`g_npcspskill`

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 internal UI/engine state, hidden from every cvar listing (CVAR_INTERNAL).

Controls g_npcspskill in the game module. Consult the cited behavior reads before relying on values not listed here.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`0`
Value type	`bool`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	No; the game writes this value.
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`server-authoritative`: Owned or enforced by the server.
Category	Bots & AI
Module	`game`
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

Value	Meaning	Evidence
`0`	Disabled.	codemp/game/NPC.c:1873
`1`	Enabled.	codemp/game/NPC.c:1873

Flags

CVAR_ARCHIVE: saved to the user configuration
CVAR_INTERNAL: internal UI/engine state

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/game/g_main.c:459
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot. Dated commit evidence identifies later registration changes relative to the origin 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
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`b319c52fd4ed` Major codemp cleanup. Ported modbase. Restructured VS2010 projects.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC.c`, `codemp/game/NPC_AI_GalakMech.c`, `codemp/game/NPC_AI_ImperialProbe.c` and 14 more	`medium`
`2013-04-24`	OpenJK	`f6cadd34c6ab` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC_AI_Jedi.c`	`high`
`2013-05-11`	OpenJK	`f203e799b14c` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/Razish/OpenJK into modrender-port	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC.c`, `codemp/game/NPC_AI_GalakMech.c`, `codemp/game/NPC_AI_Jedi.c` and 1 more	`high`
`2013-08-11`	OpenJK	`794718e3fdfb` Merge pull request #344 from Razish/qvmtest	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC.c`, `codemp/game/g_bot.c`	`medium`
`2014-01-30`	OpenJK	`d3a6d2b9b9d2` [MP] Style: remove superfluous whitespace	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC_AI_GalakMech.c`, `codemp/game/NPC_AI_Stormtrooper.c`	`medium`
`2023-12-13`	TaystJK	`1936bc1b22fe` fixes & npc range	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/game/NPC_AI_Stormtrooper.c`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/game/g_xcvar.h:124 (XCVAR_DEF)
behavior: codemp/game/NPC.c:1873
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_AI_ImperialProbe.c:319
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_AI_ImperialProbe.c:347
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_AI_ImperialProbe.c:352
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_AI_Jedi.c:3117

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