December 2019 – Doomsday Blog

Doomsday 2.2 released

Doomsday 2.2 has been released (build 3272). The highlights of this version are:

Improved Doomsday Script integration
Heretic modding enhancements
Separate FOV for rendering player weapons
Flatpak for Linux
Renderer bug fixes

Another milestone

Exactly 20 years ago — December 18th, 1999 — I first announced that work had started on a project called “Doomsday Engine”:
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Doomsday 2.2 RC3

The 3rd release candidate (build 3269) of version 2.2 is now available.

Fixes since RC2:

Light decorations were not visible at all (e.g., lights attached to wall textures)
texreset console command would not restore all textures
Data package duplication issue when manually adding Doomsday’s own data folder as a location for user’s data files
macOS: Qt framework updated to 5.12.6

Doomsday 2.2 RC2

The 2nd release candidate (build 3261) of version 2.2 is now available.

Bugs fixed since RC1:

Savegames from Deathkings of the Dark Citadel don’t show up in the game library
Incorrect music in Plutonia 2
Finale animation filter doesn’t cover the whole screen
Hexen: Changing the map while dead makes the player a zombie
Hexen: No music on Map 26
Failure to rename a game profile

What’s new in 2.2

The first Release Candidate build of version 2.2 is now available. The plan is to release the final stable 2.2.0 before the end of the year.

To accompany the upcoming release, the demo video on the dengine.net front page has been updated. It shows a few snippets of gameplay with the default settings, without any additional mods. This time with audio and in normal speed!

Version 2.2 is a relatively minor feature update. It comes with a number of bug fixes and a bunch of modding enhancements.

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