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{{Fixme|This list may not actually be complete}}
This is a complete list of all the server variables used by Empires.

== Cvars ==

=== Players===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_player_erepair_speed''': 
|Controls e-repair speed in health units per minute.
|(Default = 150)
|-
|'''emp_sv_player_revive_health_penalty ''': 
|Control how much health players have when revived, Maxhealth * cvar value.
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_player_revive_stamina_penalty ''': 
|Control how much stamina players have when revived, Maxstamina * cvar value.
|(Default = 1)
|}

=== Vehicles ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_max_vehicles''': 
|Number of vehicles each team can have at any given time.
|(Default = 32)
|-
|'''emp_sv_vehicle_selfdestruct_time''': 
|Number of seconds until an empty vehicle starts to self-destruct.
|(Default = 300)
|-
|'''emp_sv_vehicle_fadeout_time''': 
|Number of seconds until a destroyed vehicle model is removed.
|(Default = 20)
|-
|'''emp_sv_artillery_recoil_multiplier''': 
|Multiplier on the recoil of artillery cannons.
|(Default = 0.5)
|}

=== Buildings ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_max_buildings''':
|Number of buildings (not counting walls or turrets) each team can have at any given time.
|(Default = 32)
|-
|'''emp_sv_turret_search_interval''':
|Amount of time (in seconds) each turret must wait before searching for a new target.
|(Default = 0.5)
|-
|'''emp_sv_max_turrets''':
|Number of turrets that a team can place. (does not include engineer-placed turrets)
|(Default = 10)
|-
|'''emp_sv_max_walls''':
|Number of walls a team can place. (does not include engineer-placed walls)
|(Default = 24)
|-
|'''emp_sv_building_box''': 
|Makes buildings use the axis aligned bounding box for physics.
|
|-
|'''emp_sv_building_physics''': 
|Makes buildings use the VPhysics mesh for physics.
|
|-
|'''emp_sv_building_none''': 
|Disables physics for buildings.
|
|}

=== Resources ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_refinery_interval''': 
|Number of seconds between refinery resource generation.
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_refinery_multiplier''': 
|Refinery output is multiplied by this (both teams).
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_player_refinery_multiplier''':
|Number of players that cause an increase in resources produced via refineries.
|(Default = 12)
|}
For example: 12 means at 12 to 23 players, 1 is added to refinery output, 24 to 35, 2 is added to refinery output.
{|
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|'''emp_sv_player_resource_interval''': 
|Number of players that cause an increase in resources produced via refineries.
|(Default = 12)
|}
For example: 12 means at 12 to 23 players, 1 is added to refinery output, 24 to 35, 2 is added to refinery output.
{|
|-
|'''emp_sv_resource_multiplier_nf''':
|Number of resources at map start is multiplied by this (Northern Faction).
|(Default = 5)
|-
|'''emp_sv_resource_multiplier_be''':
|Number of resources at map start is multiplied by this (Brenodi Empire).
|(Default = 5)
|-
|'''emp_sv_refinery_diminishing_returns_basevalue''':
|Minimum value for diminishing returns. See emp_sv_refinery_diminishing_returns_valueperrefinery.
|(Default = 0.25)
|-
|'''emp_sv_refinery_diminishing_returns_valueperrefinery''':
|Amount to decrease the output of a refinery by. Computed as 1 - ( valueperrefinery * N ) where N is the Nth - 1 refinery owned by the team. If this is smaller then the basevalue, basevalue is used for the refinery.
|(Default = 0.0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_commander_resource_interval''': 
|Interval between commander data updates. When the interval has passed, the location of all players and buildings is sent to the commander.
|(Default = 0.3)
|}
{|
|'''emp_give_resources''':
|Number of resources that is added to the resource total for the specified team.
For example: '''emp_give_resources be 1000''' will add 1000 res to Brenodi's resources while '''emp_give_resources nf 1000''' will do the same for Northern Faction.
|}
{|
|'''emp_sv_resource_diminishing_term''':
|The exponent of the total income. (with 1: income/sec = refinery_sum^1, with 2: income/sec = refinery_sum^2)
|(Default = 1.0)
|}
{|
|'''emp_sv_resource_integral_term''':
|The correcting factor, the percentage of the difference that is added to the losing team. If one team earned x less resources in total in the game, gives x * emp_sv_resource_integral_term per second to that team.
|(Default = 0.0)
|}

=== Research ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_research_item''': 
|Researches the specified research for both teams. Takes the name of the research as a argument.
Example: '''emp_sv_research_item Nuclear Warhead''' will research Nukes for both teams.
|-
|'''emp_sv_unresearch_item''': 
|Removes the specified research for both Teams. Takes the name of the research as a argument. Equipped Weapons in Tanks will get unavailable after they are unresearched. 
Example: '''emp_sv_unresearch_item Nuclear Warhead''' will unresearch  Nukes for both teams.
|}

=== Gameplay ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_wait_phase_time''':
|Number of seconds until wait phase ends.
|(Default = 60)
|-
|'''emp_sv_respawn_penalty''': 
|Number of seconds to make players wait to respawn.
|(Default = 10)
|-
|'''emp_sv_spawn_protection''':
|Amount of time (in seconds) that player is invulnerable after spawning.
|(Default = 3)
|-
|'''emp_sv_research_multiplier''': 
|Affects research speed, less than 1 is slower, greater than 1 is faster.
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_research_complete''': 
|Set to 1 to have all research tree items unlocked.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_reinforcement_multiplier_nf''': 
|Number of reinforcements at map start is multiplied by this (Northern Faction).
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_reinforcement_multiplier_be''': 
|Number of reinforcements at map start is multiplied by this (Brenodi Empire).
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_kick_commander_percentage''': 
|Percentage of players on a team that must vote yes to kick the commander.
|(Default = 0.6)
|-
|'''emp_sv_kick_commander_time''': 
|Time commander kick vote lasts (In seconds).
|(Default = 120)
|-
|'''emp_sv_kick_commander_penalty''': 
|Time before a kicked commander can re-enter the command vehicle (In seconds).
|(Default = 300)
|-
|'''emp_sv_kick_commander_nf''': 
|Instantly kicks the Northern Faction commander.
|
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|'''emp_sv_kick_commander_be''': 
|Instantly kicks the Brenodi Empire commander.
|
|-
|'''emp_sv_stalemate_countdown''':
|No description.
|(Default = 300)
|-
|'''emp_sv_suddendeath_countdown''':
|No description.
|(Default = 2)
|}

=== Minimap ===
{|
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|'''emp_sv_player_minimap_interval''':
|Number in seconds between the position of players on the minimap gets updated.
|(Default = 1)
|-
|'''emp_sv_vehicle_minimap_interval''':
|Number in seconds between the position of vehicles on the minimap gets updated.
|(Default = 1)
|}

=== Visibility ===

{|
|- 
| '''emp_sv_netvisdist_player''': 
|How far the player can see other players, vehicle and buildings.
|(Default = 10000)
|-
| '''emp_sv_netvisdist_building''': 
|How far buildings can see other players, vehicle and buildings.
|(Default = 10000)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_vehicle''': 
|How far vehicles can see other players, vehicle and buildings.
|(Default = 10000)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_commander''': 
|How far the commander can see other players, vehicle and buildings.
|(Default = 10000)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratedistmax''':
|Not used.
|(Default = 10000)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratedistmin''':
|If emp_sv_netvisdist_ratefacingonly is enabled, this is the distance in units from the player that the entity must be before it is no longer sent to players.
|(Default = 2000)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratefacingmul''':
|If larger than 0, enables emp_sv_netvisdist_ratefacingonly checks.
|(Default = 20)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratefacingonly''':
|Whether to only send entity updates if the player is facing the entity. Depends on emp_sv_netvisdist_ratefacingmul.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratemax''':
|Not used.
|(Default = 0.5)
|-
|'''emp_sv_netvisdist_ratemin''':
|Not used.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_commander_visiblity_interval''': 
|Controls how often spotted targets are updated.
|(Default = 1)
|}

=== Other ===

{|
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|'''emp_sv_debug_instant_build''': 
||All buildings will be built nearly instantly. The engineer kit will be instantly refilled as well.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_increase_squadpoints''': 
||Increase squadpoints by 5
|-
|'''emp_increase_rank''': 
||Increase rank by 10
|-
|'''emp_sv_client_auth_movement''': 
|The client's movement is used on the server, instead of synchronizing the client with the server. Disabled.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_client_vehic_auth_movement''': 
|Vehicle driver data is not sent to clients. Does not function correctly.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_client_vehic_auth_movement_2''': 
|Not used.
|(Default = 0)
|-
|'''emp_sv_player_flag_update''': 
|Not used.
|(Default = 0.3)
|-
|'''cl_disable_hdr_manager''': 
|Temporarily disables the hdr manager.
|(Default = 0)
|}