`cg_chatBoxLines`

EternalJK

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

This would be called chatBoxHeight if baseJKA didn’t use that

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`5`
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	`documented`
Confidence	`medium`
Added	2019-02-19 in `aba934621` needs review (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: EternalJK

Ultimate-origin introduction: aba934621843 in EternalJK (content authored 2019-02-19, integrated 2019-02-19)
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h:63
Attribution method: shared-earliest-commit-lineage-order
Attribution confidence: medium
Notes: The earliest authored/submitted introduction is shared by eternaljk, taystjk, japro, vulkan; fork-lineage order selects eternaljk.

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
EternalJK	`2019-02-19`	—	`2019-02-19`	`aba934621843`	Ultimate origin
TaystJK	`2019-02-19`	—	`2019-02-19`	`aba934621843`	Shared integration commit
jaPRO	`2019-02-19`	—	`2019-02-19`	`aba934621843`	Shared integration commit
Vulkan	`2019-02-19`	—	`2019-02-19`	`aba934621843`	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
`2020-08-10`	EternalJK	`3ea9b3c38f7b` cg_chatBoxShowCutoff + emoji crash+whitespacing fix	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`
`2023-10-05`	TaystJK	`6d949fdbbb78` Added additional checks to prevent unnecessary offsets lookups. - Fix dynamic table printing. - Remove unused cosmetic variables.	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h:76 (XCVAR_DEF)
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10949
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:10986
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c:11002

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