diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/DebugConsole.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/DebugConsole.cs
index 19d86a62f..b095508b2 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/DebugConsole.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/DebugConsole.cs
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 NewMessage(GUI.DisableHUD ? "Disabled HUD" : "Enabled HUD", Color.White);
             }));
 
-            commands.Add(new Command("followsub", "followsub: Toggle whether the ", (string[] args) =>
+            commands.Add(new Command("followsub", "followsub: Toggle whether the camera should follow the nearest submarine.", (string[] args) =>
             {
                 Camera.FollowSub = !Camera.FollowSub;
                 NewMessage(Camera.FollowSub ? "Set the camera to follow the closest submarine" : "Disabled submarine following.", Color.White);
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/DebugConsole.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/DebugConsole.cs
index 0d31c1d48..7204c5899 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/DebugConsole.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/DebugConsole.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         {
             lock (QueuedCommands)
             {
-                while (QueuedCommands.Count>0)
+                while (QueuedCommands.Count > 0)
                 {
                     ExecuteCommand(QueuedCommands[0]);
                     QueuedCommands.RemoveAt(0);
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                     NewMessage(ent.ToString(), Color.Lime);
                 }
             }));
+
+            //"dummy commands" that only exist so that the server can give clients permissions to use them
+            commands.Add(new Command("control|controlcharacter", "control [character name]: Start controlling the specified character (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("los", "Toggle the line of sight effect on/off (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("lighting|lights", "Toggle lighting on/off (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("debugdraw", "Toggle the debug drawing mode on/off (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("togglehud|hud", "Toggle the character HUD (inventories, icons, buttons, etc) on/off (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("followsub", "Toggle whether the camera should follow the nearest submarine (client-only).", null));
+            commands.Add(new Command("toggleaitargets|aitargets", "Toggle the visibility of AI targets (= targets that enemies can detect and attack/escape from) (client-only).", null));
+
 #if DEBUG
             commands.Add(new Command("eventdata", "", (string[] args) =>
             {
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/DebugConsole.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/DebugConsole.cs
index 3a9a9a714..37740d5da 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/DebugConsole.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/DebugConsole.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             public void Execute(string[] args)
             {
+                if (onExecute == null) return;
                 onExecute(args);
             }
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             {
                 if (onClientRequestExecute == null)
                 {
+                    if (onExecute == null) return;
                     onExecute(args);
                 }
                 else