The BOOM Engine

By TeamTNT

The 2.02 maintenance release is now available.  Go to the "Go get it" page to download.

Full source is available now for both BOOM 2.02 and PRBoom 2.02

Here's a list of the changes that have been included in maintenance release 2.02:

• Improve internal automatically generated blockmap routine for >64K blockmaps (64K: 32 sec down to 4.6 sec) 
• Remove yet another form of "slime trail" cause by roundoff errors during node building on complex wads
• Fix a couple of errors in BOOMREF.TXT
• Remove obsolete low-detail routine
• Allow endgame to quit from demo recording
• Prevent quickloading a savegame while demo recording
• Prevent loading a savegame while demo recording
• Prevent start of a new game while demo recording
• Fix misalignment in reading demos between v2.00 and v.201
• Correct extra space in chat string keyword in defaults table
• Fix syntax error caught by GCC v.2.8.1
• Fix inadvertantly deleted sidedness check
• Fix par times limit error in BEX files
• Added mnemonics for specifying Thing characteristics ("bits") in BEX files
• Fixed map names and intermission texts for Final DOOM's Plutonia Experiment and TNT:Evilution
• Made command line parameter smarter, no need for -file, -deh, -playdemo switches if file extensions are given
• Made -warp with no level number go to the first new level in any wads loaded on the command line
• Fixed corpse queue bug that would sometimes not allow pickup of weapons after map changes.
• Friction code modified to allow movement when stuck in DM starts
• Fixed slow underwater action when plasma, fireballs, etc. were fired.
• Fixed possible crash (original DOOM error) when player start was exactly on a vertex.
• Made a logical console output system for all output strings
• Fixed IDCLEV error for non existent MAP33/34 in DOOM2
• Fixed "Raise to shortest texture" linedefs
• Fixed tendency of monsters to get stuck in doorways (old DOOM bug)
• Fixed openings limit removal
• Flicker saved in savegames
• Scrolling message display initialization improved
• Fixed update lag on HUD for slower systems
• Improved demo padding sizes
• Stair building code made to use the old buggy DOOM code if compatibility is on.
• Changes to SERBOOM.EXE to avoid lag problems while playing, and sync issues.
• Saved sound targets across saved games
• CMAPTOOL enhanced to generate a BMP that makes editing by hand easier

Note: Go to the Go Get It page to download the ver.2.02 update and source code