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This page lists the various console commands that apply directly to The Stanley Parable. There are many more commands (applicable to the Source engine but not to TSP,) but the below are the most interesting and functional of them.

Enabling The Console

  1. Open up your Steam library.
  2. Right click The Stanley Parable and click Properties.
  3. Select Launch Options. In the text box that appears, type -console (or -dev console)
  4. Launch the game as normal.
  • Another way is to open up the config.cfg with a text editor, then search for "toggleconsole" and replacing it with a key in case tilde (~) doesn't work.
    • Save, then go in-game and enable the console from the Options. Otherwise, search for "con_enable" and set it to 1 and then save.

Commands

A divided list of known commands includes:

General

  • hideous - Opens up a random page of the Team Fortress 2 Wiki.
  • bark - Whenever Stanley uses the action button (E or primary click,) you will hear a barking sound instead of the normal key-pushing sound.
  • raphael - In place of all dialog, the Narrator simply says "Stanley." "Stanley" is also printed in the console whenever dialogue would normally be spoken.
  • sv_cheats 1 - Normally enables server cheats, but instead, teleports Stanley to the Serious Room and Serious Ending. In the demo the console prints "Why????", but doesn't take the player to the Serious Room. Staying in the Serious Room and repeatedly entering the command will cause the narrator to "go shopping for another table." However, if you enter the command before loading or starting a new game on the main menu it will display the "Why????" message - now allowing for commands such as noclip and impulse (100, etc) - The game is now susceptible to most -- if not all HL2/Portal 2 console commands.
  • imabird - Float gently into the air, as in the Mariella Ending. Flying does not allow Stanley to overcome any obstacle, door or window that would normally block Stanley's progress on the ground; it's merely an aesthetic effect.
  • facepunch - Replaces all world textures with the Facepunch logo printed on top of them.
  • impulse 100 - Enables/Disables a flashlight.
  • noclip - Toggles clipping On/Off - *CAN CAUSE CRASH!!* - Be careful of what you fly through! and you can see the Narrator using this.
  • thirdperson - Changes the view to third person
  • firstperson - Sets the view back to first person mode.
  • secret - Plays a special song when the credits roll in the Freedom Ending or when you select the Credits option from the Main Menu.

Map-Warps

  • map babygame - Teleports the player to the Baby Game, as seen in the Games Ending.
  • map blockbase - Teleports the player to the Minecraft demo, as seen in the Games Ending.
  • map buttonworld - Teleports the player to the Heaven Ending.
  • map freedom - Teleports the player to the scene just after the Mind Control Facility is turned off, in the Freedom Ending.
  • map incorrect - Teleports the player to the deteriorated map, as seen in the Not Stanley Ending after unplugging the phone.
  • map map - Teleports the player to the last sub-ending of the Confusion Ending.
  • map map1 - Restarts the game.
  • map map2 - Teleports the player to the Mind Control Facility (as if they had taken the elevator in The Boss's Office.)
  • map map_death - Teleports the player to the Museum Ending.
  • map map_one - Teleports the player to the first loop of the Confusion Ending (in Stanley's office, after the Narrator restarted the game in the Monitor Room.)
  • map map_two - Teleports the player to the room below the Maintenance Room, the beginning of the Confusion Ending.
  • map redstair - Teleports the player to the Escape Pod Ending staircase.
  • map seriousroom - Teleports the player to the Serious Room and repeats the narration from the last time you went there. If you didn't input sv_cheats at all, it proceeds like normal.
  • map testchmb_a_00 - Teleports the player to the Portal demo, as seen in the Games Ending.
  • map thefirstmap - Teleports the player to the second loop of the Confusion Ending.
  • map theonlymap - Teleports the player to the third loop of the Confusion Ending.
  • map zending - Teleports the player to the Zending.

Creating/spawning stuff

  • ent_create_(parameters)
    • portal_companion_cube - Creates a Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cube, which can be picked up and dropped. Because it still has programming from Portal 2, the instructor hint mentioning you can pick it up appears, but its localization tag is missing in The Stanley Parable.
    • portal_weighted_cube - Creates a Weighted Storage Cube, the most common cube in Portal 2. It also has programming for the instructor hints. This cube is actually used in the Games Ending, the only time a cube is used in The Stanley Parable.
    • portal_antique_cube - Creates a late 20th century-era Weighted Storage Cube, also from Portal 2.

"Abilities" / Regular Keybindings

  • Bind 3 "Create_Flashlight" - Creates a flash of light at the current cursor position.
  • bindtoggle F "impuse 100; impulse 0" - makes F toggle a flashlight on and off.
  • bind 5 "ent_fire !picker unlock; ent_fire !picker open" - Point at any door with a handle, and press 5 to open it; even random environmental doors and doors closed by the narrator. Beware as this cheat may cause an unintended game crash.
  • bind 6 "ent_fire !picker unlock; ent_fire !picker close" - Same thing as above, but with 6; closes any open door.
  • bind 4 "fire_rocket_projectile" - Press 4 to fire a rocket, though it lack of a required model results in the ERROR logo showing. The rocket uses the same model as that in Portal 1. Stanley can actually get killed from this, and will force the game to the beginning of the map you are currently on. This is inherited from the Source Engine itself, on which the game is based.
  • bind 2 "ent_create prop_exploding_futbol" - Press 2 to spawn a Aperture Science Bomb at the crosshair's location. This can also kill Stanley, but instead explodes on contact with the floor.
  • ent_teleport player - Teleports the player to wherever they're looking within the map. You can get stuck doing this; use at your own discretion. It can be used for reaching areas that you'd otherwise need to jump to.
  • bind "r" "ent_remove" - You can delete doors and some other stuff (note that game can crash).
  • bind "mwheelup" "cl_fov 10" - Mouse up to zoom in. The number can be anything between 89 and 1, but a good zoom is 30. 10 is a cloze zoom.
  • bind "mwheeldown" "cl_fov 90" - Mousewheel down to zoom back out.
  • bind MWHEELUP "cl_fov 40"; bind MWHEELDOWN "cl_fov 90" - A combination of the two above commands.

Ent Fires

  • ent_fire narrator kill - Mutes the Narrator. If you want to make yourself the Narrator, use "ent_fire !self addoutput "targetname narrator"". The parameters after addoutput must be wrapped in quotes.
  • ent_fire zaxis_stormy togglesound - Makes it rain outside (SFX only).
  • ent_fire zaxis_paperpocalypse turnon - Summons the papers in the Office.
  • ent_fire zaxis_boxvillie turnon - Summons the boxes in the Office.

Replacing turnon with turnoff in any of the two above commands will revert their effects.

  • ent_fire bigcounter9 add 2000 - Warps Stanley to the Art Ending without having to complete the Baby Game.
  • ent_fire beginagain add [number] - Changes the amount of times the game thinks you have restarted. This can alter the Narrator's dialogue or more rarely, the Office layout.

Miscellaneous

  • tsp_crash - Instantly crashes the game.
  • cl_fov [number] - Changes the Player's Field of View.
  • crosshair 1 - Adds a crosshair. Remove by replacing the 1 with a 0.
  • mat_fullbright 1 - Increases the lighting of the game to its maximum settings. Can be reverted by replacing the 1 with a 0.
  • mat_fullbright 2 - Simplifies the look of the map.
  • mat_fullbright 3 - Removes most of the game's textures and makes it look as if it is made from clay.

All major commands in the game can be bound to a key.

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