Your personal Key Bind Listings

If you had forgotten if a specific key is bound to something and don't just want to press it anyway to find out what it does, just in case, then this where a few of these commands come in handy. All you have to do to see what your F key is bound to (if anything) is type bind f in your console.  If it is bound, it will tell you what it is bound to.  If it is not bound, it will tell you.

You can also type in key_listboundkeys in console.  This will show you ALL of they keys you currently have bound.

If you want to unbind a key (remove its functionality), you can use the unbind command.  For instance, say I want my C key to no longer save my checkpoints.  I would type unbind c into console.  DO NOT USE UNBINDALL!  If you do that, you will lose ALL of your binds! 

Do I need to use Quotes?

Well, it depends.  If the command use you are wanting requires a parameter, then yes.  If you are 'chaining' commands together into one bind, yes.  Otherwise, you do not need quotes.  Here are a few examples.

I want to bind my C key to set my checkpoint.  OK, this does not require any additional input, so no quotes are needed. 

bind c sm_cp

I want to bind my N key so that it sets my model to superman.  This is indeed possible, but you will need to use quotes.  Why?  Because the command requires that you specify which model you want.

bind n "sm_model superman"

I want my 9 key that colors my prop that I am looking at blue, sets its alpha to 180, and sets the rendering fx to #1.  This is also very doable.  You just need to seperate the command with a semicolon (;) and put the entire command in quotes.  It is probably a good idea to include a 'wait' command inbetween commands though.  The 'wait' command just tells it to wait a game frame before running the next command in line.  NOTE - do not put too many things into one key bind.  Sometimes the system will think you are spamming and will not run all of the commands.

bind 9 "sm_setcolor 0 0 255;wait;sm_setalpha 180;wait;sm_setfx 1"

Binding chat commands

I want to bind my L key to make me say "You sure are sexy!!" in chat.  Well, here is that one...

bind l "say You sure are sexy!!"

I want to bind my T key to use the 'timeleft' chat trigger.  No problem!

bind t "say timeleft"

Other useful binds

Well, if I had enough keys, I would probably bind every key I had to a command.  I don't, so here are some that you probably want to bind a key to.  Feel free to use any key of your choosing.  These are just what I use.  Just don't use a key that you are already using for something else.

bind k sm_kill

bind c sm_cp

bind u sm_ucp

bind a sm_acp

bind g sm_go

bind m sm_menu

bind v thirdperson

bind b firstperson

bind del sm_deleteprop

bind kp_end sm_grab

bind kp_home sm_lengthen

bind kp_leftarrow sm_shorten