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DOOM Retro v3.5
DOOM Retro v3.5 is now available, in both 32 and 64-bit binaries. Its release notes are as follows:
- Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
- Improvements have been made to the support of IWADs that contain censored Wolfenstein SS sprites.
- IWADs specified using the
-file
command-line parameter will now be treated as PWADs. - Minor changes have been made to the character set used in the console.
- Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
- The keys on the numeric keypad now work correctly in the console.
- DOOM Retro will now play sound effect lumps that are in WAV format.
- The corpses of some of the smaller monsters, as well as other marines, will now be gibbed when close enough to barrel and rocket explosions. This feature can be toggled on or off using the new
r_corpses_gib
CVAR, which ison
by default andoff
when vanilla mode is on. - A bug has been fixed whereby certain floor textures would glitch in some rare instances if the
r_liquid_current
CVAR wason
. - The following changes have been made to DOOM Retro’s MBF-compatible helper dogs:
- The
DOGSA1
toDOGSN0
lumps have now been replaced with sprites by Nash Muhandes, released under the Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license. - The
DSDGACT
andDSDGATK
lumps have now been replaced with edited versions of “Mr Dog_01.wav” by apolloaiello, released under the Creative Commons (CC0 1.0 Universal) license. - The
DSDGDTH
,DSDGPAIN
andDSDGSIT
lumps have now been replaced with edited versions of “DogYelp.wav” by TobiasKosmos, released under the Creative Commons (BY 3.0) license.
- The
- The
map
CCMD now also accepts a map’s title as its parameter. For example, enteringmap nuclearplant
in the console will warp the player to E1M2: Nuclear Plant. - The effects of changing the
r_blood
CVAR in the console will now always be immediate. - The
teleport
CCMD now accepts an optional third parameter, specifying the height the player will be from the floor once they have teleported. - The color of the console’s bottom edge may now be changed using the new
con_edgecolor
CVAR. It is180
by default. - The
s_musicvolume
ands_sfxvolume
CVARs are now both set to the same lowest value when vanilla mode is on. - A crash will no longer occur when the player uses the secret exit in SIGIL’s E5M6: Unspeakable Persecution.
- Further improvements have been made to the support of
MAPINFO
lumps. - A sound is now made when toggling between fullscreen and a window.
- Lines with special 46 (“GR Door Open Stay”) now work correctly.
- Monsters can no longer be spawned using the
spawn
CCMD when thenomonsters
CCMD is in effect.