News from 27 July 1998

[randi]

ZDoom 1.14a released. Go to the Downloads section and get it!

Here's a list of changes:

Bugs fixed are:

• No more crashing about freeing a pointer without ZONEID when changing levels.
• Skies wider than 256 pixels are drawn correctly.
• Monsters' heights are once again the same as they were in id's original DOOM, so certain areas work properly again.
• Monsters shouldn't teleport into each other anymore.
• Improved support for international keyboards.
• The skill level chosen for a new game is no longer ignored if the new game is started while a demo is playing.

Cosmetic changes:

• No more "sv_gravity changed to...", "skill changed to...", etc. messages in single player games.
• Activating the player setup menu automatically stops any playing demos, since it doesn't work properly while they play.
• Barrels don't go flying away when exploding anymore.
• Added def_patch cvar to automatically load a DeHackEd patch each time the game is started.
• ZDoom save games now use the name zdoomsv?.dsg instead of doomsav?.dsg.

This version also includes some preliminary BOOM support as I started
integrating some of the BOOM source code with ZDoom:

• Medusa fix.
• Openings limit removed.
• Removed limit on switches and animations.
• Added support for BOOM-like ANIMATED and SWITCHES lumps in PWADs.
• Added support for BOOM-style scrollers (including conveyors).
• Added partial deep-water support.