Doomsday Engine @doomsday@skyjake.fi

2.2 RC2 is now available.

New fixes in the game library, and music in Hexen and Plutonia 2.

https://blog.dengine.net/2019/12/doomsday-2-2-rc2/

#Flatpak repository for unstable builds of the newly started version 2.3 is now on https://dengine.net/linux (see Other Builds).

The idea is to have this be updated by the Autobuilder for every unstable build, but initially I'll do it manually.

Stable builds are still heading to Flathub for distribution, once 2.2 is done.

2.2 RC1 is available.

New features include scripting and Heretic modding improvements, a fixed FOV for weapon models, and better support for John Romero's SIGIL.

http://blog.dengine.net/2019/12/whats-new-in-2-2/

New demo video for the upcoming 2.2: https://youtu.be/p3UgWUcTxN0

Relevant issue in the bug tracker: https://tracker.dengine.net/issues/2244

Version 2.2 will be available as a #Flatpak on Linux. There is an initial test build available now: https://files.dengine.net/doomsday.flatpak

Give it a try and let me know if there are any problems.

The plan is to publish the stable builds on https://flathub.org/.

Doomsday Script documentation has been updated for the upcoming version 2.2.

https://manual.dengine.net/script/reference

Notable updates:
- New tutorial: https://manual.dengine.net/script/reference#tutorial
- Complete list of current uses of scripting in Doomsday

On this day, 20 years ago, JHexen 0.98.1 was released.

It added the "load" console command to load PWADs at runtime, and improved dynamic lights with source colors.

Work had not yet started on the Heretic and Doom ports.

v2.2 will have bug fixes and a handful of sponsored modding features. The goal is to release it in December. More fixes will be included as time allows.

v3.0 will have the new renderer and will be SDL2-based. I don't expect the new renderer to be feature complete yet, so it likely won't be the default option. In addition to Qt being removed, there has been a lot of trimming and cleaning the code base: e.g., the dynamic plugin system is replaced with static extensions.

Brief update about the current release plans.

There are a couple of major changes incoming: the new renderer, and removal of Qt in favor of SDL2. The latter is further along, and I also consider it a prerequisite for integrating the new renderer. At the moment, the new renderer still lives in a separate library and is used only by a test app.

I still want a yearly stable release to be a thing, so v2.2 will serve this role, although in comparison it is modest in scope.

Doomsday has a new Mastodon account. (This one.)