DOOM Retro v5.4

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.9.6 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.30.3.
• Minor changes have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• Several changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• A slightly brighter color is now chosen for the surrounding pillarboxes when displaying certain lumps from PWADs that are only 320 pixels wide and the vid_widescreen CVAR is on.
• A bug is fixed whereby grouping wasn’t being applied to the previous player message when displayed by pressing the ENTER key if both the messages and groupmessages CVARs were on.
• Minor improvements have been made to certain animations on the intermission screen.
• The status bar now shows when the player has picked up both a keycard and a skull key of the same color by introducing support for BOOM’s STKEYS6, STKEYS7 and STKEYS8 lumps.
• Improvements have been made to drawing thing triangles in the automap when the IDDT cheat has been entered.
• The underscores of the message displayed when the IDBEHOLD cheat has been entered now always line up.
• The shadow cast by the status bar in the automap is now low detail when the r_detail CVAR is low.
• The color of the player stats shown in the automap when the am_playerstats CVAR is on can now be changed using the new am_playerstatscolor CVAR, which is 4 by default.
• These changes have been made to the support of MAPINFO lumps:
  • Scrolling skies are now supported if a value is specified with SKY1.
  • ALLOWMONSTERTELEFRAGS = 0 now works on all maps.
  • A bug is fixed whereby map names wouldn’t be used in some instances.
• Minor improvements have been made to the parsing of DEHACKED lumps.
• The status bar and widescreen HUD are now always correctly updated when the give or take CCMDs are used to give or take keycards and skull keys to or from the player. The order in which they are given has also improved.
• The DSSAWUP sound effect is no longer heard in its entirety when the player equips their chainsaw.
• If a sound effect lump in a PWAD is 0 bytes in size, now rather than playing the IWAD’s lump it replaces, nothing is played.
• Explosions now cast shadows if the r_shadows CVAR is on.
• These changes have been made to intermission text screens:
  • A sound effect is now played when a key is pressed to advance the text.
  • A crash no longer occurs if the text is too long.
• The F1 key no longer interrupts the splash screen if pressed.
• The console can no longer be opened while a menu confirmation message is displayed.
• Further improvements have been made to the position of player messages in some instances.
• These changes have been made to the load and save game menus:
  • If any STCFNxxx lumps are present in a PWAD, the savegame descriptions are now correctly positioned vertically.
  • The correct savegame description is now always displayed in the confirmation message when pressing DEL to delete a savegame.
• The mouselook CVAR and the +mouselook action have been renamed freelook and +freelook.
• These changes have been made when using the resetall CCMD:
  • A bug is fixed whereby certain actions bound to a mouse button weren’t being reset.
  • The automap no longer closes if it was open.
• A bug is fixed whereby the sky wouldn’t be stretched if the +freelook action was bound to a button on a controller.
• The text in the console has been brought in slightly from the left and right edges of the screen when the vid_widescreen CVAR is on, and even more so on ultra-wide displays.
• Improvements have been made to the position of some elements of the alternate widescreen HUD.
• The game may now be ended during intermission by either using the endgame CCMD in the console or selecting “End Game” in the options menu.
• The number of keycards and skull keys the player picks up is now displayed by the playerstats CCMD.
• The translucency of the trail of smoke behind rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons can now be toggled separately from other sprites by using the new r_rockettrails_translucency CVAR. This CVAR is on by default and off when vanilla mode is enabled.
• The dead marine at the very start of E1M1: Hangar is now always green again when the r_corpses_color CVAR is on.
• Boss actions now occur when using the kill CCMD in the console.
• Improvements have been made to displaying the disk icon when the r_diskicon CVAR is on.
• Improvements have been made to the contents of files created using the condump CCMD.
• Liquid sectors are now rendered correctly when their floor height is in line with the player’s view height and the r_liquid_bob CVAR is on.
• The help CCMD has been renamed wiki.
• Player messages no longer cast shadows when vanilla mode is enabled.
• An infinite amount of ammo for all of the player’s weapons can now be enabled by using the new infiniteammo CCMD.

DOOM Retro v5.3

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.9.2 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.30.0 and SDL_mixer v2.8.0.
• Changes have been made to DOOM Retro’s splash screen.
• Several changes have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• Support has been added for maps with compressed, extended nodes.
• A warning is now displayed in the console at startup if a lump in a PWAD is an unsupported PNG image, since trying to display it would cause DOOM Retro to crash.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Improvements have been made when the player moves using a controller.
• A bug is fixed whereby corpses weren’t being nudged whenever the player or a monster walked over them and the r_corpses_nudge CVAR was on.
• The blood splats spawned around a corpse at the start of each map when the r_corpses_moreblood CVAR is on are no longer spawned outside of the map if the corpse happens to be too close to a wall.
• These changes have been made when entering the IDCLEV cheat:
  • If it is used to restart the current map, the player message displayed is now always correct.
  • If invalid parameters are entered, such as if IDCLEV01 is entered while playing DOOM instead of DOOM II, the player no longer equips their fists because the 1 key was pressed.
• The IDMUS cheat now works as intended.
• The thing triangles of spectres in the automap are now translucent when the IDDT cheat has been entered.
• Improvements have been made to parsing custom monster names in DEHACKED lumps.
• These changes have been made to the support of MAPINFO lumps:
  • BOSSACTION now always works as intended.
  • NEXT and SECRETNEXT now always work as intended.
  • Custom episodes greater than episode 4 now work as intended when playing DOOM.
  • A crash no longer occurs during the finale when playing DOOM II and ENDGAME = TRUE is present.
• If the music lumps D_E4M1 to D_E4M9 are found in a PWAD, they are now heard when playing maps in episode 4 of DOOM.
• These changes have been made to the weapon silhouettes in the alternate widescreen HUD:
  • The DRHUDWP0 lump can now be changed in a PWAD to display a weapon silhouette when the player has their fists equipped.
  • If any of the player weapon sprites have changed in a PWAD, the weapon silhouettes can now be displayed if the DRHUDWP0 to DRHUDWP8 lumps are also changed.
• Several improvements have been made to the position, translucency and truncation of player messages and the current map’s title in the automap.
• When playing DOOM (Shareware), files no longer attempt to autoload from the autoload folder during startup.
• A bug is fixed whereby the presence of SIGIL_SHREDS.WAD in the autoload folder would cause a crash in some instances.
• Restoring a lesser known feature from the original DOOM, pressing the ENTER key now displays the previous player message if the messages CVAR is on. Also, pressing the ENTER key while a player message is displayed will now hide that message.
• Further improvements have been made to the support of Freedoom: Phase 1 and Freedoom: Phase 2.
• Solid walls now always clip correctly against the left and top edges of the automap.
• The puffs of smoke that trail behind rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons when the r_rockettrails CVAR is on are now randomly mirrored.
• The spawn CCMD no longer spawns something if the ceiling in front of the player is too low.
• The stairs in MAP30: Last Call of Final DOOM: TNT - Evilution now rise up to their correct heights.
• A bug is fixed whereby the player’s view angle would be slightly off after they teleported.
• Both the player and monsters can no longer move under corpses hanging from the ceiling if the infiniteheight CVAR is on.
• The number of power-ups the player picks up is now displayed by the playerstats CCMD.
• The use of DEHACKED and MAPINFO lumps is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
• A bug is fixed whereby the screen would glitch slightly as the player exited a map if the vid_scale_api CVAR was direct3d11.
• The vid_scale_api CVAR is now direct3d9 by default.
• Minor improvements have been made to the position and translucency of several elements on the intermission screen.
• The total amount of time played is now displayed in the console each time the player exits a map.
• The amount the screen shakes when the player receives damage has been reduced if the r_shake_damage CVAR is greater than 0%.
• These changes have been made when using the kill CCMD in the console:
  • The distance a monster slides upon their death, and the amount of blood splats that are spawned, are now consistent regardless of the size of the monster.
  • Friendly monsters no longer affect the total number of monsters killed in the current map.
  • A bug is fixed whereby invalid obituaries would be displayed in some instances.
• Entering explode barrels in the console now works as intended.
• Entering explode missiles in the console now also explodes any projectiles that the player has fired.

DOOM Retro v5.2.1

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.8.4 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses Direct3D 11 by default rather than Direct3D 9 to scale every frame on the screen, resulting in a considerable boost in performance. The vid_scaleapi CVAR can now be direct3d9, direct3d11, opengl or software.
• IT, S3M, XM and MOD music lumps now play again.
• These changes have been made in the automap:
  • The player’s path is now drawn correctly if the am_path CVAR is on and they have just teleported.
  • A controller’s left and right shoulder buttons can now be held down to zoom in and out.
  • The subtle shadow cast by the status bar is now only visible when the am_backcolor CVAR is its default of 0.
  • Minor improvements have been made to drawing marks added by pressing the M key.
• The con_obituaries CVAR has been renamed to just obituaries.
• When the r_rockettrails CVAR is on:
  • A bug is fixed whereby no smoke was trailing behind rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons.
  • Smoke trailing behind rockets fired by cyberdemons won’t be spawned if certain states or sprites have been changed in a DEHACKED lump.
• A sound effect is now played when using a control that has been bound to the toggle CCMD.

DOOM Retro v5.2

• DOOM Retro now uses SDL_image v2.8.2.
• Minor 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.
• If the player dies, their obituary is now displayed in the console in red when the con_obituaries CVAR is on, and also as a player message when the messages CVAR is on.
• A bug is fixed whereby Buckethead’s music wouldn’t be autoloaded when SIGIL_SHREDS.WAD was present.
• The z-coordinate displayed by the IDMYPOS cheat is now correct when the automap is open and the am_followmode CVAR is off.
• These improvements have been made to the support for John Romero’s SIGIL II:
  • A warning is now displayed in the console when attempting to load SIGIL II extracted from the official DOOM port. Please download SIGIL II from here instead.
  • Par times are now displayed on the intermission screen.
  • The correct intermission music is now played when both SIGIL and SIGIL II are loaded.
  • The IDMUS cheat can now be used to change to SIGIL II’s music if it is available.
• Right-clicking the mouse in the menu now hides the mouse pointer if the m_pointer CVAR is on.
• Minor improvements have been made to the help screen opened by pressing the F1 key.
• A bug is fixed whereby the width of monsters was being miscalculated in some rare instances, which in turn could cause nearby line specials not to trigger as intended.
• These improvements have been made to the parsing of DEHACKED lumps:
  • All things declared now have their sprites clipped in liquid sectors if the r_liquid_clipsprites CVAR is on.
  • All monsters declared now cast a shadow if the r_shadows CVAR is on.
  • If a name is specified in parentheses when declaring a thing, it is now used in obituaries when the con_obituaries CVAR is on.
  • The smoke that trails rockets fired by cyberdemons when the r_rockettrails CVAR is on is no longer spawned if certain states or sprites have been changed.
• The mapstats CCMD now correctly indicates if a map is BOOM, MBF or MBF21 compatible.
• Improvements have been made to the console’s background.
• If map titles are obtained from a MAPINFO lump:
  • The maplist CCMD now lists them correctly.
  • When exiting a map and the autosave CVAR is on, the description of the current savegame is now updated with the title of the next map.
• The .wad file extension no longer needs to be included when using the -iwad or -file command-line parameters.
• The weapon CVAR can no longer be changed while the player is dead.
• Helper dogs spawned using the spawn CCMD in the console are now friendly by default. Use spawn unfriendly dog to spawn a dog that will attack the player.
• The player may now use the term unfriendly to refer to monsters that will attack the player when entering the kill, name, resurrect and spawn CCMDs in the console.
• Using the kill CCMD with a value specifying a type of monster no longer thrusts those monsters away from the player.
• A bug is fixed whereby midtextures weren’t being clipped in some rare instances.
• The thinglist CCMD now displays the angle and flags of every thing in the current map.
• Opening the console while entering a savegame description in the save game menu now works correctly.
• When deleting a savegame in the save or load game menus using the DEL key, the closest remaining savegame in the menu is now selected.
• A crash no longer occurs if a map’s title needs to be truncated in the automap.

DOOM Retro v5.1.3

• DOOM Retro now uses SDL_image v2.8.1.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The MD5 hash value of the current map’s WAD is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
• Further improvements have been made to the parsing of bossaction in MAPINFO lumps.
• A bug is fixed whereby selecting an episode in the menu wouldn’t change the episode CVAR in some instances.
• SIGIL is now still automatically loaded if found and SIGIL II is manually loaded.
• Improvements have been made to recognizing the SIGIL and SIGIL II WAD files if they have been renamed.

DOOM Retro v5.1.2

• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• These improvements have been made to the support for John Romero’s SIGIL II:
  • “SIGIL” can no longer be selected in the episode menu if SIGIL isn’t loaded but SIGIL II is.
  • The Spider Mastermind’s health in E6M8: Abyss Of Despair is now correct.
  • Thorr’s music is now louder.
• If the current map is from a supported WAD, its author is now displayed by the mapstats CCMD.
• A bug is fixed whereby the corpses of monsters could remain solid, blocking the player’s path, in some rare instances.
• Minor improvements have been made to text autocompleted in the console by pressing the TAB key.
• Minor improvements have been made to the parsing of enterpic in MAPINFO lumps.

DOOM Retro v5.1.1

• These improvements have been made to the support for John Romero’s SIGIL II:
  • The registered version of SIGIL II is now supported.
  • The correct sky is now displayed.
  • The correct background is now displayed on the intermission screen, and a crash no longer occurs if SIGIL hasn’t also been loaded.
  • Improvements have been made to the “SIGIL II” text in the episode menu.
  • The player now warps to the correct map after finishing the secret map.
  • The titles of Thorr’s music are now displayed by the mapstats CCMD when playing the registered version of SIGIL II.
• Minor improvements have been made to the parsing of bossaction in MAPINFO lumps.

DOOM Retro v5.1

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.8.3 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses SDL v2.28.5 and SDL_image v2.8.0.
• Support has been added for John Romero’s newly released SIGIL II.
• Several changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The automap is now also shown in low detail when the r_detail CVAR is low.
• A bug is fixed whereby the effects of changing a color CVAR for the automap wouldn’t be immediate.
• Explosions from rockets fired by the player and cyberdemons are now randomly mirrored.
• These changes have been made when vanilla mode is enabled:
  • Extra blood is no longer spawned when a monster is injured.
  • Blood and bullet puffs are no longer randomly mirrored.
• Monsters now only become non-solid at the end of their death sequence rather than at the start.
• When the r_shadows CVAR is on, if a monster is fullbright when they attack, the shadow they cast now momentarily becomes slightly lighter.
• The player’s crosshair now displays correctly when the crosshair CVAR is cross and the r_hud_translucency CVAR is off.
• Minor improvements have been made to the parsing of DEHACKED, MAPINFO, MUSINFO and BRGHTMPS lumps.
• The -dog parameter, as well as -dogs 1 to -dogs 8, can now be used on the command-line to spawn one or more MBF-compatible helper dogs at the start of the game. Those dogs that survive each map will then follow the player into the next.
• These changes have been made when pressing the TAB key to autocomplete text in the console:
  • The case of the autocompleted text now always matches the text that’s already been entered.
  • Any text to the left of a semi-colon is no longer cleared.
• The border of the menu’s background is no longer displayed if the vid_fullscreen CVAR is off and the vid_widescreen CVAR is on.
• The spin of the player’s view in the menu’s background can now be disabled by changing the new menuspin CVAR, which is on by default.
• The help screen can now be shown when the menu is open by pressing the F1 key.
• The window’s caption now includes the current episode or expansion when playing a game.
• DOOM Retro no longer remains paused once its window regains focus.
• A bug is fixed whereby the main window would lose focus and the splash screen would be corrupted if an external automap was successfully created at startup because the am_external CVAR was on.
• When the animatedstats CVAR is on:
  • The player’s health now animates correctly if they are telefragged.
  • The player’s health, armor and ammo now animate correctly when loading a savegame.
• A bug is fixed whereby numbers in the alternate widescreen HUD could be positioned incorrectly in some rare instances.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support of Chex Quest, Chex Quest 2, Harmony Compatible and REKKR.
• A bug is fixed whereby monsters would respawn only once when playing on Nightmare! or if the respawnmonsters CCMD was used.
• The “Map explored” stat displayed by the playerstats CCMD is now accurate.
• The mapstats CCMD now shows the number of voodoo dolls in the current map.
• The play CCMD now also accepts a music title as its value, such as atdoomsgate or runningfromevil.
• A bug is fixed whereby screenshots taken by pressing the PRINTSCREEN key would become corrupted in some rare instances.
• Actions may now be bound to the numeric keypad using the bind CCMD with a value numpad0 to numpad9.

DOOM Retro v5.0.7

• A crash no longer occurs when a spectre touches the bottom of the screen in some instances.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• Minor improvements have been made to the border of the menu’s background.
• The help screen is now shown when pressing the F1 key while playing the registered version of DOOM.
• A bug is fixed whereby stairs rising up from the floor wouldn’t rise to their correct height in some instances.
• Changing the vid_capfps CVAR to 35 now caps the framerate at 35 FPS again.
• If the vid_capfps CVAR is off or greater than 60, and the vid_vsync CVAR is off, the framerate is now capped at 60 FPS when on the title screen, in the menu, in the console, or the game is paused.
• The frames per second are now displayed in the menu when the vid_showfps CVAR is on.
• Minor improvements have been made to determining when to lower the player’s view if the r_liquid_lowerview CVAR is on.
• A bug is fixed whereby entering kill monsters in the console could then affect splash damage to the player.

DOOM Retro v5.0.6

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.7.5 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• DOOM Retro now uses Direct3D 11 rather than Direct3D 9 when the vid_scaleapi CVAR is direct3d, resulting in a considerable boost in performance.
• The handling of errors caused by SDL has improved.
• The capping of the framerate when the vid_capfps CVAR is not 35 has improved.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The ALT key can no longer be used to open the menu from the title screen.
• Item and teleport fogs no longer appear when using the spawn CCMD in the console while freeze mode is on.
• A crash no longer occurs when the player explodes a barrel using their BFG-9000 in some instances and the con_obituaries CVAR is on.
• Minor improvements have been made to the support for DEHACKED lumps.
• The “Games loaded” stat now updates correctly in the output of the playerstats CCMD.
• A bug is fixed whereby PWADs wouldn’t autoload when placed in the autoload folder.