DOOM Retro v2.5.6 is now available. It may be downloaded here, and its release notes are as follows:

• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• The effects of changing the r_corpses_color CVAR are now immediate.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the player would restart the current map immediately upon death in some rare instances.
• TAB and SHIFT + TAB may now also be used in the console to autocomplete the parameters of most CCMDs and CVARs.
• When entering an alias previously created using the alias CCMD, the alias itself will now be added to the console’s input history rather than the contents of the alias.
• Minor changes have been made to some of the text in the console.
• The console’s background will now be updated if opened on the credits screen.
• Changes have been made to the status bar’s background when the r_detail CVAR is high.
• The maximum value that the s_channels CVAR can be set to is now 64.
• IWADs and PWADs can now be specified on the command-line without a .wad extension.
• The slight current enabled using the r_liquid_current CVAR will no longer be applied to liquid sectors that also have a BOOM-compatible scrolling effect.
• When using the idclip cheat, idclip will now be displayed in the console rather than idspispopd.
• A crash will no longer occur when trying to display the spectre in DOOM II’s cast sequence.

DOOM Retro v2.5.5 is now available. It may be downloaded here, and its release notes are as follows:

• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• Some stray dark pixels have been removed from the top of the super shotgun’s muzzle when firing.
• The shadows of crushed monsters are now positioned correctly. This changes the format of savegames, breaking compatibility with previous versions of DOOM Retro.
• The correct names are now shown for MAP31, MAP32 and MAP33 of DOOM II: Hell On Earth (BFG Edition).
• A bug has been fixed whereby a ceiling could move through a floor, or vice versa, in some rare instances.
• The intermission screen will no longer wrongly indicate that the player is about to enter the next map when having exited the final map.
• Cacodemons and lost souls will no longer drift upwards after being shot at.
• Monsters will no longer be pushed under the floor if shot at while being crushed by a lowering ceiling.
• Further improvements have been made to lowering the player’s view in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_lowerview CVAR is on.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the slight current enabled using the r_liquid_current CVAR wasn’t being applied to some liquid sectors.

DOOM Retro v2.5.4 is now available. It may be downloaded here, and its release notes are as follows:

• Optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• The behavior of lost souls has been restored to better resemble Vanilla DOOM.
• Wiping when transitioning between screens can now be toggled on or off using the new wipe CVAR.
• Weapon recoil is now disabled when vanilla mode is enabled.
• A bug has been fixed whereby monsters could use stairs in some instances when they shouldn’t have been able to.
• Chaingunners, arachnotrons and spider masterminds now light up more in time with their firing animations.
• A value of off can now be used for the facebackcolor CVAR and is the same as using the default value of 5.
• A bug has been fixed whereby the sky would be slightly darker than normal when the player has the light amplification visor power-up.
• When pressing the PRINTSCREEN key while the am_external CVAR is on, a screenshot of both screens will now be taken rather than two screenshots of the same screen.
• The vid_capfps, vid_scalefilter and vid_vsync CVARs will now affect the external automap when the am_external CVAR is on.
• Obituaries in the console now correctly reflect when the player or a monster is telefragged.
• Pressing CTRL + ↑/↓ can now be used as well as PGUP/PGDN to scroll the output in the console up and down.
• The r_gamma CVAR can now correctly be set to 2.0 in the console and at startup.
• When the vid_capfps CVAR is a value other than 35, rockets and plasma rifle and BFG-9000 projectiles are now slightly further away from the player when fired.
• Further improvements have been made to lowering the player’s view in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_lowerview CVAR is on.
• Reducing the health CVAR will now work correctly when playing the I’m too young to die skill level.
• If no IWAD is specified, DOOM Retro will now also check for an installation of DOOM 3: BFG Edition purchased through GOG.com.

DOOM Retro v2.5.3 is now available. It may be downloaded here, and its release notes are as follows:

• Extensive optimizations have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• The power-up bar is now displayed in the alternate widescreen HUD when the player has the berserk power-up and their fist selected, and when the IDBEHOLDx cheat is used.
• MOD and XM music lumps will now play correctly.
• Improvements have been made to lowering the player’s view in liquid sectors when the r_liquid_lowerview CVAR is on.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• A bug has been fixed whereby moving sectors could shudder when the vid_capfps CVAR was set to value other than 35 in some rare instances.
• The bottom of masked midtextures submerged in liquid will now render correctly when the r_liquid_bob CVAR is on and the vid_capfps CVAR is set to value other than 35.
• A bug has been fixed whereby some stray pixels weren’t being drawn in some rare instances.
• Pain elementals can no longer spawn lost souls behind their target when directly in front of them.
• The Hall of Mirrors indicator enabled using the r_homindicator CVAR will now work when in no clipping mode and freeze mode.