`help`

OpenJK

Print command help

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Gameplay & combat
Module	`cgame`
Also registered in	`cgame`, `engine-shared`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Network scope	`client-only` — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	Yes — ingame_vgs.menu:5141
Syntax	`help [arguments]`
Cheat protected	No

Arguments and gating

No verified argument schema is available beyond the syntax shown above.

Provenance

Origin: OpenJK

Ultimate-origin introduction: 55d9184d89f7 in OpenJK (content authored 2016-03-22, integrated 2016-03-22)
TaystJK integration evidence: c9c6ab99fdd2
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp:984
Attribution method: shared-integration-explicit-credit
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Dated commit evidence identifies later registration changes relative to the origin snapshot.

Dated project introductions

Authored dates come from the exact registration’s first content commit, PR dates identify when work was proposed to each project, and integration dates come from each first-parent mainline. A project merging first does not override earlier upstream authorship or submission.

Project	Authored	PR opened	Integrated	Commit	Relationship
OpenJK	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-22`	`55d9184d89f7`	Ultimate origin
rend2	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-22`	`55d9184d89f7`	Shared integration commit
EternalJK	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-24`	`c9c6ab99fdd2`	Other project appearance
TaystJK	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-24`	`c9c6ab99fdd2`	Other project appearance
jaPRO	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-24`	`c9c6ab99fdd2`	Other project appearance
Vulkan	`2016-03-22`	—	`2016-03-24`	`c9c6ab99fdd2`	Other project appearance

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
`2016-03-24`	EternalJK	`c9c6ab99fdd2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp`	`medium`
`2025-11-15`	TaystJK	`c318e71b7c60` · PR #271 Merge pull request #271 from slash-fr/fix-lugormod-compat	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and the registered command handler. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`, `codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:2506 (cgame command table)
registration: codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp:1208 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:537
handler: codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp:1151