ja_guid
OpenJK
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).
Client GUID
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 | needs-server-support: Sent to, or only useful with, a supporting game server. |
| Category | Engine & diagnostics |
| Module | engine-client |
| Renderer | All / not renderer-specific |
| Derivation | documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Added | 2013-07-16 in cccf3136b 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_ROM: read-only after registrationCVAR_USERINFO: sent in the client’s userinfo
Provenance
Origin: OpenJK
- Ultimate-origin introduction:
cccf3136bac2in OpenJK (content authored2013-07-15, integrated2013-07-17) - Upstream registration evidence: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:750
- Attribution method:
shared-earliest-commit-lineage-order - Attribution confidence:
medium - Notes: The earliest authored/submitted introduction is shared by openjk, eternaljk, rend2, taystjk, japro, newjk, vulkan; fork-lineage order selects 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 | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Ultimate origin |
| EternalJK | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Shared integration commit |
| rend2 | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Shared integration commit |
| TaystJK | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Shared integration commit |
| jaPRO | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Shared integration commit |
| NewJK / NewMod | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
Shared integration commit |
| Vulkan | 2013-07-15 |
— | 2013-07-17 |
cccf3136bac2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2013-07-25 |
OpenJK | 4e06149aed8aStore the guid in client persistant for future uses. |
Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/game/g_client.c |
medium |
2015-11-24 |
jaPRO | d5970a9804aaMerge branch ‘master’ into japro |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. codemp/client/cl_main.cpp |
high |
2016-03-24 |
EternalJK | c9c6ab99fdd2Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/client/cl_main.cpp |
medium |
Evidence
- registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:879 (Cvar_Get)
- registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:892 (Cvar_Get)
- behavior: codemp/game/g_client.c:2841
- behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:97
- behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:98
- behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:882
- behavior: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:884
Generated from source commit c722804317d7 on 2026-09-28. Anything merged after that is not reflected here.