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About: Quake Map Syntax checker - v. 0.5, 96.09.08.
Author: Mads Bondo Dydensborg - madsdyd@diku.dk
Syntax: Syntax checks a Map file after a simplified set of rules:
Map -> Entity Entity_List
Entity_List -> Entity Entity_List |
Entity -> { Key_Value_List Brush_List }
Key_Value_List -> Key_Value Key_Value_List |
Key -> ""
Value -> ""
Brush_List -> Brush Brush_List |
Brush -> { plane plane plane plane plane_list }
Plane_List -> Plane Plane_List |
Plane -> Point Point Point Texture Flag Flag
Point -> ( )
Texture ->
Flag ->
is nothing
is anything
is anything that does not contain whitespace
is an integer (qbsp accepts reals though)
Comments: Anything starting with // to an EOL marker is considered a comment.
Strict : Qbsp accepts a slightly more loose syntax then the above;
Sometimes Reals can be used instead of Integers. Keys and Brushes
can be mixed more freely. One can discus if the four Plane in a brush
is a syntax requirement.
Semantic: If /T is not specified, the program will extract texture names from
wad files specified in "wad" keys in the order it meets them, and
check Texture definitions against this information. A warning will
be issued if a Texture is not found
For each Entity, it is checked that a "classname" key is present.
if not, a warning will be issued.
Recovery: The program will try and recover from all syntax errors. Recovery
will often fail when meeting errors in keys, or non-closed brushes
in non-closed entities. The program will assume a recovery fail
initiated loop after 20 errors and stop.
Wadfiles: Wadfiles are assumed to be internally OK. This can cause some runtime
errors, if the wadfiles are broken. Try running with /T. If this
removes the runtime errors, the wadfiles internal dir probably is
incorrect.
Source: If you are interessted in the source code to this program, then
contact me on the above adress.
Returns: The program will return the following errorlevel:
0 - Normal termination.
1 - Warnings were issued
2 - Errors were found
3 - Error in program options (Illegal option combination)
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