PrBoom

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News

20th September 2003

Version 2.2.4 is released. This is just another release fixing bugs and making minor improvements:

• Fixed sky-over-sky HOM.
• Add sound compatibility option.
• Improve sound volume accuracy.
• Shared texture palette isn't the default anymore (glboom).
• Better invulnerabilty rendering for non paletted OpenGL.
• Network game server can now read config files to set game options.
• Fix latency problems in LAN games.
• Small compilation fixed for OpenGL on some unix platforms.
• Fix for dehacked files which change frames.
• Fixed name clash when compiling for some unix platforms.
• Flag counted items with different colour on the IDDT automap.
• Fixed extra shot sound when chaingun runs out of ammo.
• Fix some telefragging related desyncs.
• Fixed offsets for flipped sprites.
• Hopefully fix problems with network games on big-endian platforms.

The compiled Windows and Linux versions, and the source code, are now available to download.

28. July 2002

Version 2.2.3 released.

Changes from v2.2.2 to v2.2.3
- improved mouse handling
- intermission demo sync bug fixed
- framebuffer update fixes (solves flicker on fbcon)
- -forceoldbsp allowed in non-GL version, and saved in demos
- fix player colours in multiplayer demos
- apply workarounds for buggy pwads even during demo playback
- fix numpad 5 key
- allow compilation on systems where SDL is built without joystick support
- fix comp_skymap
- using anisotropic filtering when the OpenGL extension is available
- using paletted textures when the OpenGL extension is available
- added gl_use_paletted_texture option to glboom configuration file
- using shared texture palette when the OpenGL extension is available
- added gl_use_shared_texture_palette option to glboom configuration file

Some screenshots of the shared texture palette support:
Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Screenshot 3

14. October 2001

Version 2.2.2 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

Changes from v2.2.1 to v2.2.2
- more demo sync problems for original Doom and Boom fixed
- added changeable samplerate for soundmixing
- added fullscreen/window toggle in option menu
- added double buffering
- floor rendering made more accurate
- Win32 config file handling fixed
- fix endian conversion problem on Linux/PPC

24. June 2001

Version 2.2.1 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

Changes from v2.2.0 to v2.2.1
- improved fix for demo sync problems with lost souls bouncing off floors
- fixed bug where loading a -fast or -respawn savegame failed to restore those options properly 
- fixed demo sync bug with doors also tagged to lift triggers
- fix some endianness problems in the OpenGL renderer
- hopefully fixed some problems compiling for Linux/ARM
- fix multi-level demo time totals to agree with compet-n
- linux rpm is now a bit more standardised

6. May 2001

New SDL_mixer_beta.dll which should fix the music looping bug from the version released in PrBoom 2.2.0 for Win32.

2. April 2001

Version 2.2.0 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

Changes from v2.1.2 to v2.2.0
- fix compiling problem on alpha processors (size_t != unsigned long)
- fixed stair building (ex. TNT - Evilution MAP30)
- fixed OpenGL menu drawing bug
- hopefully fixed top sky line bug for some OpenGL drivers
- added joystick support through SDL
- made a (temporary) fix for the crash at 800x600 when timidity can't find cfg
- fixed some key binding problems
- fixed linking problems on some UNIX systems

18. February 2001

New SDL_mixer_beta.dll which should have fewer bugs and music change should work.

30. December 2000

Version 2.1.2 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

20. November 2000

We still have problems with 3dfx Voodoo support in the OpenGL version. If anyone can help us with it, please contact us.

12. November 2000

Version 2.1.1 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

21. September 2000

We have put the wrong sdl_mixer.dll into the distribution. With that one midi-music doesn't work. So everyone who has downloaded the win32 version should download the new sdl_mixer.dll. The new dll will be included in the next release.

17. September 2000

Version 2.1.0 of the merged source for Linux and Windows released.

4. May 2000

Merged with LxDoom and lSDLdoom. LxDoom will be taken as the base and the features of Pr/GlBoom will be added to it.

Download

• Linux/Unix
• Windows

Mailing Lists

The following mailing lists are available:

prboom-announce@lists.sourceforge.net

Low traffic, only for announcements of new versions etc.

prboom-users@lists.sourceforge.net

For the users, posting of bugs etc.

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