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Engine executable. Settings and tools of the game program (CivilizationVI.exe), usable without a mod. Mostly undocumented debug and configuration functionality; descriptions come from analysis of the executable and have not all been tried in the running game.

Debug console

Commands typed into the in-game debug console (the UIE_DebugConsoleInput event). Each handler of the event matches its own commands; help all prints the combined list. The console is only reachable when the debug UI is enabled (see EnableDebugMenu in the option files); not tried in the running game.

Commands with help text

CameraSystem

Handler 0x1d69c0.

Command	Description
`camera config`	Print current config name
`camera config <name>`	Apply a camera configuration
`camera debug`	print lots of information to the log
`camera fov`	show fov
`camera height`	show height
`camera hexmax [<number>]`	set/print # hexes visible at zoom=1 (strat view)
`camera hexmin [<number>]`	set/print # hexes visible at zoom=0 (strat view)
`camera listconfigs`	Print list of camera config names
`camera reset`	go back to initial state
`camera svtilt`	show strategic view skew tilt
`camera svtilt <degrees>`	change strategic view skew
`camera wvtilt`	show worldview tilt
`camera zoom [<percent>]`	set/print current zoom level

Color key system

Handler 0xa4f8d0.

Command	Description
`colorkey <name> [weight] [fadetime]`	transition to a new color key,
`colorkey disable [fadetime]`	transition to no color key, default fadetime=0
`colorkey listnames`	print names of all colorkeys known to the system

GameCoreController (game core)

Handler 0xf56b0.

Command	Description
`explore all`	mark all terrain as explored.
`reveal all`	mark all terrain as revealed.

GameViewState (game view, overlays)

Handler 0x7d780.

Command	Description
`benchmark {filename} {numframes}`	run benchmark
`toggle overlay <layer>`	Toggle overlay. <layer> is one of:
`worldview`	toggle world view
`wrap`	toggle world wrap

Leader screen

Handler 0x1ee760.

Command	Description
`colorkey`	Change active color key for leaders
`toggle leaderaniso`	Toggle aniso shader for leaders
`toggle leaderao`	Toggle ambient occlusion for leaders
`toggle leadercloth`	Toggle cloth shader for leaders
`toggle leadercompute`	Toggle recalculated normals
`toggle leaderhair`	Toggle hair shader for leaders
`toggle leaderlights`	Toggle dyn lights for leaders
`toggle leadermoblur`	Toggle motion blur force-off
`toggle leaderskin`	Toggle skin shader for leaders

WorldView console (terrain, time of day, rendering)

Handler 0x540670.

Command	Description
`aberration`	Print aberration parameters
`aberration scale <num>`	Set chromatic aberation scale
`aberration weight <num>`	Set chromatic aberation scale
`bloom only`	Toggle showing just the bloom buffer
`bloom { \\|on\\|off}`	Toggle bloom effect on/off
`camera play <name> [height]`	Play a camera animation at the hex at the center
`cloudshadows togglefrustum`	Locks / unlocks clip planes for cloud shadow pass
`cloudshadows { \\|on\\|off}`	Toggle cloud shadows on/off
`clutter`	Log current clutter instance model/decal counts
`clutter detail [low\\|high]`	Set clutter detail level
`d[ebug] b[lockers] [option]`	Toggle Blocker visualization
`d[ebug] g[radient] [help]`	Toggle TerrainSampler gradient visualization
`d[ebug] h[height] [help]`	Toggle TerrainSampler height visualization
`d[ebug] r[oads]`	Toggle road connection point and hex edge visualization
`d[ebug] v[isrange] <min> [max]`	Adjust the radius used to show debug geometry
`detaillevel force <level>`	Forces detail level for model vis system
`detaillevel reset`	Resets detail level for model vis system
`distancefog { \\|on\\|off}`	Toggle distance fog on/off
`fogsaturation <value>`	Set fog saturation. desaturate < 0 < saturate
`height <num>`	Set blocker vis vertical offset from the terrain
`help`	Explanation of visualization and color meanings
`ids <id list>`	Set filter for which blocker sources are visible.
`jointsize`	Set the size for the joint visualization
`logvistypes`	Log vis data by types
`rebuild clutter`	Rebuild all clutter instances
`rebuild culture borders`	Rebuild all culture border splines
`reflectionmask toggletexture`	Renders reflection mask to either primary
`set depthvariance <val>`	Set threshold for depth resolve variance
`set desaturation <level>`	Set the amount of desaturation to apply from 0-1
`set smallcull aocull <value>`	Set threshold for culling small geometry
`set smallcull fade <value>`	Set threshold for fading small geometry
`set smallcull shadowcull <value>`	Set threshold for culling small geometry
`set smallcull threshold <value>`	Set threshold for culling small geometry
`smallcull isolate <value>`	Disables small geo fading and enables small geo culling
`ssr passes <value>`	Set number of SSR passes
`suncolor`	Print sun color
`terrain`	Toggle blocker vis terrain following
`terrain mode basecolor`	Show basecolor only
`terrain mode cellmip`	Show terrain cell mips
`terrain mode decalmip`	Show decal mips
`terrain mode decaloverdraw`	Show overdrawfor decals. Black=None. Red=Lots.
`terrain mode decaltransparent`	Show transparent regions of decals
`terrain mode detailao`	Show detailao only (high-quality shader only)
`terrain mode fowmask`	Show fowmask only
`terrain mode height`	Show baked height only (high-quality shader only)
`terrain mode reset`	Reset to normal rendering
`terrain mode srcmip`	Show source material mips
`terrain rebake`	Rebake terrain tiles
`terrain rebuild`	Rebuild terrain edits
`terrain toggle cell wireframe`	Toggle wireframe for cell render (DX11 only)
`terrain toggle detailao`	Toggle terrain detail ao channel
`terrain toggle reflection`	Toggle terrain reflection mask
`terrain toggle wireframe`	Toggle terrain wireframe rendering
`tod`	Print time of day
`tod animate`	Toggle ambient TOD animation
`tod config <name>`	Set time of day configuration
`tod set <time>`	Set time of day (0-24)
`tod speed`	Set ambient animation speed to default
`tod speed <number>`	Set speed (hours per game minute)
`toggle ao`	Toggle ao system
`toggle aocompute`	Toggle ao compute
`toggle aofilter`	Toggle ao filtering
`toggle avx`	Toggle avx codepaths
`toggle cloudshadows`	Toggle cloud shadow rendering
`toggle coastwaves`	Toggle coastline waves
`toggle colorkeyblend`	Toggle color key blend (uses identity)
`toggle cubemapblend`	Toggle cubemap blends for lighting system
`toggle debugroute`	Toggle debug route replacement
`toggle distancefog`	Toggle distance fog rendering
`toggle dynlights`	Toggle dynamic lighting
`toggle fow`	Toggle FOW mask
`toggle joints`	Toggle joint rendering
`toggle ocean`	Toggle ocean rendering
`toggle oceanwaves`	Toggle waves for water testing
`toggle overlay`	Toggle WorldView overlay rendering.
`toggle river`	Toggle river rendering
`toggle river depth`	Toggle river depth buffer writing
`toggle river flattening`	Toggle river flattening
`toggle river wireframe`	Toggle river wireframe
`toggle shadowdepth`	Toggle rendering of shadow depth buffers
`toggle skybox`	Toggle skybox rendering
`toggle ssoverlay`	Toggle screen-space overlay
`toggle ssr`	Toggle screen-space reflection
`toggle statesort`	Toggle state sorting by SP enum (default) or SPI handle
`toggle terrain update`	Toggle terrain updates
`toggle vfxoverlay`	Toggle vfx overlay rendering.
`toggle wavecrashes`	Toggle coastline wave crashing particle effects
`toggle wireframe`	Toggle wireframe rendering
`vfx log`	Log all current live VFX
`vfx threading`	Toggle multithreading in FireFX
`vfxlighting`	Cycle forced particle lighting mode.
`water fowmask`	Toggle FOW mask for water
`water offset <value>`	Set parallax offset (default 0.00)
`water scale <value>`	Set parallax scale (default 0.025)
`whitecap max <value>`	Set whitecap maximum threshold
`whitecap min <value>`	Set whitecap minimum threshold
`whitecap power <value>`	Set whitecap power
`worldview`	toggles strategic view

Command phrases matched in the code

The handlers match commands one word at a time, so a command such as terrain rebake appears as terrain and then rebake. This table lists every phrase literal that a handler tests, in code order, with the engine functions called before the next phrase (heuristic: it can include calls that belong to a neighbouring check, and names with low confidence are left out). Phrases without help text are mostly sub-words of the commands above, but a few commands have no help line at all.

Application-level handler (handler 0x4ac10, 6 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`clear`	`0x4ac4c`	—
`help`	`0x4ac76`	—
`hlp`	`0x4ac8d`	—
`hlep`	`0x4aca4`	—
`log`	`0x4ad14`	—
`ui`	`0x4b37b`	—

Audio (handler 0x98290, 3 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`help all`	`0x982b8`	—
`audio`	`0x982ce`	—
`help audio`	`0x982e1`	—

CameraSystem (handler 0x1d69c0, 10 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`camera`	`0x1d6a61`	—
`debug`	`0x1d6aa2`	—
`free`	`0x1d6c32`	—
`noui`	`0x1d6c88`	—
`svtilt`	`0x1d6cde`	—
`wvtilt`	`0x1d6d6a`	—
`height`	`0x1d6e47`	—
`zoom`	`0x1d6ea5`	—
`listconfigs`	`0x1d6fb1`	—
`config`	`0x1d703f`	—

Civ6App (application and graphics) (handler 0x69f10, 41 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`help all`	`0x69f35`	—
`civ6`	`0x69f4b`	—
`civ`	`0x69f5e`	—
`help civ`	`0x69f71`	—
`artdef`	`0x6a080`	—
`help artdef`	`0x6a093`	—
`help all`	`0x6a17e`	—
`ui`	`0x6a191`	—
`help ui`	`0x6a1a4`	—
`help all`	`0x6a343`	—
`command`	`0x6a356`	—
`help command`	`0x6a369`	—
`help all`	`0x6a460`	—
`graphics`	`0x6a473`	—
`help graphics`	`0x6a486`	—
`setres`	`0x6a621`	—
`force`	`0x6a733`	Civ6App::ApplyGraphicsOptionsChanges() [medium]
`noui`	`0x6acde`	—
`colorkey`	`0x6ad13`	ForgeUI::ControlBase::TestDropFocus() [high]
`allowmissingmods`	`0x6b3b7`	—
`true`	`0x6b3fa`	—
`on`	`0x6b42e`	—
`false`	`0x6b45e`	—
`off`	`0x6b48e`	—
`graphics SubIndexCB on`	`0x6b80a`	—
`graphics SubIndexCB off`	`0x6b845`	—
`graphics`	`0x6b8ac`	—
`log`	`0x6b8e2`	—
`geometry`	`0x6b943`	—
`textures`	`0x6b981`	—
`types`	`0x6b9c4`	—
`surfaces`	`0x6ba04`	—
`render on`	`0x6ba52`	—
`reload shaders`	`0x6bb06`	—
`toggle interface`	`0x6bbcd`	—
`EnableGameCoreEventLog`	`0x6bc08`	—
`DisableGameCoreEventLog`	`0x6bc1f`	—
`ToggleGameCoreEventLog`	`0x6bc36`	—
`EnableGameCoreEventProfile`	`0x6bc58`	—
`DisableGameCoreEventProfile`	`0x6bc6f`	—
`ToggleGameCoreEventProfile`	`0x6bc86`	—

Color key system (handler 0xa4f8d0, 6 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`help all`	`0xa4f904`	—
`color`	`0xa4f918`	—
`help color`	`0xa4f92f`	—
`colorkey`	`0xa4f966`	—
`listnames`	`0xa4f9a7`	—
`disable`	`0xa4fa6e`	—

ForgeUI debug (UI) (handler 0x8e27a0, 10 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`log`	`0x8e27cb`	—
`Panel`	`0x8e2834`	—
`stats`	`0x8e2880`	ForgeUI::ForgeUI_UIManager::PrintAllocationInfo() [high]; ForgeUI::ForgeUI_UIManager::PrintControlInfo() [high]
`controltree`	`0x8e28e0`	—
`mouseover`	`0x8e2a2e`	ForgeUI::ForgeUI_UIManager::LogMouseOverControls() [high]
`DebugMouseOver`	`0x8e2a6f`	—
`on`	`0x8e2aab`	—
`1`	`0x8e2abe`	—
`off`	`0x8e2ad1`	—
`0`	`0x8e2ae4`	—

GameCoreController (game core) (handler 0xf56b0, 8 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`game`	`0xf56f2`	—
`explore all`	`0xf5709`	GameCore::App::Cache::GetLocalObserver() [medium]
`reveal all`	`0xf57f2`	GameCore::App::Cache::GetLocalObserver() [medium]
`gamecore profile on`	`0xf58d0`	—
`gamecore profile off`	`0xf58f6`	—
`gamecore message record on`	`0xf5946`	—
`gamecore message record off`	`0xf5966`	—
`gamecore message playback`	`0xf59a2`	—

GameViewState (game view, overlays) (handler 0x7d780, 22 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`allgameview`	`0x7d7bb`	—
`gameview`	`0x7d7ce`	—
`help gameview`	`0x7d947`	—
`togglegameview`	`0x7d9ae`	—
`toggleoverlay`	`0x7da51`	—
`bugtest nullptr`	`0x7db40`	—
`bugtest purevirtual`	`0x7db60`	—
`bugtest assertmsg`	`0x7db8f`	—
`bugtest silentassertmsg`	`0x7dba2`	—
`bugtest report`	`0x7dbb5`	—
`toggle interface`	`0x7dc0f`	—
`toggle ui`	`0x7dc26`	—
`marketing mode`	`0x7dc3d`	—
`toggle minimap`	`0x7dc97`	—
`toggle fullmap`	`0x7dcdc`	—
`toggle shadowclip`	`0x7dd0d`	—
`show leaders`	`0x7dd3e`	—
`hide leaders`	`0x7ddab`	—
`worldview`	`0x7dde7`	—
`wrap`	`0x7de27`	—
`toggle cachecheck`	`0x7df01`	—
`toggle overlaymatrix`	`0x7df53`	—

Leader screen (handler 0x1ee760, 10 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`colorkey`	`0x1ee876`	—
`toggle`	`0x1ee8db`	—
`leaderao`	`0x1ee90f`	—
`leaderlights`	`0x1ee94b`	—
`leaderskin`	`0x1ee987`	—
`leadercloth`	`0x1ee9c6`	—
`leaderaniso`	`0x1eea05`	—
`leaderhair`	`0x1eea44`	—
`leadermoblur`	`0x1eea83`	—
`leadercompute`	`0x1eeabb`	—

Main menu (handler 0x8aa70, 3 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`help all`	`0x8aa79`	—
`game`	`0x8aa8c`	—
`help game`	`0x8aa9f`	—

Minimap (handler 0x1f3b20, 6 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`toggle`	`0x1f3d86`	—
`fow`	`0x1f3db6`	—
`toggle`	`0x1f3e10`	—
`overlays`	`0x1f3e40`	—
`set`	`0x1f3e88`	—
`transparency`	`0x1f3ebc`	—

WorldView console (terrain, time of day, rendering) (handler 0x540670, 143 phrases)

Phrase	Code	Calls (heuristic)
`tod`	`0x541210`	—
`set`	`0x541282`	—
`config`	`0x541302`	—
`listconfigs`	`0x54138d`	—
`animate`	`0x54141b`	—
`speed`	`0x541474`	—
`terrain`	`0x541606`	—
`rebake`	`0x54163a`	WorldView::TerrainContext::RebakeCache(bool) [high]
`rebuild`	`0x541678`	WorldView::TerrainContext::RebuildTerrainEdits() [high]
`toggle`	`0x5416b4`	—
`wireframe`	`0x5416e8`	—
`detailao`	`0x541734`	—
`cell`	`0x541770`	—
`wireframe`	`0x5417a0`	—
`ssr`	`0x5417dc`	—
`mode`	`0x54181a`	—
`reset`	`0x54184e`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`srcmip`	`0x54188c`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`decalmip`	`0x5418ca`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`decaloverdraw`	`0x541908`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`decaltransparent`	`0x541946`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`cellmip`	`0x541984`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`basecolor`	`0x5419c2`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`fowmask`	`0x541a00`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`detailao`	`0x541a3e`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`height`	`0x541a7c`	WorldView::TerrainContext::SetDebugRenderMode(unsigned char) [medium]
`rebuild`	`0x541ab9`	—
`clutter`	`0x541aed`	—
`culture`	`0x541ba2`	—
`flag`	`0x541c36`	—
`mask`	`0x541d9b`	—
`toggle`	`0x542132`	—
`vrsimage`	`0x542165`	—
`on`	`0x542197`	—
`off`	`0x5421d3`	—
`decal`	`0x542225`	—
`diffuse`	`0x542259`	—
`heightedit`	`0x5422a7`	—
`terrain`	`0x5422fc`	—
`update`	`0x54232c`	—
`asynccompute`	`0x54236a`	—
`avx`	`0x5423a5`	ModelVisSystem::Context::SetOptimizationLevel(unsigned int) [medium]; FOWMeshVisSystem::Context::SetOptimizationLevel(unsigned int) [medium]
`overlaymip`	`0x542449`	—
`ssoverlay`	`0x542486`	—
`overlay`	`0x542502`	—
`vfx`	`0x542549`	—
`vfxscreen`	`0x542586`	—
`vfxui`	`0x5425c3`	—
`terrainview`	`0x542600`	—
`fowvis`	`0x54263d`	—
`meshvis`	`0x54267a`	—
`vfxoverlay`	`0x5426b7`	—
`dynlights`	`0x5426f4`	—
`joints`	`0x54273a`	—
`aabb`	`0x542781`	—
`models`	`0x5427b5`	—
`vfx`	`0x5427f3`	—
`fow`	`0x542831`	—
`smallcull`	`0x54286c`	—
`models`	`0x5428a0`	—
`vfx`	`0x5428ec`	—
`fow`	`0x542935`	—
`smallfade`	`0x54297b`	—
`models`	`0x5429ab`	—
`river`	`0x5429f1`	—
`wireframe`	`0x542a25`	—
`flattening`	`0x542a6c`	—
`depth`	`0x542ab9`	—
`wireframe`	`0x542b39`	—
`ocean`	`0x542ba4`	—
`ssreflect`	`0x542c3e`	—
`oceanwaves`	`0x542c84`	—
`coastwaves`	`0x542cca`	—
`wavecrashes`	`0x542d20`	—
`debugroute`	`0x542d5d`	—
`fow`	`0x542d98`	—
`ao`	`0x542dd5`	—
`aofilter`	`0x542e1e`	—
`aocompute`	`0x542e5b`	—
`aoblocks`	`0x542e98`	—
`cubemapblend`	`0x542ed5`	—
`colorkeyblend`	`0x542f12`	—
`skybox`	`0x542f4f`	—
`shadowdepth`	`0x542f8c`	—
`cloudshadows`	`0x542fd2`	—
`distancefog`	`0x54300f`	—
`statesort`	`0x54304c`	—
`waterreflection`	`0x543089`	—
`smallcull`	`0x5430c6`	—
`isolate`	`0x5430f9`	—
`lighting`	`0x543216`	—
`threading`	`0x543261`	—
`subthreading`	`0x5432c0`	—
`log`	`0x54331f`	—
`setimport`	`0x54335a`	—
`fogsaturation`	`0x5434fd`	—
`jointsize`	`0x543569`	—
`aberration`	`0x5435da`	—
`scale`	`0x54361a`	—
`weight`	`0x54367e`	—
`ssr`	`0x54371b`	—
`passes`	`0x54374a`	—
`ao`	`0x5437b0`	—
`power`	`0x543828`	—
`scale`	`0x54385c`	—
`bias`	`0x543890`	—
`min`	`0x5438c4`	—
`clutter`	`0x543903`	—
`log`	`0x543936`	WorldView::ClutterLayerManager::LogStats() [high]
`detail`	`0x54397e`	—
`low`	`0x5439b7`	—
`high`	`0x5439eb`	—
`camera`	`0x543a29`	—
`play`	`0x543a61`	—
`set`	`0x543c1a`	—
`smallcull`	`0x543c4d`	—
`threshold`	`0x543cae`	—
`fade`	`0x543ceb`	—
`aocull`	`0x543d25`	—
`shadowcull`	`0x543d5f`	—
`desaturation`	`0x543d96`	—
`depthvariance`	`0x543e34`	—
`water`	`0x543f2d`	—
`scale`	`0x543f8d`	—
`offset`	`0x543fc6`	—
`fowmask`	`0x543ffd`	—
`whitecap`	`0x544045`	—
`min`	`0x5440a5`	—
`max`	`0x5440de`	—
`power`	`0x544117`	—
`extra`	`0x54414e`	—
`ev`	`0x54417d`	—
`bloom`	`0x5441e5`	—
`on`	`0x544218`	—
`off`	`0x544253`	—
`only`	`0x54428b`	—
`cloudshadows`	`0x5442df`	—
`togglefrustum`	`0x54438e`	—
`distancefog`	`0x5443cb`	—
`force`	`0x5444ae`	—
`executionmode`	`0x54455b`	—
`jobs`	`0x54458e`	—
`optimizedjobs`	`0x5445c6`	—