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fs_basegame

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

At a glance

Field Value
Default baseGame
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 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

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
2013-05-11 OpenJK f203e799b14c
Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high
2013-11-12 OpenJK 2229f7cb1aba
[MP] Migrate files code to a single file. Use long instead of int in some file functions. Security to prevent mods from manipulating dll/so/dylib/pk3. Don’t include client.h in every case.		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2015-11-13 OpenJK 5ef5d7214371
Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2015-11-16 jaPRO b864bfdbe2b9
fs_basegame changed to japro		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high
2015-11-24 EternalJK c8f6ea17a324
Remove SP code		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. code/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2016-07-31 EternalJK d74e78e6cdd0
fs_basegame changed to eternaljk		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high
2018-05-16 EternalJK 5df1fad1b1f6
Merge remote-tracking branch ‘bucky/master’		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2018-12-01 jaPRO 546dfb076f6f
OSX: Fix basepath (japro-assets) not loading from apppath?		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high
2019-07-08 EternalJK fea7b6aef4a4
Fix mismatching case on basegame path/homepath on unix builds.		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2023-11-28 TaystJK 596ae40cc9aa · PR #52
Merge pull request #52 from taysta/daggo-fs		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2023-12-11 jaPRO 9b57ee1b8566 · PR #55
Japro update (#55)		 Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/game/g_account.c high
2024-01-17 EternalJK 0da288606eb0 · PR #98
Make fs_forcegame and fs_basegame default to empty for dedicated servers. (#98)		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp medium
2024-02-27 TaystJK dbbea6b8a0bf · PR #31
Rename to TaystJK (#31)		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high
2026-06-16 TaystJK 07c65a6f01a8 · PR #341
Merge pull request #341 from taysta/basegame		 Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/qcommon/files.cpp high

Evidence

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