Launch parameters

Launch parameters for Cyberpunk2077.exe (and what they do)

Summary

Created: Jun 17 2024 by manavortex, based on research by emoose Last documented update: Feb 2 2025 by WSSDude

This page lists all known launch parameters for the Cyberpunk2077.exe .

Just because the executable accepts these parameters doesn't mean that they do anything or were ever intended to.

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Parameters

You need to send the parameters in the form of -parameter arg

for example -engine CGameEngine

Parameter	Argument (if given)	Explanation
engine	CGameEngine serverServerGameEngine serverDebugServerGameEngine FunctionalTestsServerEngine HeadfullTestServerEngine HeadllessTestServerEngine HeadlessTestServerEngine HeadlessGameEngine DebugGameEngine
multiplayerClient
ignoreInput
ignoreGamepads
hudNoParallel
noInputIcons
mpMenu
noFullscreenUI
noHUD
noWorldUI
forceLoadAllMeshAppearances
breakOnPoolDefault
profileio
width	a number
height	a number
fullscreen
window
windowed
borderless
hdrMode	a number from 0-4
hdr
x	a number
y	a number
monitor	a number
fpsClamp	a number	FPS Cap
noGameDefName
noWatermark
debugVerifyWorld
forceCPOControlWScheme
gogRewardsDisabled
functionalTestsMode
playerVoiceoverType
noBinksOnLoadingScreens
debugIcons
positions	<a number>,<a number>
playerRecordID
gameServicesWrapper
playerNickname
gameDefinition
world
startSpawnPoint
startPosition
startRotation
startQuest
playerGender
alwaysSpawnedDisabled
forceSpawnInView
entitySpawnRadius
noCrowd
noReducedCrowd
ignoreSavedCensorFlags
overrideLocalNavmesh
autojoin
mainmenu
sessionType	LAN Internet
sessionLength
state
save	-save=manualsave-11	Load a specific savegame on startup
forceShutdownAfterSessionLoaded
skipStartScreen		Skips the "Breaching" screen
ftBuildWithShelve
ftBuildProcessName
ftBuildNum
ftHostIP
ftHostName
ftGameDataAccessMode
ftEngineInstanceGUID
allowQuickCompression
datacenter
groupToken
gameVersion
gpuFlag	debug - enable Debug D3D12 layer with breaking on error debugNoBreak - enable Debug D3D12 layer without breaking on error forceAsync - always enforce async compute noAsync - fully disable async compute debugGBV - GPU based validation, requires also `debug` forceAftermath - generate GPU log on exit noAftermath - do not generate GPU log, even when crashing forceAftermathDebug - generate GPU log on exit with extra information noAftermathDebug - generate minimal GPU log on exit forceRayTracing - enforce ray tracing noRayTracing - fully disable ray tracing forceCommitedResources forceOpacityMicromap noOpacityMicromap forceRootSignature11 noRootSignature11 noNvAPIDXRExtensions - force disable DirectX Raytracing extensions even when they are available noSmallBufferPools	This parameter can be specified multiple times with different values.
noGpuBreadcrumbs
nolog
log
root
engineRoot
archivePath
game
cookedRoot
cooked
depotMapping
editor
render
jobDebugger
jobThread
modded		Triggers REDMod recompilation on start
crowdDensity	Low Medium High Console ConsolePro ConsoleEarlyNextGen ConsoleEarlyNextGenQuality
rawstartingport
functionalTestsRAW
unattended
forceRawTweakDB
profiler
disableRayTracing
disableRayTracedReflection
disableRayTracedTransparentReflection
dlss
windowCaption	a string
scriptVersion	Debug Profiling ProfilingAll ProfilingMarked ProfilingEntry
tweakdbBlobPath
scriptsBlobPath
pvdDumpToFile
renderPreset
forceLowSettings
qualityLevel	a number or RTX
texQualityLevel
rayTracingAmbientOcclusionRayNumber	a number
dlssQuality
interopstartingport
watchdogtTimeout	a number (seconds) Default is 60	The number of seconds the game can stay frozen before assuming that it has crashed
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