Built In Functions

These are the 'built in' (ie coded in C in the Quake engine) functions available in the 2021 Quake rerelease.

number	name	return	brief
1	makevectors	void	sets v_forward, v_up, v_right from cartesian angles
2	setorigin	void	sets the 'origin; of an entity - set movetype and solid first
3	setmodel	void	sets the model for an entity
4	setsize	void	sets the 'size' of an entity
6	break	void
7	random	float	returns a "random" number between 0 - 1
8	sound	void
9	normalize	vector	returns a unit length vector along the given vector
10	error	void
11	objerror	void
12	vlen	float	returns the length of a vector
13	vectoyaw	float
14	spawn	entity	creates an entity
15	remove	void	immediately removes an entity from the game
16	traceline	void	performs a raycast and populates some variables with the results
17	checkclient	entity	// returns a client to look for
18	find	entity	searches the 'world' for an entity matching criteria
19	precache_sound	string	caches a sound for later use
20	precache_model	string	caches a model for later use
21	stuffcmd	void
22	findradius	entity	"finds" all entities within a given radius
23	bprint	void	prints to all players
24	sprint	void	prints to one player/entity
25	dprint	void	debug print
26	ftos	string	returns a string version of a floating point number
27	vtos	string	returns a string representation of a vector
28	coredump	void	// prints all edicts
29	traceon	void	// turns statment trace on
30	traceoff	void
31	eprint	void	// prints an entire edict
32	walkmove	float	// returns TRUE or FALSE
33			// #33 was removed
34	droptofloor	float	// TRUE if landed on floor
35	lightstyle	void
36	rint	float	// round to nearest int
37	floor	float	// largest integer <= v
38	ceil	float	// smallest integer >= v
39			// #was removed
40	checkbottom	float	// true if self is on ground
41	pointcontents	float	// returns a CONTENT_*
42			// #42 was removed
43	fabs	float	floating point absolute value func
44	aim	vector	// returns the shooting vector
45	cvar	float	// return cvar.value
46	localcmd	void	// put string into local que
47	nextent	entity	// for looping through all ents
48	particle	void	// start a particle effect
49	ChangeYaw	void	// turn towards self.ideal_yaw
50			// #50 was removed
51	vectoangles	vector	gets catesian angles from a vector
52	WriteByte	void
53	WriteChar	void
54	WriteShort	void
55	WriteLong	void
56	WriteCoord	void
57	WriteAngle	void
58	WriteString	void
59	WriteEntity	void
60	bWriteChar	void
61	bWriteShort	void
62	bWriteLong	void
63	bWriteCoord	void
64	bWriteAngle	void
65	bWriteString	void
66	bWriteEntity	void
67	movetogoal	void
68	precache_file	string
69	makestatic	void
70	changelevel	void
71			//#71 was removed
72	cvar_set	void	// sets cvar.value
73	centerprint	void	prints to one player/entity in the middle of the screen
74	ambientsound	void
75	precache_model2	string	// registered version only
76	precache_sound2	string	// registered version only
77	precache_file2	string	// registered version only
78	setspawnparms	void	// set parm1... to the
79	finaleFinished	void
80	localsound	string
81	draw_point	void	draws a point for debugging
82	draw_line	void	draws a line for debugging
83	draw_arrow	void	draws an arrow for debugging
84	draw_ray	void	draws a ray for debugging
85	draw_circle	void	draws circle geometry for debugging
86	draw_bounds	void	draws a bounding box for debugging
87	draw_worldtext	void	draws text geometry for debugging
88	draw_sphere	void	draws sphere geometry for debugging
89	draw_cylinder	void	draws cylinder geometry for debugging
90	centerprint2	void
91	bprint2	void
92	sprint2	void
99	checkextension	float