`follow`

Base Jedi Academy

Needs review. The inventory/provenance evidence is recorded, but some behavior, options, or attribution still lacks a direct user-facing source.

Forwards this command to the connected game server.

At a glance

Field	Value
Syntax	`follow [arguments]`
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`needs-server-support`: Sent to, or only useful with, a supporting game server.
Category	Gameplay & combat
Module	`cgame`
Also registered in	`game`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`code-trace`
Confidence	`high`
Added	2013-04-08 in `14cea1563` (how to compare this against your build)
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	Yes: ingame_spectator.menu:60, ingame_spectator.menu:82, ingame_spectator.menu:106

Arguments and gating

No verified argument schema is available beyond the syntax shown above. Gating: CMD_NOINTERMISSION, sent-to-server.

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:380
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot. Dated commit evidence identifies later registration changes relative to the origin snapshot.

Later changes

These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.

Date	Change source	Commit / subject	Evidence	Confidence
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`b319c52fd4ed` Major codemp cleanup. Ported modbase. Restructured VS2010 projects.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`medium`
`2013-04-27`	OpenJK	`9f0123a1e1fd` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`	`high`
`2013-05-11`	OpenJK	`f203e799b14c` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`high`
`2013-08-11`	OpenJK	`794718e3fdfb` Merge pull request #344 from Razish/qvmtest	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`medium`
`2013-08-26`	OpenJK	`3c1257cfd1c1` Fixed fast teamswitch bypass exploit with follow commands.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`medium`
`2013-10-16`	OpenJK	`e8532d590b97` [MP] Style: spelling mistakes	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`medium`
`2014-01-05`	OpenJK	`741e00ba61cc` [MP] Allow callvote kick to kick connecting clients. Clean up kickother and giveother commands. Plus allow them to work even if the host command caller is not alive.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`medium`
`2018-01-01`	jaPRO	`d9d510063ce6` Merge branch ‘japro-ejk’	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and the registered command handler. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`high`
`2018-10-18`	jaPRO	`116fd88bcf51` Merge remote-tracking branch ‘videoP-jaPRO/master’	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/game/g_cmds.c`	`high`
`2019-05-06`	EternalJK	`0bfc49840b96` Add cgame /follow command that uses player name/clientNum as argument.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and the registered command handler. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`	`medium`
`2019-06-04`	EternalJK	`96fd54d4bc38` Remove unused CG_CalcFovFromX function, move CG_ZoomDown/Up_f functions	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and the registered command handler. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:2501 (cgame command table)
registration: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:2576 (forwarded client command table)
registration: codemp/game/g_cmds.c:8974 (game command table)
handler: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:639
handler: codemp/game/g_cmds.c:1980

Generated from source commit c722804317d7 on 2026-09-28. Anything merged after that is not reflected here.