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The concepts stated below were intended to be utilized from the radiant build menu. From that angle, the possibilities that this creates make sense. Be warned however that, this script is incomplete in the sense that a solid way to juggle .cfg files was never implemented. I remember that my method was going to be to store .cfg files in the engine folder that corresponds, and upon using that engine, it's .cfg would overwrite whatever .cfg is in the ID1 folder. To handle if a change was made to the config between opening and closing the engine was going to be a manual system (ie you move the new .cfg to the proper engine folder). I understand that isn't ideal but the original purpose of this was to allow map developers to test their maps on numerous engines, and my line of thinking was: if someone is going so vanilla there probably wouldn't be many changes being made to .cfg files.
With no further ado, How to do it...
The entire meat and potatoes of this relies on 2 things
1) Directory Structure
ignore proxy.bat. It's purpose was radiant related and isn't necessary for using my scripts this way.
2) Run.bat
I put a bunch of stuff in here that is not necessary but, can be handy to force certain results early on
note that double colons denote a comment whereas, single colon is a label. Also, EQU is a comparison equals (==).
To utilize this script is simple:
:> Run.bat "fitzquake" "e1m1"
A menu could be made fairly easy where each engine would be tied to a %choice% and then you are asked to type the mapname. Maybe I'll spin a simple one today. I forgot I can program in this language, and it might be fun to play with it for a minute.
Edit: whoops I forgot to implement the -developer flag in the DP_DEV build. I didn't add it in during this edit cause I don't remember if there is more to it and I don't feel like looking it up.
Edit2: I remember that QubismSuper8 does not like this method at all. I never could get it to run properly. The rest of the engines work fine.
With no further ado, How to do it...
The entire meat and potatoes of this relies on 2 things
1) Directory Structure
ignore proxy.bat. It's purpose was radiant related and isn't necessary for using my scripts this way.
2) Run.bat
I put a bunch of stuff in here that is not necessary but, can be handy to force certain results early on
Code:
:: turn off console printing for a moment @echo off :: set some user options set height=720 set width=1200 set conheight=480 set conwidth=768 set gamename=id1 :: set path to the directory which this bat resides in set path=%~dp0 :: change CWD to current directory cd /d %path% :: turn printing back on ECHO. :: make sure there is any data at all if "%1" EQU "" goto ENG_ERR :: make sure there is a map name if "%2" EQU "" (goTo MAP_ERR) else set map=%~n2 :: print out the current commandline variables ECHO Label: %1 ECHO -basedir %path% ECHO -game %gamename% ECHO +map: %map% :: determine which engine was chosen if "%1" EQU "darkplaces" goto DP if "%1" EQU "darkplaces_develop" goto DP_DEV if "%1" EQU "fitzquake" goto FQ if "%1" EQU "proquake" goto PQ if "%1" EQU "qbismsuper8" goto QBS8 if "%1" EQU "fteqw" goto FTE if "%1" EQU "qrack" goto QR if "%1" EQU "quakespasm" goto QS if "%1" EQU "directq" goto DQ :: unrecognized label :UNR_ERR ECHO their is no engine path associated with this label: %1 goto END :: there are no commands :ENG_ERR ECHO you didn't specify anything goto END :: no map name was specified :MAP_ERR ECHO you didn't specify a map goto END :: run the commandline that corresponds with the "case" provided by %1 :DP set engine=%path%darkplaces\darkplaces.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window goto END :DP_DEV set engine=%path%darkplaces\darkplaces.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window goto END :FQ set engine=%path%fitzquake\fitzquake085.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window -bpp 32 goto END :PQ set engine=%path%proquake\glpro493.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window -bpp 32 goto END :FTE set engine=%path%fteqw\fteqw.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window goto END :QBS8 set engine=%path%qbismsuper8\qbismS8.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -nocdaudio -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% goto END :QR set engine=%path%qrack\glQrack.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window -bpp 32 goto END :QS set engine=%path%quakespasm\quakespasm.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -nocdaudio -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% goto END :DQ set engine=%path%directq\DirectQ.exe ECHO Engine Path: %engine% %engine% -basedir %path% -game %gamename% +map %map% -width %width% -height %height% -conwidth %conwidth% -conheight %conheight% -window -bpp 32 goto END :END PAUSE EXIT
To utilize this script is simple:
:> Run.bat "fitzquake" "e1m1"
A menu could be made fairly easy where each engine would be tied to a %choice% and then you are asked to type the mapname. Maybe I'll spin a simple one today. I forgot I can program in this language, and it might be fun to play with it for a minute.
Edit: whoops I forgot to implement the -developer flag in the DP_DEV build. I didn't add it in during this edit cause I don't remember if there is more to it and I don't feel like looking it up.
Edit2: I remember that QubismSuper8 does not like this method at all. I never could get it to run properly. The rest of the engines work fine.
(yep I'm back on the "nator" names)
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