diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b388ddcd..bea14c6d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ tools/ndocs-project/Data/*
 
 ArmaScriptCompiler.exe
 *.sqfc
+sqfvm.exe
diff --git a/tools/.vscode/tasks.json b/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
index ac1a73618..d37b471bd 100644
--- a/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/tools/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "tasks": [
         {
             "label": "Validate SQF",
-            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+            "command": "python",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/tools"
             },
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         },
         {
             "label": "Validate Config",
-            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+            "command": "python",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/tools"
             },
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         },
         {
             "label": "Check Strings",
-            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+            "command": "python",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/tools"
             },
@@ -31,12 +31,24 @@
                 "check_strings.py"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "label": "SQFVM Checker",
+            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+            "options": {
+                "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/tools"
+            },
+            "args": [
+                "sqfvmChecker.py"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
         {
             "label": "Test All",
             "dependsOn": [
                 "Validate SQF",
                 "Validate Config",
-                "Check Strings"
+                "Check Strings",
+                "SQFVM Checker"
             ],
             "group": {
                 "kind": "test",
@@ -45,12 +57,13 @@
         },
         {
             "label": "Build: make.py (pboProject)",
-            "command": "${config:python.pythonPath}",
+            "command": "python",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/tools"
             },
             "args": [
-                "make.py", "ci"
+                "make.py",
+                "ci"
             ],
             "group": {
                 "kind": "build",
@@ -58,13 +71,14 @@
             }
         },
         {
-            "label": "Build: Hemtt Release",
+            "label": "Build: Hemtt",
             "command": "hemtt.exe",
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
             },
             "args": [
-                "build", "--release", "--ci"
+                "build",
+                "-v"
             ],
             "group": "build"
         }
diff --git a/tools/sqfvmChecker.py b/tools/sqfvmChecker.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8c652ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/sqfvmChecker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import concurrent.futures
+
+addon_base_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+
+files_to_ignore_lower = [
+    x.lower() for x in ["initSettings.sqf", "initKeybinds.sqf", "XEH_PREP.sqf", "backwards_comp.sqf", "gui_createCategory.sqf"]
+]
+sqfvm_exe = os.path.join(addon_base_path, "sqfvm.exe")
+virtual_paths = [
+    # would need to add more even more to /include to use it
+    "P:/a3|/a3",  # "{}|/a3".format(os.path.join(addon_base_path, "include", "a3")),
+    "P:/a3|/A3",
+    f"{addon_base_path}|/x/cba"
+]
+
+
+def get_files_to_process(basePath):
+    arma_files = []
+    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(addon_base_path, "addons")):
+        for file in files:
+            if file.endswith(".sqf") or file == "config.cpp":
+                if file.lower() in files_to_ignore_lower:
+                    continue
+                skipPreprocessing = False
+                addonTomlPath = os.path.join(root, "addon.toml")
+                if os.path.isfile(addonTomlPath):
+                    with open(addonTomlPath, "r") as f:
+                        tomlFile = f.read()
+                        if "preprocess = false" in tomlFile:
+                            print("'preprocess = false' not supported")
+                            raise
+                        skipPreprocessing = "[preprocess]\nenabled = false" in tomlFile
+                addonTomlPath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(root), "addon.toml")
+                if os.path.isfile(addonTomlPath):
+                    with open(addonTomlPath, "r") as f:
+                        tomlFile = f.read()
+                        if "preprocess = false" in tomlFile:
+                            print("'preprocess = false' not supported")
+                            raise
+                        skipPreprocessing = "[preprocess]\nenabled = false" in tomlFile
+                if file == "config.cpp" and skipPreprocessing:
+                    continue  # ignore configs with __has_include
+                filePath = os.path.join(root, file)
+                arma_files.append(filePath)
+    return arma_files
+
+
+def process_file(filePath, skipA3Warnings=True):
+    with open(filePath, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as file:
+        content = file.read()
+        if content.startswith("//pragma SKIP_COMPILE"):
+            return False
+    cmd = [sqfvm_exe, "--input", filePath, "--parse-only", "--automated"]
+    for v in virtual_paths:
+        cmd.append("-v")
+        cmd.append(v)
+    # cmd.append("-V")
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    try:
+        ret = proc.wait(12)  # max wait - seconds
+    except Exception as _e:
+        print("sqfvm timed out: {}".format(filePath))
+        return True
+    # print("{} = {}".format(filePath, ret))
+
+    fileHasError = False
+    keepReadingLines = True
+    while keepReadingLines:
+        line = proc.stdout.readline()
+        if not line:
+            keepReadingLines = False
+        else:
+            line = line.rstrip()
+            if line.startswith("[ERR]"):
+                fileHasError = True
+            if not (
+                skipA3Warnings
+                and line.startswith("[WRN]")
+                and ("a3/" in line)
+                and (("Unexpected IFDEF" in line) or ("defined twice" in line))
+            ):
+                print("  {}".format(line))
+    return fileHasError
+
+
+def main():
+    if not os.path.isfile(sqfvm_exe):
+        print("Error: sqfvm.exe not found in base folder [{}]".format(sqfvm_exe))
+        return 1
+
+    error_count = 0
+    arma_files = get_files_to_process(addon_base_path)
+    print("Checking {} files".format(len(arma_files)))
+    with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=12) as executor:
+        for fileError in executor.map(process_file, arma_files):
+            if fileError:
+                error_count += 1
+
+    print("Errors: {}".format(error_count))
+    return error_count
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())