Require mods to actually query DP_SV_PRECACHEANYTIME if they want to avoid warnings from making use of it. This should avoid unintentional compat issues for QS in mods.

Quake/pr_cmds.c

@@ -1079,7 +1079,16 @@ static void PF_vtos (void)
 	char	*s;
 
 	s = PR_GetTempString();
-	sprintf (s, "'%5.1f %5.1f %5.1f'", G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[0], G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[1], G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[2]);
+	if (!pr_checkextension.value)
+		sprintf (s, "'%5.1f %5.1f %5.1f'", G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[0], G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[1], G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[2]);
+	else
+	{
+		char x[64], y[64], z[64];
+		Q_ftoa(x, G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[0]);
+		Q_ftoa(y, G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[1]);
+		Q_ftoa(z, G_VECTOR(OFS_PARM0)[2]);
+		sprintf (s, "'%s %s %s'", x, y, z);
+	}
 	G_INT(OFS_RETURN) = PR_SetEngineString(s);
 }
 
@@ -1148,13 +1157,19 @@ int SV_Precache_Sound(const char *s)
 {	//must be a persistent string.
 	int		i;
 
+	if (sv.state != ss_loading && !qcvm->precacheanytime)
+	{
+		Con_Warning("PF_precache_sound(\"%s\"): 'DP_SV_PRECACHEANYTIME' not checked, so precaches should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
+		if (!developer.value)
+			qcvm->precacheanytime = true;	//don't spam too much
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_SOUNDS; i++)
 	{
 		if (!sv.sound_precache[i])
 		{
 			if (sv.state != ss_loading)	//spike -- moved this so that there's no actual error any more.
 			{
-				Con_Warning("PF_precache_sound(\"%s\"): Precache should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
 				//let existing clients know about it
 				MSG_WriteByte(&sv.reliable_datagram, svcdp_precache);
 				MSG_WriteShort(&sv.reliable_datagram, i|0x8000);
@@ -1164,11 +1179,7 @@ int SV_Precache_Sound(const char *s)
 			return i;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(sv.sound_precache[i], s))
-		{
-			if (sv.state != ss_loading && !pr_checkextension.value)
-				Con_Warning("PF_precache_sound(\"%s\"): Precache should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
 			return i;
-		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1219,13 +1230,19 @@ static void PF_sv_precache_model (void)
 	G_INT(OFS_RETURN) = G_INT(OFS_PARM0);
 	PR_CheckEmptyString (s);
 
+	if (sv.state != ss_loading && !qcvm->precacheanytime)
+	{
+		Con_Warning ("PF_precache_model(\"%s\"): 'DP_SV_PRECACHEANYTIME' not checked, so precaches should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
+		if (!developer.value)
+			qcvm->precacheanytime = true;	//don't spam too much
+	}
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_MODELS; i++)
 	{
 		if (!sv.model_precache[i])
 		{
 			if (sv.state != ss_loading)
 			{
-				Con_Warning ("PF_precache_model(\"%s\"): Precache should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
 				//let existing clients know about it
 				MSG_WriteByte(&sv.reliable_datagram, svcdp_precache);
 				MSG_WriteShort(&sv.reliable_datagram, i|0x8000);
@@ -1237,11 +1254,7 @@ static void PF_sv_precache_model (void)
 			return;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(sv.model_precache[i], s))
-		{
-			if (sv.state != ss_loading && !pr_checkextension.value)
-				Con_Warning ("PF_precache_model(\"%s\"): Precache should only be done in spawn functions\n", s);
 			return;
-		}
 	}
 	PR_RunError ("PF_precache_model: overflow");
 }

Quake/pr_ext.c

@@ -7473,6 +7473,11 @@ qboolean PR_Can_Ent_Scale(unsigned int prot, unsigned int pext1, unsigned int pe
 	else
 		return false;	//sorry. don't report it as supported.
 }
+qboolean PR_CanPrecacheAnyTime(unsigned int prot, unsigned int pext1, unsigned int pext2)
+{
+	qcvm->precacheanytime = true;
+	return true;
+}
 static struct
 {
 	const char *name;
@@ -7536,6 +7541,7 @@ static struct
 	{"DP_SV_DROPCLIENT"},
 //	{"DP_SV_POINTPARTICLES",	PR_Can_Particles},	//can't enable this, because certain mods then assume that we're DP and all the particles break.
 	{"DP_SV_POINTSOUND"},
+	{"DP_SV_PRECACHEANYTIME",	PR_CanPrecacheAnyTime},
 	{"DP_SV_PRINT"},
 	{"DP_SV_SETCOLOR"},
 	{"DP_SV_SPAWNFUNC_PREFIX"},

Quake/progs.h

@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ struct qcvm_s
 	void *cursorhandle;	//video code.
 	qboolean nogameaccess;	//simplecsqc isn't allowed to poke properties of the actual game (to prevent cheats when there's no restrictions on what it can access)
 	qboolean brokenbouncemissile; //2021 rerelease redefined it, breaking any mod that depends on it.
+	qboolean precacheanytime; //mod queried for support. this is used to spam warnings to anyone that doesn't bother checking for it first. this annoyance is to reduce compat issues.
 
 	//was static inside pr_edict
 	char		*strings;