`cl_motdString`

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 read-only after registration (CVAR_ROM).

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

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	``
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	Chat & social
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

CVAR_ROM: read-only after registration

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:2629
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/cgame/cg_info.c`, `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2018-05-24`	EternalJK	`097a0d05fa4e` Merge remote-tracking branch ‘bucky/master’	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_info.c`	`medium`
`2018-09-03`	jaPRO	`bdcd618c6771` Import japro cgame	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/cgame/cg_info.c`	`high`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:3391 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_info.c:232
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:9098
behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1879

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