Dominions 6 Cheats & Console Commands

by Fernando / Articles, Dominions 6 Guides / 03 Jan 2023

Before you jump into the game, you’ve got a bunch of launch options (kinda like cheat codes for how the game starts up). Most of you probably won’t need these, but they’re super handy for tweaking the game to your liking or fixing issues if it’s being stubborn at startup.

Cheat Codes & Launch Options in Dominions 6 – Rise of the Pantokrator

You can mix and match the shorter options – like ‘-sw’ will get you going without sound and in a window mode. Here’s a quick rundown of what each option does:

‘-v’ or ‘–version’: Tells you the game’s version then quits.

‘-d’: Cranks up the debug info.

‘-g’ or ‘–host’: Sets up a new game turn then exits.

‘–verify’: Checks all 2h-files and exits, making .chk files.

‘–statfile’: Creates a stats.txt file after each turn.

‘–scoredump’: Puts out a scores.html file after every turn.

‘–finalhost’: Makes a new turn, sends a final score message, and then quits.

‘-c’ or ‘–nocredits’: No end credits.

Scrolling options: ‘–noedgescroll’, ‘–edgescroll’, ‘–winedgescroll’ let you control edge scrolling.

‘–askifplayed’: Asks if you wanna redo your turn if you can.

‘–noshowscouts’: Keeps allied scouts off the map.

‘–autoorder’: New mages automatically focus on research.

‘–multimove’: Allows moving multiple turns at once.

‘–maxunits X’: Limits the number of units in a game (max 600,000).

‘–listnations’: Shows all nation numbers.

‘–multiai X’: Set up to X AI processes (Linux only).

‘–nothread’: Turns off multithreading.

‘–nomappopups’: No popups on the main map.

‘–nosteam’: Disconnects from Steam, so no workshop.

‘–nocrashbox’: No crash message dialog (Windows only).

‘–useolddata’: Tries to keep battle replays after updates.

‘–gamepad’ or ‘–nogamepad’: Toggles gamepad/joystick inputs.

‘–backup’: Backs up save files before hosting (Linux only).

Network Options:

‘–lobby’: Jumps into the game lobby.

‘–lgpasswd XXX’: Sets a password for lobby games.

‘-C’ or ‘–tcpclient’: Connects to a Dominions multiplayer server.

‘-S’ or ‘–tcpserver’: Starts a Dominions multiplayer server.

‘–tcpquery’: Checks game status on a server and exits.

‘–ipadr XXX’ and ‘–port X’: Custom IP and port for connecting.

‘–preexec’ and ‘–postexec CMD’: Runs commands before and after each new turn.

‘-t’ or ‘–hosttime X Y’: Schedules hosting on a specific day and hour.

Timing controls: ‘–minutes X’, ‘–hours X’, ‘–pauseday X’, ‘–timeleft X’.

‘–noquickhost’: Stops hosting when all turns are done.

‘–maxholdups X’: Quickhost ignores players stalling for X turns.

‘-n’ or ‘–nonationsel’: No nation selection when resuming network games.

‘-o’ or ‘–onserver’: Tells the game you’re playing on a server.

‘–noclientstart’: Stops clients from starting the game during participant selection.

Game Creation Options:

‘–uploadtime X’ and ‘–uploadmaxp X’: Set time and player requirements for game creation.

‘–closed X’: Closes a nation.

AI difficulty settings: ‘–easyai X’ to ‘–impai X’.

‘–team X Y Z’: Sets up teams and types.

‘–statuspage XX’: Creates a webpage showing turn status.

‘–statusdump’: Constantly updates player info in a format you can parse.

‘–nodownlmods’: Stops automatic mod downloads from the server.

‘–nomaster’: Disables turn downloads/uploads with the master password.

‘–timerwarn X’: Plays a warning sound when time’s running out.

New Game Options:

‘–mapfile XXX’: Chooses a map file.

‘–randmap X’: Creates and uses a random map.

‘–research X’: Sets research difficulty from 0 to 4.

‘–norandres’: No random research at the start.

‘–hofsize X’: Adjusts the size of the Hall of Fame.

‘–mercsize X’: Caps the number of mercenaries available.

‘–globals X’: Number of global enchantment slots.

‘–indepstr X’: Defines the strength of independent units.

‘–magicsites X’: Controls the frequency of magic sites.

‘–eventrarity X’: Sets how often random events occur.

‘–richness X’: Multiplies the amount of money available.

‘–resources X’: Adjusts the resource availability.

‘–recruitment X’: Alters unit recruitment points.

‘–supplies X’: Changes the supply levels.

‘–masterpass XX’: Sets a master password for the game.

‘–startprov X’: Number of starting provinces for each player.

‘–renaming’: Allows you to rename commanders.

‘–scoregraphs’: Enables score graphs during gameplay.

‘–nonationinfo’: Hides info about other nations.

‘–nocheatdet’: Disables cheat detection.

‘–era X’: Chooses the era for the new game.

‘–nomods’: Disables all game modifications.

‘-M’ or ‘–enablemod XXX’: Activates a specific mod.

‘–noartrest’: Removes restrictions on artifact creation per turn.

‘–nolvl9rest’: Allows faster research of level 9 spells.

‘–teamgame’: Sets up a team game with disciples.

‘–clustered’: Teams start in clustered positions.

‘–edgestart’: Teams start at the edge of the map.

‘–nostoryevents’, ‘–storyevents’, ‘–allstoryevents’: Control the occurrence of story events.

‘–newgame’: Creates a new game and exits immediately.

‘–newailvl X’: Sets AI level for players who quit.

‘–nonewai’: Prevents AI from taking over absent players.

New Game Victory Conditions:

‘–conqall’: Win by eliminating all other players.

‘–thrones X Y Z’: Sets the number of thrones and their levels for victory.

‘–requiredap X’: Determines ascension points needed for victory.

‘–cataclysm X’: Triggers a cataclysm event on a specific turn.

Random Map Options:

‘–makemap XXX’: Generates a random map and exits.

‘–tgapreview’: Creates a TGA preview for the random map.

‘–blueprint XXX’: Uses a specific image as a map blueprint.

Map customization options like ‘–blueacc X’, ‘–noundercaves’, and others for controlling various map features.

‘–mapsize W H’: Sets the width and height of the random map.

‘–mapprov X’: Determines the number of provinces.

‘–mapscol R G B A’, ‘–mapdscol R G B A’, etc., for customizing map colors.

‘–borderwidth X’: Adjusts the border width.

‘–hills X’, ‘–rugedness X’, ‘–seasize X’: Customize the terrain features.

Graphics Options:

‘-w’ or ‘–window’: Runs the game in window mode.

‘-u’ or ‘–fullscreen’: Switches to fullscreen mode.

‘–borderless’: Enables a borderless fullscreen window.

‘–bitplanes X’, ‘–zbuffer X’: Adjusts color depth and depth buffer.

‘-T’ or ‘–textonly’: Runs a graphics-less server.

‘–gamma X’: Sets the game’s brightness level.

‘–opacity X’: Adjusts the GUI’s opacity.

‘-r’ or ‘–res X Y’: Sets the screen resolution or window size.

‘–animback’, ‘-a’ or ‘–noanimback’: Toggles animated backgrounds.

‘–fade’, ‘-f’ or ‘–nofade’: Controls fade effects.

‘–nopopups’: Disables popups.

‘–maxfps X’: Limits the frames per second.

‘–filtering X’, ‘–maxtexsize X’, ‘–texqual X’: Adjusts graphics quality.

‘–notracers’: Turns off arrow tracers.

‘–nomapcolrit’: Disables colored map ritual dots.

‘–nolightfx’: Turns off light effects in battles.

‘–partamount X’: Sets the max number of particles.

‘–noarcade’: Disables floating damage numbers.

‘–batflash’: Toggles unit flash effects.

‘–nonetinfo’: Disables network play info display.

‘–glfinish’, ‘–noglfinish’: Controls the graphics pipeline flushing.

‘–noglext’: Disables OpenGL extensions.

‘-x’ or ‘–fastgrx’: Enables faster, simpler graphics.

‘–simpgui’: Switches to a simpler GUI.

‘–gfxlevel X’: Sets the graphics level.

‘–multisample X’: Enables multisampling.

‘–renderpath X’: Chooses a different rendering method.

‘–benchmark’: Runs a graphics benchmark and exits.

‘–softmouse’: Uses a drawn mouse cursor.

‘–textsize X’, ‘–battextsize X’: Adjusts text size.

‘–nowarnings’: Disables bad graphics driver warnings.

Audio Options:

‘-s’ or ‘–nosound’: Disables sound effects and music.

‘-m’ or ‘–nomusic’: Turns off music.

‘–musicvol X’, ‘–fxvol X’, ‘–clickvol X’: Adjusts various volume levels.

‘–randpitch X’: Sets sound effect pitch randomness.

‘–noturnsound’: Disables the new turn sound in network play.

‘–defsound’, ‘–jack’, ‘–pulseaudio’, etc.: Selects the sound output method.

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