How to Enable FPS and Ping in Dota 2

All those who what to know their in-game pings and FPS (Frame per Second rate) so they know if they are actually lagging because of pings or heating up of computer. Here is a small and easy guide explaining how to enable FPS and Pings in Dota 2. This procedure is explained in simple steps and with images below.

Step 1

Open your steam client and on Dota 2 right click and open “Properties”.

Step 2

A New window will open in-front of you. In general tab, click on “Set Launch Options”.

Step 3

Once you completed step 2, a small window will appear. Write “-console” in it and click “OK”

Step 4

Now start your game normally, Your Dota 2 will open with a console in it.

Step 5

Now add “net_graph 1” and click on submit. This will enable FPS and Pings for Dota 2. In case you want to disable it, you need to add “net_graph 0” to turn it off. After you have enabled it, you will see FPS and Pings like this.

Customization

In case you think default font is too big, you can add following command in step 4.

net_graphproportionalfont 0

If you want to adjust its location, you can use any of following commands. You can change values to best adjust for your screen size.

net_graphheight 525 <== Changes height, how high on the screen it is.
net_graphinsetbottom 130 <== Adds additional margin which is added to the height. You could also set this to 0 and increase the height.
net_graphinsetleft 80 <== Adds margin to the left
net_graphinsetright 0 <== Adds margin to the right
net_graphinsettop 0 <== Adds margin to the top