[nexuiz-commits] r8378 - trunk/data/qcsrc/server

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Author: div0
Date: 2009-12-06 14:37:53 -0500 (Sun, 06 Dec 2009)
New Revision: 8378

Modified:
   trunk/data/qcsrc/server/extensions.qh
Log:
update docs of autocvars


Modified: trunk/data/qcsrc/server/extensions.qh
===================================================================
--- trunk/data/qcsrc/server/extensions.qh	2009-12-06 13:16:01 UTC (rev 8377)
+++ trunk/data/qcsrc/server/extensions.qh	2009-12-06 19:37:53 UTC (rev 8378)
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@
 //a savegame, have the cvar's current value, or the original value at time of
 //saving, is UNDEFINED. Restoring a savegame however must not restore the
 //cvar values themselves.
+//In case the cvar does NOT exist, then it is automatically created with the
+//value of the autocvar initializer, if given. This is possible with e.g.
+//frikqcc and fteqcc the following way:
+// var float autocvar_whatever = 42;
+//If no initializer is given, the cvar will be initialized to a string
+//equivalent to the NULL value of the given data type, that is, the empty
+//string, 0, or '0 0 0'. However, when automatic cvar creation took place, a
+//warning is printed to the game console.
 
 //DP_QC_CHANGEPITCH
 //idea: id Software