DOOM Retro v4.4.5 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 compiled using v17.1 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance of DOOM Retro.
• Crashes no longer occur in the following instances:
  • Sometimes when the player moves at the start of a map while the automap is open and the am_path CVAR is on.
  • When running DOOM Retro as a non-Steam game through Steam and a controller is connected.
  • When the player exits a map after the music has been changed using a MUSINFO lump.
  • When a map contains a linedef with an invalid special.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The diagonal pattern of the console’s background now shifts with the rest of the console as it opens and closes.
• Music can now continue to play in the background when DOOM Retro’s window loses focus by enabling the new s_musicinbackground CVAR, which is off by default.
• Further improvements have been made to the support for DOOM 4 VANILLA.
• Use of the mouse is no longer lost if the external automap is shown on another display when the am_external CVAR is on.
• Monsters spawned using the spawn CCMD now face the player.
• The intensity of the red effect when the player is injured and the r_damageeffect is on has increased to be more consistent with Vanilla DOOM.
• Dithered lighting is now applied to missing wall textures if the r_ditheredlighting CVAR is on.
• The gold effect when the player picks up an item now appears correctly in Chex Quest, Freedoom, HacX: Twitch ’n Kill and REKKR.
• DOOM Retro now recognizes the presence of allowmonstertelefrags in MAPINFO lumps.

DOOM Retro v4.4.4 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:

• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance of DOOM Retro.
• Controllers connected after DOOM Retro has started are now recognized again.
• A bug is fixed whereby the wrong message was displayed when the player picked up ammo in some instances.
• If the player runs out of shells while firing their shotgun, they will now automatically equip their shotgun again rather than their super shotgun when later picking up more shells.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of DEHACKED lumps.
• The widescreen HUD is now positioned slightly higher.
• The following changes have been made when the r_textures CVAR is off and the r_translucency CVAR is on:
  • The muzzle flash of the player’s weapon is now translucent.
  • The player’s weapon is now translucent when they have a partial invisibility power-up.

DOOM Retro v4.4.3 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:

• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance of DOOM Retro.
• Crashes no longer occur in the following instances:
  • When loading two or more PWADs without an IWAD using the WAD launcher.
  • When loading a PWAD containing a PNG lump.
  • When sometimes enabling widescreen during a game by pressing the + key.
• MIDI music will now actually pause rather than just be muted when DOOM Retro’s window loses focus or the PAUSE key is pressed.
• Further improvements have been made to the support for controllers:
  • The LEDs on PS4 DualShock 4 and PS5 DualSense controllers now change back to blue when quitting DOOM Retro.
  • Left thumbsticks are now bound to the +alwaysrun action by default.
  • The paddles on Xbox Elite controllers can now be bound to an action by using paddle1 to paddle4 with the bind CCMD.
  • The touchpad on PS4 DualShock 4 and PS5 DualSense controllers can now be bound to an action by using touchpad with the bind CCMD.
  • The Xbox Series X controller’s share button, the PS5 DualSense controller’s microphone button and the Nintendo Switch pro controller’s capture button can now be bound to an action by using misc1 with the bind CCMD.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of MBF21-compatible WADs.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Fade transitions are no longer applied if the console is open and the fade CVAR is on.
• The player’s teleport fog is now positioned correctly when using the teleport CCMD.
• The armortype CVAR is now set to none if the armor CVAR is set to 0 in the console.
• The player’s health, armor or ammo will now always flash in the widescreen HUD if changed using the health, armor or ammo CVARs in the console.
• Removing a behavior originally implemented in MBF, monsters no longer back away from the player if they get too close with their fists or chainsaw equipped.

DOOM Retro v4.4.2 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 compiled using v17.0.5 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.0.20.
• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• A crash no longer occurs if the player makes a typo while entering a filename in the WAD launcher.
• Improvements have been made to the support of MBF21-compatible maps and mods.
• Improvements have been made to the playback of MIDI music.
• Lowering the music’s volume in the menu and console may now be disabled using the new s_lowermenumusic CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
• Extensive improvements have been made to the support for controllers:
  • Rumble now works again for those controllers that support it.
  • The LEDs on PS4 DualShock 4 and PS5 DualSense controllers now turn red when connected.
  • The gp_vibrate_barrels, gp_vibrate_damage and gp_vibrate_weapons CVARs have been renamed joy_rumble_barrels, joy_rumble_damage and joy_rumble_weapons.
  • All other CVARs that start with gp_ now start with joy_.
  • The gamepad1 to gamepad4 parameters used by the bind CCMD have been renamed button1 to button4.
• Several minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Minor improvements have been made to the console’s autocomplete feature.
• A crash no longer occurs when ending a game from the options menu.
• The screen size is now always correct if changed from the options menu while no game is being played.
• The following improvements have been made to the support of REKKR and REKKR: Sunken Land:
  • Blood splats now appear around corpses spawned at the start of a map when the r_corpses_moreblood CVAR is on.
  • The souls of former humans are now translucent when the r_translucency CVAR is on.
• The corpses of monsters now always fall when close to an edge.
• The shadows of MBF-compatible helper dogs are now positioned correctly.
• When the player is injured, their health now flashes in the widescreen HUD.