DOOM Retro v5.6.2 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 is now built using v17.12.4 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• Changes have been made to further improve the overall stability of DOOM Retro.
• A bug is fixed whereby a sprite’s shadow would be positioned incorrectly in some rare instances when the r_shadows CVAR was on.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of Back To Saturn X E2: Tower In The Fountain Of Sparks and Smooth DOOM MBF21.
• The save CCMD now always works as intended.
• The r_detail and r_lowpixelsize CVARs no longer affect the appearance of the menu’s background.
• A bug is fixed whereby colored blood would turn red after opening and closing the menu.
• Further improvements have been made to the clipping of sprites in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_clipsprites CVAR is on.
• The vertical offsets of the sprites of cacodemons, lost souls and pain elementals have improved when the r_fixspriteoffsets CVAR is on.
• Minor improvements have been made to the fuzz effect applied to spectres.
• The vid_scaleapi CVAR is now back to direct3d9 by default.
• These changes have been made to the support of DEHACKED lumps:
  • Retro bits = CRUSHABLE now works as intended.
  • The Hit points of decorative corpses have been changed from 0 back to 1000 by default.
• A bug is fixed whereby monsters wouldn’t be alerted to the player firing their weapon in some rare instances.

DOOM Retro v5.6.1 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 now uses SDL v2.30.11 and SDL_image v2.8.4.
• Changes have been made to further improve the overall stability of DOOM Retro.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• An error is no longer displayed when trying to load the BFG Edition of DOOM II: Hell On Earth.
• Weapons that use the MBF21-compatible A_ConsumeAmmo code pointer no longer consume ammo when fired if infinite ammo is enabled using the infiniteammo CCMD.
• Animated skies defined using the ID24-compatible SKYDEFS lump are now fully supported.
• Improvements have been made to the clipping of sprites in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_clipsprites CVAR is on.
• The correct INTERPIC lump is now always displayed when playing a PWAD for Final DOOM: The Plutonia Experiment or TNT - Evilution.
• A soft lock no longer occurs in MAP05: The Waste Tunnels when playing v1.666 of DOOM2.WAD and the r_fixmaperrors CVAR is on.