About using old versions

[Rachael]

Using old versions of GZDoom is not forbidden - in fact, an entire repository (archive) was made available, more for historical interest but also as a development aid (i.e. bugtracking).

One thing people do not understand, however: Use of these builds is NOT sanctioned nor supported by the development team! Officially we will only offer support for the latest released version. If you have an old version of GZDoom and something breaks - you're SOL until you upgrade. As of this post (may or may not be updated in subsequent releases, but judging by this post's date you should be able to guess what I am getting at), that means no build except 4.4.2/3.86 is officially supported. Not even 3.2.4 is supported. 3.2.0 is not supported. 3.1.0 is not supported. 3.0.0 is not supported. 2.2.0 is not supported. 1.8.6 is not supported.

If you need a more up-to-date version of GZDoom that's still supported but offers the old renderer, please consider the ZDoom32 project.

I still see people going around purporting these old versions of GZDoom for general use - if you have issues with the newer versions of GZDoom, it does not hurt to file a bug report. We also have a troubleshooting forum that you can use if you have less bug-related but more technical-related problems.

I will make this very clear: Using old versions of GZDoom, QZDoom, or ZDoom is highly discouraged!

[Enjay]

I fully support the above and would add that if someone is using an old version of GZDoom and they find a bug, the first thing to do would be to try the current version to see if the bug still exists. Over the years there have been many bug reports for bugs that have already been fixed.

...that means no build except 3.2.1 is officially supported. Not even 3.2.0 is supported. 3.1.0 is not supported. 3.0.0 is not supported. 2.2.0 is not supported. 1.8.6 is not supported.

Reminded me of

First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.

[Graf Zahl]

Let's hope that the people this is meant for actually read it...

[Major Cooke]

Hope for the best, brace for the worst. Good motto to live by to reduce shock values and make things a little less bitter when that 'toldja it'd happen!' moment comes around... as bad as it is...

[Rachael]

Minor update with the release of 3.2.3.

3.2.1 is now no longer supported whatsoever since all platforms have now had binaries updated.

[drfrag]

an entire repository (archive) was made available, more for historical interest but also as a development aid (i.e. bugtracking).

Thanks for the mention, GZDoom 3.2.4 released BTW.

Do you happen by any chance to have compiled binaries of a couple of old builds still lying around? I'd need them to investigate the broken 3d floors in the old truecolor renderer (in QZDoom 0.0 alpha and ZDoom32). Those are the QZDoom 0.1 alpha (not the beta) from 10/08 and the old zdoom-truecolor2 from june. I'm afraid i'm not going anywhere tough. Until i switch to another computer with VS 2013 CU compiling these myself would be a pain. Thanks.

[Rachael]

https://zdoom.org/files/gzdoom/bin/
https://zdoom.org/files/qzdoom/bin/

[drfrag]

Well i guess that means you don't have them. If someone still has any of the old zdoom-truecolor zips please send me a PM. Thanks.

[Rachael]

I seem to be getting hit with this one a lot. People keep asking staff (especially Wildweasel) which version of QZDoom they should use, and that the old QZDoom download links are currently broken. (This is intentional due to the security flaws recently discovered)

Right now, only QZDoom's devbuilds are officially supported. If you don't like that, stick with GZDoom official releases, for now. QZDoom will not likely get another official release in the immediate future.

Don't forget - GZDoom now officially supports QZDoom's software renderer, as it has been merged in. Simply flip "swtruecolor" on or off to activate it, while in Software Rendering mode.