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author: Simon Howard <fraggle@soulsphere.org>
date: Thu Nov 24 14:44:19 EST 2016
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## HEAD
### General
- * Bash completion scripts are included. (thanks Fabian)
- * Support the *.lmp file format in the OS X launcher (thanks Jon)
- * Added emulation for pitch-shifting as in early versions of Doom,
- Heretic, and Hexen. (thanks Jon)
- * Write out aspect-correct 1600×1200 PNGs. (thanks Jon)
- * OPL emulation is more accurate. (thanks Nuke.YKT)
- * Futher emulation of DMX bugs with GUS cards. (thanks Nuke.YKT)
- * Emulation of the disk icon has returned. (thanks Fabian, Jon)
- * Checksum calculations were fixed on big endian systems, allowing
+ * Bash completion scripts are included (thanks Fabian)
+ * The OS X launcher now supports the .lmp file format (thanks Jon)
+ * Pitch-shifting from early versions of Doom, Heretic, and Hexen.
+ is now supported (thanks Jon)
+ * Aspect ratio-corrected 1600×1200 PNGs are now written (thanks Jon)
+ * OPL emulation is more accurate (thanks Nuke.YKT)
+ * DMX bugs with GUS cards are now better emulated (thanks Nuke.YKT)
+ * The disk activity floppy disk icon is now shown (thanks Fabian, Jon)
+ * Checksum calculations are fixed on big endian systems, allowing
multiplayer games to be played in mixed little/big-endian
- environments. (thanks GhostlyDeath, njankowski)
+ environments (thanks GhostlyDeath, njankowski)
* The NES30, SNES30, and SFC30 gamepads are detected and configured
- automatically by the Setup tool. The automap can also be
- configured to a joystick button. (thanks Jon)
- * The vanilla limit of 4046 lumps per WAD is now enforced. (thanks
+ automatically by the Setup tool. The automap can also be configured
+ to a joystick button (thanks Jon)
+ * The vanilla limit of 4046 lumps per WAD is now enforced (thanks
Jon, Quasar, Edward-san)
- * Solidsegs overflow is emulated like in vanilla. (thanks Quasar)
+ * Solidsegs overflow is emulated like in vanilla (thanks Quasar)
* Heretic/Hexen demo support has expanded. "-demoextend" allows
demos to last longer than a single level; "-shortticfix" adjusts
low-resolution turning to match Doom's handling; "-maxdemo" and
- "-longtics" support. (thanks CapnClever)
+ "-longtics" support (thanks CapnClever)
### Build systems
- * Improved compatibility with BSD Make. (thanks R.Rebello)
+ * There is better compatibility with BSD Make (thanks R.Rebello)
* “./configure --with-PACKAGE” checks were repaired to behave
- logically, rather than disabling the feature. (thanks R.Rebello)
- * Default to installing the games to ${bindir}, such as- /usr/local/bin, rather than /usr/local/games. (thanks chungy)
- * Support Visual Studio 2015. (thanks Azarien)
- * Allow SDL headers and libraries to exist in the Microsoft Visual
- Studio project directory. (thanks Quasar)
- * Repaired the CodeBlocks projects by removing non-existent files
+ logically, rather than disabling the feature (thanks R.Rebello)
+ * Games are now installed to ${bindir} by default, eg.+ /usr/local/bin, rather than /usr/local/games (thanks chungy)
+ * Visual Studio 2015 is now supported (thanks Azarien)
+ * SDL headers and libraries can now exist in the Microsoft Visual
+ Studio project directory (thanks Quasar)
+ * CodeBlocks projects were repaired by removing non-existent files
from the project files (thanks krystalgamer)
### Doom
- * Chex Quest’s level warp cheat (LEESNYDER##) was changed to behave
- like the original EXE. (thanks Nuke.YKT)
- * Allow starting multiplayer Chex Quest games.
- * Allow Freedoom: Phase 1 ≤ 0.10.1 to be loaded with mods, with
- -gameversion older than ultimate. (thanks Fabian, chungy)
+ * Chex Quest’s level warp cheat (LEESNYDER##) now behaves more like
+ like the original EXE (thanks Nuke.YKT)
+ * It's now possible to start multiplayer Chex Quest games.
+ * Freedoom: Phase 1 <= 0.10.1 can now be loaded with mods, with
+ -gameversion older than ultimate (thanks Fabian, chungy)
* The IWAD order preference for GOG.com installs matches vanilla
- Final Doom: doom2, plutonia, tnt, doom. (thanks chungy)
- * Added safety checks against write failures when saving a game,
- such as when the directory is read-only. Try falling back to a
- temporary directory and reporting an error instead. (thanks
+ Final Doom: doom2, plutonia, tnt, doom (thanks chungy)
+ * There are better safety checks against write failures when saving
+ a game, such as when the directory is read-only (thanks
terrorcide)
- * Versions 1.666, 1.7, and 1.8 are emulated. (thanks Nuke.YKT)
+ * Versions 1.666, 1.7, and 1.8 are emulated (thanks Nuke.YKT)
### Heretic
- * Added map names for Episode 6, fixing a crash after completing a
- level in this episode. (thanks J.Benaim)
- * Added unlimited demo/savegame support. (thanks CapnClever)
+ * Map names were added for Episode 6, fixing a crash after completing
+ a level in this episode (thanks J.Benaim)
+ * Support for unlimited demo/savegames was added (thanks CapnClever)
### Hexen
- * The MRJONES cheat code returns an identical string as vanilla, and
- enables fully reproducable builds. (thanks Fabian)
- * Fixed an issue where the game crashed while killing the
- Wraithverge in 64-bit builds. (thanks J.Benaim)
- * Added unlimited demo/savegame support. (thanks CapnClever)
- * Mouse buttons for strafe left/right and move backward, as well as
- 'Double click acts as "use"' mouse option, now function properly.
- (thanks CapnClever)
+ * The MRJONES cheat code returns an identical string to vanilla, and
+ enables fully reproducible builds (thanks Fabian)
+ * An issue was fixed where the game crashed while killing the
+ Wraithverge in 64-bit builds (thanks J.Benaim)
+ * Support for unlimited demo/savegames was added (thanks CapnClever)
+ * Mouse buttons for strafe left/right and move backward were added,
+ as well as a "Double click acts as use" mouse option (thanks
+ CapnClever)
### Strife
- * Support added for automatic loading of the IWAD from the GOG.com
- release of Strife: Veteran Edition on Windows. (thanks chungy)
- * Jumping can be bound to a mouse button. (thanks Gez)
- * Gibbing logic was changed to match vanilla behavior. (thanks Quasar)
- * Several constants differences from vanilla were fixed. (thanks
+ * Support was added for automatic loading of the IWAD from the GOG.com
+ release of Strife: Veteran Edition on Windows (thanks chungy)
+ * Jumping can now be bound to a mouse button (thanks Gez)
+ * Gibbing logic was changed to match vanilla behavior (thanks Quasar)
+ * Several constants differences from vanilla were fixed (thanks
Nuke.YKT, Quasar)
* When using -iwad, voices.wad from the IWAD’s directory is prefered
- over auto-detected DOS/Steam/GOG.com installs. (thanks Quasar)
+ over auto-detected DOS/Steam/GOG.com installs (thanks Quasar)
### libtextscreen
- * Simplified the API for creating and managing tables and columns.
- * Allow cycling through tables with tab key.
+ * The API for creating and managing tables and columns was simplified.
+ * It's now possible to cycle through tables with the tab key.
## 2.2.1 (2015-09-10)