Launch Options


Info

Finding the Launch Options within Steam.

Launch Options are command lines that change the Dota 2 client.

Access

How to access Dota 2`s Launch Options:

  1. Open the Steam client
  2. Navigate to Library tab
  3. Right click Dota 2
  4. Select Properties
  5. Navigate to General tab
  6. Click Set Launch Options...

Videos

Command lines

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Command Effect
-con_enable 1 Enables the console An open console on a player s starting screen. Play “They call me Tiny.” This article is a stub. As such, it is not complete. You can help Dota 2 Wiki by expanding it. The console is dota2 in-game.
-console Enables the console in-game and opens the console at start up.
-high Gives Dota 2 priority CPUA processor is the logic circuitry usage.
-useforcedmparms Allows the use of -noforcemspd and -noforcemaccel.
-noforcemaccel Use the Windowsis a separate viewing area on a computer display screen in a system that allows multiple viewing areas as part of a graphical user interface mouse acceleration settings. Only works if -useforcedmparms is set.
-noforcemspd Use the Windowsis a separate viewing area on a computer display screen in a system that allows multiple viewing areas as part of a graphical user interface mouse speed settings. Only works if -useforcedmparms is set.
-fullscreen Start on full screen mode.
-h Forces the engine to start with resolution set to value in pixels. Ex: -h 768
-w Forces the engine to start with resolution set to value in pixels. Ex: -w 1024
-x Place the borderless window along the horizontal axis. Useful for multiple monitor desktops. Ex: -x 1921 (With three monitors, it will place it on the middle screen.)
-y Place the borderless window along the vertical axis. Useful for multiple monitor desktops. Ex: -y 0 (Places game window at the top of the monitor, over the taskbar.)
-autoconfig Restores video and performance settings to default for the current hardware detected. Ignores settings inside any .cfg files until this parameter is removed.
-override_vpk Forces the engine to search for custom game content placed inside the game`s installation directory instead of using the default game content packed inside VPK files. Cannot be used in matchmaking The matchmaking screen Matchmaking is the process through which the system groups players into opposing teams for public games. With the exception of bot games, matchmaking is mostly determined by matchmaking ratings (MMR). Contents 1 dota2 games.
-enable_addons Forces the engine to search for white-listed (by Valve) custom game content placed inside the game`s installation directory instead of using the default game content packed inside the VPK files. Can be used in matchmaking The matchmaking screen Matchmaking is the process through which the system groups players into opposing teams for public games. With the exception of bot games, matchmaking is mostly determined by matchmaking ratings (MMR). Contents 1 dota2 games. Current white-list: Minimap The minimap is a HUD element that represents the game map on a smaller scale. It displays in real time the location and status of buildings, heroes, creeps, couriers and wards. The minimap is subject dota2 , HUD Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 , icons, custom cursor images, all sound directories, flash videos.
-nomousegrab Enables alt-tab function in some Linux desktopa desktop is a computer environments (such as XFCE) where Dota 2 is running fullscreen and grabbing the mouse wouldn`t allow users to alt-tab out of the game.
-language Changes the language of the game strings and menu, e.g. "-language italian".
-nod3d9ex Disables Windows Aero DirectX extensions; may improve performance in certain cases.
-nomicsettings Stops Dota 2 from changing microphone output values upon launching the game. May help people with issues in third party communication software, such as Skype, in which their microphone volume would get maxed upon launching the game.
-nosound Turn off in-game sound.
-nexon Adds the South Korean server to your search options if you have a Korean Nexon This topic is covered better by other wikis or sites. Please see the following links instead: Nexon on Wikipedia Nexon Company Year Founded 1994 Management Seung Woo Choi Key figures Jungju Kim Location Tokyo, Japan dota2 account.
-perfectworld Allows you to play on Chinese Perfect World This topic is covered better by other wikis or sites. Please see the following links instead: Perfect World on Wikipedia Perfect World Company Year Founded Mar., 2004 Management Chi Yufeng Key figures Chi Yufeng Location dota2 servers.
-map dota Loads the Dota 2 map right when you launch the game. Helps load times after you find a game since you no longer have to load the map then.
-dx9 Force run on DirectX 9.
-dx11 Force run on DirectX 11.
-gl Forces Dota to run on OpenGL. On Windows, the OpenGL DLC is necessary to run this.
-vulkan Apply Vulkan support.
-nogammaramp Forces Dota to use desktop color profile. This also applies to other source games (ex. F.lux will be applied in Fullscreen)
-32bit Force run on 32bit client. (default 64bit)
-antiaddiction_test Adds an uptime clock.
-cursor_scale_percent# Able to change cursor size. Default 100. Overrides the setting in the in-game options if used.

Deprecated commands

These commands are deprecated. They either no longer work at all (i.e. were removed), or have no use anymore.

Command Effect Reason
-windowed Game runs in windowed mode. Changeable in the game settings.
-noborder Game runs in borderless windowed mode. Changeable in the game settings.
-novid Automatically skipped the introduction video. No longer needed since the intro is not played anymore by default.
-dashboard Changes the loading screen and main menu background according to the code inserted. The Reborn The banner of Dota 2 Reborn announcement. Dota 2 Reborn is an overhaul to the Dota 2 game system. It adds the custom games function, a new game interface, improved social and DotaTV features, as dota2 Dashboard does not support the old themes anymore.