`wait`

Base Jedi Academy

Pause command buffer execution

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Engine & diagnostics
Module	`engine-shared`
Also registered in	`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:1545, ingame_vgs.menu:2190, ingame_vgs.menu:4772
Syntax	`wait [arguments]`
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/qcommon/cmd.cpp:706
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
`2015-11-24`	EternalJK	`c8f6ea17a324` Remove SP code	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/qcommon/cmd.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; and the registered command handler. `codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp`	`medium`
`2022-04-20`	TaystJK	`1dd571383a0d` Merge remote-tracking branch ‘origin/master’	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp:1217 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/qcommon/cmd.cpp:58