`cg_chatBox`

Base Jedi Academy

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

Controls cg_chatBox in the cgame module. Consult the cited behavior reads before relying on values not listed here.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`10000`
Value type	`int`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	Yes
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-only`: Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Category	Chat & social
Feature family	Chat box
Module	`cgame`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`code-trace`
Confidence	`high`
Added	2013-04-08 in `14cea1563` (how to compare this against your build)
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No

Values

No discrete value list is enforced or documented in the inspected source.

Flags

CVAR_ARCHIVE: saved to the user configuration

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/cgame/cg_main.c:955
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot. Dated commit evidence identifies later registration changes relative to the origin 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	`b319c52fd4ed` Major codemp cleanup. Ported modbase. Restructured VS2010 projects.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/cgame/cg_main.c`, `codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h`	`medium`
`2018-09-03`	jaPRO	`bdcd618c6771` Import japro cgame	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`, `codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h`	`high`
`2019-02-19`	EternalJK	`180b40ba0cc1` Chatbox/cgame chatlog code cleanup.	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`
`2019-07-29`	EternalJK	`7810594c683a` cg_chatSounds 2 will only beep for private and team messages	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`
`2020-06-13`	EternalJK	`88ad023daf23` Fix cg_chatSounds 2 setting	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`
`2020-06-13`	EternalJK	`ea53d3689287` Chatbox Emoji improvements+refactoring+cleanup	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`
`2020-08-11`	EternalJK	`17c84c9c315e` Fix chatbox emoji line cutoff?	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h:73 (XCVAR_DEF)
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10660
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10687
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10982
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10762

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