Sunday, March 3, 2024
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DOOM Retro v5.3

DOOM Retro is intentionally minimalist in its approach, and so it does a few things differently
 if compared with other modern DOOM source ports. Open the ¥ DOOM Retro Wiki for details.

DOOM Retro v5.3 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

  • DOOM Retro is now built using v17.9.2 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
  • DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.30.0 and SDL_mixer v2.8.0.
  • Changes have been made to DOOM Retro’s splash screen.
  • Several changes have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
  • Support has been added for maps with compressed, extended nodes.
  • A warning is now displayed in the console at startup if a lump in a PWAD is an unsupported PNG image, since trying to display it would cause DOOM Retro to crash.
  • Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
  • Improvements have been made when the player moves using a controller.
  • A bug is fixed whereby corpses weren’t being nudged whenever the player or a monster walked over them and the r_corpses_nudge CVAR was on.
  • The blood splats spawned around a corpse at the start of a map when the r_corpses_moreblood CVAR is on are no longer spawned outside of the map if the corpse happens to be too close to a wall.
  • These changes have been made when entering the IDCLEV cheat:
    • If it is used to restart the current map, the player message displayed is now always correct.
    • If invalid parameters are entered, such as if IDCLEV01 is entered while playing DOOM instead of DOOM II, the player no longer equips their fists because the 1 key was pressed.
  • The IDMUS cheat now works as intended.
  • The thing triangles of spectres in the automap are now translucent when the IDDT cheat has been entered.
  • Improvements have been made to parsing custom monster names in DEHACKED lumps.
  • These changes have been made to the support of MAPINFO lumps:
    • BOSSACTION now always works as intended.
    • NEXT and SECRETNEXT now always work as intended.
    • Custom episodes greater than episode 4 now work as intended when playing DOOM.
    • A crash no longer occurs during the finale when playing DOOM II and ENDGAME = TRUE is present.
  • If music lumps D_E4M1 to D_E4M9 are found in a PWAD, they are now heard when playing maps in episode 4 of DOOM.
  • These changes have been made to the weapon silhouettes in the alternate widescreen HUD:
    • The DRHUDWP0 lump can now be changed in a PWAD to display a weapon silhouette when the player has their fists equipped.
    • If any of the player weapon sprites have changed in a PWAD, the weapon silhouettes can now be displayed if the DRHUDWP0 to DRHUDWP8 lumps are also changed.
  • Several improvements have been made to the position, translucency and truncation of player messages and the current map’s title in the automap.
  • When playing DOOM (Shareware), files no longer attempt to autoload from the autoload folder during startup.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the presence of SIGIL_SHREDS.WAD in the autoload folder would cause a crash in some instances.
  • Restoring a lesser known feature from the original DOOM, pressing the ENTER key now displays the previous player message if the messages CVAR is on. Also, pressing the ENTER key while a player message is displayed will now hide that message.
  • Further improvements have been made to the support of Freedoom: Phase 1 and Freedoom: Phase 2.
  • Solid walls now always clip correctly against the left and top edges of the automap.
  • The puffs of smoke that trail behind rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons when the r_rockettrails CVAR is on are now randomly mirrored.
  • The spawn CCMD no longer spawns something if the ceiling in front of the player is too low.
  • The stairs in MAP30: Last Call of Final DOOM: TNT - Evilution now rise up to their correct heights.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the player’s view angle would be slightly off after they teleported.
  • Both the player and monsters can no longer move under corpses hanging from the ceiling if the infiniteheight CVAR is on.
  • The number of power-ups the player picks up is now displayed by the playerstats CCMD.
  • The use of DEHACKED and MAPINFO lumps is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the screen would glitch slightly as the player exited a map if the vid_scale_api CVAR was direct3d11.
  • The vid_scale_api CVAR is now direct3d9 by default.
  • Minor improvements have been made to the position and translucency of several elements on the intermission screen.
  • The total amount of time played is now displayed in the console each time the player exits a map.
  • The amount the screen shakes when the player receives damage has been reduced if the r_shake_damage CVAR is greater than 0%.
  • These changes have been made when using the kill CCMD in the console:
    • The distance a monster slides upon their death, and the amount of blood splats that are spawned, are now consistent regardless of the size of the monster.
    • Friendly monsters no longer affect the total number of monsters killed in the current map.
    • A bug is fixed whereby invalid obituaries would be displayed in some instances.
  • Entering explode barrels in the console now works as intended.
  • Entering explode missiles in the console now also explodes any projectiles that the player has fired.
Friday, January 12, 2024
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DOOM Retro v5.2.1

DOOM Retro v5.2.1 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

  • DOOM Retro is now built using v17.8.4 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
  • DOOM Retro now uses Direct3D 11 by default rather than Direct3D 9 to scale every frame on the screen, resulting in a considerable boost in performance. The vid_scaleapi CVAR can now be direct3d9, direct3d11, opengl or software.
  • IT, S3M, XM and MOD music lumps now play again.
  • These changes have been made in the automap:
    • The player’s path is now drawn correctly if the am_path CVAR is on and they have just teleported.
    • A controller’s left and right shoulder buttons can now be held down to zoom in and out.
    • The subtle shadow cast by the status bar is now only visible when the am_backcolor CVAR is its default of 0.
    • Minor improvements have been made to drawing marks added by pressing the M key.
  • The con_obituaries CVAR has been renamed to just obituaries.
  • When the r_rockettrails CVAR is on:
    • A bug is fixed whereby no smoke was trailing behind rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons.
    • Smoke trailing behind rockets fired by cyberdemons won’t be spawned if certain states or sprites have been changed in a DEHACKED lump.
  • A sound effect is now played when using a control that has been bound to the toggle CCMD.
Friday, January 5, 2024
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DOOM Retro v5.2

DOOM Retro v5.2 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

  • DOOM Retro now uses SDL_image v2.8.2.
  • Minor optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
  • Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
  • If the player dies, their obituary is now displayed in the console in red when the con_obituaries CVAR is on, and also as a player message when the messages CVAR is on.
  • A bug is fixed whereby Buckethead’s music wouldn’t be autoloaded when SIGIL_SHREDS.WAD was present.
  • The z-coordinate displayed by the IDMYPOS cheat is now correct when the automap is open and the am_followmode CVAR is off.
  • These improvements have been made to the support for John Romero’s SIGIL II:
    • A warning is now displayed in the console when attempting to load SIGIL II extracted from the official DOOM port. Please download SIGIL II from here instead.
    • Par times are now displayed on the intermission screen.
    • The correct intermission music is now played when both SIGIL and SIGIL II are loaded.
    • The IDMUS cheat can now be used to change to SIGIL II’s music if it is available.
  • Right-clicking the mouse in the menu now hides the mouse pointer if the m_pointer CVAR is on.
  • Minor improvements have been made to the help screen opened by pressing the F1 key.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the width of monsters was being miscalculated in some rare instances, which in turn could cause nearby line specials not to trigger as intended.
  • These improvements have been made to the parsing of DEHACKED lumps:
    • All things declared now have their sprites clipped in liquid sectors if the r_liquid_clipsprites CVAR is on.
    • All monsters declared now cast a shadow if the r_shadows CVAR is on.
    • If a name is specified in parentheses when declaring a thing, it is now used in obituaries when the con_obituaries CVAR is on.
    • The smoke that trails rockets fired by cyberdemons when the r_rockettrails CVAR is on is no longer spawned if certain states or sprites have been changed.
  • The mapstats CCMD now correctly indicates if a map is BOOM, MBF or MBF21 compatible.
  • Improvements have been made to the console’s background.
  • If map titles are obtained from a MAPINFO lump:
    • The maplist CCMD now lists them correctly.
    • When exiting a map and the autosave CVAR is on, the description of the current savegame is now updated with the title of the next map.
  • The .wad file extension no longer needs to be included when using the -iwad or -file command-line parameters.
  • The weapon CVAR can no longer be changed while the player is dead.
  • Helper dogs spawned using the spawn CCMD in the console are now friendly by default. Use spawn unfriendly dog to spawn a dog that will attack the player.
  • The player may now use the term unfriendly to refer to monsters that will attack the player when entering the kill, name, resurrect and spawn CCMDs in the console.
  • Using the kill CCMD with a value specifying a type of monster no longer thrusts those monsters away from the player.
  • A bug is fixed whereby midtextures weren’t being clipped in some rare instances.
  • The thinglist CCMD now displays the angle and flags of every thing in the current map.
  • Opening the console while entering a savegame description in the save game menu now works correctly.
  • When deleting a savegame in the save or load game menus using the DEL key, the closest remaining savegame in the menu is now selected.
  • A crash no longer occurs if a map’s title needs to be truncated in the automap.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
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DOOM Retro v5.1.3

DOOM Retro v5.1.3 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

  • DOOM Retro now uses SDL_image v2.8.1.
  • Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
  • The MD5 hash value of the current map’s WAD is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
  • Further improvements have been made to the parsing of bossaction in MAPINFO lumps.
  • A bug is fixed whereby selecting an episode in the menu wouldn’t change the episode CVAR in some instances.
  • SIGIL is now still automatically loaded if found and SIGIL II is manually loaded.
  • Improvements have been made to recognizing the SIGIL and SIGIL II WAD files if they have been renamed.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
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DOOM Retro v5.1.2

DOOM Retro v5.1.2 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

  • Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
  • These improvements have been made to the support for John Romero’s SIGIL II:
    • “SIGIL” can no longer be selected in the episode menu if SIGIL isn’t loaded but SIGIL II is.
    • The Spider Mastermind’s health in E6M8: Abyss Of Despair is now correct.
    • Thorr’s music is now louder.
  • If the current map is from a supported WAD, its author is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the corpses of monsters could remain solid, blocking the player’s path, in some rare instances.
  • Minor improvements have been made to text autocompleted in the console by pressing the TAB key.
  • Minor improvements have been made to the parsing of enterpic in MAPINFO lumps.