Company of Heroes 2
15 sourced launch options for Company of Heroes 2 on Steam ↗.
DeveloperRelic Entertainment
PublisherRelic Entertainment
Released2013-06-25
EngineEssence Engine
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-autoconfigCopyAutomatically configure video settingsPCGamingWiki Added Jun 27, 2026 Last checked Sep 27, 2026 Also documented for this game on ProtonDB · checked Nov 9, 2026Safe -
-forceactiveCopyExperimental -
-fullwindowCopyDisplaySafe -
-lockmouseCopyExperimental -
-nomoviesCopySkip intro movies (game-specific, not an engine-wide standard)- Effect
- Prevents pre-game cinematic and logo movies from playing. Source games use -novid instead.
Skip-IntroSafe -
-refreshCopySet the monitor refresh rate in Hz- Effect
- Requests the given refresh rate on the display the game opens on.
- Example
-refresh 144
DisplayValve Developer Community Added Jun 27, 2026 Last checked Sep 24, 2026 Also documented for this game on PCGamingWiki · checked Sep 27, 2026Safe -
-windowCopyRun the game in a window instead of fullscreen- Effect
- Starts windowed rather than exclusive fullscreen. -window, -windowed and -sw are synonyms in Source.
DisplayValve Developer Community Added Jun 29, 2026 Last checked Sep 27, 2026 Also documented for this game on PCGamingWiki · checked Sep 27, 2026Safe -
MANGOHUD=1CopyShow the MangoHud performance overlay (Linux)- Effect
- Draws FPS, frame timing and CPU/GPU load over Vulkan and OpenGL games. MangoHud runs the game, so %command% is what it runs.
- Example
mangohud %command%
Proton-Deck -
PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 %command%CopyUse Wine's experimental Wayland driver instead of the default X11 driver, in GE-Proton and Proton-CachyOS (Valve's Proton does not include it)Proton-Deck -
PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%CopyDo not use futex-based in-process synchronization primitivesProton-Deck -
PROTON_USE_D9VK=1 %command%CopyUse DXVK for Direct3D 9 (obsolete) (Linux, Proton 4.x and earlier)- Effect
- Valve marks it obsoleted as of Proton 5.0 — DXVK became the default for d3d9, so on any current Proton this does nothing. In older versions it selected Vulkan-based DXVK over OpenGL-based wined3d.
Proton-DeckValve Proton Added Jul 8, 2026 Last checked Sep 13, 2026 Also documented for this game on ProtonDB · checked Nov 9, 2026Safe -
WINE_FULLSCREEN_FSR=1 %command%CopyUpscale with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) through GE-Proton's fullscreen hack, in Vulkan games (DXVK and VKD3D-Proton included)Proton-DeckDisplay -
gamemoderun %command%CopyRun the game under Feral GameMode (Linux)- Effect
- Applies temporary host optimisations (CPU governor, I/O and process priority) for the game's lifetime, then restores them on exit. GameMode runs the game, so %command% is what it runs.
Proton-DeckFeral GameMode Added Jun 29, 2026 Last checked Sep 24, 2026 Also documented for this game on ProtonDB · checked Nov 9, 2026Safe -
mangohud %command%CopyShow the MangoHud performance overlay (Linux)- Effect
- Draws FPS, frame timing and CPU/GPU load over Vulkan and OpenGL games. MangoHud runs the game, so %command% is what it runs.
Proton-Deck -
PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%CopyDisable eventfd-based synchronisation (Linux, Proton)- Effect
- Turns off in-process esync primitives. Worth trying for games that hang or crash under Proton.
Proton-DeckSafe
How to apply a launch option on Steam
- Open Steam and go to your Library.
- Right-click the game and choose Properties.
- On the General tab, find the Launch Options field.
- Type or paste the option (e.g.
-windowed) into the field. To use several at once, separate them with spaces (e.g.-windowed -novid). - Close Properties. Steam saves automatically, and the option applies next time you launch the game.
To remove one, reopen the same field and delete the text. Options are game-specific; an option that helps one game may do nothing (or misbehave) in another.
Worth knowing: a launch option can break a game's rendering, reset local settings, or trip anti-cheat in multiplayer. Read the description first, add one at a time, and treat anything rated above Safe as a deliberate experiment.
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