Com speeds (cvar)
Description
This CVar toggles the display of how much time is spent and by what on rendering a frame.
Usage
At the console type…
com_speeds [Boolean]Parameters
- [Boolean]
- 0 - Disable.
- 1 - Enable.
Flags
| Flag | Enabled | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CVAR_ALL | all flags | |
| CVAR_BOOL | X | variable is a boolean |
| CVAR_INTEGER | variable is an integer | |
| CVAR_FLOAT | variable is a float | |
| CVAR_SYSTEM | X | system variable |
| CVAR_RENDERER | renderer variable | |
| CVAR_SOUND | sound variable | |
| CVAR_GUI | gui variable | |
| CVAR_GAME | game variable | |
| CVAR_TOOL | tool variable | |
| CVAR_USERINFO | sent to servers, available to menu | |
| CVAR_SERVERINFO | sent from servers, available to menu | |
| CVAR_NETWORKSYNC | cvar is synced from the server to clients | |
| CVAR_STATIC | X | statically declared, not user created |
| CVAR_CHEAT | variable is considered a cheat | |
| CVAR_NOCHEAT | variable is not considered a cheat | |
| CVAR_INIT | can only be set from the command-line | |
| CVAR_ROM | display only, cannot be set by user at all | |
| CVAR_ARCHIVE | set to cause it to be saved to a config file | |
| CVAR_MODIFIED | X | set when the variable is modified |
Notes
The information displayed:
- frame - Individual numbered frame.
- all - How long it took to render the current frame (in milliseconds).
- gfr - How long the game code part needed (in milliseconds).
- rf - How long the renderer front end needed (in milliseconds).
- bk - How long the renderer back end needed (in milliseconds).
The render front end is responsible for traversing the scene, portal and view frustum culling, shadow generation, dynamic model generation, and sorting. The back end is responsible for issuing the actual draw calls (the back end is what changes when r_renderer changes).
