DOOM Retro v4.9.1 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 v17.5.4 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• Several changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• When playing DOOM (Shareware), games are now saved in a separate folder to the full version of DOOM.
• A bug is fixed whereby the music’s volume wasn’t being set correctly in some instances.
• A crash no longer occurs when a corpse is crushed into gibs by a lowering sector in some instances.
• When the m_pointer CVAR is on:
  • Adjusting the sliders in the options and sound volume menus using the mouse pointer is now more responsive.
  • The mouse pointer is now visible in the console if the player moves the mouse while it is open. Clicking anywhere below the console during a game now closes it.
• The map’s title in the automap is now gold if the player is in a secret map.
• The smoke trailing rockets when the r_rockettrails CVAR is on is now colored correctly even if a custom PLAYPAL lump is loaded.
• When loading a savegame:
  • A warning is now displayed in the console if a WAD is missing.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the number of items to be picked up in the map was wrong in some instances.
• The player now slides more smoothly against walls at certain angles.
• These changes have been made to the radiation shielding suit power-up:
  • The screen no longer briefly flashes yellow when the player picks up the power-up and the r_pickupeffect CVAR is on.
  • If the r_radsuiteffect CVAR is off:
    • The screen now briefly flashes green when the player picks up the power-up and the r_pickupeffect CVAR is on.
    • The screen now flashes green again to indicate when the power-up is about to run out.
• The screen no longer briefly flashes yellow when the player picks up a berserk power-up and the r_pickupeffect CVAR is on.
• When the player uses a controller, it now rumbles when they use their chainsaw, there’s no target, and the joy_rumble_weapons CVAR is on.