Macros

ezQuake macros

Name	Type	Description
$ammo	integer	returns amount of ammo held for currently selected weapon
$armor	integer	returns current armor value
$armortype	string	returns current armor type related cvars: tp_name_armortype_ga, tp_name_armortype_ya, tp_name_armortype_ra, tp_name_armortype_none
$bestammo	integer	returns ammo held for the 'best' weapon related cvars: tp_weapon_order
$bestweapon	string	returns name of best weapon in inventory related cvars: tp_weapon_order, tp_name_sg, tp_name_ssg, tp_name_ng, tp_name_sng, tp_name_gl, tp_name_rl, tp_name_lg
$cam_angles	string	returns current camera angles, in format that can be passed to /cam_angles command.
$cam_angles_pitch	float	returns current camera pitch (vertical angle).
$cam_angles_roll	float	returns current camera roll (not used).
$cam_angles_yaw	float	returns current camera yaw (horizontal angle).
$cam_pos	string	returns current camera position, in format that can be passed to /cam_pos command.
$cam_pos_x	float	returns one component of current camera position.
$cam_pos_y	float	returns one component of current camera position.
$cam_pos_z	float	returns one component of current camera position.
$cells	integer	returns number of cells held, regardless of weapon selected
$colored_armor	string	returns $armor, surrounded by color codes so it is displayed in &c0b0red&r, &cff0yellow&r, &e00green&r or &cfffwhite&r
$colored_powerups
$colored_short_powerups
$conheight
$connectiontype	string	returns the current type of the connection
$conwidth
$date	string	returns the current date in the format <day>.<month>.<year>
$deathloc
$demolength	integer	returns the expected length of the current demo, in seconds
$demoname	string	returns the name of the current demo, minus extension
$demoplayback	boolean	returns whether or not the client is current watching a demo
$demotime
$droploc	string	returns the name of the location where the last backpack was dropped by the current player.
$droptime	integer	returns the number of seconds since the last backpack was dropped by the current player.
$gamedir	string	returns the current gamedir, which is often set when a server is running a mod. e.g: 'fortress' for Team Fortress mods
$health		the current player's health (0 - 250)
$lastip
$lastloc
$lastpowerup
$latency
$ledpoint
$ledstatus
$location
$matchname
$matchstatus
$matchtype
$mp3_volume
$mp3info
$nails	integer	returns number of nails held, regardless of weapon selected
$need
$ping
$point
$pointatloc
$pointloc
$powerups
$qt		returns " - useful to clear cvars in scripts
$rand
$rockets	integer	returns number of rockets held, regardless of weapon selected
$serverip
$shells	integer	returns number of shells held, regardless of weapon selected
$team1
$team2
$tf_skin
$time	string	returns the local time in the format <hours>:<minutes>
$timestamp
$took
$tookatloc
$tookloc
$tp_powerups	boolean	$colored_powerups or $colored_short_powerups, depending on value of tp_poweruptextstyle related cvars: tp_poweruptextstyle
$triggermatch
$weapon
$weaponnum
$weapons

Qizmo macros

You can use Qizmo teamplay %-functions in ezQuake, e.g. %l - location, %a - armor, %b - best weapon, etc.

Name	Type	Description
%a	string	Armour.
%A	string	Armour type.
%b	string	Best Weapon and Ammo.
%c	string	How many cells (ammo) you have.
%C	string	Color.
%d	string	Where you last died.
%e	string	Number of enemies in your vicinity. (shows up as 'x' for you, but as a number for your teammates).
%E	string	Same as %e but remembers the situation 5 seconds after death. (shows up as 'x' for you, but as a number for your teammates).
%g	string	Soon appearing powerups (15 sec) or 'quad' if none or timers off
%h	string	Current Health.
%i	string	Name and location of item you last picked up.
%j	string	Name and location of item you last pointed to (%x at %y).
%k	string	Name and location of item you last picked up or pointed to.
%l	string	Nearest location from .loc file (or 'someplace' if none found).
%L	string	Same as %l but remembers the situation 5 secs after death, then reports your current location.
%m	string	%k if less than 5 secs ago, nearest item otherwise
%n	string	Will only send the message to teammates in your vicinity.
%N	string	Hides the message from you.
%o	string	Number of teammates in vicinity.
%O	string	Same as %o but remembers the situation 5 seconds after death.
%p	string	Powerups you have (quad, pent, ring, flag)
%q	string	Powerups of last seen enemy.
%r	string	Last reported location (%l).
%s	string	Enemy led status.
%S	string	Skin.
%t	string	%x at %y
%u	string	what you need (see need menu)
%w	string	Weapon in Hand and Ammo you have.
%x	string	Name of object/teammate you are looking at.
%X	string	Name of object you took. (remembers for 15 seconds)
%y	string	Location of object you are looking at.
%Y	string	Location of item you took. (remembers for 15 seconds)
%z	string	nearest waypoint, based on the direction you are looking to
%Z	string	nearest waypoint, based on the direction you are moving to

Formatting

The format of each variable can be set by specifying a format string. For example:

%<20r>l

Will print the standard %l value, but taking 20 characters, right-aligned.

To set the default formats for each %-function without specifying each time, set user-cvars:

tp_length_l 10
tp_align_l r