Versions 1.9.0-beta6.2

Second patch release for Beta 6.

If you are upgrading an existing installation of Doomsday, note the following:

• There have been changes to the game controls and some default bindings have changed also. We recommend resetting your old bindings with the following console command:

clearbindings; defaultbindings

• Fixed: “Segfault when starting jdoom with music” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2772636&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: Repeated playback of the same music track broken when using sdl_mixer or the CDAudio interface of dsWinMM (e.g., the DOOM title sequence if no demos are played/available).
• Fixed: If a music interface is not present but CDAudio interface is; playback via CDAudio not possible.
• Fixed: Logic error which resulted in mobjs hidden behind one-sided walls visible from the other side when they should not be.
• Fixed: Rendering glitch with shiny surfaces that do not specify a mask texture.

• Fixed: “DED Reader: Failing to locate State definition” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2725357&group_id=74815&atid=542099).

• Fixed: “msgrefresh” not working.
• Fixed: Rarely, a game message would not be displayed.

• Fixed: things not visible in the automap after a resolution change.

• Fixed: When clearing the InFine state stack before beginning a new game, always change the game state to GS_WAITING. This fixes the problem of “Before” InFine scripts not working when used for the first map.

• Fixed: “Weapon controls wrong selection” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2774442&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: No armor point limit in P_GiveArmor (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2734790&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Menu items disappear after engine reset” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2784031&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: Changes to cvar player-eyeheight not effective immediately.
• Fixed: “Doom Armour Icon on full screen is squashed vertically” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2762310&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Warp command commonalities” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2636989&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Using diffrent weapon ammo bug” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1657409&group_id=74815&atid=542099).

• Fixed: “Weapon controls wrong selection” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2774442&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: No armor point limit in P_GiveArmor (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2734790&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Artefact key's not checking that player actually has item” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2724935&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Heretic Gargoyles not spawning correctly” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2724939&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: Changes to cvar player-eyeheight not effective immediately.
• Fixed: Command line option -warp not working.

• Fixed: No armor point limit in P_GiveArmor (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2734790&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “HeXen inventory not saved between maps” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2774651&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “Artefact key's not checking that player actually has item” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2724935&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: “HeXen Quietus flames spawning way off where they should” (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2774862&group_id=74815&atid=542099).
• Fixed: Ambient sounds played via ACS working incorrectly with 3D sound enabled.
• Fixed: Changes to cvar player-eyeheight not effective immediately.
• Fixed: Command line option -warp not working.

• Fixed: Language files missing text string for “sound-driver-directsound”.

• Fixed: EAX support not working in Windows XP. Note for Vista users: when trying to use dsDirectSound in conjunction with Creative's |ALchemy, Vista will currently fail to load the dsDirectSound plugin on startup. We are aware of the problem and are looking into potential solutions for a future release.

• Optimize: Improved load time with large maps (memory allocation of vertexillums).
• Changed: Use busy mode when doing a GL texture reset.

• Changed: “msgrefresh” is now an impulse, the ccmd by the same name has been removed.
• Changed: Renamed cvar “msg-secret” to server-game-announce-secret.

• Changed: Emulate bug in original Heretic which results in immediate destruction of the Maulotaur's floor fire attack if attempted when the Maulotaur's feet are clipped (it is in a non-solid). Enabled by default.
• Changed: “msgrefresh” is now an impulse, the ccmd by the same name has been removed.
• Changed: Renamed cvar “msg-secret” to server-game-announce-secret.
• Changed: Speed+Use no longer skips an inventory item by default. The control binding system can now be used to replicate this functionality if desired. Removed command line option “-artiskip”, obsolete.

• Changed: “msgrefresh” is now an impulse, the ccmd by the same name has been removed.
• Changed: Speed+Use no longer skips an inventory item by default. The control binding system can now be used to replicate this functionality if desired. Removed command line option “-noartiskip”, obsolete.

• Changed: SDL_mixer is now the default audio plugin under Windows.
• Changed: Removed option for disabling FMOD (no longer in use).

• Added: cvar rend-dev-lums 1=Enable lumobj debug display.

• Added: Compatibility option for the Maulotaur floor fire fix, cvar server-game-maulotaur-fixfloorfire.