Any chat line starting with / is executed as a client command (chat_window.cpp hands the rest of the line to NeL's ICommand::execute). Commands are registered in the client with the NLMISC_COMMAND macro — around two hundred of them, mostly in ryzom/client/src/commands.cpp, with the chat and social ones in interface_v3/people_interraction.cpp and a few scattered near the systems they operate on.
/help lists the available commands and /help <command> shows a command's usage — this is the built-in, always-up-to-date reference. It also takes wildcards: /help reload* or /help *ui searches the command list by prefix or suffix. The tables below are a curated orientation, not a replacement for it.
Availability. Three tiers:
#if !FINAL_VERSION and only exist in development builds. In the tables below they are marked dev./a, /b and /c forward the rest of the line to the server, which checks the account's privilege before executing. The set of admin commands is server-side (see shard commands).Separately from all of this, AllowDebugCommands in the client configuration exposes the debug category of interface actions and macros in retail builds; it does not affect the compiled command set.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/who [GM \| <channel>] |
List players in the region, GMs, or a chat channel |
/where |
Report your current position |
/follow |
Follow your target |
/afk [message] |
Set away-from-keyboard with an optional custom message |
/random [min] <max> [hide] |
Roll a die and announce the result |
/invite, /leaveTeam, /kickTeammate |
Team management |
/ignore <player> |
Toggle ignoring a player |
/party_chat, /add_to_party_chat |
Party chat channels |
/chatLog |
Toggle logging chat to file |
/createGroup, /equipGroup, /moveGroup, /deleteGroup, /listGroup |
Named equipment groups (outfit switching) |
/naked |
Unequip everything |
/mount |
Mount your mektoub target |
/time |
Current in-game and real time |
/version |
Client version |
/bugReport [screenshot] |
Launch the bug report tool with a state dump |
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/a <cmd> <args> |
Run a server admin command on yourself |
/b <cmd> <args> |
Run a server admin command on your target |
/c <name> <cmd> <args> |
Run a server admin command on a named character |
Privileges are checked server-side; without them these do nothing.
A selection of the larger set, grouped by what they are for. Use /help in a dev client for the full list.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/shape <file> |
Spawn a shape in the scene — also takes particle systems (e.g. /shape tr_fx_bigbird.ps); /clearShape removes them, /setShapeX /setShapeY /setShapeZ /setShapeDir move the last one |
/boxes [0\|1] |
Show selection/bounding boxes |
/particle <fx> |
Spawn a particle FX |
/playAnim <anim> |
Play an animation on the selection |
/vP, /altLook, /color |
Tweak entity visual properties |
/reloadAnim, /reloadAttack, /reloadSky, /reloadWeather |
Hot-reload data |
/dumpFogDayMap, /dumpFogDepthMap, /dumpRainMap, /dumpVillages |
Dump environment state to files |
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/entity <slot> <sheet> |
Spawn a client-side entity |
/removeEntity <slot> |
Remove one |
/pos <x> <y> [z] |
Teleport the user entity (client-side) |
/move, /moveRel, /moveTo, /orient |
Move/orient entities |
/mode, /behaviour |
Force an entity's mode or behaviour |
/watchEntity |
Watch an entity's state in the info panel |
/logEntities |
Dump all entities in vision to entities.txt |
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/ah <handler> <params> |
Invoke any interface action handler |
/db <property> [value] |
Read or write a client database property |
/loadui <xml> |
Load an additional interface XML file |
/saveIntCfg, /loadIntCfg |
Save/load the interface layout |
/execScript <file.cmd> |
Execute a text file of commands |
/setDynString, /dynstr, /serverstr |
Inspect/fake dynamic strings |
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
/verbose <system>, /verboseDatabase, /verboseAnimSelection, /verboseAnimUser |
Toggle per-system debug logging |
/log <system> <pos\|neg\|del\|reset> [filter] |
Add/remove log filters at runtime |
/dump [name] |
Write a full client state dump |
/record, /replay, /stopRecord |
Record and replay network sessions |
/reconnect |
Reconnect to the shard |
AllowDebugCommandsICommand system these are built on/a /b /c/a recipes for development shards (items, fame, teleports, NPC spawning)