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  <section id="console-commands">
<span id="id1"></span><h1>Console commands<a class="headerlink" href="#console-commands" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The following are commands that can be typed in the Console tab. In order for a
command to be interpreted as such, you must prefix it with a colon symbol when
entering it in the command prompt:</p>
<figure class="align-center" id="id2">
<img alt="../_images/console_command.png" src="../_images/console_command.png" />
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<p><span class="caption-text">Typing a console command with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:</span></code> prefix.</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Permalink to this image">¶</a></p>
</figcaption>
</figure>
<section id="crash">
<h2>crash<a class="headerlink" href="#crash" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Crash the engine for testing purposes. Accepts the following parameters:</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">div_by_zero</span></code></dt><dd><p>Divide a number by zero.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unaligned</span></code></dt><dd><p>Do an unaligned memory access.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">segfault</span></code></dt><dd><p>Trigger a segmentation fault.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">oom</span></code></dt><dd><p>Allocate too much memory.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">assert</span></code></dt><dd><p>Call CE_ASSERT(false).</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section id="game">
<h2>game<a class="headerlink" href="#game" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Pause/resume the game. Accepts one of the following parameters:</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pause</span></code></dt><dd><p>Pause the game.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">resume</span></code></dt><dd><p>Resume the game.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</section>
<section id="help">
<h2>help<a class="headerlink" href="#help" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>List all commands.</p>
</section>
<section id="unpause">
<h2>unpause<a class="headerlink" href="#unpause" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Resume the engine. Deprecated, use <a class="reference internal" href="#game"><span class="std std-ref">game</span></a> instead.</p>
</section>
<section id="pause">
<h2>pause<a class="headerlink" href="#pause" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Pause the engine. Deprecated, use <a class="reference internal" href="#game"><span class="std std-ref">game</span></a> instead.</p>
</section>
<section id="graph">
<h2>graph<a class="headerlink" href="#graph" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Plot selected profiler data over time. The &lt;field&gt; parameter must be the name
of a profiler record that the engine provides itself or one that you recorded
via the <a class="reference internal" href="../lua_api.html#profiler"><span class="std std-ref">Profiler</span></a> API. The command accepts the following
parameters:</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">&lt;name&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Create a new graph.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code></dt><dd><p>List all the graphs.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">range</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">[min</span> <span class="pre">max]</span></code></dt><dd><p>Set the range of a graph. If the range is omitted, it will be automatically
computed.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">add</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;field&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Add a field to a graph.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">remove</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;field&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Remove a field from a graph.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hide</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Hide a graph.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">show</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Show a graph.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">layout</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;type&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Set the layout of a graph.
Type can be one of: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fill</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">left</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">right</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bottom</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">top</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">color</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;field&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;color&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Set the color of a field in a graph. Color can be specified as a 3- or
6-digits hexadecimal RGB number or can be any of: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">yellow</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">red</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">green</span></code>
or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">blue</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">samples</span> <span class="pre">&lt;graph&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;samples&gt;</span></code></dt><dd><p>Set the number of samples to show in a graph.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</section>
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