Civ 6 Debug Menu: How to use and Console Commands (Old)

This is a guide on how to use the Civ 6 debug menu and console commands. The debug menu is not really meant to be used as a way to cheat except to reveal the map, and is meant specifically for debug use. I will add more info on the debug menu and console commands when I find new info on them. Please tell me if I need to fix something in the guide or add something, it helps a lot.

How to enable the debug menu

1. Go to \Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI
   
2. Open AppOptions.txt
   
3. Then scroll down the file to find

   [Debug]
   ;Enable FireTuner.
   EnableTuner 0
   
   ;Enable Debug menu.
   EnableDebugMenu 0
   
   ;Set to 0 to disable audio.
   EnableAudio 1

   and then turn EnableDebugMenu 0 to EnableDebugMenu 1

How to use the debug menu

To use the debug menu, you have to press the ~ on your keyboard* and it should open the console to look like this

This is the console where commands are put in.

The 2 arrows on the left do 2 diffenent things. The up arrow brings the console log which holds code you have put in.

The down arrow brings down the Debug View menu, which has different options to choose from.

Debug View menu options

Frame Statistics: Shows graphic information on things like frame rate, resolution, and vram usage.

VFX Statistics: An option shows info on video effect processes like effects simulated.

Time of Day: An option to change the time of day in the game with a slider, when the time changes, so does the lighting effects (i.e sky), this would mainly be used for people who want to take screenshots with different sky lighting.

Camera: Shows info on y and x axis, zoom, tilt, and height of the camera.

Lua Statistics: Shows info on Lua code working with the graphics.

Memory: Shows what the vram is being used for.

Console Commands

Code	Function
Reveal All (or Explore All)	Reveals the entire map as if you have explored it

Disclaimer

* The tidle key (~) is not the key usually used for all keyboard formats, if you have a keyboard in the different format of an US International keyboard layout, your key might be in the same area as the tidle key in the US International keyboard layout, shown below.

[Flapjack]

any1 know how to do it on a Danish/nordic keyboard ive been pressing ALTGR+Space + the tilde key cos that does the trick in google.. but nothing happens in civ

[SVOяк ТитяновиZ]

Добряк? ты просто лучший в мире! Долго искал где по новой файл лежит.

[Добряк]

in my case C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI

[Tanimal]

what do you do if you cant find the file???

[Nekiiko]

C:\Users\"USER"\AppData\Local\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI is new path

[!Steel!Minatto]

I found in: C:\Users\"USER"\AppData\Local\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI

[Dimori]

As Smash8ros told below for German keyboards, the ö-key opens the console on Finnish keyboard layout aswell.

[Smash8ros]

for everyone with german keyboards (qwertz) try "ö" right to the "L" key

[Coke Zero]

For those could not make it work after changing AppOptions.txt and still nothing pops up after pressing "~": Try "alt“ + ”~“ as that worked for me.

[马y]

why that said "cannot download update" when I starting the game. It cannot pop-up 2k launcher