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Odamex 11.1.0 has been released! The 11.1.0 client can run on 11.0.0 servers, just in case the server hosts are a bit behind.

Some features that may stick out are:

• THE FLATPAK BUILD IS FINALLY COMPLETE! Download Odamex for your favorite supported Linux distro using Flatpak now! https://flathub.org/apps/net.odamex.Odamex
• Support for ADLMIDI OPL3 Synth emulation. Thanks so much to @jpernst!
• SNDINFO ambient sound support. Thanks @ceski-1!
• Add co_mbfphys cvar to enable MBF's movement code
• Added callvote lives

This is a minor release, mostly to enable Odamex to find the iwads that are packaged with the release of DOOM + DOOM II on Steam and GOG. Odamex will find the DOS iwads as well as the modified iwads that include widescreen assets and green cross health pickups. Please note that the widescreen HUD will show up with glitchy textures, but widescreen HUD assets support is already implemented into the next release!

There are some other fixes involving MAPINFO and UMAPINFO, demo playback and voodoo dolls, and the Vanilla Doom scoreboard.

The Odamex 10.6.0 client is fully compatible with 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.3.0, 10.4.0, and 10.5.0 servers, so you can join any 10.x server. We do recommend all server hosts update to 10.6.0 to have the most up-to-date stable release of Odamex for your players to enjoy.

I've tried the "makepkg" method using the Terminal because SteamOS is an Arch distro variant, but it's fine-tuned for only advanced users to intstall and use manually configured programs.
All I get is the "can't find fake binary" error, even with read-only disabled.

Can anyone give me a proper guide how to set Odamex up the right way on the Deck?

This is a minor release with mostly quality of life fixes. The client has seen a number of useful updates. One of the more notable additions in 10.5.0, contributor loopfz improved the in-game wad downloader so that it can now download files with mixed case file names. That means server admins no longer have to host wads that are either all upper case or lower case. This will be incredibly useful for server admins looking to host servers with many wads.

Contributor ceski has improved controller support by improving analog stick deadzones, as well as flushing unused game controller events. Contributor chewi has improved our general codebase by correcting some aliasing errors in multiple areas of the code, along with other general code fixes. Contributor matoro has also helped update our CMake configuration.

Also, a shout out to KBlair for improving our demo testing suite, which helps us continue to strive toward full vanilla Doom compatibility. Also there were some other contributions in this release from various users, you can see all contributors in the full patch notes linked down below. Odamex is a community driven effort, and we appreciate anyone that submits code or changes to help improve Odamex.

The Odamex 10.5.0 client is fully compatible with 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 10.2.0, 10.3.0, and 10.4.0 servers, so you can join any 10.x server. We do recommend all server hosts update to 10.5.0 to have the most up-to-date stable release of Odamex for your players to enjoy.

Mark your calendars: A public multiplayer co-op online test of the Odamex/ZDaemon port of Chex™ Quest 3 is now scheduled! It will take place on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The time will be 6 PM PST, 9 PM EST, 2 AM (SUN) London.

What you'll need: The Odamex DOOM source port. You can get it at odamex.net (it's compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux). Odamex comes with its own server browser, odalaunch.exe, to find online game servers. You'll also need the original chex.wad. Odamex should automatically download and load them when you join the server.

This will be a casual, sight-seeing playthrough of all levels to give players time to experience and examine everything. The difficulty will be "Extreme Ooze!" with unlimited lives. The expected play time of all fifteen levels is around two hours, give or take.

While I won't be playing the game, I will be in the Odamex Discord server, streaming the action, offering dev commentary, and fielding any questions people might have.

When the test is done, all of the test WADs (for both the primary and Odamex/ZDaemon versions) will be uploaded. The next step will then be a planning stage with the Chex Quest community mod makers to determine what (if anything) needs to be fixed, and how to proceed forward to finalizing alternations to make things ready for prime time.

Visit https://www.chexquest3.com for more details.

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