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In STO there are multiple command line arguments available for debugging purposes and displaying additional information.
This thread will list known command line arguments, if you have discovered a command line argument please contact me and I will add it to the list.

-showfps
Will show a frame rate counter at the top right of the screen while in-game.

-showmem
Will show the memory usage of the game, including video memory in the top right of the screen.

-netgraph
Shows ping, sent and received packages (bottom left), also includes a graph of your ping (bottom right)

-locale language
Starts the game using a specific language pack.
english
german
french

example: -locale english

-server
Will connect to the specified account server(s) while starting the game.
By default the game will already connect to these servers.

Known account servers:
208.95.186.11
208.95.186.12
208.95.186.13
208.95.186.37

example: -server 208.95.186.11

-setproxy
Europe eu1.proxy.crypticstudios.com 80
North America us1.proxy.crypticstudios.com 80

example: -setproxy eu1.proxy.crypticstudios.com 80

-safemode
Starts the game in safemode
Warning: Overwrites your graphic settings to the lowest possible settings.

-console

Enables a console ingame (by pressing the ~ key) that allows / commands.

-enabledebugconsole

Will open up a command prompt console along with starting the game, the console will display useful debug information ranging from network to loading game resources.
Hit the Pause key to pause the console and game client during loading
Hit the Enter key to continue

Will also tell you if any other command line parameters are invalid.

–NoAutoRotateLogs

Will create a single file for each log type instead of timestamped logs.

Starting up STO without the launcher:

Using multiple command line parameters one can launch the game whilst completely avoiding the launcher.
There are some advantages and disadvantages to this.

Advantage
By avoiding the launcher you can start the game faster as you don't have to sit through the whole “connecting to patch server” and saves a whole click of a mouse button!
Useful if the launcher doesn't always work for you.

Disadvantage
When Cryptic releases an update you still need to use the launcher to download and install the update.
Connecting to Tribble and Redshirt require different addresses and parameters which I haven't mined yet.


Starting the game without launcher can be achieved by adding the following parameters to a Shortcut that links to the GameClient.exe
-locale English -server 208.95.186.11 -server 208.95.186.32 -server 208.95.186.13 -server 208.95.186.12

Other than the install location the Target field should look like this:

"C:\Star Trek Online\Live\GameClient.exe" -locale English -server 208.95.186.11 -server 208.95.186.13 -server 208.95.186.12 -server 208.95.186.37


Additional notes

Make sure you run everything as Administrator.

Parameters can also be added via the launcher by going to Options > Command Line (bottom option)
For Steam users you can add parameters by right clicking the game in the Steam Library > Properties > Set Launch Options…
For Arc users use the STO launcher
For Mac user I have no idea and I'm not going anywhere near those things to find out

Some of these commands, like -showfps -showmem -netgraph can also be used in-game by replacing the - with a / but will reset once you restart the game, turning them into a start-up parameter will save you having to re-type the commands each time you start the game.

[Begotten]

Added the –NoAutoRotateLogs command for creating regular log files instead of timestamped logs.

[Shadowmeph]

I have added these "E:\Games\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Star Trek Online\Star Trek Online.exe" -showfps -showmem -netgraph to my desktop short cut but I don't see any of them on screen

what am I doing wrong?

[Dragonscoils]

The above is a bit outdated....

What I can tell you is
-hidedevui 0
is now required before -showfps 1 will show in game

I would recommend only using these commands in game as the dev ui is quite the eyesore

in game it would be
/hidedevui 0
/showfps 1

[Shadowmeph]

ok cool thank you