Graphics & Materials

Console commands for graphics, materials, textures, and rendering quality.

This is a reference of all mat_* console commands. Use find mat in the console to search within this category.

All Commands (183)

Command	Default	Description
`mat_aaquality`	`0`	-
`mat_accelerate_adjust_exposure_down`	`3`	-
`mat_alphacoverage`	`1`	-
`mat_ambient_light_b`	`0`	-
`mat_ambient_light_g`	`0`	-
`mat_ambient_light_r`	`0`	-
`mat_antialias`	`1`	-
`mat_autoexposure_max`	`2`	-
`mat_autoexposure_min`	`0`	-
`mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar`	`1`	-
`mat_bloomamount_rate`	`0`	-
`mat_bloomscale`	`1`	-
`mat_bufferprimitives`	`1`	-
`mat_bumpbasis`	`0`	-
`mat_bumpmap`	`1`	-
`mat_camerarendertargetoverlaysize`	`256`	-
`mat_clipz`	`1`	-
`mat_colcorrection_disableentities`	`0`	Disable map color-correction entities
`mat_colcorrection_editor`	`0`	-
`mat_color_projection`	`0`	-
`mat_colorcorrection`	`0`	-
`mat_compressedtextures`	`1`	-
`mat_configcurrent`	`cmd`	show the current video control panel config for the material system
`mat_crosshair`	`cmd`	Display the name of the material under the crosshair
`mat_crosshair_printmaterial`	`cmd`	print the material under the crosshair
`mat_crosshair_reloadmaterial`	`cmd`	reload the material under the crosshair
`mat_debug_autoexposure`	`0`	-
`mat_debug_bloom`	`0`	-
`mat_debug_postprocessing_effects`	`0`	0 = off, 1 = show post-processing passes in quadrants of the screen, 2 = only apply post-processi...
`mat_debug_process_halfscreen`	`0`	-
`mat_debugalttab`	`0`	-
`mat_debugdepth`	`0`	-
`mat_debugdepthmode`	`0`	-
`mat_debugdepthval`	`128`	-
`mat_debugdepthvalmax`	`256`	-
`mat_depthbias_decal`	`-262144`	-
`mat_depthbias_normal`	`0`	-
`mat_depthbias_shadowmap`	`0`	-
`mat_diffuse`	`1`	-
`mat_disable_bloom`	`0`	-
`mat_disable_d3d9ex`	`0`	Disables Windows Aero DirectX extensions (may positively or negatively affect performance dependi...
`mat_disable_fancy_blending`	`0`	-
`mat_disable_lightwarp`	`0`	-
`mat_disable_ps_patch`	`0`	-
`mat_disablehwmorph`	`0`	-
`mat_drawTexture`	`0`	Enable debug view texture
`mat_drawTextureScale`	`1`	Debug view texture scale
`mat_drawTitleSafe`	`0`	Enable title safe overlay
`mat_drawflat`	`0`	-
`mat_drawwater`	`1`	-
`mat_dump_rts`	`0`	-
`mat_dumpmaterials`	`cmd`	<skip0refs> Dump all materials for debugging
`mat_dumptextures`	`cmd`	Dump all textures for debugging
`mat_dxlevel`	`95`	-
`mat_dynamic_tonemapping`	`1`	-
`mat_edit`	`cmd`	Bring up the material under the crosshair in the editor
`mat_envmapsize`	`128`	-
`mat_envmaptgasize`	`32`	-
`mat_excludetextures`	`0`	-
`mat_exposure_center_region_x`	`0`	-
`mat_exposure_center_region_x_flashlight`	`0`	-
`mat_exposure_center_region_y`	`0`	-
`mat_exposure_center_region_y_flashlight`	`0`	-
`mat_fastclip`	`0`	-
`mat_fastnobump`	`0`	-
`mat_fastspecular`	`1`	Enable/Disable specularity for visual testing. Will not reload materials and will not affect perf.
`mat_fillrate`	`0`	-
`mat_filterlightmaps`	`1`	-
`mat_filtertextures`	`1`	-
`mat_force_bloom`	`0`	-
`mat_force_ps_patch`	`0`	-
`mat_force_tonemap_scale`	`0`	-
`mat_forceaniso`	`1`	-
`mat_forcedynamic`	`0`	-
`mat_forcehardwaresync`	`1`	-
`mat_forcemanagedtextureintohardware`	`0`	-
`mat_frame_sync_enable`	`1`	-
`mat_frame_sync_force_texture`	`0`	Force frame syncing to lock a managed texture.
`mat_framebuffercopyoverlaysize`	`256`	-
`mat_fullbright`	`0`	-
`mat_hdr_enabled`	`cmd`	Report if HDR is enabled for debugging
`mat_hdr_level`	`0`	Set to 0 for no HDR, 1 for LDR+bloom on HDR maps, and 2 for full HDR on HDR maps.
`mat_hdr_manual_tonemap_rate`	`1`	-
`mat_hdr_tonemapscale`	`1`	The HDR tonemap scale. 1 = Use autoexposure, 0 = eyes fully closed, 16 = eyes wide open.
`mat_hdr_uncapexposure`	`0`	-
`mat_hsv`	`0`	-
`mat_info`	`cmd`	Shows material system info
`mat_leafvis`	`0`	Draw wireframe of current leaf
`mat_levelflush`	`1`	-
`mat_lightmap_pfms`	`0`	Outputs .pfm files containing lightmap data for each lightmap page when a level exits.
`mat_loadtextures`	`1`	-
`mat_luxels`	`0`	-
`mat_managedtextures`	`1`	If set, allows Direct3D to manage texture uploading at the cost of extra system memory
`mat_measurefillrate`	`0`	-
`mat_mipmaptextures`	`1`	-
`mat_monitorgamma`	`2`	monitor gamma (typically 2.2 for CRT and 1.7 for LCD)
`mat_monitorgamma_tv_enabled`	`0`	-
`mat_monitorgamma_tv_exp`	`2`	-
`mat_monitorgamma_tv_range_max`	`255`	-
`mat_monitorgamma_tv_range_min`	`16`	-
`mat_morphstats`	`0`	-
`mat_motion_blur_enabled`	`0`	-
`mat_motion_blur_falling_intensity`	`1`	-
`mat_motion_blur_falling_max`	`20`	-
`mat_motion_blur_falling_min`	`10`	-
`mat_motion_blur_forward_enabled`	`0`	-
`mat_motion_blur_percent_of_screen_max`	`4`	-
`mat_motion_blur_rotation_intensity`	`1`	-
`mat_motion_blur_strength`	`1`	-
`mat_non_hdr_bloom_scalefactor`	`0`	-
`mat_norendering`	`0`	-
`mat_normalmaps`	`0`	-
`mat_normals`	`0`	-
`mat_picmip`	`2`	-
`mat_postprocess_x`	`4`	-
`mat_postprocess_y`	`1`	-
`mat_postprocessing_combine`	`1`	Combine bloom, software anti-aliasing and color correction into one post-processing pass
`mat_powersavingsmode`	`0`	Power Savings Mode
`mat_proxy`	`0`	-
`mat_queue_mode`	`-1`	The queue/thread mode the material system should use: -1=default, 0=synchronous single thread, 2=...
`mat_queue_report`	`0`	Report thread stalls. Positive number will filter by stalls >= time in ms. -1 reports all lo...
`mat_reducefillrate`	`1`	-
`mat_reduceparticles`	`0`	-
`mat_reloadallmaterials`	`cmd`	Reloads all materials
`mat_reloadmaterial`	`cmd`	Reloads a single material
`mat_reloadtexture`	`cmd`	Reloads a single texture
`mat_reloadtextures`	`cmd`	Reloads all textures
`mat_report_queue_status`	`0`	-
`mat_reporthwmorphmemory`	`cmd`	Reports the amount of size in bytes taken up by hardware morph textures.
`mat_reversedepth`	`0`	-
`mat_savechanges`	`cmd`	saves current video configuration to the registry
`mat_setvideomode`	`cmd`	sets the width, height, windowed state of the material system
`mat_shadercount`	`cmd`	display count of all shaders and reset that count
`mat_show_ab_hdr`	`0`	-
`mat_show_ab_hdr_hudelement`	`0`	HDR Demo HUD Element toggle.
`mat_show_histogram`	`0`	-
`mat_show_texture_memory_usage`	`0`	Display the texture memory usage on the HUD.
`mat_showcamerarendertarget`	`0`	-
`mat_showenvmapmask`	`0`	-
`mat_showframebuffertexture`	`0`	-
`mat_showlightmappage`	`-1`	-
`mat_showlowresimage`	`0`	-
`mat_showmaterials`	`cmd`	Show materials.
`mat_showmaterialsverbose`	`cmd`	Show materials (verbose version).
`mat_showmiplevels`	`0`	color-code miplevels 2: normalmaps, 1: everything else
`mat_showtextures`	`cmd`	Show used textures.
`mat_showwatertextures`	`0`	-
`mat_slopescaledepthbias_decal`	`0`	-
`mat_slopescaledepthbias_normal`	`0`	-
`mat_slopescaledepthbias_shadowmap`	`2`	-
`mat_software_aa_blur_one_pixel_lines`	`0`	How much software AA should blur one-pixel thick lines: (0.0 - none), (1.0 - lots)
`mat_software_aa_debug`	`0`	Software AA debug mode: (0 - off), (1 - show number of 'unlike' samples: 0->black, 1->red, ...
`mat_software_aa_edge_threshold`	`1`	Software AA - adjusts the sensitivity of the software AA shader's edge detection (default 1.0 - a...
`mat_software_aa_quality`	`0`	Software AA quality mode: (0 - 5-tap filter), (1 - 9-tap filter)
`mat_software_aa_strength`	`0`	Software AA - perform a software anti-aliasing post-process (an alternative/supplement to MSAA). ...
`mat_software_aa_strength_vgui`	`1`	Same as mat_software_aa_strength, but forced to this value when called by the post vgui AA pass.
`mat_software_aa_tap_offset`	`1`	Software AA - adjusts the displacement of the taps used by the software AA shader (default 1.0 - ...
`mat_softwarelighting`	`0`	-
`mat_softwareskin`	`0`	-
`mat_specular`	`1`	Enable/Disable specularity for perf testing. Will cause a material reload upon change.
`mat_spewvertexandpixelshaders`	`cmd`	Print all vertex and pixel shaders currently loaded to the console
`mat_supportflashlight`	`1`	0 - do not support flashlight (don't load flashlight shader combos), 1 - flashlight is supported
`mat_surfacemat`	`0`	-
`mat_texture_list`	`0`	For debugging, show a list of used textures per frame
`mat_texture_list_all`	`0`	If this is nonzero, then the texture list panel will show all currently-loaded textures.
`mat_texture_list_txlod`	`cmd`	Adjust LOD of the last viewed texture +1 to inc resolution, -1 to dec resolution
`mat_texture_list_txlod_sync`	`cmd`	'reset' - resets all run-time changes to LOD overrides, 'save' - saves all changes to material co...
`mat_texture_list_view`	`1`	If this is nonzero, then the texture list panel will render thumbnails of currently-loaded textures.
`mat_texture_save_fonts`	`cmd`	Save all font textures
`mat_tonemap_algorithm`	`1`	0 = Original Algorithm 1 = New Algorithm
`mat_tonemap_min_avglum`	`3`	-
`mat_tonemap_percent_bright_pixels`	`2`	-
`mat_tonemap_percent_target`	`60`	-
`mat_tonemapping_occlusion_use_stencil`	`0`	-
`mat_trilinear`	`0`	-
`mat_use_compressed_hdr_textures`	`1`	-
`mat_viewportscale`	`1`	Scale down the main viewport (to reduce GPU impact on CPU profiling)
`mat_viewportupscale`	`1`	Scale the viewport back up
`mat_visualize_dof`	`0`	-
`mat_vsync`	`0`	Force sync to vertical retrace
`mat_wateroverlaysize`	`256`	-
`mat_wireframe`	`0`	-
`mat_yuv`	`0`	-

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