ingame_debug_commands

In-Game Debug Commands

⚠️ Important Notice: These debug commands are only available in debug builds of Command & Conquer: Generals and Zero Hour. They will not work in release builds.

Commands Available in Both Generals and Zero Hour

├─ Game State & Cheats (10)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Ctrl + W	DEMO_WIN	Instantly win the current game or mission	GAME	Image
Ctrl + =	DEMO_ADDCASH	Adds 10000 cash to the player's current resources	GAME	Image
Alt + F	DEMO_INSTANT_BUILD	Toggles instant building for all units and structures	GAME
Ctrl + V	DEMO_GIVE_VETERANCY	Grants the selected unit(s) a level of veterancy	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + V	DEMO_TAKE_VETERANCY	Removes a level of veterancy from the selected unit(s)	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + P	DEMO_GIVE_SCIENCEPURCHASEPOINTS	Gives the player 1 science purchase point	GAME	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + K	DEMO_GIVE_ALL_SCIENCES	Instantly unlocks all sciences for the player	GAME	Image
Ctrl + K	DEMO_GIVE_RANKLEVEL	Grants the player a rank level	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + K	DEMO_TAKE_RANKLEVEL	Subtracts the player's current rank level by 1	GAME	Image
Ctrl + S	DEMO_TOGGLE_SPECIAL_POWER_DELAYS	Toggles whether special powers, super weapons and abilities have a delay before they can be used again	GAME	Image

├─ Visual & Rendering (14)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
F11	DEMO_TOGGLE_BEHIND_BUILDINGS	Toggles the outline around units when they are obscured by buildings	GAME	Image
Ctrl + F10	DEMO_TOGGLE_BW_VIEW	Toggles a black and white wireframe mode	GAME SHELL	Image
Ctrl + F11	DEMO_TOGGLE_RED_VIEW	Toggles a (useless?) red view mode	GAME SHELL	Image
Ctrl + F12	DEMO_TOGGLE_GREEN_VIEW	Toggles a (useless?) green view mode	GAME SHELL	Image
Ctrl + F9	DEMO_TOGGLE_MOTION_BLUR_ZOOM	Plays a (useless?) zoom animation with motion blur effects	GAME SHELL	Image
Ctrl + </kbd>	DEMO_TOGGLE_RENDER	Toggles rendering of new frames (essentially freezes the game in place)	GAME
/	DEMO_TOGGLE_NO_DRAW	Toggles rendering of new frames (essentially freezes the game in place). Appears to be redundant with DEMO_TOGGLE_RENDER. Note: BROKEN, the off toggle does not work	GAME
Shift + J	DEMO_TOGGLE_SHADOW_VOLUMES	Toggles the rendering of shadow volumes	GAME	Image
]	DEMO_TOGGLE_WATERPLANE	Toggles the rendering of the water plane (does not seem to work)	GAME
[	DEMO_TOGGLE_TRACKMARKS	Toggles the rendering of track marks on the ground	GAME
Alt + W	DEMO_TOGGLE_FEATHER_WATER	Visually cycles between different water depths	GAME	Image
Ctrl + E	DEMO_SHOW_EXTENTS	Toggles the visibility of the bounding box around units	GAME	Image
Alt + H	DEMO_SHOW_HEALTH	Toggles the visibility of health bars above units and structures	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + D	DEMO_TIME_OF_DAY	Cycles through different times of day	GAME	Image

├─ Audio (5)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + S	DEMO_TOGGLE_SOUND	Toggles game audio on and off	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + M	DEMO_TOGGLE_MUSIC	Toggles game music on and off	GAME	Image
Shift + M	DEMO_MUSIC_NEXT_TRACK	Skips to the next music track in the playlist	GAME	Image
Ctrl + M	DEMO_MUSIC_PREV_TRACK	Skips to the previous music track in the playlist	GAME	Image
Shift + A	DEMO_TOGGLE_AUDIODEBUG	Toggles audio debugging information on and off	GAME SHELL	Image

├─ Camera & View (7)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + L	DEMO_LOCK_CAMERA_TO_SELECTION	Locks the camera to the currently selected unit or structure	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + C	DEMO_TOGGLE_CAMERA_DEBUG	Needs further information	GAME	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + C	DEMO_TOGGLE_ZOOM_LOCK	Toggles the camera's zoom limitations, allowing for unrestricted zooming in and out when disabled	GAME	Image
,	DEMO_BEGIN_ADJUST_PITCH	Begins adjusting the camera's pitch	GAME	Image
, (Release)	DEMO_END_ADJUST_PITCH	Ends adjusting the camera's pitch	GAME	Image
.	DEMO_BEGIN_ADJUST_FOV	Begins adjusting the camera's field of view (FOV)	GAME	Image
. (Release)	DEMO_END_ADJUST_FOV	Ends adjusting the camera's field of view (FOV)	GAME	Image

├─ AI & Team (3)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + Space	DEMO_SWITCH_TEAMS	Cycles through the players in the game, sequentially passing control to each one	GAME	Image
Ctrl + T	DEMO_SWITCH_TEAMS_CHINA_USA	Cycles through USA and China players in the game on the same team as the player, sequentially passing control to each one	GAME
Ctrl + A	DEMO_TOGGLE_AI_DEBUG	Toggles visual AI debugging information on and off	GAME	Image

├─ Debug Information & Stats (9)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Ctrl + Q	DEMO_TOGGLE_DEBUG_STATS	Toggles the visibility of debug information overlays	GAME SHELL	Image
Ctrl + L	DEMO_TOGGLE_METRICS	Needs further information	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + Q	DEMO_TOGGLE_GRAPHICALFRAMERATEBAR	Toggles the world's most useless graphical frame rate bar on and off	GAME SHELL	Image
Shift + Alt + V	DEMO_TOGGLE_VISIONDEBUG	Toggles the visibility of the vision debug overlay for units and structures	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + B	DEMO_TOGGLE_PROJECTILEDEBUG	Toggles the visibility of visual projectile debug information	GAME	Image
Ctrl + P	DEMO_TOGGLE_PARTICLEDEBUG	Toggles the visibility of visual particle debug information	GAME	Image
Ctrl + O	DEMO_TOGGLE_CASHMAPDEBUG	Toggles the visibility of visual cash map debug information	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + O	DEMO_TOGGLE_THREATDEBUG	Toggles the visibility of visual threat debug information	GAME
Ctrl + D	DEMO_DEBUG_SELECTION	Toggles the visibility of the selected unit(s) or structure's debug information	GAME	Image

├─ Map & Fog of War (3)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Alt + F	DEMO_TOGGLE_FOGOFWAR	Toggles the rendering of certain things in the fog of war (Useless?)	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + R	DEMO_ENSHROUD	Shrouds all areas of the map that are not currently visible to the player or their allies	GAME	Image
Ctrl + R	DEMO_DESHROUD	Fully reveals the entire map, removing all fog of war and shroud	GAME	Image

├─ Combat & Units (5)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + Numpad /	DEMO_KILL_ALL_ENEMIES	Instantly kills all enemies on the map	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + X	DEMO_KILL_SELECTION	Instantly kills the currently selected unit or structure. Only works on units and structures belonging to the player	GAME	Image
Ctrl + X	DEMO_TOGGLE_HURT_ME_MODE	Toggles the "Hurt Me" mode, causing 10% damage every time a unit or structure is selected	GAME	Image
Alt + G	DEMO_TOGGLE_HAND_OF_GOD_MODE	Toggles the "Hand of God" mode, allowing the player to instantly destroy any unit or structure by selecting it	GAME	Image
Shift + B	DEMO_BATTLE_CRY	Plays a battle cry sound effect (Useless?)	GAME

├─ Performance & Level of Detail (5)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
=	DEMO_LOD_DECREASE	Decreases the level of detail (LOD) by one level for all objects in the game	GAME	Image
-	DEMO_LOD_INCREASE	Increases the level of detail (LOD) by one level for all objects in the game	GAME	Image
Alt + -	DEMO_CYCLE_LOD_LEVEL	Cycles through the available LOD levels for all objects in the game	GAME	Image
Ctrl + J	DEMO_INCR_ANIM_SKATE_SPEED	Increases the animation skate speed for all units and structures in the game (Needs further information)	GAME	Image
Shift + Ctrl + J	DEMO_DECR_ANIM_SKATE_SPEED	Decreases the animation skate speed for all units and structures in the game (Needs further information)	GAME	Image

├─ System & Technical (8)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + A	DEMO_DUMP_ASSETS	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + F11	DEMO_TOGGLE_AVI	(Needs further information)	GAME SHELL
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + N	DEMO_TOGGLE_NETWORK	(Needs further information)	GAME
Alt + T	DEMO_TOGGLE_MESSAGE_TEXT	Toggles the visibility of in-game messages	GAME	Image
Ctrl + G	DEMO_VTUNE_ON	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + G	DEMO_VTUNE_OFF	(Needs further information)	GAME
Alt + O	DEBUG_DUMP_PLAYER_OBJECTS	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Alt + O	DEBUG_DUMP_ALL_PLAYER_OBJECTS	(Needs further information)	GAME

├─ Scripts & Movies (10)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + F1	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT1	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F2	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT2	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F3	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT3	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F4	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT4	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F5	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT5	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F6	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT6	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F7	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT7	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F8	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT8	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + F9	DEMO_RUNSCRIPT9	(Needs further information)	GAME
Shift + Ctrl + Tab	DEMO_NEXT_OBJECTIVE_MOVIE	(Needs further information)	GAME

Commands Available Only in Generals

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Ctrl + Backspace	DEMO_INSTANT_QUIT	(Needs further information)	GAME SHELL

Commands Available Only in Zero Hour

├─ Performance Analysis (4)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + Q	DEBUG_OBJECT_ID_PERFORMANCE	(Needs further information)	GAME	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + A	DEBUG_DRAWABLE_ID_PERFORMANCE	(Needs further information)	GAME	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + W	DEBUG_SLEEPY_UPDATE_PERFORMANCE	(Needs further information)	GAME	Image
Alt + Q	DEMO_PERFORM_STATISTICAL_DUMP	(Needs further information)	GAME SHELL	Image

├─ Game Features (1)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Alt + Ctrl + S	DEMO_TOGGLE_SUPPLY_CENTER_PLACEMENT	(Needs further information)	GAME

├─ Audio (1)

Hotkey	Command Name	Description	Accessible In	Image
Shift + Alt + A	DEMO_SHOW_AUDIO_LOCATIONS	Displays visual overlays regarding audio (Needs further information)	GAME SHELL	Image

How to Use These Commands

Key Combination Format:

All hotkeys in this document are displayed using keyboard key styling with <kbd> tags:

• Single Key: Press the key (e.g., F11, =, [)
• Modifier + Key: Hold the modifier key(s), then press the main key (e.g., Ctrl + W)
• Multiple Modifiers: Hold all modifiers simultaneously, then press the main key (e.g., Shift + Alt + Ctrl + S)
• Release Commands: Hold the key down, then release it (marked with (Release))

Accessible In:

• GAME: Commands work during gameplay (in a match/mission)
• GAME SHELL: Commands work in menus and during gameplay

Examples:

• Ctrl + W = Hold Ctrl, press W, release both
• Shift + Alt + F = Hold Shift and Alt together, press F, release all
• , (Release) = Press and hold comma, then release it