DOOM Retro v3.5.8 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.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• When both the automap and menu are open, the grid will now still rotate in the background if the am_rotatemode CVAR is off.
• The menu background will no longer be affected if the r_detail CVAR is low and the r_lowpixelsize CVAR is not 2×2.
• The player’s path in the automap is no longer reset when vanilla mode is enabled and the am_path CVAR is on.
• The timer shown when the timer CCMD is used is no longer displayed while vanilla mode is enabled.
• Only one sound is now heard when confirming the selection of the Nightmare! skill level.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the “entering” intermission screen would be displayed when exiting MAP30 in some instances.
• When to update the savegame description while saving a game has now been improved.
• Improvements have been made to the left and right edges of the console when it’s open over the automap.
• Minor improvements have been made to the widescreen HUD when god mode is enabled.
• When the player tries to open a BOOM-compatible door that requires more than one (or any) keycard or skull key that they don’t have, all of those keys will now flash in the widescreen HUD.
• The gamepad can now be used again to change monsters during DOOM II’s cast sequence.
• The 2, 3 and 4 digits used for marks in the automap are now consistent with those displayed in the console.
• All function keys may now be used while the console is open.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the widescreen HUD would momentarily disappear when pressing the F8 key to toggle player messages.

DOOM Retro v3.5.7 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.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Things spawned using the spawn CCMD are now given an ID that is displayed by the thinglist CCMD.
• The mouse and gamepad can now be used to open the menu from the title screen again.
• A bug has been fixed whereby an incomplete MAPINFO lump in a PWAD could cause a crash.
• The names of the monsters displayed during DOOM II’s cast sequence can now be specified in DEHACKED lumps.
• The player’s weapon can no longer be changed while freeze mode is on.
• The horizontal offset of the player’s weapon sprite will no longer be fixed when the r_fixspriteoffsets CVAR is off.
• The effects of both the r_graduallighting and weaponbounce CVARs are now better remembered in savegames.
• Screenshots may now be taken again while playing a game and the +screenshot action has been bound to something other than the PRINTSCREEN key.
• When a PWAD is loaded with Freedoom: Phase 1 or Freedoom: Phase 2, if a STBAR lump is present in that PWAD, it will now be used.
• Fixing a bug present in Vanilla DOOM, monsters will now always be alerted if attacked during the second frame of their idle animation.

DOOM Retro v3.5.6 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.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The name of the PWAD is no longer displayed in the automap if the current map has no title.
• Several improvements have been made to the support of Chex Quest, Freedoom: Phase 1 and Freedoom: Phase 2.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the wrong music could be played in some rare instances.
• The randomness of the music chosen when the s_randommusic CVAR is on has been improved.
• A new license CCMD has been implemented that displays the GNU General Public License in the default browser.
• A message is now displayed in the console whenever an item or monster respawns.
• A new r_supersampling CVAR has been implemented that applies supersampling to the player’s view when the r_detail CVAR is low and the r_lowpixelsize CVAR is 2×2. This CVAR is on by default and off when vanilla mode is on.
• Corpses can now trigger teleporter line specials.
• When using the kill CCMD, the items dropped by monsters will no longer trigger teleporter line specials.
• A bug has been fixed whereby some hanging decorations would be positioned incorrectly in some instances.
• Those monsters that don’t have red blood will no longer leave gibs if crushed.
• Blood will no longer be spawned while a monster is being crushed and the r_blood CVAR is none.
• A bug has been fixed whereby certain power-ups wouldn’t stop moving once off the edge of a BOOM-compatible scrolling sector and the r_floatbob CVAR was on.
• Improvements have been made to how gradual lighting is applied to doors and crushing ceilings when the r_graduallighting CVAR is on.
• The STEP2 texture now appears correctly in MAP01: Entryway again.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of DEHACKED lumps.
• The sky will now be rendered correctly when the r_screensize CVAR is less than 7.
• Screenshots may now only be taken when not playing a game if the +screenshot action is still bound to the PRINTSCREEN key.

DOOM Retro v3.5.5 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.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The music volume is now lower while either the menu or console is open.
• The following changes have been made to the menu’s background:
  • The random noise is now slightly slower.
  • Liquid sectors now still animate in the background when the menu is open.
• The following changes have been made to the widescreen HUD:
  • Health, armor and ammo now flash gold rather than white when they change.
  • Keycards and skull keys that the player picks up are now slightly higher.
• Brightmaps are no longer applied to the SLADRIP1, SLADRIP2 and SLADRIP3 textures when the r_brightmaps CVAR is on.
• The timer displayed by the timer CCMD will now be positioned lower if the vid_showfps CVAR is on.
• More fixes have been applied to certain maps in the official DOOM and DOOM II WADs when the r_fixmaperrors CVAR is on.
• The mapstats CCMD now displays the release date for maps in the official DOOM and DOOM II WADs.
• The translucency of item and teleport fogs is no longer additive when the r_translucency CVAR is on.
• Due to a change in the latest patch of the Bethesda.net Launcher version of DOOM II, MAP04 to MAP08 in No Rest For The Living now use the SKY3 texture as their skies.