor_enable 0/1 – Toggles the popup hints found throughout the game.
sv_player_funnel_into_portals 0/1 – Toggles whether the player is ‘funnelled’ into portals.
sv_props_funnel_into_portals 0/1 – Toggles whether objects are ‘funnelled’ into portals.
sv_enableholdrotation 0/1 – If enabled, objects can be freely rotated with the Portal Device when holding the secondary fire key.
cl_fov – Set desired field of vision.
viewmodel_offset_x – Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the x axis.
viewmodel_offset_y – Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the y axis.
viewmodel_offset_z – Offsets the viewmodel by this much on the z axis.
cm_reset_vo_progress – Resets the dialog progress of Cave Johnson in the Perpetual Testing Initiative.

Miscellaneous Commands

bind <key> “<command>” – Binds a key with a command.
unbind <key> – unbinds a key
kill / explode – Commit suicide.
jpeg – Take a jpeg screenshot. Use jpeg_quality # to control the quality level of the resultant screenshots.
screenshot – Take a TGA screenshot.
r_drawviewmodel 0/1 – turns viewmodels on and off
find <command> – a search function that displays all commands with searched term
net_graph <1-6>
- Depending on the input value, different amounts of information will be shown such as ping, fps, lerp, packet loss, etc.
changelevel <mapname> – changes the map without restarting the server.
cvarlist – View complete cvar list.
differences – View
exec – Execute config file.
map <mapname> – changes the map and restarts the server.
maps – Display list of maps. Use maps * for a full listing.

For recording

record
– records a demo
- stop – stops the recording of a demo
startmovie
– opens up the Source Recorder during demo playback and allows for high quality recording
- endmovie – stop recording to image or AVI

Note: Videos that exceed the file size of 2 GB become corrupted and unviewable, either use a lower resolution before recording or record to raw images and sound instead!

host_framerate <number> – tells the source recorder to record at a constant framerate
host_timescale <number> – use in conjunction with host_framerate to produce a smooth video output

Portal 2 Console Commands

List of Console Commands for Portal 2, something that’s need when creating a test chamber.

Note: When you turn on sv_cheats, all progress for the session is nulled, including story progression and achievements.

Only the host can enable cheats in Co-op mode. The host is always Atlas, the blue robot.
The “sv_gravity #” and “cl_showfps #” commands are examples of commands that always work, even if cheats are off.
Removing certain objects or removing your partner WILL crash the game (ent_remove).
The gel blobs will spawn in all maps, but they won’t actually function properly in maps that do not use mobility gels.

Spawns

Companion Cube: ent_create_portal_companion_cube
Weighted Storage Cube: ent_create_portal_weighted_cube
Weighted Pivot Cube: ent_create_portal_reflector_cube
Old Aperture Science Cube: ent_create_portal_weighted_antique
Edgeless Safety Cube: ent_create_portal_weighted_sphere
Turret: npc_create npc_portal_turret_floor
Frankenturret: ent_create prop_monster_box
Wheatley : ent_create npc_personality_core
GLaDOS: prop_dynamic_create npcs/glados/glados_animation
Water (clear): ent_create_paint_bomb_erase
Repulsion Gel (blue): ent_create_paint_bomb_jump
Propulsion Gel (orange): ent_create_paint_bomb_speed
Conversion Gel (white): ent_create_paint_bomb_portal
Rocket: fire_rocket_projectile
Beta Energy Pellet: fire_energy_ball
Door: give prop_testchamber_door
Thermal Discouragement Beam: ent_create env_portal_laser
Excursion Funnel Emitter (no funnel): ent_create prop_tractor_beam
Mounted Security Camera: ent_create npc_security_camera
Standing Button: ent_create prop_button
Error: ent_create prop_dynamic

Environment

Turn Cheats On: sv_cheats # (0=off, 1=on)
Change Gravity: sv_gravity # (600=default)
Burn Objects: ent_fire !picker ignite
Remove Objects (may crash game): ent_remove
Remove All Portals: ent_fire prop_portal fizzle
Change Maps: changelevel “map name”
Activate Excursion Funnel Emitter: ent_fire !picker enable
Turrets Target Cameras: ent_fire !picker addoutput “spawnflags 512”
Portals Work Anywhere: sv_portal_placement_never_fail # (0=off, 1=on)
Change Colors (r=red, g=green, b=blue): ent_fire !picker color “r g b”
Change Frankenturret Velocity: sv_monster_turret_velocity # (100=default)
Change Game Speed: host_timescale # (1=default, 0.5=half speed, 2=double speed)
Change Portal Size (w=width, h=height): portals_resizeall w h (default=”portals_resizeall 33 55″)

User Modifications

Turrets Don’t Shoot You: notarget
Kill Yourself: kill
Kill Partner: kill “partner’s name”
Invincibility: god
Fly: noclip
Teleport Atlas: ent_teleport blue
Teleport P-body: ent_teleport red
Flashlight: impulse 100
Remove Portal Gun (can still shoot): impulse 200
Regain Portal Gun: give_portalgun
Potato Portal Gun: upgrade_potatogun
Move Portal Gun Left/Right: viewmodel_offset_x # (0=default)
Move Portal Gun Forward/Back: viewmodel_offset_y # (0=default)
Move Portal Gun Up/Down: viewmodel_offset_z # (0=default)
First-Person View : firstperson
Third-Person View: thirdperson
Third-Person Shoulder View: thirdpersonshoulder
Show FPS: cl_showfps # (0=off, 1=fps, 2=smooth fps, 3=server MS, 4=show fps and log to file)

Method for Binding Keys

You can bind keys on your keyboard as shortcuts for using cheats using this format:

bind “insertkey” “insertcommand”

Note: You can also bind keys in Left for Dead using the same commands, I remember binding keys to make the characters repeat their words over and over example Tank, Hunter, Smoker boomer etc. Value patched it latter on in Left 4 Dead one.

For example, if you wanted to create a hotkey for the “kill” command to the key M, you would have to type this into your Developer Console:

bind “m” “kill”

So now every time you press M, you will die! Remember not to bind keys such as WASD, FQTEC, Spacebar, SHIFT, TAB, since those are neccessary in regular gameplay. If you want to undo a bind:

unbind “insertkey”

Binding is useful, because you don’t have to repeatedly open the Developer Console in order to execute commands. Spawning large quantities of cubes is easy with binds!

Easy Method for Binding Keys

If you would like to have an easy method of binding all of your keys at once, open up your Program Files and look for: Steam > steamapps > common > portal 2 > portal2 > cfg.

There, you can add and save your own cfg file. Open up Notepad and type in a list of all your binds. Save it and name it “Binds.cfg” (make sure that it really is a cfg extension). Run Portal 2, open your Developer Console, and type:

exec “Binds”

Execute Multiple Commands

Use the semicolon ( ; ) to execute multiple commands at once. Useful for tricks, such as killing your partner without him being able to retaliate with cheats of his own:

sv_cheats 1; fire_rocket_projectile; sv_cheats 0

And spawning a huge line of paint:

"ent_create_paint_bomb_jump; ent_create_paint_bomb_portal; ent_create_paint_bomb_speed; ent_create_paint_bomb_jump; ent_create_paint_bomb_portal; ent_create_paint_bomb_speed; ent_create_paint_bomb_jump; ent_create_paint_bomb_portal; ent_create_paint_bomb_speed; ent_create_paint_bomb_jump; ent_create_paint_bomb_portal; ent_create_paint_bomb_speed"

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