DOOM Retro v5.7.1 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 v17.14.7 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• A bug is fixed whereby pressing SPACE to accelerate the intermission screen wouldn’t always work.
• Brightmaps specified using a BRGHTMPS lump in a PWAD now combine with the default brightmaps, rather than replace them.
• Displaying messages in the alternate font when the alternate HUD is displayed can now be toggled off using the new r_althudfont CVAR, which is on by default.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Minor improvements have been made to text autocompleted in the console by pressing the TAB key.
• A bug is fixed whereby monsters could telefrag other monsters.
• Automatically switching your weapon when picking up a new one or better ammo can now be toggled off using the new autoswitch CVAR, which is on by default and when vanilla mode is enabled.
• Controls can now be bound to the +fists, +chainsaw, +pistol, +shotgun, +supershotgun, +chaingun, +rocketlauncher, +plasmarifle and +bfg9000 actions using the bind CCMD in the console.
• Improvements have been made to when the mouse wheel is bound to an action other than +nextweapon or +prevweapon.
• A bug is fixed whereby the CREDITS lump wouldn’t be displayed during the title sequence of DOOM II.
• The player can now pick up more than one of the same type of key card or skull key.
• Randomness is no longer applied to the angle of non-shootable things.
• The DRHUDKEY and DRHUDSKU are now positioned better in the alternate widescreen HUD if replaced in a PWAD.
• Performance has improved slightly when the vid_capfps CVAR is 35.

DOOM Retro v5.7 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 v17.14.5 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.32.8, SDL_mixer v2.8.1 and SDL_image v2.8.8.
• Several changes 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.
• Very long player messages now wrap to a second line when the vid_widescreen CVAR is on.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of Back To Saturn X E1: Get Out Of My Stations and Back To Saturn X E2: Tower In The Fountain Of Sparks.
• John Romero’s SIGIL II will now autoload correctly if named SIGIL2.WAD and placed in the autoload folder.
• Additional PWADs will now autoload alongside SIGIL, SIGIL II and No Rest For The Living by placing them in the relevant autoload subfolder.
• A crash no longer occurs at startup if -autoload or -autoloaddir is used on the command-line.
• The savegames subfolder of Freedoom: Phase 1 has been renamed from freedoom to freedoom1.
• Per-column lighting is now cast on sprites using the new r_percolumnlighting CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
• A bug is fixed whereby pressing SPACE to accelerate the intermission screen wouldn’t always work.
• Blood splats no longer spawn when lost souls are killed using the kill CCMD.
• These changes have been made to the support of DEHACKED lumps:
  • The MBF-compatible codepointer A_LineEffect now works correctly with non-repeatable line specials.
  • The MBF21-compatible codepointer A_RadiusDamage now always inflicts damage as intended.
  • Weapons that use the MBF21-compatible codepointers A_Weapon­Projectile, A_Weapon­BulletAttack and A_WeaponMeleeAttack now recoil if fired when the weaponrecoil CVAR is on.
  • A bug is fixed whereby things spawned using the MBF21-compatible codepointer A_Spawn­Object couldn’t be made translucent.
  • Retro bits = MOREBLOOD can now be used to spawn blood splats around a thing with a custom sprite at the start of a map when the r_corpses_moreblood CVAR is on.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the last line of DEHACKED lumps wasn’t being parsed.
• These changes have been made to ID24 compatibility:
  • Flats can now be offset and rotated using line specials 2,048 to 2,056.
  • Music can now be changed using line specials 2,057 to 2,068 and 2,087 to 2,098.
  • The player’s inventory can now be reset when exiting a map using line specials 2,069 to 2,074.
  • Colormaps can now be applied to individual sectors using line specials 2,075 to 2,081.
  • These changes have been made to the support for the SKYDEFS lump:
    • Skies can now be scaled using scalex.
    • The inverted screen effect is now always applied to the sky when the player has an invulnerability power-up.
    • Fire skies defined using this lump now aren’t rendered when vanilla mode is enabled.
    • Skies can now be specified using flatmapping. This fixes the sky in the hole the player falls into at the end of MAP20 in DOOM II.
• The IDMUS cheat can now be used in the console when not playing a game.
• Cheats now become redacted when entered in the console before pressing ENTER.
• A crash no longer occurs when using the mapstats CCMD in the console in some rare instances.
• A bug is fixed whereby the console would open when using the mouse pointer to adjust sliders in the options menu.
• The vid_widescreen CVAR no longer resets to off at startup if -warp is used on the command-line.
• A bug is fixed whereby all shootable things, and not just monsters, would be hidden when using the nomonsters CCMD or if -nomonsters was used on the command-line.
• The mouse wheel can now be bound to actions other than +nextweapon and +prevweapon using the wheelup and wheeldown controls with the bind CCMD in the console.
• A bug is fixed whereby the +prevweapon action wouldn’t work if bound to a key.
• These changes have been made to the support for Final DOOM: The Plutonia Experiment and TNT - Evilution:
  • Custom map names now always display correctly when playing a PWAD.
  • PWADs placed in the autoload folder are now always automatically loaded.
• These changes have been made to BOOM compatibility:
  • Brightmaps specified using a BRGHTMPS lump no longer remove the translucency of translucent wall textures.
  • Sky textures specified using an ANIMATED lump now animate.
  • The offsets of scrolling floor and ceiling textures are now remembered in savegames.
  • The correct player message is now always displayed when trying to open a generalized locked door.
  • Improvements have been made to the colors used in the WATERMAP lump.
• A bug is fixed whereby the sky wouldn’t render correctly in some rare instances when the weaponrecoil CVAR was turned on in the console.
• The support for Direct 3D 11 has been removed. The vid_scaleapi CVAR can no longer be set to direct3d9 or direct3d11, but direct3d instead.
• The positioning of tall skies has improved in some instances when the freelook CVAR is off.
• Improvements have been made to fixing the offsets of sprites when the r_fix­sprite­offsets CVAR is on.
• Playing sound effects in full as things are removed from a map can now be disabled using the new s_fullsfx CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
• The volume of MP3 and Ogg Vorbis music lumps has increased slightly.
• The player’s controller now rumbles when they land after a fall using the new joy_rumble_fall CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
• The vid_showfps CVAR no longer resets to off at startup.
• A bug is fixed whereby the play CCMD wouldn’t play music lumps in some instances.

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.

DOOM Retro v5.6 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 v17.12.3 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.30.10.
• Several changes 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.
• Minor improvements have been made to text autocompleted in the console by pressing the TAB key.
• A bug is fixed whereby textures wouldn’t load from a PWAD in some rare instances.
• These changes have been made when a PWAD is loaded that has a custom character set:
  • The message displayed when the player finds a secret is now gold if the secretmessages CVAR is on.
  • The message displayed when using the IDCLEV cheat or map CCMD to warp to a secret map is now gold.
  • The title in the automap is now gold if the map is a secret map.
  • The title in the automap now has a drop shadow.
• A bug is fixed whereby the screen wasn’t being immediately updated after changing the r_hud CVAR in the console.
• The health of the player when they are dead if the negativehealth CVAR is on no longer affects voodoo dolls.
• Extensive improvements have been made to the support of Legacy Of Rust:
  • Partial support has been introduced for the new ID24 specification so that:
    • The sky in some maps is now on fire.
    • An animated intermission screen is now displayed when finishing a map.
    • Maps are now denoted as “ExMy” rather than “MAPxx” in the automap.
  • Stats for killing banshees, ghouls, mindweavers, shocktroopers, tyrants and vassagos, for picking up fuel, and for firing the incinerator and calamity blade, are now all displayed by the playerstats CCMD.
  • A fuel can icon now appears in the widescreen HUD when the player has their incinerator or calamity blade equipped.
  • Fire from the player’s incinerator and calamity blade is now randomly mirrored and translucent.
  • DOOM Retro’s higher resolution status bar is now displayed, with “FUEL” replacing “CELL”, rather than the STBAR lump in ID1.WAD.
  • The help screen has been updated to include the incinerator and calamity blade.
  • The positions of shadows cast by some monsters have improved.
  • The new monsters no longer bob up and down when in a liquid sector.
  • Adaptive translucency is now applied to projectiles fired by ghouls when the r_sprites_translucency CVAR is on.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the calamity blade was inflicting too much damage.
• A bug is fixed whereby Andrew Hulshult’s IDKFA soundtrack wasn’t being played in some maps when extras.wad was autoloaded.
• The volume of MP3 and Ogg Vorbis music lumps has increased slightly.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of Master Levels, SIGIL, Chex Quest, Chex Quest 2, Ancient Aliens and Back To Saturn X E2: Tower In The Fountain Of Sparks.
• These changes have been made to the support of MAPINFO lumps:
  • The order in which multiple MAPINFO lumps are loaded is now correct.
  • EPISODE is now parsed in more instances.
  • Up to 10 episodes can now be specified using EPISODE and will display correctly in the episode menu.
• These changes have been made to the support of DEHACKED lumps:
  • A bug is fixed whereby a line wouldn’t be parsed in some instances if the previous line was blank.
  • If the fists or chainsaw are replaced using WEAPON, that weapon can now consume ammo.
  • Blood splats are no longer spawned if the states of blood have been changed.
• The fake contrast applied to walls at different angles is now more varied.
• A bug is fixed whereby the player’s aim was slightly lower when the freelook CVAR was on and the r_screensize CVAR was 8.
• These changes have been made to the alternate widescreen HUD:
  • The weapon silhouette now accurately reflects the pickup sprite for each weapon.
  • Certain elements have now either shifted position, increased in size and/or cast a slight shadow.
  • The health bar no longer flashes white while it is red and the player picks up some health.
• Pressing the PRINTSCREEN key no longer advances the finale.
• The mouse wheel can no longer be used to advance DOOM II’s cast sequence.
• The amount of ammo the player has is no longer momentarily translucent in the widescreen HUD at the start of each map if the animatedstats CVAR is on.
• These changes have been made to the help screen:
  • A bug is fixed whereby the help screen wouldn’t be fully displayed when the vid_widescreen CVAR was off.
  • The TITLEPIC lump is now always used as the help screen’s background when not playing a game.
  • The help screen now displays better in some PWADs that have custom PLAYPAL lumps.
• Using the mouse pointer to move the scroll bar in the console is now more responsive when the m_pointer CVAR is on.
• Drop shadows are now always displayed correctly for all elements on the intermission screen.
• A bug is fixed whereby the wrong INTERPIC lump would be displayed in some instances.
• The vid_widescreen CVAR no longer resets to off at startup if -nosplash is used on the command-line.
• A bug is fixed whereby the z-coordinates of things bobbing in liquid sectors were altered upon loading a savegame when the r_liquid_bob CVAR was on.
• Very short sprites are no longer clipped in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_clipsprites CVAR is on.
• These changes have been made to the automap:
  • Aspect ratio correction is now applied. This feature can be toggled off using the new am_correctaspectratio CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
  • In the original DOOM, if the player moved around while the automap was open, walls seen by the player for the first time weren’t mapped. This behavior can now be restored by disabling the new am_dynamic CVAR, which is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
  • The automap now displays correctly when zooming out in very large maps.
  • The grid now always covers the entire screen when the am_rotatemode CVAR is on.
  • A bug is fixed whereby the player’s path would stop being drawn after the player teleported and the am_rotatemode CVAR was off.
  • A bug is also fixed whereby the player’s path would display incorrectly at the start of a map in some instances.
• The fuzz effect from spectres and the partial invisibility power-up now:
  • Doesn’t cause the status bar to bleed into the player’s view while the console is open.
  • Freezes along with everything else when freeze mode is enabled.
• Flying monsters no longer nudge corpses beneath them when the r_corpses_nudge CVAR is on.
• Scrolling textures are now smoother when the vid_capfps CVAR is a value other than 35.
• The interpolation of moving floors and ceilings is now smoother in some instances when the vid_capfps CVAR is a value other than 35.
• Semi-colons are now parsed correctly when using the alias CCMD in the console.
• All actions can now be bound to a second key using the bind CCMD in the console.
• If the key bound to the +followmode action is bound to another action, pressing that key now works outside of the automap.
• Maps that use BOOM’s WATERMAP lump are now supported.
• A bug is fixed whereby the next map wouldn’t load after displaying a text screen during intermission in some rare instances.
• The episode CVAR is now reset to its default if the WAD loaded in the launcher is different than last time.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support for MBF21-compatible WADs.
• A bug is fixed whereby Wolfenstein SS were replaced by zombiemen at the start of each map in some rare instances.
• The behavior of lost souls spawned by pain elementals is now consistent with the original DOOM II.
• The drop shadows of menu items displayed using a DBIGFONT lump no longer overlap.
• Torched trees no longer bob when in liquid sectors.
• The player and monsters now traverse liquid sectors at different heights better.