DOOM + DOOM II Update 2 Release Notes

By: Joshua Boyle

DOOM+DOOMII

Update 2 adds Multiplayer Mod support for DOOM + DOOM II and game improvements/fixes!

Improvements

All Platforms

Multiplayer Mods

  • Hosts need to activate the mod before entering the multiplayer menu 
  • Players will need to subscribe to the same mod before joining a match 
  • We recommend using room codes to join modified matches 
  • Mods must be authored with Vanilla DOOM, DeHackEd, MBF21 or BOOM to be compatible 

General

  • Resolved an issue in which some red doors did not display as red on the automap 
  • Fixed multiple crashes reported by the community when loading game saves
  • Improved text line wrapping legibility for mod descriptions in Asian languages 
  • Removed map prefix from intermission screen to be consistent with original game behavior 

Multiplayer

  • Items can now be picked up by all players in co-op mission play 
  • Added spectator mode when players are dead and waiting to respawn in co-op mission play (it can also be initiated manually from the scoreboard button) 
  • Fixed an issue in which disabling the crosshair would also turn off player name and co-op respawn text display 
  • There are now more than 4 player colors available in game and on scoreboards 
  • Resolved an issue in which players would lose weapons when respawning in co-op using modern rules 
  • Fixed an issue in which the cross-platform friends menu could not be properly backed out of when no friends were available 
  • Further optimized multiplayer networking code 
  • Addressed crosshair centering issue in certain splitscreen configurations 
  • Intermission animations now run at the correct speed in splitscreen mode 

Mods

  • The mod downloader can now process more than the first 100 subscribed mods 

Nintendo Switch

Mods

  • Mod subscriptions will now work between multiple user profiles 

For Mod Creators on PC 

  • Mod screenshots with spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters in their file names will now upload correctly in most cases 

Mod Compatibility Updates 

  • MBF21 instant kill sectors were incorrectly killing non-enemy actors 
  • MBF21 instant kill sectors will fire immediately when a monster enters them, instead of waiting 
  • BOOM and MBF21 effects that kill monsters will deal 1 million damage instead of 10000 damage in order to fix mods that used monsters with high HP values to create an invulnerable enemy 
  • BOOM generic floor actions were not selecting the right neighbor when finding which sector ceiling or floor height they needed to move to 
  • Players can hurt and shoot projectiles at their own voodoo dolls (aka player model / clone), to be consistent with the original game 
  • ENTERPIC in UMAPINFO is correctly shown for the map you are entering instead of the map you just left 
  • DeHackEd strings for BOOM keys can now be replaced through DEH patches 
  • BOOM line action 242 (Deep water) will now transfer ceiling and floor lighting 
  • Now avoids crashing for invalid sized demos when playing the demoloop 
  • Maps using DMAPINFO will print the map name on automap, level select, and savegames 
  • Changing DeHackEd ammo type will now actually change the ammo type 
  • Fixed Berzerk Factor not calculating correctly in the A_WeaponMeleeAttack MBF21 codepointer 
  • Fixed BTSX Episode 1 and Episode 2 demo playback not rendering fullscreen 
  • Mods that override DOOM (1993) Episodes 1-3 will use the correct intermission screen 
  • MBF21 A_Lower codepoint now checks for an invalid weapon before changing weapons if out of ammo 
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