Asset Viewer Command-Line Reference

Command-Line Arguments

Argument	Description
`<path>.blk`	Path to `application.blk` to load.
`-ws:<name>`	Selects a named workspace by name.
`-async_batch:<file.dcmd>`	Runs the given `.dcmd` console-batch script asynchronously after startup. (The syntax is different compared to daEditorX.)
`-no_src_assets`	Skips scanning source asset folders (uses only cooked/prebuilt data).
`-drv:<name>`	Selects the 3D driver to use (e.g. `stub`, `auto`, `dx11`, `dx12`, `vulkan`).
`-skip_check`	Skips the startup "assets up-to-date" scan/check.
`-quiet`	Suppresses interactive dialogs (headless/batch-safe).
`-no_level_file`	Disables per-debug level (e.g.: warning, error, fatal) debug log files.
`-copy_log_to_stdout`	Writes the debug log messages to stdout.
`-fatals_to_stderr`	Also prints fatal error message + callstack to stderr.
`-logerr_to_stderr`	Mirrors `logerr()` messages to stderr as they happen.
`-attach_parent_console`	Attaches to the parent process's console (paired with `copy_log_to_stdout` for `cmd.exe` redirection). Windows-only.
`-noeh`	Disables the top-level SEH wrapper; crashes propagate instead of being caught.

`-config:` Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`-config:debug/profiler:t=<all\\|gpu\\|cpu\\|platform\\|off>`	off	Legacy switch for which daProfiler event groups are captured: `all` enables platform+CPU+GPU events, sampling, and spike saving; `gpu` enables CPU+GPU events; `cpu` enables CPU events only; `platform` enables platform events only; `off` disables profiling.
`-config:debug/profiler/auto_dump_startup:b=true`	false	Dumps a daProfiler capture immediately after startup loading completes. It is saved beside the log file.
`-config:debug/profiler/auto_dump:b=true`	false	Dumps a daProfiler capture on application shutdown, before the final tick. It is saved beside the log file.
`-config:debug/dontUseCpuInBackground:b=<...>`	true	Allows disabling the performance limitations that are set by default if the application is not active.
`-config:limitFps:b=<...>`	true	Toggles the software sleep-based frame limiter in the main loop that paces draws to the act-rate. When it's false the engine renders as fast as it can.
`-config:video/driver:t=<...>`	"auto"	Selects the 3D driver to use (e.g. `stub`, `auto`, `dx11`, `dx12`, `vulkan`). Same effect as `-drv:`.

Usage Example

assetViewer2-dev.exe
assetViewer2-dev.exe path-to-application.blk
assetViewer2-dev.exe path-to-application.blk -quiet -config:debug/profiler:t=all
assetViewer2-dev.exe path-to-application.blk -quiet -async_batch:path-to-script.dcmd