Use the command console to automate game configuration, run commands in response to game events, or cheat.

Press F9 to open the console. Command Reference lists all the commands.

Use the Command Console

To display the Command Console window, press F9 while playing. To pause the game, press ESC in the game window.

Type commands into the input at the bottom of the console.

Scripting

Zenith can run scripts, which are text files in the scripts subfolder where Zenith is stored. Scripts have one command per line, with no flow control.

Run scripts with the RUN or EXECUTE command, followed by the filename of the script. Scripts can run other scripts, but take care to avoid 'circular references'.

The game runs these scripts at game events:

Preferences.zsc stores the game configuration. Zenith overwrites this on exit. If you need customisations, put them in UserPreferences.zsc or DefaultStartGame.zsc.
DefaultStartGame.zsc is run after a landscape has been built at the start of each game.
UserPreferences.zsc is run after Zenith starts, and after Preferences.zsc is loaded. Use this file to tweak performance options, or set any scriptable option.

Command reference

You can use shorter commands, shown with underline.

Console

HELP	[ COMMANDS \| DETAIL \| <command name> ] List commands and their parameters.
CLS	Clear the console display.
FONT	[ NAME <font name> \| SIZE <point size> ] Set the font name or size. With no parameters, display the current font settings.
TYPE	<filename> Display a text file in the console. If filenames contain spaces, enclose them in double quotes.
ECHO, !	<text> Show text in the console. Text having spaces should be enclosed in double quotes.
LOG	[ CLEAR \| SAVE <filename> \| 0 \| 1 \| 2 ] CLEAR clears the log. SAVE saves the log to the specified filename. 0, 1, or 2 For prerelease versions only. Set the debugging or detail level of log entries.

Control

KEYS	Show game controls.
EXECUTE, RUN	<filename> Run a list of commands in a script, from a text file. <filename> includes the extension.
NEW	Start a new game, on a new landscape.
EXIT	Close Zenith, with no confirmation.

Cheats and diagnostics

CHEAT	[ 0 \| 1 \| OFF \| ON ] With no parameters, display the current cheat setting.
PLAYER	[ <player number> [ ENERGY <level> ] ] Show player information, or set the energy level for a player.
GETHEIGHT	[ <x>, <z> [ , <x2>, <z2> ] ] Show heights of landscape points.
LANDSCAPE	[ SCANNERS { 0 \| 1 \| 2 \| OFF \| ON \| ALL } ] With no parameters, show landscape statistics, scanners, and players. SCANNERS options activate or deactivate scanners.
ALLOCATION	Views the game's maximum usage of static allocatable capacity.

Configuration

PERFORMANCE

[ RES | FPS | AA [Default|NONE|2x|2xHQ|4x|4xHQ] | SLEEP [0|1|OFF|ON] ]

With no parameters supplied, all information is shown.

RES displays resolution;
FPS displays frames-per-second (rendered);
AA displays anti-aliasing, or sets anti-aliasing mode, subject to availability;
SLEEP displays or sets sleep mode (experimental power saving feature).

PREFERENCES

<option>, <value>

Preferences options and values

S_DIFFICULTY	Set the Difficulty slider, <value> = 0..100.
S_DIFFVARIATION	Set the Variation slider, <value> = 0..100.
S_LANDSCAPERANDOM	When <value> is ON or 1, a completely different landscape is used every game (changing the landscape-generation seed every game). OFF or 0 uses a similar landscape for each game.
S_LANDSCAPENUMBER	<seed> = landscape code. Used with Difficulty to generate a landscape.
S_GAMESPEED	A <value> above 1 results in faster sentry movement; below 1 results a slower movement.
S_SENTRYSPEED	A <value> above 1 results in faster sentry movement; below 1 results a slower movement.
S_SCANSPEED	A <value> above 1 results in a faster sentry scanning; below 1 results a slower scanning.
S_SCANSECTOR	A <value> above 1 results in wider scan secotrs when sentries scan; below 1 results in narrower scanning sectors.
S_RESOURCES	A <value> above 1 results more tree resources on a landscape; below 1 results less trees.
C_REVERSEHORIZONTAL	When <value> is ON or 1, the horizontal direction of mouse look is reversed.
C_REVERSEVERTICAL	When <value> is ON or 1, the vertical direction of mouse look is reversed.
C_REVERSEZOOM	When <value> is ON or 1, the direction of the zoom (mouse wheel) is reversed.
C_LOCKCURSOR	When <value> is ON or 1, the cursor remains in the same place on the screen when mouse look is used.
C_SENSITIVITY	<value> = 0..100. Larger values turns the camera more with mouse look.
C_SHOWHINTS	When <value> is ON or 1, the hints panel is shown.

Easter Eggs

You might say that it ceases to be an easter egg if it's documented - of course, we haven't listed all of them!

SPECIAL

[ DARK <value> ]

Darken the landscape. <value> is the visible distance, for example 0.1. The Sentinel and Sentries can still see you.

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