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Woof! 16.0.0
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25 days ago

New Features and Improvements

  • Mod Support:

    • Added support for the base UDMF spec, and the new exclusive "woof" UDMF namespace.
    • Added support for ID24 0.99.2 line specials (sector tinting, pistol-start exits, music changers, scrollers, offsets).
    • Added support for ID24 flat rotation.
    • Added support for ID24 per-state TRANMAPs in DEHACKED, via the Tranmap = "x" state property.
    • Updated SBARDEF support up to version 1.2.0.
    • Added initial experimental support for DECLARATE.
      See examples in woof.pk3/all-all/actors/.
      • Added support for (ambient) sounds through DECLARATE, using SNDINFO-like syntax.
    • Added support for SKYDEFS flatmapping.
    • Added support for XGL2, XGL3, ZGL2, and ZGL3 node formats.
    • Added support for the new XBM1 blockmap lump format.
    • Added initial support for the TX_START/TX_END namespace.
    • Added support for the ID24 endfinale lump, used for custom cast sequences in Legacy of Rust and Dominus Diabolicus.
    • Added support for custom screen wipes defined in DEMOLOOP.
    • Added support for visual-only Boom scrollers in vanilla complevels.
    • Added support for UZDoom-style obituary assignments in DEHACKED,
      via Obituary = "x", Melee Obituary = "x", and Self Obituary = "x". (By @soppyMann)
    • Added support for an exclusive Woof Bits = x thing property in DEHACKED.
      Monsters in Legacy of Rust now respect corpse flipping.
    • Added support for a dedicated rekkr-all/ autoload directory for Rekkr. (By @MelodicSpaceship)
    • Improved Freedoom support:
      • Added support for freedoom-all, freedoom1-all, and freedoom2-all autoload directories.
      • Setup program now uses Freedoom skill descriptions when applicable.
    • Added support for vanilla game version final2 (Final Doom with teleporter bug fixed).
    • Added support for HELP2 graphic in Ultimate Doom PWADs.

  • Quality of Life:

    • Added rewinding, similar to DSDA-Doom.
    • Added a custom skill menu.
    • Combined "Free Look" and "Direct Vertical Aiming" menu items (settings are still separate).
    • Disabled free look in strict mode.
    • Added a "Previous Map" button.
    • Replaced "[HUD] Layout" setting with "HUD Anchoring" setting.
    • Added "Reduced" option for palette-changes setting.
    • Made savegame slot used for quick saves be highlighted in save/load menus.
    • Added a net-game stats overlay button (F1 by default).
    • Reworked handling of strict mode, now more akin to DSDA-Doom:
      • Now only applicable to demo recording, and enabled by default in it; can be disabled via the -tas parameter.
    • Reworked "Exit Sequence" and "PWAD ENDOOM Only" settings into the following settings:
      • "Show Quit Prompt".
      • "Play Quit Sound".
      • "Show ENDOOM Screen".
    • Added "Pause Demos in Menu" setting.
    • Added a dedicated binding for message review (input_msgreview config key).

  • Rendering:

    • Improved rounding of rendering resolutions:
      the game can now render at the display's native width exactly in most cases.
    • Added support for rendering of translucent translated sprites (enables e.g. translucent colored blood).
    • Reworked internal handling of transparency tables:
      • Generated TRANMAP lumps are now cached locally on-disk.
      • Generator now uses linear sRGB blending, as opposed to gamma sRGB, for more-accurate color mixing.
      • Transparent fullbright sprites now use additive transparency.
    • Interpolated rotation of transferred skies.
    • Optimized rendering of planes.
    • Optimized rendering of very small and/or distant sprites.
    • Improved changes of voxel-rendering distance upon dynamic resolution changes.
    • Missing flats and invalid PNG flats are now rendered as magenta-and-black checkerboards.

  • Audio:

    • Improved sound limiter: limits the volume when too many channels are playing the same sound,
      and omits low-priority sounds.
    • Made pitch shifting match Chocolate Doom. Removed pitch_bend_range config key.
    • The game is now muted when the window loses focus. This can be toggled via the mute_unfocused config key.
      (By @soppyMann)
    • Sounds from linedefs now use the midpoint of the linedef as the origin,
      instead of the midpoint of the line's front sector, matching DSDA's behavior.
    • Updated FluidSynth:
      • Removed TimGM6mb.sf2 from Windows builds; FluidSynth now uses gm.dls instead.
      • Added support for .dls files in the soundfonts/ directory.
      • Added FluidSynth "note cut" setting.
    • The soundfont_dir config key was removed. Formerly, this key contained a hard-coded, architecture-dependent list
      of search directories for soundfonts. Now, a list of common search directories is created dynamically at run-time.
      In order to override this list, point the new soundfont_dirs (mind the plural) config key
      to a custom soundfont directory (or a list thereof).
    • Replaced Nuked-OPL3 with Nuked-OPL3-fast, a byte-identical faster implementation of the original.

  • Automap:

    • Added minimap mode.
    • Added "[Automap] Line Thickness" setting.
    • Made automap colors be converted to the current palette.
    • Made IDDKT cheat skip monsters spawned by Icon of Sin.
    • Replaced automap player arrow with the new one from KEX, and made it customizable through an AMAPDEF lump.

  • Miscellaneous:

    • New savegames are stored as key-frames in a compressed JSON format. Old savegames can still be loaded.
    • Restored silent BFG trick for complevels below MBF.
    • Changed DeHackEd loading order to match DSDA-Doom:
      patches loaded through -deh are now processed after everything else.
    • Optimized search of teleport destinations when using teleport specials.
    • Optimized line-of-sight checks upon map load (by Andrey Budko, from PrBoom+).
    • Removed side-loading of extras.wad.
    • Implemented Discord Rich Presence.
    • Improved detection of installed (Steam, GOG) IWADs.
    • Improved text-screen rendering (for ENDOOM screen and setup executable).
    • Replaced ENDOOM font with improved "Hauge" font by Zokum.
    • Slightly improved palettization of true-color PNG graphics.
    • Replaced built-in PLS2 sprites with red replacements, to better match the original press-beta sprites.
    • Added freely licensed sprites for the following:
      • SMFLAM* (carousel icon for Legacy of Rust's incinerator).
      • SMHEAT* (carousel icon for Legacy of Rust's calamity blade).
      • BON3A0 (beta evil-sceptre pickup).
      • BON4A0 (beta unholy-bible pickup).
    • Improved HUD stats widget on some non-Doom games (e.g. on Chex it now reads 'F/I/S' instead of 'K/I/S').
    • Turned no button slots left! error into a warning (fixes SPECHITS cheat on 'Box Doom' MAP02).
    • Program window position isn't saved anymore; it now appears centered upon every launch.
    • Removed "Smooth Diminishing Lighting" feature.
    • Moved from Boom-based DeHackEd parser to Chocolate Doom's DeHackEd parser.
      • Added extra warnings when in debug mode on the terminal.
      • Removed -dehout, -bexout, and -bex CLI options.

  • Build:

    • Added universal macOS builds to continuous integration.
    • Replaced SDL2 with SDL3 for modernized input and display support:
      • Removed "Exclusive Fullscreen" setting.
    • Replaced SDL_net with netlib.
    • Added minimp3 as a fallback for MP3 files not supported by libsndfile.
    • Removed woof.com executable; console output is now shown by woof.exe directly, but only with debug builds.
    • Added update information to AppImages. (By @electricbrass)
    • Removed extraneous example WADs and documentation files from final builds.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed crash when loading invalid REJECT tables (fixes 'PUSS IV' MAP01).
  • Fixed many SKYDEFS incongruencies to better match the ID24 spec.
  • Fixed how friendly monsters count towards the kill count, to match DSDA demo behavior
    (fixes kill counts in 'Fast Food 2' and 'One Of Everything').
  • Fixed interpolation of Boom scrolling floors/ceilings and textures.
  • Fixed MBF high-precision scroller math to match DSDA demo behavior.
  • Fixed MBF Helper Dog spawning behavior to match DSDA-Doom.
  • Fixed crosshair appearing on clean screenshots.
  • Fixed quick-save slot being cleared when changing to a different save/load page.
  • Fixed MBF21 homing player projectiles misbehaving when using Direct Vertical Aiming.
  • Fixed voodoo dolls becoming invisible when voxels were enabled.
  • Fixed "Bobbing" Weapon Alignment misbehaving with DeHackEd-set weapon sprite offsets
    (fixes jittering weapons in D4V.wad).
  • Disabled interpolation of weapon sprites when sprite and DeHackEd offsets change simultaneously
    (fixes jittering pistol in DoomZero.wad).
  • Fixed rotation of entities mirrored by the "Randomly Mirrored Corpses" feature.
  • Fixed .pk3 files not being loaded through drag-and-drop.
  • Fixed state of HUD messages being tied to each HUD layout.
  • Fixed A_MonsterMeleeAttack triggering normal obituaries instead of melee obituaries.
  • Fixed direct switch to SSG in demos being mistaken as a demo-join command.
  • Allowed player starts with an angle of 360 degrees, to match vanilla Doom behavior.
  • Made chat messages from other players be displayed even if messages are disabled, to match vanilla Doom behavior.
  • Fixed synchronization of weapon carousel and weapon switching when switching with the previous/next-weapon buttons.
  • Fixed weapon carousel appearing and staying on screen when trying to switch weapons as a zombie player.
  • Fixed multiple cheats with identical cheat codes being applied simultaneously.
  • Allowed TRAKINFO lump definitions to stack, overwriting previous definitions.
  • Fixed SBARDEF game-mode condition checks.
  • Included player weapon-switching state in savegames (fixes some visual bugs with weapons when loading savegames).
  • Improved calculation of HUD font size (fixes text widgets in 'RUST').
  • Fixed incorrect culling of off-screen text in finale text screens (fixes such screens in 'RUST').
  • Fixed height calculation of level-title graphics on intermission (fixes intermission on 'Hell Revealations').
  • Made the program not error out upon encountering DeHackEd things with Dropped Item lesser than zero.
  • Made transparent pixels on fullscreen graphics be drawn as black (fixes HOM in ETERNALL.WAD's credits screen).
  • Made long quit messages be broken into multiple lines.
  • Made some door code consistent with DSDA-Doom (atce2x722.lmp now plays back identically in both ports).
  • Fixed loading disk icon changing size upon dynamic resolution changes.
  • Fixed demo progress bar remaining on screen when using "End Game" to stop demos.
  • Fixed some instances of music incorrectly being resumed when it should be paused.
  • Fixed config file failing to be created in some cases (e.g. cross-device).
  • Fixed -uncapped and -nouncapped parameters not being respected.
  • Fixed obtuse crash when encountering unknown thing types in UMAPINFO bossaction definitions
    (now quits with a readable error message).
  • Fixed obscure crash related to voxel rendering on certain systems.
  • Fixed potential vulnerability in "scanner" parsing code (UMAPINFO, MUSINFO, etc.).
  • Fixed potential crash in PNG conversion code.
  • Fixed potential crash in net code.
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