Console

Everything PulseCore adds to the Unreal console: console variables, commands, cheats, stats and log categories, including those of its bridges. The console completes the commands and cheats of this page (Config/Input.ini of the plugin).

Console variables

Most options of PulseCore are project settings (Project Settings > Pulse) and player settings (Settings menu).

Variable	Default	What it does
Pulse.Crafting.Instant	0	1: crafting rounds finish at once (testing, cheat). Rounds that already run keep their time.

Commands

Command	Where	What it does
stat Interact	game	Shows the time of the interaction queries and traces (not in shipping builds).
Pulse.Map.Render [Resolution] [Unlit] [/Game/Folder]	editor	Renders the open level from above into its map (area of the Pulse Map Actor, see Map).

Cheats

Cheats work in builds with cheats (not in shipping builds). In PIE the server can use them right away, a client types EnableCheats first. Runs on: server cheats change server state; typed on a client, they are sent to the server. Local cheats act on the game of the player who typed them. In the editor, Pulse.PIE.Exec <instance> <cheat> runs a cheat as the player of a PIE instance (0 = server, 1 = first client).

Everything at once

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCoreGrant	server	Gives the pawn what PulseCore needs (ability system with health and stamina, combat, inventory, equipment, item effects, combat equipment, the interact ability, a crafter that knows every recipe) and a test kit from /PulseCore/Combat/Examples: sword, bow with arrows and potions on the hotbar slots 1 to 3, an axe on 4 and a pickaxe on 5 (PulseGatheringGrant). Play Example runs it.

Interaction

See Interaction system.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseInteractGrant [ability class name or path]	server	Gives the pawn an interact ability.
PulseInteractSpawnTest [hold seconds] [cooldown seconds]	server	Spawns a test interactable in front of the player.
PulseInteractStart	local	Presses the interaction like its key: starts interacting with the selected interactable; with “Toggle instead of hold” a press during a hold cancels it.
PulseInteractEnd	local	Releases the interaction like its key: ends it or cancels a hold; with “Toggle instead of hold” the hold goes on.
PulseInteractInfo	local	Prints the selected interactable, its interaction info and the hold progress.

HUD

See HUD system and Markers, tooltips and overlays.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseHUDToast <text>	local	Shows a Pulse HUD notification.
PulseHUDModal <title>	local	Opens a Pulse HUD confirm modal and prints its result.
PulseHUDToggle	local	Hides or shows the Pulse HUD.
PulseHUDMarker [distance in cm]	local	Adds a marker in front of the player (compass, screen and maps).
PulseHUDMarkersClear	local	Removes the markers added with PulseHUDMarker.
PulseHUDProgress <percent>	local	Opens or updates a cancellable progress overlay; below 0 shows unknown progress.
PulseHUDProgressClose	local	Closes the progress overlay of PulseHUDProgress.
PulseHUDSubtitle <text>	local	Shows a subtitle.
PulseHUDHint <text>	local	Shows a tutorial hint that highlights the compass.
PulseHUDContextMenu	local	Opens a context menu at the mouse and prints the result.
PulseHUDTooltip [text]	local	Shows a tooltip at the mouse or hides it.
PulseHUDRadial	local	Opens a radial menu with two levels (mouse or stick, click to choose) and prints the chosen entry.
PulseHUDShowcase [1]	local	Shows the HUD scene of the default theme at once: notifications, hint, subtitle and markers; with 1 also a progress overlay and a tooltip.

Settings menu

See Settings menu.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseSettingsOpen	local	Opens the Pulse settings screen.
PulseSettingsList	local	Prints all Pulse player settings with their values.
PulseSettingsSet <setting id> <value>	local	Changes a Pulse player setting.

Frontend

See Frontend. Needs the frontend turned on.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseFrontendPhase	local	Prints the phase, the open menu with its entries and screen, the loading screen and whether the game is paused.
PulseFrontendPause	local	Opens or closes the pause menu (also in PIE, where Escape ends the session).
PulseFrontendEntry <id>	local	Picks an entry of the open main or pause menu as if it was clicked, e.g. PulseFrontendEntry Settings.
PulseFrontendBack	local	Goes one step back in the open menu: the question, the screen, the pause menu.
PulseFrontendLoading [seconds]	local	Shows the loading screen for a while (default 3) without loading.
PulseFrontendMainMenu	local	Goes back to the frontend map.

Map

See Map.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseMapInfo	local	Prints the map of the world, where it comes from (Set Map, map actor, settings, provided) and where the player is on it; for maps in tiles also the tiles (known, with picture, old, running).
PulseMapSet [map]	local	Sets the map of this machine (name or path of a map asset); without a name back to the map actor and the settings.
PulseMapOpen	local	Opens or closes the world map.
PulseMapMarker [north m] [east m]	local	Adds a marker only maps show, relative to the player (default 20 m north).
PulseMapMarkersClear	local	Removes the markers added with PulseMapMarker.

Inventory, equipment and loot

See Inventory system, Equipment and Loot.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseInventoryGive <item asset name or path> [count]	server	Gives items to the player’s inventory.
PulseInventoryClear	server	Removes all items from the player’s inventory.
PulseInventoryGrant [size]	server	Gives the pawn an inventory and equipment.
PulseInventoryEquip [item\|any] [slot]	server	Equips an item of the inventory.
PulseInventoryUnequip <slot>	server	Puts an equipped item back.
PulseInventoryHotbar <1-8\|next\|prev>	local	Selects a hotbar slot.
PulseInventoryEquipment	local	Prints the equipment of the player.
PulseLootRoll <table> [seed] [drop]	server	Rolls a loot table into the inventory or in front of the player.

Inventory UI and item effects

See Inventory UI and Item effects.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseInventoryUse <item\|hotbar>	server	Uses a consumable.
PulseInventoryCancelUse	server	Cancels the current use of an item.
PulseInventoryStats	local	Prints the stats of the equipped items and the health of the pawn.
PulseInventoryUITooltip <item> [seed]	local	Shows the item tooltip of an item at the mouse, or hides it when it is shown.

Crafting

See Crafting.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCraft <recipe> [count]	server	Crafts a recipe at the nearest suitable station in range, or by hand (adds Pulse Crafting to the pawn if missing).
PulseCraftingUnlock <recipe\|book\|all>	server	Unlocks a recipe, the recipes of a book, or every recipe of the project.
PulseCraftingSpawnStation [tags] [speed]	server	Spawns a test station in front of the player (tags comma separated, default Pulse.Crafting.Station).
PulseCraftingCancel	server	Cancels every job of the player; the ingredients come back.
PulseCraftingInfo	server	Prints the known recipes, whether they can be crafted (and why not) and the queue.

Gathering

See Gathering.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseGatheringGrant	server	Puts the example tools into the equipment: an axe on hotbar slot 4, a pickaxe on slot 5 (needs an inventory and equipment, e.g. after PulseCoreGrant).
PulseGatheringHarvest	server	Harvests the nearest resource node within 5 m for the player (tool rules apply).
PulseGatheringRegrow	server	Every resource node grows back at once.
PulseGatheringSpawn <definition>	server	Spawns a resource node 3 m in front of the player (name or path of a definition).
PulseGatheringInfo	local	Prints the nearest resource node: harvests left, stage, and whether the player can harvest it (or why not).

Respawn

See Death and respawn.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseRespawnGrant	server	A respawn component on the player controller and a respawn point at the pawn when the level has none (PulseCoreGrant calls it).
PulseRespawnSetup	server	Adds a respawn component to the player controller.
PulseRespawnSpawnPoint <team or none>	server	Spawns a respawn point where the pawn stands, for a team (Player, Enemy, a tag) or every player.
PulseRespawnDie	server	Sets the player dead without damage (pawns without combat component; otherwise PulseCombatKill).
PulseRespawnNow [point id]	local, request to the server	Respawns the dead player like the death screen: at the point, or where the rule picks; prints the result.
PulseRespawnTeam <team or none>	server	Sets the team of the player (adds a team component to the player state when there is no team source).
PulseRespawnTakeBag	server	Empties the nearest death bag within 10 m into the player’s inventory, if the player is its owner or in its team.
PulseRespawnInfo	local	Prints the respawn state, the team, the points and the death bags (and whether they are the player’s).

Log categories LogPulseRespawn and LogPulseRespawnUI; the respawn component, the point subsystem and the death screen subsystem are snapshot providers (category Respawn), deaths, respawns and bags are timeline events.

Ping

See Pings.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulsePingGrant	server	A ping component on the player controller (PulseCoreGrant calls it).
PulsePingSetup	server	Adds a ping component to the player controller.
PulsePing [type]	local, request to the server	Pings what is under the crosshair like the ping key (Location, Enemy, Item, Danger or a tag); prints the answer.
PulsePingBurst [count]	local, requests to the server	Sends several pings at once (default 5) and prints each answer, to see the rate limit.
PulsePingClear	local	Removes the pings this player sees.
PulsePingInfo	local	Prints the team of the player and the pings it sees.
PulsePingMenu	local	Opens the ping radial menu like holding the ping key.
PulsePingMarkers	local	Prints the number of ping markers on the HUD and whether the menu is open.

Log categories LogPulsePing and LogPulsePingUI; the ping component (category Ping) and the ping UI subsystem (category Ping UI) are snapshot providers, sent pings are timeline events.

Status HUD

See Status effects and attribute bars.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseStatusHUDApply <tag> [seconds] [stacks]	server	Applies an example status effect (short names below Pulse.StatusHUD.Example: Burning, Poisoned, Regeneration, or a full tag); 0 seconds = 10 s, negative = until cleared.
PulseStatusHUDClear	server	Removes the example status effects of the pawn.
PulseStatusHUDBar <Set.Attribute> [Set.MaxAttribute or none] [name]	local	Adds an attribute bar to the HUD of this player, e.g. PulseStaminaAttributeSet.Stamina PulseStaminaAttributeSet.MaxStamina.
PulseStatusHUDBarRemove <id>	local	Removes an attribute bar added at runtime (id = the attribute name).
PulseStatusHUDInfo	local	Prints the shown status effects with their time left and the attribute bars.

Log category LogPulseStatusHUD; the status HUD subsystem is a snapshot provider (category StatusHUD).

Combat

See Combat and Damage and life.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCombatGrant [max health] [stamina]	server	Makes the pawn a combatant (ability system, health set, combat component); a player without team gets a team component with Pulse.Team.Player.
PulseCombatDamage <amount> [type] [target]	server	Damages the player or the soft target.
PulseCombatHit <amount> [type]	server	The player hits the combatant in front.
PulseCombatHeal <amount> [target]	server	Heals the player or the soft target.
PulseCombatKill [target]	server	Kills the player or the soft target.
PulseCombatRevive [target\|all]	server	Revives the player, the soft target or all.
PulseCombatGod	server	Toggles invulnerability of the player.
PulseCombatTag <Blocking\|Invulnerable\|tag> [target]	server	Toggles a combat state tag.
PulseCombatSpawnDummy [max health] [shield] [team\|none] [distance]	server	Spawns a training dummy in front of the player; team is a tag under Pulse.Team (Enemy, Player) or a full tag.
PulseCombatInfo [target]	local	Prints health, state and last damage.
PulseCombatLockOn	local	Toggles the lock-on of the local player.

Melee and ranged attacks

See Melee and Ranged.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCombatGiveMelee [attack definition path]	server	Gives the pawn the melee attack.
PulseCombatAttack [combo\|server]	server	Presses the melee attack (again for combos).
PulseCombatGiveRanged [charge\|hitscan\|grenade\|definition path]	server	Gives the pawn a ranged attack.
PulseCombatFire [release]	local	Presses the ranged attack.
PulseCombatSpawnTurret	server	Spawns a turret that shoots at the nearest enemy.

Combat HUD

See Combat HUD.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCombatShowcase	local + server	Shows the combat HUD: spawns a dummy on the server, hits it with every damage type, a critical hit and a heal, lets it hit you and shows its boss bar.
PulseCombatBossBar [remove]	local	Shows the boss bar of the nearest combatant.
PulseCombatHurtFrom [amount]	server	The nearest combatant hits you.

Combat with items

See Combat and inventory.

Cheat	Runs on	What it does
PulseCombatInventorySetup [max health]	server	Makes the pawn ready for combat with items.
PulseCombatWear <slot> [amount]	server	Wears an equipped item.
PulseCombatRepair <slot>	server	Repairs an equipped item.
PulseCombatLootOnDeath <table>	server	The nearest combatant drops a loot table when it dies.
PulseCombatEquipmentInfo	local	Prints weapons, ammunition, durability and combat modifiers of the player.

State in the console

The snapshot providers of PulseCore (categories HUD, Inventory, Equipment, Combat, Frontend) also print to the console, through the cheats of PulseFoundation: PulseDebugDump HUD writes their state to the log, PulseDebugProviders lists all providers of the world. The same state is on the Live page of the Pulse Debugger (Pulse.Debugger Live).

Log categories

Category	What it logs
LogPulseHUD	HUD layout, stacks, modals, notifications, markers, input manager.
LogPulseSettings	Settings screen and its entries.
LogPulseFrontend	Frontend phases, menu entries, the loading screen, the pause menu.
LogPulseAbility	Abilities of the module PulseAbility; interactions that complete with failed conditions or costs.
LogPulseInteract	Interaction: queries, focus, holding.
LogPulseInteractUI	Interaction prompt widget.
LogPulseInventory	Inventory, equipment, pickups, loot tables.
LogPulseInventoryInteract	Pickups that are picked up by interaction.
LogPulseInventoryUI	Hotbar and item tooltip widgets.
LogPulseInventoryEffects	Consumables and effects of equipped items.
LogPulseAttributes	Health, shield, stamina and regeneration.
LogPulseCombat	Damage, death and revive, teams, targeting.
LogPulseCombatMelee	Melee attacks and hit detection.
LogPulseCombatRanged	Projectiles, hitscan, ranged attacks.
LogPulseCombatHUD	Health bars, damage numbers, boss bar, hit feedback.
LogPulseCombatInventory	Weapons, ammunition, durability, loot on death.
LogPulseMap	Which map a world uses (Verbose), more than one map actor, maps of the settings that do not load.
LogPulseMapUI	Minimap that cannot be added to the HUD, world map that cannot open.
LogPulseStatusHUD	Effect bar or attribute bars that cannot be added to the HUD, attribute bars without attribute.
LogPulseGathering	Harvests (items, harvests left, tool durability), broken tools, regrowing (Verbose), refused harvests (Verbose).
LogPulseCoreSaveBridge	Bridge PulseCoreSaveBridge: saving inventories and equipment with PulseSave.

Change the verbosity at runtime with Log <Category> <Verbosity>, e.g. Log LogPulseHUD Verbose (Log LogPulseHUD Log goes back to the default). For a whole run: -LogCmds="LogPulseHUD Verbose" on the command line, or LogPulseHUD=Verbose in the section [Core.Log] of DefaultEngine.ini.