`vid_restart`

Base Jedi Academy

Restart the renderer - or change the resolution

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Graphics & rendering
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	No
Syntax	`vid_restart`
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_main.cpp:1283
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
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`af4b4c2de891` Removed most Xbox stuff	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-04-13`	OpenJK	`66642f7cd25a` Replaces jpeg-6 with jpeg-8c. Adds AVI write support from ioquake3. (jpeg update was required)	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-07-27`	OpenJK	`5c4285a08d12` Fix #254 - no more crashes when calling Com_Error!	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-11-11`	OpenJK	`2e90f9c19be1` [MP] Removed leftover delayFreeVM references. Init lastTime to 0 in Com_Frame. Bring back ERR_NEED_CD handling just for conformity sake. Init the jakey randomizer first thing in Com_Init.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-02-10`	OpenJK	`beadbaa9f0a2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`high`
`2015-11-24`	EternalJK	`c8f6ea17a324` Remove SP code	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/cl_main.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_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2017-12-04`	jaPRO	`b713e21a0ea8` Merge pull request #1 from Bucky21659/master	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`high`
`2018-02-25`	EternalJK	`04db4f373079` /loadmod command	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2019-05-06`	EternalJK	`97745ce2823e` Move fs_restart to files.cpp - now usable in dedicated servers.	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:3480 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1323