`s_UseOpenAL`

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

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Audio & music
Module	`engine-client`
Also registered in	`engine-client`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Network scope	`client-only` — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation	`code-trace`
Confidence	`high`
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	Yes — ingame_setup.menu:4485, setup.menu:2530, setup.menu:2553
Default	`0`
Value type	`float`
Restart	Yes; the value is latched.
Cheat protected	No

Values

No discrete value list is enforced or documented in the inspected source.

Flags

CVAR_ARCHIVE — saved to the user configuration
CVAR_LATCH — latched until the relevant subsystem or map is restarted

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: code/client/snd_dma.cpp:475
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
`2014-05-10`	OpenJK	`16f7fe7ecc48` [MP] Minor refactoring and cleanup in the sound code to move AL code all in a preprocessor. Removed an unnecessary loop in S_LoadSound_DirIsAllowedToKeepMP3s.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-05-12`	OpenJK	`575263a31897` [SP] Minor refactoring and cleanup in the sound code to move AL code all in a preprocessor. Removed an unnecessary loop in S_LoadSound_DirIsAllowedToKeepMP3s.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`
`2015-11-24`	EternalJK	`c8f6ea17a324` Remove SP code	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `code/client/snd_dma.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp:502 (Cvar_Get); condition defined(USE_OPENAL)
behavior: codemp/client/snd_dma.cpp:485
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_misc.c:38
behavior: codemp/game/NPC_misc.c:67
behavior: codemp/qcommon/cm_patch.cpp:1317
behavior: codemp/qcommon/cm_patch.cpp:1514