`sv_legacyGameAPI`

TaystJK

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).

1 when the game module loaded through Raven’s dllEntry/vmMain API, 0 through OpenJK’s GetModuleAPI

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	`server-authoritative`: Owned or enforced by the server.
Category	Server & networking
Module	`engine-server`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
Added	2026-09-27 in `6d85dffac` (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 registration
CVAR_SERVERINFO: published in serverinfo

Provenance

Origin: TaystJK

Ultimate-origin introduction: 6d85dffacc76 in TaystJK (content authored 2026-09-26, PR opened 2026-09-25, integrated 2026-09-26)
Origin pull request: #389
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/server/sv_gameapi.cpp:2845
Attribution method: earliest-authored-project-introduction
Attribution confidence: high

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	`2026-09-26`	2026-09-25	`2026-09-26`	`6d85dffacc76`	Ultimate origin

Evidence

registration: codemp/server/sv_gameapi.cpp:2845 (Cvar_Get)
behavior: codemp/server/sv_gameapi.cpp:2846
behavior: codemp/cgame/cg_servercmds.c:309

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