`svtell`

OpenJK

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

Private message from the server to a user

At a glance

Field	Value
Syntax	`svtell <client number> <text>`
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`server-authoritative`: Owned or enforced by the server.
Category	Chat & social
Module	`engine-server`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`medium`
Added	2014-08-19 in `03bba2122` needs review (how to compare this against your build)
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No

Arguments and gating

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

Provenance

Origin: OpenJK

Ultimate-origin introduction: 03bba21225bb in OpenJK (content authored 2014-08-19, integrated 2014-08-19)
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:1980
Attribution method: shared-earliest-commit-lineage-order
Attribution confidence: medium
Notes: The earliest authored/submitted introduction is shared by openjk, eternaljk, rend2, taystjk, japro, newjk, vulkan; fork-lineage order selects openjk.

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	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Ultimate origin
EternalJK	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit
rend2	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit
TaystJK	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit
jaPRO	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit
NewJK / NewMod	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit
Vulkan	`2014-08-19`	—	`2014-08-19`	`03bba21225bb`	Shared integration commit

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
`2015-06-17`	OpenJK	`f614bc372a41` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/server/sv_ccmds.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/server/sv_ccmds.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:2339 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/server/sv_ccmds.cpp:1259

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