`ui_selectedModelIndex`

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 ui_selectedModelIndex in the ui module. Consult the cited behavior reads before relying on values not listed here.

At a glance

Field	Value
Default	`-1`
Value type	`enum`
Restart	No latch flag is registered.
Manually settable	No; the game writes this value.
Cheat protected	No
Network scope	`client-only`: Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Category	HUD & interface
Module	`ui`
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	Yes: ingame_player.menu:207, player.menu:492

Values

Value	Meaning	Evidence
`-1`	Selects the code path tested for value -1.	codemp/ui/ui_shared.c:5790

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/ui/ui_main.c:11403
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
`2013-08-11`	OpenJK	`794718e3fdfb` Merge pull request #344 from Razish/qvmtest	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2013-09-05`	OpenJK	`9bc49a503050` UI cleanup. Unused functions	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2013-09-28`	OpenJK	`5cd41b41c941` [MP] Port the xcvar stuff and clean up cvar usage in UI. Few minor tweaks in UI code for cleanup/was unused.	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2013-09-28`	OpenJK	`8fdb5fb65dbe` [MP] The cvar files for previous commit …	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h`	`medium`
`2013-09-30`	OpenJK	`2ca29aebe0e9` [MP] Fix more defaults for saber names and team names. Don’t register cg_viewsize needlessly on client startup, update cvar as soon as it’s changed	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h`	`medium`
`2018-01-06`	EternalJK	`a2acfb6b9129` Merge pull request #11 from Bucky21659/master	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h`	`medium`
`2018-09-03`	jaPRO	`bdcd618c6771` Import japro cgame	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h`	`high`
`2019-03-19`	EternalJK	`0b9f190a7a4b` Reset ui_selectedModelIndex (last selected model icon) if the number of models counted has changed	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating; and an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`, `codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h`	`medium`
`2019-03-19`	EternalJK	`713662027af3` Check model cvar for team skin and update profile menu accordingly.	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2019-03-21`	EternalJK	`95dcf4d6228f` Fix crash	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2019-04-11`	EternalJK	`a649365161ad` Ignore mutant_racnor and r5d2 in profile menu list	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2019-04-11`	EternalJK	`4fdbdfbd0443` Fix custom jedi models being reset when closing ingame profile menu.	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2019-06-13`	EternalJK	`49e91d910266` Filter custom skins/species/hilts out of player menus on sv_pure servers	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_main.c`	`medium`
`2019-06-13`	EternalJK	`b6f9c97643c4` Don’t highlight anything in model list if no model is selected (ui_selectedModelIndex -1)	Changed an exact bound cvar-variable reference. `codemp/ui/ui_shared.c`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/ui/ui_xcvar.h:141 (XCVAR_DEF)
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:5829
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:6562
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:6569
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_main.c:8959
behavior: codemp/ui/ui_shared.c:5790

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