Server Commands

 

Command	Effect
sv_rcon_password password	Set RCON Password
rcon password command argument	Make Command Using RCON
cls	Clear the console text.
help [command]	Tell you about the command.
quit	Quit Halo for the PC dedicated server.
sv_ban [player name or index]	Ban the player with the given name or index. However, this doesn't kick them out of the game however.
sv_banlist	Show the list of the banned players.
sv_end_game	End the currently running game. This will proceed to the next game in the map cycling game entries list.
sv_kick [player index or name]	Kick the player with the given name or index out of the game.
sv_map [map name] [game variant]	Start a game with the indicated map and game variant. When the game is over, this game will restart itself. This command supersedes any map cycle the server has.
sv_mapcycle	Show game list.
sv_mapcycle_add [map name] [game variant]	Append this game entry (map name and game type) to the end of the game list.
sv_mapcycle_begin	Start the map cycling with the specified game entries.
sv_mapcycle_del [index]	Delete the game entry from the map cycling game list (use sv_mapcycle to get game IDs).
sv_mapcycle_timeout n	Time in seconds to restart the next game in the game list after game is finished (this determines how long clients are sitting at the post carnage report screen).
sv_map_next	End the current game and skip to the next game in the map cycling game entries list.
sv_map_restart	Restart the game.
sv_maxplayers n (Default value is 16)	Set the maximum number players. This should be done in the init.txt file, before map cycling begins.
sv_name [string] (Default value is “Halo”)	Set the server name (15 characters max). This should be done in the init.txt file, before map cycling begins.
sv_password [string]	Set password for server. This should be done in the init.txt file, before map cycling begins.
sv_players	List the players and their indices for reference in banning and kicking players from the dedicated server.
sv_public [true, false] (Default value is true)	Determine if the server will be listed in the GameSpy Master Server list (true) or not (false). This should be done in the init.txt file, before map cycling begins. Note: setting this to false is equivalent to hosting a LAN game.
sv_rcon_password [string]	Set the RCon password. To remove the password, thus disabling RCon, specify an empty string “” as the password.
sv_status [true, false]	Used to continually show the status of the dedicated server in the console.
sv_unban [player name]	Allow the player with the given name to join the server again.
sv_tk_ban n	Specifies the number of "team kill points" required for a player to be kicked and banned from a server. See section H for additional information about Controlling Team Killing and Banning undesirable players.
sv_tk_grace [time]	Set the grace period during which a player can only be credited with one TKP. For example, if set to 3s, a player can only be credited for one team kill every 3 seconds, preventing an accidental grenade explosion from crediting multiple TKP to a player.
sv_tk_cooldown [time]	Set the cool down period after which a player will be forgiven one TKP if they have not committed another team kill.

 

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