`g_neutralFlag`

jaPRO

Selects a neutral-flag game mode. Values 1 to 3 are rabbit variants for FFA and team FFA; values 4 to 6 are one-flag CTF variants for the CTF gametype, and a value outside a gametype’s range leaves that gametype’s normal flags in place. Changing the value swaps the flags immediately through CVU_Rabbit, without a map restart. Every mode needs a map with a team_CTF_neutralflag, and the one-flag modes also need trigger_multiple capture zones: spawnflag 16384 for values 4 and 5, spawnflag 32768 for value 6. The stock maps have neither. g_neutralFlagTimer sets how long a capture takes.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`0`
Value type	`enum`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	Yes
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`server-authoritative`: Owned or enforced by the server.
Category	Gameplay & combat
Module	`game`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`code-trace`
Confidence	`high`
Added	2024-01-03 in `c644ae832` (how to compare this against your build)
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No

Values

Value	Meaning	Evidence
`0`	Off. The map’s neutral flag is removed at load, and CTF keeps its red and blue flags.	codemp/game/g_items.c:3160
`1`	Rabbit, in FFA and team FFA: a neutral flag spawns and players fight to carry it.	codemp/game/g_cvar.c:472
`2`	Sniper rabbit: as 1, but picking up the flag leaves the carrier with only a disruptor and 300 ammo.	codemp/game/g_team.c:1181
`3`	Rabbit where the carrier scores a point for every five seconds they hold the flag.	codemp/game/g_active.c:1783
`4`	One-flag CTF: score by holding the neutral flag inside your own team’s capture zone for `g_neutralFlagTimer`.	codemp/game/g_trigger.c:212
`5`	One-flag CTF: score by holding the neutral flag inside the other team’s capture zone for `g_neutralFlagTimer`.	codemp/game/g_trigger.c:214
`6`	One-flag CTF with capture points: bringing the neutral flag into a team’s capture point puts that team’s flag at its base, and the team scores when `g_neutralFlagTimer` runs out unless the other team takes that flag first.	codemp/game/g_trigger.c:234

Flags

CVAR_ARCHIVE: saved to the user configuration

Provenance

Origin: jaPRO

Ultimate-origin introduction: c644ae832bad in jaPRO (content authored 2024-01-03, integrated 2024-01-03)
Origin pull request: #74
Matching squash bullet: g_neutralflag 5 for other style of 1flagctf
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/game/g_xcvar.h:190
Attribution method: squash-feature-group-explicit-credit
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: The identifier’s single-prefix squash feature group explicitly credits japro.

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
TaystJK	`2024-01-03`	2024-01-03	`2024-01-03`	`c644ae832bad`	Shared integration commit
jaPRO	`2024-01-03`	—	`2024-01-03`	`c644ae832bad`	Ultimate origin

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
`2024-01-04`	jaPRO	`cab839d15251` · PR #77 Japro update (#77)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/g_team.c`	`high`
`2024-01-07`	jaPRO	`931f5d5c9044` · PR #80 Japro update (#80)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/g_combat.c`	`high`
`2024-01-31`	jaPRO	`a5c04e80d08f` · PR #127 Japro updates (#127)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/g_team.c`	`high`
`2024-03-13`	jaPRO	`b4aeeea9c16c` · PR #176 Japro update (#176)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/g_combat.c`	`high`
`2024-05-15`	jaPRO	`93c2c1a5b4ef` · PR #201 Japro update (#201)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/g_cvar.c`, `codemp/game/g_items.c`, `codemp/game/g_main.c` and 2 more	`high`

Evidence

registration: codemp/game/g_xcvar.h:189 (XCVAR_DEF)
behavior: codemp/game/g_active.c:1783
behavior: codemp/game/g_active.c:3817
behavior: codemp/game/g_cmds.c:5750
behavior: codemp/game/g_cmds.c:8451
behavior: codemp/game/g_cmds.c:8596

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