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<title>mike/sst/src/ent.c, branch v0.18-BETA</title>
<subtitle>Source Speedrun Tools: practice tools and handy features for Source Engine games</subtitle>
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<title>Turn x86 stuff into a chunklet to help out SPT</title>
<updated>2025-11-24T03:23:22+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-11-24T03:19:49+00:00</published>
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Quick unused header cleanup pass while we're at it.
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<title>Make additional use of untyped command callbacks</title>
<updated>2025-08-02T13:43:19+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-08-02T13:43:19+00:00</published>
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<title>Add type-safety to virtual calls and accessors</title>
<updated>2025-04-17T19:02:18+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-04-17T00:39:10+00:00</published>
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This probably should have been the design from the start.

It's still possible to use void pointers, and this is done in a couple
of places for simplicity, but wherever possible, we have actual structs
for things now.

Additionally, in places where vtables are fiddled with, e.g. vtable
hooks, we have actual struct definitions with vtable pointers so there's
need for pointer-casting horror.
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<title>Remove years from copyright headers</title>
<updated>2025-04-07T20:31:32+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-04-07T20:31:32+00:00</published>
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They're legally unnecessary as far as I know, and kind of annoying to
maintain on a long-term basis.

This was done with the consent of all 3 other contributors, in case
anyone was wondering.
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<title>Tweak a couple of bits of whitespace</title>
<updated>2025-04-06T19:59:36+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-04-06T01:36:11+00:00</published>
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<title>Rewrite and redesign codegen and feature system</title>
<updated>2025-04-06T15:41:13+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2025-03-10T02:37:19+00:00</published>
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Also switch to somewhat proper C23 flags while we're at it.

This is a huge change. It took me forever, in between being really busy.
Sorry about that. But the good news is I'm now free to start integrating
the various patches that have accumulated since last release. Well, at
least in between still being really busy. Gotta manage expectations.

The main benefit of introducing GAMESPECIFIC() is that features
that don't apply to a particular game no longer show up *at all*, and
less time is wasted on init. It also enables a cool optimisation wherein
unnecessary REQUIRE_GAMEDATA() checks can elided at compile time
whenever the gamedata is known up-front to always exist in supported
games.

The DEF_FEAT_CVAR macro family meanwhile makes it easier to manage the
lifecycle of cvars/ccmds, with less manual registering, unhiding and
such.

Originally I was going to try and just hack these features into the
existing codegen abomination, but it just got too terrible. This rewrite
should make it easier to continue tweaking codegen behaviour in future.
It also has slightly better error messages.
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<title>Create and use macros to define accessor functions</title>
<updated>2024-09-28T17:28:13+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2024-09-25T17:25:08+00:00</published>
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Avoids the need to manually mess around with mem_offset() and gamedata
off_ and sz_ values as often, because that's kind of annoying.

Should also make the codebase a little less confusing for new players.
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<title>Revise syntax macros and add a ton of branch hints</title>
<updated>2024-08-23T19:37:37+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2024-08-03T22:40:31+00:00</published>
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My new programming style is branch hints. All non-confusing branches
must be hinted when I can be bothered. It's faster, sometimes, maybe.

Also, start trying to use more signed sizes in at least some of the
places where it makes sense. Unsigned sizes are surprisingly
error-prone!
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<title>Rethink mem_loadoffset, and consequently, kill it</title>
<updated>2024-01-21T22:02:14+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2024-01-21T21:59:23+00:00</published>
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Suggested by bill. Having something semantically pointer-sized that's
only ever used for stuff that's always 32-bit doesn't really make sense.

Note that I intentionally did not add a copyright line for myself in
hud.c because, I mean, come on. I'll just say I waive any claim to that
tiny trivial change.
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<title>Add cutscene skipping to L4D quick reset</title>
<updated>2023-12-04T19:30:09+00:00</updated>
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<name>Michael Smith</name>
<email>mikesmiffy128@gmail.com</email>
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<published>2023-11-20T20:22:55+00:00</published>
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Also done with quite a lot of RE help from bill - thanks again!
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