Is there a command that will take the 1st (x) number of chars in a string and let you compare them? for example , to know if we are doing episode 1, take the 1st (2) from the mapname string (e1) ? Possible ? I am using Darkplaces and there are some new string built-in extensions but they dont sem to be able to do this afaik. 

if (substring(mapname, 0, 3) == "e1m")
then its probably episode 1.
float mapnum = str2chr(mapname, 3)-'0';
if (mapnum >= 1 && mapnum <= 8)
then you know which map number it is. 

Is there a limit to how many functions FTEQCC will compile?

I'm trying to compile AD but it gives me this error unless I comment out a couple files from progs.src:
********** ERROR **********
Too many types
Error in <filename near end of list>.qc on line <line number depending on which other file(s) I've commented out>  

that got fixed a while ago. hence why the code was released without those files commented out. :) 

If you can actually code, you are probably mostly better off learning how QuakeC works

HOW TO USE QUAKEC

0. QuakeC tutorials ---- MAJORLY useful
1. QuakeC source code
2. FTEQCC compiler - Compiles the QuakeC source

Extract the fteqcc executable to the folder with the QuakeC source code and double click it and it will compile up a progs.dat. That is what runs and is hiding inside quake/id1/pak0.pak. You need Pakscape to open pak files.

3. Pakscape Pak Editor Open/edit pakfiles.
4. QuakeC help forum (deadish) with useful reference threads
5. QuakeC specs
6. Links and References (very useful)

The QuakeC source code for progs 1.06 is standard Quake, it isn't Arcane Dimensions, but Arcane Dimensions, for example, is open source and if you were interested would be able to compile Arcane Dimensions following similar steps. 

Thanks, though I'm still studying, yet wanting to map more.. let's see how much time there will be left for learning this QuakeC during this year.

I will save your post for later use* 

Was my post flagged as spam, or did I even post here anything? What was I even asking.. but anyway, yes I have experience from programming C#/C++, but I was mostly working on user interfaces. 

Finally got around to writing up the killtarget bug which was plaguing Newhouse during Map Jam 7.

https://tomeofpreach.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/zero-length-strings/

It's actually something that could affect other QuakeC code as well, so worth a look if you're working on a mod at all. 

fteqcc -Wall
will give a warning for that (and a few other things that will just annoy people)
fteqcc -Fifstring
will just automatically treat if(str) as if(str!=""). which is fine until you need to actually distinguish (like eof vs a blank line). if((int)str) can be used in that case. 

Scary part is while I was writing the article I thought of an actual use case outside of extensions like eof vs blank line! For func_breakable there are are templates which if chosen will fill in default values in fields which haven't been set. In these cases, you can explicitly override a template which sets a field by setting a "" value.

Even if -wall is a bit too noisy to use permanently, it'll be a handy tool to use once and pinpoint all the instances that currently exist in the code to fix. 

I am opening fteqccgui.exe in mac with wine, but I don't know if my problem is this compiler or are the qc files I downloaded, I can't compile fine; because all qc files have string errors and using /**/ I cannot solve my problem.
H3LP 

Are you able to compile standard Quake progs.dat 1.06 ok? http://www.quake-1.com/files/sourcecodes/kits/progs106.zip 

standard progs, but with some of SOA & DOE content, 1 monster of SOE also 

Does standard Quake progs 1.06 compile?

YES | NO

You are trying to figure out if problem is your code or compiler right? That is how to find out. 

thanks, this works fine, so the problem was my old code... 

See, haha. 

to put new monsters from doe & soa to my progs.scr, what more goes with the respective qc of monsters? 

This page loads slow as hell --- but it will eventually load ---

https://web.archive.org/web/20120213005405/http://www.inside3d.com/tutorials.php

It has monster tutorials at the bottom.

This page has monster mods
http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames2/quakec/monsters/

You might look at spider21
http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames2/quakec/monsters/spider21.zip

But ironically, I don't actually know QuakeC but rather just know where those resources are -- so I'll step out. ;-)

/Baker distracts Boa with "Hey look, a nickel!" and sneaks out the back door. 

thanks for helping but I don't understand jokes in english, I'm chilean

and fine... 

Is there an exhaustive list of functions that are available via quakec for vanilla quake? 

1) Maybe see post 2197
2) Maybe read defs.qc in the progs source
3) Maybe see bottom of pr_cmds.c in the engine 

try vanilla's defs.qc...
and bear in mind that a few of the args are wrong (eg: droptofloor does NOT take any args, and certainly not those of walkmove. yay copypasta bugs.). 

cheers guys 

Func, trigger, monster,info, you know the basics. My mod is getting...out of hand as far as multiple naming conventions go. I'm considering unifying the names of borrowed entities under Source engine's naming convention but still allowing the old entity names to keep from having to redo all my maps in progress...should I bother to nitpick this?

I'm thinking of using prop_ instead of misc_ or mapobject_; env_ instead of fx_ or misc_; logic_ instead of info_ or trigger_ (point entities where applicable of course); as examples.

Sort of thinking out loud here. I'm even tempted to go so far as to use npc...no no I'll leave them as monster_. 

Anyone have a good simple diff utility for telling if files are the same or not when merging folders and keeping the different ones but renamed?