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International Doom 7.4 (2023-03-08)

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@JNechaevsky JNechaevsky released this 08 Mar 06:13
· 272 commits to main since this release

Video

  • Improved True color code for better compatibility of drawing graphical patches when PLAYPAL and COLORMAP lumps have different color indexes. (thanks @fabiangreffrath)
  • Reduced memory consumption of screen border drawing when using bordered screen sizes (thanks @rfomin).

Automap

  • Automap can be zoomed in/out by using mouse wheel (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Marks properly cleared after finishing the level (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Zooming in/out by pressing + and - interpolated again in uncapped frame rate mode.

New features

  • Added mouse look option to Control settings (thanks @Meerschweinmann).
  • Added dedicated bind for toggling vertical mouse movement (thanks @kitchen-ace).
  • Implemented "On Death Action" feature, available in Gameplay section of Gameplay Features menu.

Other improvements

  • Y-type actions can be by confirmed by left mouse button, N-type actions can be confirmed by right mouse button.
  • Starting game in nightmare skill, end game and quit can be confirmed by Enter key.
  • Added proper support for wide status bar graphics with 0 horizontal offset (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Added support dedicated music tracks for the 4th episode (thanks Horizon).
  • Fixed possible demo desync when floating powerups modified by Dehacked (thanks @Meerschweinmann).
  • Empty save game slots now prefilled with map name on game saving (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Improved detection for chex.deh (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Background shading now covers all game menus, blinking no longer happening while active menu and uncapped game state (thanks @NightFright2k19).
  • Chosen player view no longer resets to first player in multiplayer demo playback.
  • -warp command line parameter can be used without spaces in Doom 1, i.e. -warp 23 will warp to 2nd episode and 3rd level (thanks @fabiangreffrath).
  • Monsters forget player after use of notarget cheat.
  • Vanilla menu strings now have highlighting/fading effect.
  • Fixed vanilla bug of blinking Tower of Babel level on intermission screen when switching to "Entering" state.

Libraries update

  • Updated SDL to version 2.30.0.
  • Updated SDL Mixer to version 2.8.0. This version fixes FLAC music looping critical issue.