`messagemode`

Base Jedi Academy

Global Chat

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Chat & social
Module	`engine-client`
Also registered in	`engine-client`
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 — controls.menu:3218, ingame_controls.menu:2982
Syntax	`messagemode`
Cheat protected	No

Arguments and gating

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

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: code/client/cl_console.cpp:243
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import 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
`2013-04-24`	OpenJK	`3e986be9ab0d` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`high`
`2013-07-24`	OpenJK	`a96da6a44efc` Remove messagemode/KEYCATCH_MESSAGE from SP.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-08-15`	OpenJK	`55c2d54b3409` Major improvements to command completion	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`
`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/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`
`2017-12-04`	jaPRO	`b713e21a0ea8` Merge pull request #1 from Bucky21659/master	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`high`
`2018-03-20`	EternalJK	`25a0b7fef8a3` Cleaned up ratio correction code in engine and renderer	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`
`2018-09-03`	jaPRO	`bdcd618c6771` Import japro cgame	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`high`
`2023-11-02`	EternalJK	`dd57de55b028` [EternalJK/Bucky] Stretch fix the Say: message on the top left of the screen when sending a message ingame	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_console.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:679 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:98