`com_homepath`

OpenJK

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

Controls com_homepath in the engine-shared 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	Yes
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-or-server`: Engine code in both the client and the dedicated server; each uses its own value.
Category	Files & downloads
Module	`engine-shared`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`code-trace`
Confidence	`medium`
Added	2013-04-24 in `f6cadd34c` needs review (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_INIT: initialization/command-line setting

Provenance

Origin: OpenJK

Ultimate-origin introduction: f6cadd34c6ab in OpenJK (content authored 2013-04-20, integrated 2013-04-24)
Upstream registration evidence: code/qcommon/common.cpp:1105
Attribution method: squash-feature-group-explicit-credit
Attribution confidence: medium
Notes: The identifier’s single-prefix squash feature group explicitly credits openjk.

Dated project introductions

Authored dates come from the exact registration’s first content commit, PR dates identify when work was proposed to each project, and integration dates come from each first-parent mainline. A project merging first does not override earlier upstream authorship or submission.

Project	Authored	PR opened	Integrated	Commit	Relationship
OpenJK	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Ultimate origin
EternalJK	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit
rend2	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit
TaystJK	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit
jaPRO	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit
NewJK / NewMod	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit
Vulkan	`2013-04-20`	—	`2013-04-24`	`f6cadd34c6ab`	Shared integration commit

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
`2013-07-19`	OpenJK	`a1bbd5558365` Ported some filesystem changes from MP to SP.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/qcommon/common.cpp`	`medium`
`2015-02-07`	OpenJK	`a7c43677a2bb` Merge pull request #613 from JACoders/sdl2-windows-port	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `shared/sys/sys_unix.cpp`, `shared/sys/sys_win32.cpp`	`medium`
`2015-11-24`	EternalJK	`c8f6ea17a324` Remove SP code	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/qcommon/common.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/qcommon/common.cpp:1391 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: shared/sys/sys_unix.cpp:498
behavior: shared/sys/sys_unix.cpp:517
behavior: shared/sys/sys_unix.cpp:528
behavior: shared/sys/sys_win32.cpp:201
behavior: shared/sys/sys_unix.cpp:499

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