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cl_maxPackets

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

At a glance

Field Value
Category Server & networking
Module engine-client
Also registered in cgame, engine-client
Renderer All / not renderer-specific
Network scope client-only — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation code-trace
Confidence high
In-game xdocs No
In-game menu No
Default 100
Value type int
Restart No latch flag is registered.
Cheat protected No

Values

No discrete value list is enforced or documented in the inspected source.

Flags

Registration-specific defaults

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

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

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
2013-04-16 OpenJK 714c868b42c6
Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/client/cl_main.cpp high
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
2014-04-03 OpenJK 7197cd614a8c
[SP] Remove some unnecessary network-related cvars		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. code/client/cl_main.cpp medium
2014-11-24 OpenJK 337687913865
[MP] More sane limits for cl_maxPackets		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/client/cl_input.cpp medium
2015-06-17 EternalJK d93386f34b71
Major ingame setup menu overhaul.		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/ui/ui_main.c medium
2018-01-01 jaPRO d9d510063ce6
Merge branch ‘japro-ejk’		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/client/cl_input.cpp high
2018-05-24 EternalJK 097a0d05fa4e
Merge remote-tracking branch ‘bucky/master’		 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; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/cgame/cg_view.c, codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h high
2023-09-25 TaystJK 09f29d37943e
[SETTINGS] Use more sane default settings for maxpackets and thirdpersonrange		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/cgame/cg_xcvar.h, codemp/client/cl_main.cpp medium

Evidence