QCVM(1)

NAME
qcvm - A standalone QuakeC VM binary executor

SYNOPSIS
qcvm [options] [parameters] program-file

DESCRIPTION
qcvm is an executor for QuakeC VM binary files created using a QC compiler such as gmqcc(1) or fteqcc. It provides a small set of builtin functions, and by default executes the main() function if there is one. Some options useful for debugging are available as well.

OPTIONS
There are 2 types of options. Options for the executor, and parameter options used to add parameters which are passed to the main function on execution.

-h, --help
    Show a usage message and exit.

-trace
    Trace the execution. Each instruction will be printed to stdout before executing it.

-profile
    Perform some profiling. This is currently not really implemented, the option is available nonetheless.

-info
    Print information from the program's header instead of executing.

-disasm
    Disassemble the program by function instead of executing.

-disasm-func function
    Search for and disassemble the given function.

-printdefs
    List all entries from the program's defs-section. Effectively listing all the global variables of the program. This option disables execution.

-printfields
    List all entries from the program's fields-section. Listing all entity-fields declared in the program. This option disables execution.

-printfuns
    List functions and some information about their parameters. This option disables execution. With a verbosity level of 1, builtin numbers are printed. With a verbosity of 2, the function's sizes are printed as well. This takes a little longer since the size is found by searching for a ‘DONE’ instruction in the code.

-v  Increase verbosity level, can be used multiple times.

-vector 'x y z'
    Append a vector parameter to be passed to main().

-float number
    Append a float parameter to be passed to main().

-string 'text'
    Append a string parameter to be passed to main().

BUILTINS
The following builtin functions are available:

1) void print(string...) = #1;
    Print the passed strings to stdout. At most 8 strings are allowed.

2) string ftos(float) = #2;
    Convert a float to a string.

3) entity spawn() = #3;
    Spawn an entity.

4) void remove(entity) = #4;
    Remove an entity.

5) string vtos(vector) = #5;
    Convert a vector to a string.

6) void error(string...) = #6;
    Print strings to stdout and then exit with an error (limited to 8 arguments)

7) float vlen(vector) = #7;
    Get the length of a vector.

8) string etos(entity) = #8;
    Get the entity ID as string.

9) float stof(string) = #9;
    Convert a string to a float.

10) string strcat(string, string) = #10;
    Concatenate two strings, returning a tempstring.

11) float strcmp(string, string) = #11;
12) float strncmp(string, string, float) = #11;
    Compare two strings. Returns the same as the corresponding C functions.

12) vector normalize(vector) = #12;
    Normalize a vector so its length is 1.

13) float sqrt(float) = #13;
    Get a value's square root.

SEE ALSO
gmqcc(1)

AUTHOR
See <http://graphitemaster.github.com/gmqcc>.

BUGS
Please report bugs on <http://github.com/graphitemaster/gmqcc/issues>, or see <http://graphitemaster.github.com/gmqcc> on how to contact us.