This is my 2018 summer side project; later migrated and revitalized with ANTLR as a 2019 summer side project. P3, or PseudoPopulationParser, is a Population language parser built in ANTLR that aids MvM mission creators in error avoidance and popfile analysis.
P3 features the ability to detect both common and rare errors as well as warn the user of potentially risky implementations that the TF2 MvM Populator may reject.
Go to the GitHub releases or find the download link in the development Discord server below.
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher
- Optional: Java SE Runtime Environment 8u71 or higher to use the Map Analyzer feature
Features are constantly being added and modified as development progresses.
An extensive list of all features is available on the development Discord server.
- Language Parsing
- Color-coded console output
- Error and warning detection with Codes (documented with examples in the P3 Reference)
- Detect bad syntax
- Detect rare errors
- Line number indicator
WaitForAllDeadandWaitForAllSpawnedcoordination with WaveSpawn names
- Popfile Feedback
- Calculate total credits dropped per wave
- Calculate total possible credits
- Generate a list of all custom icons used
- View all TFBot Templates implemented
- Internal Inventory Simulator
- Tracks every TFBot's inventory
- Simulates every TFBot's backpack and item slots
- Map Analyzer (courtesy of BSPSource)
- Generate a list of all TFBot Spawns
- Generate a list of all Logic IDs (such as map events)
- Generate a list of all Flanking Path Tags
- Generate a list of all Tank Path Nodes
- Item and Item/Character Attribute Database
- Ensures items and attributes given to TFBots actually exist
- Search through all possible items and attributes in TF2
- Search for an item's inherent attributes with ability to see hidden attributes
Configure P3 to parse your current WIP popfile when desired in Notepad++.
# Save the following command as a Run.. command
path\to\P3.exe -pop "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
# Example:
C:\Users\You\Desktop\P3\P3.exe -pop "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)"
# Optional:
Add a Hotkey to your Run.. command to parse instantly.
All builds are completed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
You should be able to just open the solution with Visual Studio 2017.
Contact me if any issues occur.
- ANTLR 4.6.6, Terence Parr, obtained via NuGet
- mc and Remilia for major elements in feature development
- Sigsegv for rough decompiles of TF2; found here: mvm-reversed
- ata4 and the BSPSource team for developing an open-sourced BSP decompiler; found here: BSPSource
- Gatebots of Potato.TF for considering my work
Steam: NPOSim
Discord: sub#9640
P3 Development Discord Server: gRPuRdj
Contact me on Steam or Discord, or just submit an Issue; whatever works.