Valve Project Creator

The Valve Project Creator generates project and makefiles for the Source SDK.

Fore more information about building the Source SDK, see Source SDK 2013.

VPC Help Information

VPC - Valve Project Creator For XCode and Makefiles (Build: May 27 2013 11:24:00)
(C) Copyright 1996-2010, Valve Corporation, All rights reserved.

Source Path: <YOUR SOURCE PATH>
Target Platform: <CURRENT PLATFORM>

usage: vpc [options] <+/-/*project or group>

Examples:

 Single .vcproj generation:
   vpc +client /hl2     <-- Creates a Win32 .vcproj for the HL2 client.
   vpc +shaderapi /x360 <-- Creates a Xbox360 .vcproj for the shaderapi.

 Multiple .vcproj generation - Multiple Projects for Games and Platforms:
   vpc +client /hl2 /tf           <-- Creates ALL the Win32 .vcprojs for the HL2 and TF client.
   vpc +gamedlls /allgames        <-- Creates ALL the Win32 .vcprojs for client and server for all GAMES.
   vpc +tools -tier0 /win32 /x360 <-- Creates ALL the Win32 and Xbox360 .vcprojs for the tool projects but not the tier0 project.

 Use +/- to add or remove projects or groups.
 Use *   to add a project and all projects that depend on it.
 Use @   to add a project and all projects that it depends on.
 Use /h spew final target build set only (no .vcproj created).

 Further details can be found on Valve Internal Wiki on VPC.
 
--- OPTIONS ---
[/q]:          Quiet mode (quiet mode is automatically on if the VPC_QUIET environment variable is set)
[/v]:          Verbose
[/f]:          Force generate .vcproj, otherwise use crc checks
[/dp]:         Decorate project names with platform
[/testmode]:   Override output .vcproj file to be named 'test.vcproj'
[/srcctl]:     Enable source control integration

--- Help ---
[/h]:          Help
[/?]:          Help
[/platforms]:  Spew Platforms
[/games]:      Spew Games
[/projects]:   Spew Projects
[/groups]:     Spew Groups
[/properties]: Spew VS2005 Properties

--- Conditionals ---
[/profile]:    Set Reserved $PROFILE=1
[/retail]:     Set Reserved $RETAIL=1
[/callcap]:    Set Reserved $CALLCAP=1
[/fastcap]:    Set Reserved $FASTCAP=1
[/cert]:       Set Reserved $CERT=1
[/memtest]:    Set Reserved $MEMTEST=1
[/nofpo]:      Set Reserved $NOFPO=1
[/lv]:         Set Reserved $LV=1
[/demo]:       Set Reserved $DEMO=1
[/no_steam]:   Set Reserved $NO_STEAM=1
[/qtdebug]:    Set Reserved $QTDEBUG=1
[/no_ceg]:	  Set Reserved $NO_CEG=1
[/upload_ceg]: Set Reserved $UPLOAD_CEG=1

--- Other ---
[/mksln]:      <.sln filename> - make a solution file
[/p4sln]:      <.sln filename> <changelists...> - make a solution file based on
               the changelist. Changelists can be specific numbers, 0 or "default"
               for the default changelist, or "all" for all active changelists.
[/nop4add]:    Don't automatically add project files to Perforce
[/slnitems]:   <filename> - adds all files listed in <filename> to generated
               solutions
[/showdeps]:   Show an example dependency chain for each project that depends
               on your p4 change list(s).  Use with /p4sln.
[/checkfiles]: Check for the existence of files in $file commands. For debugging vpc files.
               Only works if the currrent directory is the project directory.
[/define:xxx]: Enable a custom conditional $XXX to use for quick testing in VPC files.