`cg_viewsize`

Base Jedi Academy

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

Engine-managed. The game maintains this value itself, so it is not a setting to change by hand: it is internal UI/engine state, hidden from every cvar listing (CVAR_INTERNAL).

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

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`100`
Value type	`int`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	No; the game writes this value.
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-only`: Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Category	Gameplay & combat
Module	`cgame`
Also registered in	`engine-client`
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_ND: saved to configuration without marking the cvar as user-created
CVAR_INTERNAL: internal UI/engine state

Registration-specific defaults

Default	Module	Renderer	Compile condition
`100`	`cgame`	`—`	`always`
`100`	`engine-client`	`—`	`always`

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/cgame/cg_main.c:888
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`
`2013-08-11`	OpenJK	`794718e3fdfb` Merge pull request #344 from Razish/qvmtest	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`, `codemp/cgame/cg_view.c`	`medium`
`2013-09-30`	OpenJK	`2ca29aebe0e9` [MP] Fix more defaults for saber names and team names. Don’t register cg_viewsize needlessly on client startup, update cvar as soon as it’s changed	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`, `codemp/cgame/cg_view.c`, `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-10-02`	OpenJK	`affd2fee9c8a` [MP] Partially reverted 2ca29ae. (cg_viewsize portion) 2ca29ae: [MP] Fix more defaults for saber names and team names. Don’t register cg_viewsize needlessly on client startup, update cvar as soon as it’s changed Fixes http://i.imgur.com/ArbOwRb.jpg	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_view.c`, `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2016-04-01`	OpenJK	`d2ebafa99e8e` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c`	`medium`
`2017-08-31`	OpenJK	`913e3cc57ec7` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK.git	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2018-09-03`	jaPRO	`bdcd618c6771` Import japro cgame	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h`	`high`

Evidence

registration: codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h:371 (XCVAR_DEF)
registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:3442 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_view.c:198
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_view.c:202
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:59
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_consolecmds.c:70
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_view.c:207

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