1QCVM(1) Programmer's Manual QCVM(1)
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4 qcvm — A standalone QuakeC VM binary executor
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7 qcvm [options] [parameters] program-file
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10 qcvm is an executor for QuakeC VM binary files created using a QC com‐
11 piler such as gmqcc(1) or fteqcc. It provides a small set of builtin
12 functions, and by default executes the main() function if there is one.
13 Some options useful for debugging are available as well.
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16 There are 2 types of options. Options for the executor, and parameter
17 options used to add parameters which are passed to the main function on
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20 -h, --help
21 Show a usage message and exit.
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23 -trace Trace the execution. Each instruction will be printed to stdout
24 before executing it.
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26 -profile
27 Perform some profiling. This is currently not really implemented,
28 the option is available nonetheless.
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30 -info Print information from the program's header instead of executing.
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32 -disasm
33 Disassemble the program by function instead of executing.
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35 -disasm-func function
36 Search for and disassemble the given function.
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38 -printdefs
39 List all entries from the program's defs-section. Effectively
40 listing all the global variables of the program. This option
41 disables execution.
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43 -printfields
44 List all entries from the program's fields-section. Listing all
45 entity-fields declared in the program. This option disables exe‐
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48 -printfuns
49 List functions and some information about their parameters. This
50 option disables execution. With a verbosity level of 1, builtin
51 numbers are printed. With a verbosity of 2, the function's sizes
52 are printed as well. This takes a little longer since the size is
53 found by searching for a ‘DONE’ instruction in the code.
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55 -v Increase verbosity level, can be used multiple times.
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57 -vector 'x y z'
58 Append a vector parameter to be passed to main().
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60 -float number
61 Append a float parameter to be passed to main().
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63 -string 'text'
64 Append a string parameter to be passed to main().
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67 The following builtin functions are available:
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69 1) void print(string...) = #1;
70 Print the passed strings to stdout. At most 8 strings are allowed.
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72 2) string ftos(float) = #2;
73 Convert a float to a string.
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75 3) entity spawn() = #3;
76 Spawn an entity.
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78 4) void remove(entity) = #4;
79 Remove an entity.
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81 5) string vtos(vector) = #5;
82 Convert a vector to a string.
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84 6) void error(string...) = #6;
85 Print strings to stdout and then exit with an error (limited to 8
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88 7) float vlen(vector) = #7;
89 Get the length of a vector.
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91 8) string etos(entity) = #8;
92 Get the entity ID as string.
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94 9) float stof(string) = #9;
95 Convert a string to a float.
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97 10) string strcat(string, string) = #10;
98 Concatenate two strings, returning a tempstring.
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100 11) float strcmp(string, string) = #11;
101 12) float strncmp(string, string, float) = #11;
102 Compare two strings. Returns the same as the corresponding C
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105 12) vector normalize(vector) = #12;
106 Normalize a vector so its length is 1.
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108 13) float sqrt(float) = #13;
109 Get a value's square root.
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112 gmqcc(1)
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115 See <http://graphitemaster.github.com/gmqcc>.
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118 Please report bugs on <http://github.com/graphitemaster/gmqcc/issues>, or
119 see <http://graphitemaster.github.com/gmqcc> on how to contact us.
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