Command Line

Renegade X, which is built from the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), supports a wide range of command line options. Renegade X therefor supports all UDK command line options. You can find the UDK command line documentation here but the following page lists options that are useful for Renegade X.

Plain switches (switches that don't have an =value), require a - in front of them. E.G. -windowed. Setting switches, (settings with an =value), dont require the - sign. E.G. GDIBotCount=10

The command line syntax is: udk.exe (client/server/editor) (map/server ip)?setting?setting?setting -switch

Examples of the command line syntax

UDK.exe CNC-Field.udk //Starts a skirmish game straight into the given map
UDK.exe server CNC-Field.udk?DEDICATED=true?bIsLanMatch=true //starts a server
UDK.exe 127.0.0.1 //joins a server directly.
UDK.exe 127.0.0.1?name=playername?password=serverpasswrd //joins a server directly, with the given player name and the server password.

EXE locations

(game folder)\Binaries\udklift.exe Auto selects correct exe based on your system. NOTE: Can select the 64bit exes automatically, which is currently not supported.
(game folder)\Binaries\Win32\udk.exe The 32bit client
(game folder)\Binaries\Win64\udk.exe The 64bit client. NOTE: Not currently supported

Name	command	Description
Windowed	-windowed	Starts the game in windowed mode.
Fullscreen	-FULLSCREEN	Starts the game in fullscreen mode.
Skip movies	-nomoviesstartup	Disables movies. NOTE: will also disable the map loading screen videos.
Resolution	ResX=1920?ResY=1080	Sets the game resolution.
Player Name	name=playername	Sets the player's name.
Password	password=serverpassword	The password of the server that is being connected to.
VSync	-NoVSync	Enable/Disable VSync.
Dedicated server	DEDICATED=true	Runs as a dedicated server. //to be tested
Mutators	MUTATOR=mutatorpackage.mutator	Loads a mutator.
Silent	-silent	Don't display or output anything.
Lan server	bIsLanMatch=1	Turns off online authentication. //to be tested
Listen server	listen=true	Runs a server in the same instance as a local client. For when a player is also hosting a game at the same time. //to be tested
Difficulty	DIFFICULTY=7	Bot difficulty. // to be tested
Team Difficulty	(GDI/NOD)Difficulty=7	Per team Bot difficulty. // to be tested
Number filler bots	NUMPLAY=20	The player count that should be reached, filling with bots as needed.
Number of bots on team	(GDI/NOD)BotCount=10	Amount of bots on given team.
LAN Play	-LANPLAY	For client side. Uncaps the client bandwidth when connection to servers. Warning: Causes double the amount of server updates and can saturate client’s bandwidth.
Multihome	MULTIHOME=192.168.1.1	Which IP address the server will run on.
Port	PORT=7777	The port the server will run on.
Primarynet	PRIMARYNET=192.168.1.1	Which IP address the client should run on.
No Sound	-NOSOUND	Turn of sound.
Log	-log	Shows the log window.
Log File	log=Filename.ext	Sets the filename for the log.
No Splash	-NOSPLASH	Don't show the splash screen on startup.
Single thread	-ONETHREAD	Run the game on one thread(core).
Number of bots	numbots=10	How many bots to have.
Timelimit	timelimit=45	Match time limit. 0 is no time limit.
Team	team=0	Which team to join. 0=GDI 1=NOD