Weird (but interesting) discovery

[eezstreet]

The cvar limit in JKA has long been believed to be 1024 cvars for both client and server. Apparently this is not the case. It's actually 1224 cvars, as evidenced by this IDA code:

if ( numCvars >= 1224 )
  Com_Error(0, "MAX_CVARS");

[therfiles]

Not enough...

 

Nice find!

[eezstreet]

  On 10/26/2012 at 8:23 PM, therfiles said:

Not enough...

 

Nice find!

I'm hacking that at some point. Requires 4 engine patches to fix, but I don't have the willpower right now to actually attempt it atm.

[Akimoto]

  On 10/26/2012 at 5:27 PM, eezstreet said:

 

The cvar limit in JKA has long been believed to be 1024 cvars for both client and server. Apparently this is not the case. It's actually 1224 cvars, as evidenced by this IDA code:

if ( numCvars >= 1224 )
 Com_Error(0, "MAX_CVARS");

 

 

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Nice find.

[afi]

Ok but who needs 400 new cvars?

[Raz0r]

Launch JA+, connect to a siege server, quit JA, connect to an FFA server.

ggwpnore.

[MUG]

  On 10/27/2012 at 11:08 AM, afiNity said:

Ok but who needs 400 new cvars?

Your maths is impressive.

[afi]

  On 10/27/2012 at 1:11 PM, MUG said:

Your maths is impressive.

Haha

 

802+400 = 1202

Ok... my bad, 422 new cvars

 

 

 

 

?

[therfiles]

Us.

[Akimoto]

  On 10/27/2012 at 1:19 PM, afiNity said:

Haha

 

802+400 = 1202

Ok... my bad, 422 new cvars

 

 

 

 

?

 

 

  On 10/26/2012 at 5:27 PM, eezstreet said:

The cvar limit in JKA has long been believed to be 1024 cvars for both client and server. Apparently this is not the case. It's actually 1224 cvars, as evidenced by this IDA code:

if ( numCvars >= 1224 )
 Com_Error(0, "MAX_CVARS");

 

1224 - 1024 = 200

[afi]

  On 10/27/2012 at 2:05 PM, Akimoto said:

1224 - 1024 = 200

 

 

802 existing cvars + 422 "possible new" cvars = 1224 cvars

[Malkav]

[MUG]

  On 10/27/2012 at 2:44 PM, Malkav said:

Why doesn't he actually reach into the bag. This bugs me greatly.

[CaptainChar]

what is a CVAR?

[MUG]

  On 10/28/2012 at 1:35 PM, OmegaSigma said:

what is a CVAR?

really?

 

They are variables that can be set via the console, such as cg_dismember or g_speed etc. I think it is short for Client Variable. I could be wrong, someone correct me if i got the name wrong xD

[CaptainChar]

well i kept hearing all this talk about CVAR, and my perspective is, if we can have more, then do it, it even if we cant use em, it just gives that extra slack some people need

[eezstreet]

  On 10/27/2012 at 2:12 PM, afiNity said:

802 existing cvars + 422 "possible new" cvars = 1224 cvars

note: session data is also kept in cvars, and there's at least 35 or so oddball UI cvars floating around that aren't directly given a vmCvar_t in the code.

[Fighter]

  On 10/28/2012 at 2:15 PM, MUG said:

really?

 

They are variables that can be set via the console, such as cg_dismember or g_speed etc. I think it is short for Client Variable. I could be wrong, someone correct me if i got the name wrong xD

Console variable.

[MUG]

  On 10/29/2012 at 7:48 PM, Fighter said:

Console variable.

ty xD