Userinfo keys

What is it

Userinfo is a size-limited buffer for storing and exchanging information about client settings in \key\value format.

Registered prefixes

* - Protected engine keys that can not be changed by console.
_ - Private keys that will not be transmitted to other clients.

Key	Value type	Important	Usage on server	Usage on other clients	Comment
name	string	✔️	Holding player's name.	Holding player's name.
model	string	✔️	Holding player's model.	Holding player's model.	Can be blocked and replaced by using modelindex (See #342)
topcolor	integer	✔️	❌	Top color of player's model. Used in Half-Life.	Does not supported in Counter-Strike and many other mods. In this case you can block transmitting of this key.
bottomcolor	integer	✔️	❌	Bottom color of player's model. Used in Half-Life.	Does not supported in Counter-Strike and many other mods. In this case you can block transmitting of this key.
rate	integer	✔️	Maximum packets rate from the server to client in bytes/sec.	❌
cl_updaterate	integer	✔️	Maximum game world update packets rate from the server to client in packets/sec.	❌
cl_lw	integer	✔️	Enable client-side weapon firing prediction.	❌
cl_lc	integer	✔️	Enable/disable lag compensation.	❌
*hltv	integer	✔️	Flag of HLTV proxies.	❌
*sid	int64	✔️	❌	Showing steam avatars in the scores tab.	Don't try to hide steamid's by blocking this key. There are many other open places to get it: steam profile info, various webstats, forums, etc...
_cl_autowepswitch	integer	❌	❌	❌	Switch automatically to picked up weapons. There is no need to transfer this key.
_vgui_menus	integer	✔️	Enable/disable new style (gui) menus.	❌
_ah	integer	❌	Enable/disable showing help messages.	❌
cl_dlmax	integer	❌	Wanted fragment size when downloading files directly from the server.	❌
hslots	integer	❌	HLTV number of slots.	❌
hdelay	integer	❌	HLTV broadcasting delay.	❌
hspecs	integer	❌	HLTV number of spectators.	❌