`cl_downloadTime`

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: no registration exists; every cited site only writes it with Cvar_Set, so a value you set is replaced the next time that code runs.

Controls cl_downloadTime in the engine-client module. Consult the cited behavior reads before relying on values not listed here.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`(float`
Value type	`string`
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	Files & downloads
Feature family	Downloads
Module	`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

No cvar flags are registered at the cited site.

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1536
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
`2013-08-11`	OpenJK	`794718e3fdfb` Merge pull request #344 from Razish/qvmtest	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2013-09-05`	OpenJK	`9bc49a503050` UI cleanup. Unused functions	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2023-11-28`	TaystJK	`596ae40cc9aa` · PR #52 Merge pull request #52 from taysta/daggo-fs	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2024-03-21`	TaystJK	`2a5ea5d885dc` · PR #169 HTTP Auto Download (Server + Client) (#169)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1577 (implicit Cvar_SetValue)
registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1591 (implicit Cvar_SetValue)
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:12121

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