Natural Selection Wiki
Natural Selection Wiki

Introduction[]

ns2_range is a map that was solely made for target practice. The map is available as a Mod on the Steam Workshop (Mod ID: 2910845118) and needs to be enabled in the Mod Options in the Main Menu.

How to play[]

Start the Map on a Listen Server. Now you need to utilize some Console Commands. Most importantly you need to activate Cheats via cheats 1 for everything else Keybinds are recommended. You only need to define the keys once unless you unbind them or overwrite your binding manually.

Binding Keys[]

Valid keys 
Main Keyboard F-Keys etc Numpad Peripherals
A-Z F1 Num0 MouseButton0
Apostrophe F2 NumPad0 MouseButton1
AppMenu F3 Num1 MouseButton2
Back F4 NumPad1 MouseButton3
Backslash F5 Num2 MouseButton4
Break F6 NumPad2 MouseButton5
Capital F7 Num3 MouseButton6
Clear F8 NumPad3 MouseButton7
Comma F9 Num4 MouseWheelDown
Decimal F10 NumPad4 MouseWheelUp
Equals F11 Num5 MouseX
Escape F12 NumPad5 MouseY
FirstScanCode F13 Num6 MouseZ
Grave F14 NumPad6 JoystickButton0
Help F15 Num7 JoystickButton1
LastScanCode PrintScreen NumPad7 JoystickButton2
LeftAlt Scroll Num8 JoystickButton3
LeftBracket Pause NumPad8 JoystickButton4
LeftControl Insert Num9 JoystickButton5
LeftShift Home NumPad9 JoystickButton6
LeftWindows PageUp NumLock JoystickButton7
Less Delete NumPadDivide JoystickButton8
Minus End NumPadMultiply JoystickButton9
Period PageDown NumPadSubtract JoystickButton10
Return Up NumPadAdd JoystickPovE
RightAlt Left NumPadEnter JoystickPovN
RightBracket Down NumPadPeriod JoystickPovS
RightControl Right NumPadEquals JoystickPovW
RightShift JoystickRotationX
RightWindows JoystickRotationY
Semicolon JoystickRotationZ
Slash JoystickSlider0
Space JoystickSlider1
Tab JoystickX
None JoystickY
JoystickZ

Beware, key names are case sensitive.

Command Parameters Effect
bind Key addbots X 2 desired key / desired number of bots Adds bots to shoot at
bind Key sv_maxbots 0 desired key Removes all bots
bind Key reset desired key Resets everything.
bind Key respawn desired key You are a new Marine with full basic equipment even if you died
bind Key heal 300 desired key Heals you to full Health/Armor letting you keep your equipment
bind Key give Item desired key / name of the item Lets equips you with any piece of equipment

Getting Equipment[]

List of Items
Item Name Console Command
Ammo Pack give ammopack
Shotgun give shotgun
Heavy Machinegun give hmg
Jetpack Jetpack
Minigun Exo dualminigun
Railgun Exo dualrailgun
Flamethrower give flamethrower
Grenade Launcher give grenadelauncher
Mines give mine
Welder give welder
Cluster Nerve Gas Pulse Grenade give clustergaspulsegrenade

You can also resupply your weapon by giving you a new one. And if you just want to aim without being concerned with Ammo conservation you can use darwinmode which also gives you infinite Jetpack fuel. If you want to build structures, use autobuild and tres. If you want to buy weapons or equipment from your structures, use pres.

Example[]

This is one example how you can setup the server to use with the Assault Rifle vs 3 Skulks. This is what you want to enter into the console

What to enter into the console[]

cheats 1
bind NumPadAdd addbots 3 2
bind NumPadSubtract sv_maxbots 0
bind Num1 heal 300
bind Num2 give ammopack
bind Num3 respawn

Playing one round[]

With this setup you can add three Bots by pressing + on your numpad and remove all bots by pressing - on your numpad. You can heal with numpad 1, resupply with numpad 2 and respawn with numpad 3. So you can use the map at any other time after enabling cheats via:

  1. Num + (to add bots)
  2. Fight the bots
  3. Num - (to remove the bots)
  4. Num 3 (if you died) / Num 1 and Num 2 (if you survived)
  5. -> 1.

If you lose a structure or want to begin from scratch for another reason you can utilize reset manually.