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.