DOOM Retro v5.0.4 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:

• These changes have been made when gibbing a corpse and the r_corpses_gib CVAR is on:
  • Gibbing already gibbed corpses now always works as intended.
  • Certain gibbed corpses spawned at the start of the map can now be gibbed further.
  • Obituaries are no longer displayed in the console for when a corpse is gibbed.
  • Gibbed corpses are now only randomly mirrored if the r_corpses_mirrored CVAR is also on.
• The intermission and finale screens now pause if DOOM Retro’s window loses focus.
• The player no longer continues to move across the map if moving when the automap is opened and the am_followmode CVAR is off.
• A bug is fixed whereby the amount of cells the player had would be brighter than usual in the widescreen HUD when their BFG-9000 was equipped.
• The player’s view is no longer affected when walking over certain linedefs in liquid sectors and the r_liquid_lowerview CVAR is on.
• Buckethead’s music is now heard when playing SIGIL if SIGIL_SHREDS.WAD happens to be loaded before SIGIL.WAD at startup.
• Obituaries displayed in the console when the player explodes a barrel using their BFG-9000 are now always correct.

DOOM Retro v5.0.3 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:

• Further improvements have been made when toggling widescreen using the + and – keys while the menu is open.
• Minor improvements have been made to the help screen shown when pressing the F1 key.
• A crash no longer occurs when moving the mouse while the help screen is open.
• A bug is fixed whereby some elements in the menu would only cast their shadow on the left side of the screen in some instances.
• A warning is now displayed in the console if a savegame couldn’t be deleted in the save or load game menus when pressing the DEL key.

DOOM Retro v5.0.2 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.
• The values of all CVARs that have been changed from their defaults are now highlighted when entering the cvarlist CCMD in the console.
• Pressing the ENTER key now closes the console if nothing has been typed in.
• These changes have been made to voodoo dolls:
  • They now move at the correct speed when on very slow scrolling floors.
  • The angle they face no longer changes once they teleport.
• A bug is fixed whereby the BFG-9000’s secondary projectiles would fire off in the wrong direction in some instances.
• The english CVAR now uses a value of british rather than international.
• Several improvements have been made to translating certain words when the english CVAR is british.
• Gibbed corpses now gib even more when reacting to further splash damage if the r_corpses_gib CVAR is on.
• The vertical position of an arch-vile’s shadow when the r_shadows CVAR is on has improved.
• A crash no longer occurs when pressing certain keys while the help screen is open.
• The player’s health, armor and ammo in the alternate widescreen HUD will now quickly count up from zero when entering a map if the animatedstats CVAR is on.
• A bug is fixed whereby the melee attack of monsters specified in DEHACKED lumps wouldn’t work if they used thing types 150 to 249.
• The vertical positions of the text on the intermission screen have improved.
• The vertical positions of the monsters’ shadows in DOOM II’s cast sequence have improved when the r_shadows CVAR is on.