ChangeLog for EDuke32

1.4.0 beta 2, released July 18, 2006

Core changes

• reworked/enhanced Polymost shading
• cleaned up code to properly build without Polymost/OpenGL support
• added widescreen support for Polymost
• added support for toggling correct HUD model rendering on/off
• removed broken support for linking OpenGL statically
• added support for DDS textures (JF)
• added support for dynamically loading GTK (JF)

Game changes

• new startup window (JF)
• added support for using the mouse and a joystick simultaneously (JF)
• fixed an issue preventing skill selection, bonus screen and episode ending animation sounds from playing
• fixed a problem where the player was unable to exit some pools of water in some maps
• made further adjustments to the weapon properties in order to more closely emulate Duke 1.5
• fixed an issue where you could disable map exits in multiplayer, have all players quit, start a single player game and then have exits continue to kill you

Multiplayer changes

• fixed numerous minor bugs in the voting system
• added a more noticeable message to indicate that the player hasn't voted yet in an active vote
• added support for /me in text chat
• increased size of player chat icon
• added "nat-free" support from Adam Fazakerley
• fixed inventory respawn bug
• minor fixes to DukesterX 1.5 compatibility wrapper

CON changes

• reworked movement_lock member of the player struct to use bit flags
• reworked findnearactor3d, findnearactor3dvar, findnearsprite3d, and findnearsprite3dvar
• added findnearactorz, findnearactorzvar, findnearspritez, and findnearspritezvar
• added WEAPON_FLAG_RESET (65536) to weapon system in order to properly emulate the chaingun and freezer
• fixed "eshoot" and added "ezshoot"
• reworked weapon system; note that your custom weapons may need adjustments to work again
• updated sample enhance.con

Please see JonoF's JFDuke3D release notes here for information on features JFDuke3D shares with EDuke32