cg_logChat

EternalJK

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

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

At a glance

Field Value
Category Chat & social
Module cgame
Also registered in cgame
Renderer All / not renderer-specific
Network scope client-only — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation code-trace
Confidence medium
In-game xdocs No
In-game menu No
Default 1
Value type bitmask
Restart No latch flag is registered.
Cheat protected No

Values

Value Meaning Evidence
8 Enables the JAPRO_CHATLOG_CENTERPRINT code path. codemp/cgame/cg_local.h:163
1 Enables the JAPRO_CHATLOG_ENABLE code path. codemp/cgame/cg_local.h:159
4 Enables the JAPRO_CHATLOG_OLDTIMESTAMP code path. codemp/cgame/cg_local.h:161

Flags

Provenance

Origin: 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 2015-11-18 2015-11-18 f1b9b895897d Ultimate origin
TaystJK 2015-11-18 2015-11-18 f1b9b895897d Shared integration commit
jaPRO 2015-11-18 2015-11-18 f1b9b895897d Shared integration commit
Vulkan 2015-11-18 2015-11-18 f1b9b895897d 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
2016-03-25 EternalJK 3deebad9ad1c
Revert “Added chat logs from japp”
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. 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_main.c, codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h high
2018-12-20 EternalJK 328d55f0062f
Chatlog options configurable with /chatlog
Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c, codemp/cgame/cg_main.c, codemp/cgame/cg_servercmds.c medium
2019-02-19 EternalJK 180b40ba0cc1
Chatbox/cgame chatlog code cleanup.
Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/cgame/cg_draw.c, codemp/cgame/cg_main.c, codemp/cgame/cg_servercmds.c medium
2019-03-19 EternalJK c55cb9d28c23
Engine chat logging - don’t log “end log” message until something has been logged
Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/cgame/cg_main.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

Evidence