`cl_forceavidemo`

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

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`0`
Value type	`bool`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	Yes
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-only`: Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Category	Demos & media
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

Value	Meaning	Evidence
`0`	Disabled.	codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:2499
`1`	Enabled.	codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:2499

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:2580
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
`2014-04-21`	OpenJK	`d29a8d83cb6e` Merge pull request #533 from dpadgett/teh	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/client/client.h`, `codemp/client/snd_mix.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:3333 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:2499
behavior: codemp/client/snd_mix.cpp:181

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