Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
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Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#2Really smart.
It's worth mentioning that the Q3VM was the entry point to many of the exploits created for Q3, just something to bear in mind.
Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#3What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#4What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
I don't understand either. If you have to write in C, and you have to compile, what's the advantage?
Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#5What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
I don't understand either. If you have to write in C, and you have to compile, what's the advantage?
Speculation: Assuming the VM has no bugs it is sandboxed. The code run can't access the file system or freely allocate memory. Thus code from less trusted sources can be executed. (Another comment indicates that the VM has a history of bugs, so it might not be advisable, but I have no experience with it)
Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#6Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#7What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
Also, how was it used in Quake3?
Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#8What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
Also, how was it used in Quake3?
A lot of stuff.
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#9Re: Q3VM – Lightweight, embeddable Quake III Interpreter/Virtual Machine
#10What could be usecase for using this VM? Any idea why to use it in non-game app?
I don't understand either. If you have to write in C, and you have to compile, what's the advantage?
The main advantage for Quake 3 was that the server, client and UI code could be compiled into platform-independent bytecode modules. This was mostly a boon to mod creators, who had to build only one version of their mod that would work on all Windows, Mac and Linux systems alike.