dsda-doom v0.29.3

This is a successor of prboom+ with many new features, including:

• Heretic, Hexen, MBF21, Doom-in-Hexen, UDMF, and MAPINFO support
• In-game console and scripting
• Full controller support
• Palette-based opengl renderer
• Debugging features for testing
• Strict mode for speedrunning
• Various quality of life improvements
• Advanced tools for TASing
• Rewind

Patch Notes

• v0.29
• v0.28
• v0.27
• v0.26

Launcher

There is a dedicated launcher for this port available here by PBeGood4.

Doom-in-Hexen Support

• Full details

UDMF Support

• Full details

MAPINFO Support

• Full details

Hexen Support

• DSDA-Doom includes demo-compatible support for hexen.
  • Use -iwad HEXEN.WAD (-file HEXDD.WAD for the expansion)
    • Or drag wads onto the exe
  • You can force hexen engine behaviour with -hexen (shouldn't be necessary)
• Don't need to supply complevel (hexen is complevel 0 by necessity)
• Known issues
  • Setting the "Status Bar and Menu Appearance" option to "not adjusted" will have no effect for hexen (it will default instead to "Doom format")
  • The "Apply multisampling" automap option is disabled for hexen
  • Automap colors are not configurable for hexen
  • Some of the more advanced features are not implemented for hexen yet, and using them may cause crashes or other odd behaviour.
  • Some menus extend over the hud.
  • Monster counter doesn't work as expected, due to cluster format (ex hud / levelstat)
  • Hexen-style skies aren't implemented yet (layering, etc)
  • The ALTSHADOW thing flag isn't affecting the rendering
  • Dynamic fade palettes aren't being used
  • The yellow message variant isn't implemented

Heretic Support

• DSDA-Doom includes demo-compatible support for heretic (all the demos stored on dsda are in sync).
• Heretic game logic should be set automatically if you use HERETIC.WAD as the iwad. If it doesn't work, please use the -heretic commandline option. This flips a switch in the engine that determines all the core game data.
• Don't need to supply complevel (heretic is complevel 0 by necessity)
• Known issues
  • Setting the "Status Bar and Menu Appearance" option to "not adjusted" will have no effect for heretic (it will default instead to "Doom format").
  • The "Apply multisampling" automap option is disabled for heretic.
  • Automap colors are not configurable for heretic.
  • Some of the more advanced features are not implemented for heretic yet, and using them may cause crashes or other odd behaviour.
  • Dehacked support for heretic isn't implemented yet.
  • Some menus extend over the hud.

Other Standards

• MBF21 v1.4
• UMAPINFO v2.2

Maintainers

• @fabiangreffrath, @rfomin, and @Pedro-Beirao 2024-
• @kraflab 2020-2024

Credits

• The DSDA-Doom icon was designed by Mal (129thVisplane). Thanks!