News from 21 February 1999

[randi]

I just completed ZDoom 1.17a. This is mostly just minor bug fixes, but you will need it if you want to play Herian 2. There are only three new features in this release:

• If you have a skins directory in the same directory as zdoom.exe, every wad file in it will be automatically loaded when the game starts. This way, you don't have to load your skins by hand to use them.
• New formatting options for text printed using ACS.
• A code pointer to make monsters fire a railgun.

[randi]

I was playing around with Herian 2 and noticed that a lot of the lifts didn't make any sound. This was my fault, as I had accidentally deleted one line of code. For everybody who downloaded ZDoom within the past two hours, I'm sorry, but you'll have to get it again.