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This article lists the important changes in [[version:1.9.9]].


====== Fixed bugs ======


  *  Fatal error during startup with [[:novideo]].
  *  Parsing of spaces in command line arguments (they are now processed with [[:libdeng2]]). 
  *  Crash after unloading a plugin (related to [[:libdeng2]] log entries).
  *  Correctly handle error situations (exceptions) occuring in worker threads.
  *  Toggling from fullscreen to windowed mode forgets the original size of the window.
  *  When reporting a fatal error with [[:novideo]], the error message "QWidget: Cannot create a QWidget when no GUI is being used" is printed.
  *  Launcher: "Center window" option.


===== Audio =====

  *  Mishandling of malformed Doom-format sound lumps.


===== Console =====

  *  Potential crash from the [[:recorddemo]] command. (Demo recording and playback remains disabled.)


===== Gameplay =====

  *  Doom: Missing prompt for "idbehold" cheat.
  *  Heretic: doors now play the right sound when closing (should be DOROPN at start, DORCLS at end).
  *  Hexen: crash when opening a swing door (old bug from 2003; out of bounds memory access).
  *  Hexen: [[:kill]] will now affect swimming Stalkers and buried Wraiths, too.
  *  Hexen: allow [[:warp]]/[[:setmap]] only to maps defined in [[:mapinfo_hexen]].
  *  Hexen: movement of fog clouds (e.g., map 8) was not smooth.
  *  Hexen v1.0: intermission texts don't display, "(text not found)" is displayed instead.
  *  Hexen v1.0: allow warping to maps without a specified cluster (e.g., MAP41 in Hexen v1.0).
  *  Hacx: Addressed compatibility issue "[Hacx] Terminatrix not resurrecting foes". {{:sfbug|930}}


===== Graphics and resources =====

  *  Fatal error attempting to play add-ons using invalid Patch lumps to hide sprites.
  *  Categorization of "addon" textures in PWAD TEXTURE1/2 lumps.
  *  Plane glows were not drawn while a plane was moving (e.g., Hexen’s Guardian of Fire: rising lava floor in the starting room). The light origin Z coordinate and the plane height were not in sync.
  *  Game’s color palettes reloaded after engine reset.
  *  Doom: Failed to locate map data from Memento Mori add-on.
  *  Hexen: loading of color translation class 2 (Mage) was broken (tried loading from the wrong lumps).
  *  Hexen v1.0 and v1.1: Player color translations were applied incorrectly.
  *  Bsp Builder: prefer non "self-referencing" lines when choosing a BSP leaf's sector.
  *  Bsp Builder: precision issues in the partitioner resulting in small gaps in some maps.
  *  Renderer: applying color translation for sprites.
  *  Renderer: take middle wall section material opacity into account with sky-fix geometry.
  *  Renderer: mishandling of all-masked textures resulting in brilliant white auto-lights.
  *  Renderer: incorrect logic in R_MarkDependantSurfacesForDecorationUpdate().
  *  Renderer: lumobj => BSP leaf contact spreading.
  *  Light source from the Rocket Launcher missile at the wrong z-height.
  *  Incorrect model skin selection during screenwipe/transition.
  *  Incorrect model angle for voodoodolls.
  *  Fixed bug “No longer handling unknown flats.” {{:sfbug|1070}}
  *  Mobjs outside the playable map should not emit light. {{:sfbug|945}}
  *  Logging of missing materials during map conversion.
  *  Crash during engine reset when in a map with one or more glowing material.


===== Definitions =====

  *  DED: Unknown Blendmodes in Reflection definitions default to "normal".
  *  DED: Mishandling of the old State frame fullbright "flag".
  *  Auto-loading of DEH patches in PK3 containers.
  *  Deh Reader: Tolerate mid-file EOF characters in DeHackEd patches.


===== Multiplayer =====

  *  Server: mobj flags got lost due to a bug when merging mobj deltas with existing ones in the pool (e.g., mobj color translation not changing when it’s supposed to).
  *  Workaround for getting stuck in the Help screen: disabled the Help/Info screen for clients.


===== UI and menus =====

  *  HOM before an InFine script at map start.
  *  Automap: Bug "Automap - secret line flag and door glows."
  *  Automap: Polyobj lines are invisible.
  *  Multiplayer Player Setup menu content placement.
  *  Cannot alter menu option "Use custom automap colors."
  *  F11 does not toggle fullscreen if no game loaded, console is open, or in the [[:control_panel]] (removed special-case event handlers, instead now using the [[:binding_context_stack]]).
  *  libcommon: fatal error attempting to shut down during a Finale ("GUI_MustFindObjectById: Failed to locate object with id 7").
  *  Game state change/notification messages should not be hidden.
  *  Hexen|Automap: Attempted out-of-range [[:playpal]] lookup with "[[:reveal]] 3".
  *  Chex Quest: menus should not use Doom's skill level names.


===== Platform-specific fixes =====


==== Unix ====

  *  More robust way to look for plugins (checking type of files to see whether they are shared libraries).


==== Windows ====

  *  Toggling from fullscreen to windowed mode may position the window title bar outside the desktop.


====== Changes ======


  *  Automatic updates: Doomsday will now automatically detect when a new version is available and can download it for you. Commands: [[:updatesettings]], [[:update]], [[:updateandnotify]], [[:lastupdated]]. //Note for Windows users:// Snowberry (Doomsday Engine Frontend) must be closed when installing an update. You will be notified if the frontend is running when trying to install an update.
  *  Relative paths on the command line are relative to the working directory at startup. Previously they were interpreted relative to the [[:userdir]].
  *  [[:iwad]] and all other options that use a path detect if argument is a directory and appends a slash if so (''-iwad "some/dir"'' works now; previously had to be ''"-iwad some/dir/"'')


===== Audio =====

  *  Added command line argument [[:noaudio]] (an alias of [[:nosound]]).


===== Console =====

  *  Command [[:listlumps]]: list all lumps loaded from containers.


===== Gameplay and libcommon =====

  *  Foundation for an autosave mechanism. The user interface part of autosaves is still under construction.
  *  Additional default control bindings for answering game messages.
  *  Added command [[:deletegamesave]].
  *  Added variable [[:game-save-auto-loadonreborn]]: automatically load the latest autosave on player reborn.
  *  Added variable [[:game-save-last-loadonreborn]]: automatically load the last save on player reborn.
  *  Added variable [[:game-save-confirm-loadonreborn]]: load confirmation on player reborn.
  *  Enhanced console commands [[:loadgame]] and [[:savegame]] adding a new “auto” mnemonic for the autosave slot.
  *  Removed fixed 24-character limit for game save descriptions.
  *  Hexen v1.0 support: added game mode "hexen-v10" that has only four player colors and does not load intermission texts from the IWAD (they were hardcoded in v1.0).


===== Graphics and resources =====

  *  Added a camera vignette effect. Cvars: [[:rend-vignette]], [[:rend-vignette-darkness]] and [[:rend-vignette-width]].
  *  Increased max number of particle generators to 512 (from 256).
  *  Model skin fallback: if a model's skin is not found, automatically looks for a graphic named similarly to and in the same directory as the model file.
  *  Save FSAA state persistently so it can be restored immediately at startup and the window can be created with the correct FSAA mode (removes flicker during startup).
  *  DED: log a warning about unknown Blendmodes.
  *  DeHackEd: Added support for [CODEPTR] DEH patches.


===== Multiplayer =====

  *  If cheats are disabled, send a response to clients attempting to cheat.


===== UI and menus =====

  *  Added a new game menu page for configuring game save options.
  *  Deleting saved games from "SaveGame" and "LoadGame" pages using the Game Menu.
  *  Added [[:game-unpause-focusgained]]: by default do not automatically unpause when focus returns to window.


===== Optimizations =====

  *  Faster map loading due to optimizations in the BSP builder.
  *  More efficient map sector audio properties calculations, leading to shorter map setup times and less per-frame calculations.
  *  Addressed inefficiencies related to per-frame Patch Replacement lookup.


===== Platform-specific changes =====



==== Windows ====

  *  The Doomsday window has a proper window icon.


====== Contributors ======

  *  [[http://sourceforge.net/users/alepulver/|alepulver]]: command line parsing fixes
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