Use these commands with your console to optimize the game to your preference.
How to Enable Console
To activate your console, allow developer console in the “options” menu under “Keyboard/Mouse.”
Alternatively, you can enable the console under your launch options. To enable developer console through your launch options, right click Left 4 Dead 2 under your games library. Choose properties from the drop down list. Then select general and launch options. Pasting “-console” inside your launch options with enable your developer console.
Left 4 Dead 2 Console Commands
- Enable cheats – sv_cheats 1
- Enable God – mode god 1
- Enable noclip – noclip
- Enable Incendiary Ammo upgrade – upgrade_add incendiary_ammo
- Enable Explosive Ammo upgrade – upgrade_add explosive_ammo
- Enable infinite ammunition – sv_infinite_ammo 1
- Refill health – give health
- Refill ammo – give ammo
- Refill ammo for primary weapon – Impulse 101
- Spawn double pistol – give pistol
- Spawn Magnum – give pistol_magnum
- Spawn auto shotgun – give autoshotgun
- Spawn chrome shotgun – give shotgun_chrome
- Spawn pump shotgun – give pumpshotgun
- Spawn SPAS shotgun – give shotgun_spas
- Spawn SMG – give smg
- Spawn silenced SMG – give smg_silenced
- Spawn AK-47 – give rifle_ak47
- Spawn M16 – give rifle
- Spawn combat rifle – give rifle_desert
- Spawn hunting rifle – give rifle_hunting
- Spawn sniper rifle – give rifle_military
- Spawn grenade launcher – give weapon_grenade_launcher
- Spawn hunter claws – give melee
- Spawn boomer bile – give vomitjar
- Spawn chainsaw – give chainsaw
- Spawn frying pan – give frying_pan
- Spawn guitar – give electric_guitar
- Spawn katana – give katana
- Spawn machete – give machete
- Spawn nightstick – give tonfa
- Spawn molotov cocktail – give molotov
- Spawn pipe bomb – give pipe_bomb
- Spawn active pipe bomb beneath you – boom
- Spawn propane tank – give propanetank
- Spawn gascan – give gascan
- Spawn oxygen tank – give oxygentank
- Spawn first aid kit – give first_aid_kit
- Spawn defibrillator – give defibrillator
- Spawn adrenaline – give adrenaline
- Spawn pain pills – give pain_pills
- Spawn a common infected – z_spawn zombie
- Spawn a horde – z_spawn mob
- Spawn spitter – z_spawn spitter
- Spawn jockey – z_spawn jockey
- Spawn charger – z_spawn charger
- Spawn boomer – z_spawn boomer
- Spawn hunter – z_spawn hunter
- Spawn witch – z_spawn witch
- Spawn smoker – z_spawn smoker
- Spawn tank – z_spawn tank
- Enable received damage, but cannot die – budda 1
- Enable bot friendly fire – sb_friendlyfire 1
- Set amount of damage done to survivors – z_pounce_damage x
- Change noclip speed – sv_noclipspeed x
- Bot survivors shoot infinitely – open_fire
- Change zombie health – z_health x
- Change zombie speed – z_speed x
- Change maximum smoker tongue range – tongue range x
- Change how long a Witch can withstand fire – z_witch_burn_time x
- Toggle witch to change targets or focus on the survivor that first alerted her -z_witch_allow_change_victim x
- Enable infinite panic event time – director_panic_forever 1
- Force panic event – director_force_panic 1
- Remove all bots – ent_remove
- Change witch damage – z_witch_damage x
- Change maximum common infected – z_common limitx
- Change tank’s maximum health – z_tank_health x
- Change number of seconds until player loses control of the tank from not attacking -survivors z_frustration_lifetime x
- Change CEDA bile jar drop rate – sv_infected_ceda_vomitjar_probability x
- Thirdperson – thirdperson
- firstperson – firstperson
- Over the shoulder – thirdperson thirdpersonshoulder
- Toggle crosshair – crosshair 1
- Suicide – explode
- Disconnect – disconnect
- Quit – quit
Left 4 Dead 2 Map commands
Left 4 Dead Campaigns
The Sacrifice:
Docks: map c7m1_docks
Barge: map c7m2_barge
Port: map c7m3_port
No Mercy:
Apartments: map c8m1_apartment
Subway: map c8m2_subway
Sewers: map c8m3_sewers
Hospital: map c8m4_interior
Rooftop: map c8m5_rooftop
Crash Course:
The Alleys: map c9m1_alleys
The Truck Depot Finale: map c9m2_lots
Death Toll:
The Turnpike: map c10m1_caves
The Drains: map c10m2_drainage
The Church: map c10m3_ranchhouse
The Town: map c10m4_mainstreet
Boathouse Finale: map c10m5_houseboat
Dead Air:
The Greenhouse: map c11m1_greenhouse
The Crane: map c11m2_offices
The Construction Site: map c11m3_garage
The Terminal: map c11m4_terminal
Runway Finale: map c11m5_runway
Blood Harvest:
The Woods: map C12m1_hilltop
The Tunnel: map C12m2_traintunnel
The Bridge: map C12m3_bridge
The Train Station: map C12m4_barn
Farmhouse Finale: map C12m5_cornfield
Left 4 Dead 2 Campaigns
Cold Stream:
Alpine Creek: map c13m1_alpinecreek
South Pine Stream: map c13m2_southpinestream
Memorial Bridge: map c13m3_memorialbridge
Cut-Throat Creek: map c13m4_cutthroatcreek
Dead Center:
The Hotel: map c1m1_hotel
The Streets: map c1m2_streets
The Mall: map c1m3_mall
The Atrium: map c1m4_atrium
Dark Carnival:
The Highway: map c2m1_highway
The Fairgrounds: map c2m2_fairgrounds
The Coaster: map c2m3_coaster
The Barns: map c2m4_barns
The Concert: map c2m5_concert
Swamp Fever:
Plank Country: map c3m1_plankcountry
The Swamp: map c3m2_swamp
The Shantytown: map c3m3_shantytown
The Plantation: map c3m4_plantation
Hard Rain:
The Milltown: map c4m1_milltown_a
The Sugar Mill: map c4m2_sugarmill_a
Mill Escape: map c4m3_sugarmill b
Return to Town: map c4m4_milltown_b
Town Escape: map c4m5_milltown_escape
The Parish:
The Waterfront: map c5m1_waterfront
The Park: map c5m2_park
The Cemetery: map c5m3_cemetery
The Quarter: map c5m4_quarter
The Bridge: map c5m5_bridge
The Passing:
The Riverbank: map c6m1_riverbank
The Underground: map c6m2_bedlam
The Port: map c6m3_port
