Revision as of 06:16, 24 August 2010

Odamex 0.5.X Series

Odamex 0.5.0 (r####)

Odamex 0.5.0 should be officially released on August 24th, 2010.

Changes

General Odamex Changes:

• General bug fixes and code optimizations.
• Further improved netcode for large games and coop.
• Improved weapon/item desync issues.
• Improved Odamex protocol.
• logfile cvar reimplemented and improved. Servers now log at start up by default.
• Added new console command waddirs. This command, when set by users, will allow odamex to search any directories listed for iwads and pwads.
• Boom editing features are now fully supported.
• Chex Quest now recognized as an iwad. It will automatically load chex.deh along with chex.wad if it is found.
• Removal of gold team support. Odamex will eventually move towards dynamic team settings.

Odamex Client Changes:

• New reorganized, scrollable menus.
• Fix saving/loading for single player games.
• Allow resolutions to be set manually when "autoadjust_video_settings" cvar is disabled.
• Addition of Chocolate Doom's Endoom viewer. Toggled with r_showendoom cvar.
• ALT+F4 now brings up the quit screen on windows platforms.

Odamex Server Changes:

• Most server cvars are now preceded by a sv_* prefix. For more information, visit server variables.
• A new cvar, sv_motd, which will display a "Message of the Day" to any connecting clients.
• Changed cvar co_level8soundfeature to be under server control.

Odamex Launcher Changes:

• Improved GUI.
• New graphical ping indicators.
• New server detail window which shows server version, revision, and settings.

Downloads

• Coming Soon!

Odamex 0.4.X Series

Odamex 0.4.4 (r1352)

Odamex 0.4.4 was officially released on December 25th, 2009.

Changes

General Odamex Changes:

• General bug fixes and code optimizations.
• Further improved client/server sector desyncs.
• Improved dehacked/bex support.
• Fixed memory corruption issue that affected Plutonia 2 pwad.

Odamex Client Changes:

• Spynext works in cooperative once again.
• Resolved "No Player # Start" disconnect from servers.
• Fixed bug that allowed player to obtain the SSG in Ultimate Doom.
• Odamex will now run with -nomusic in Linux unless a timidity.cfg is found. This prevent a crash caused by SDL_mixer.

Odamex Server Changes:

• Resolved memory leak issues.
• Fixed server crash when using "clearmaplist" on win32 machines
• A new cvar, sv_unblockplayers, allows server administrators to make it so that players may pass through eachother. Useful to prevent forward progression by problematic players in cooperative.
• Random item spawns in CTF appear to be corrected with revision 1284.
• Cheats should work correctly for clients now when they are enabled server side.

Odamex Launcher Changes:

• General code optimizations
• Increased Mac OSX support

Downloads

• File List for 0.4.4
• Mac OSX Binaries
• Windows Binaries
• Windows Installer
• Source Code

Odamex 0.4.3 (r1228)

Odamex 0.4.3 was officially released on March 7th, 2009.

Changes

General Odamex Changes:

• Improved client/server sector desyncs
• General bug fixes and code optimizations

Odamex Client Changes:

• Windowed clients can now be scaled to the next supported resolution by just dragging the window.
• Video mode testing has been restored in the options menu.
• Player color selection now allows for a wider range of colors to be selected from the menu.
• A new cvar, co_level8soundfeature, allows clients to toggle the vanilla doom map08 full volume behavior.
• A new cvar, snd_samplerate, now allows clients to change the sound sample output rate.

Odamex Server Changes:

• sv_itemrespawntime cvar allows servers to modify the amount of time (in seconds) for items to respawn.
• Players no longer retain keys picked up in the previous map in coop.
• +map and -warp command line parameters now work on server boot and will override the first map in a maplist.

Odamex Launcher Changes:

• Team Deathmatch servers reporting incorrectly has been corrected.
• Directory browsing has been made more user friendly.

Downloads

• File List for 0.4.3
• Mac OSX Binaries
• Windows Binaries
• Windows Installer
• Source Code

Odamex 0.4.2 (r1169)

Odamex 0.4.2 was officially released on October 8th, 2008.

Changes

General Odamex Changes:

• Manual flag return CTF behavior corrected
• Added separate CTF sound channels to prevent CTF sound cancelling
• General bug fixes and code optimizations
• Wall humping can now be heard again
• Silent BFG behavior corrected

Odamex Client Changes:

• Modified SDL corrects choppy mouse movement for Windows users (thanks to the ioquake3 project
• Game state saving/loading restored from Zdoom 1.22 (was stripped in csDoom 0.6.2)
• Players who join a server during a game are properly displayed as spectators

Odamex Server Changes:

• sv_gametype cvar replaces deathmatch, teamplay, and usectf cvars.
• sv_teamspawns cvar is implemented, allowing for DM on maps with only team starts or random spawns in team modes.
• sv_shufflemaplist cvar is implemented.
• sv_doubleammo cvar is implemented.

Downloads

• File List for 0.4.2
• Mac OS X Binaries (Currently Unavailable)
• Windows Binaries
• Windows Installer
• Source Code

Odamex 0.4.1 (r1037)

Odamex 0.4.1 was officially released on August 3rd, 2008.

Changes

General Odamex Changes:

• Freelook issues resolved
• General bug fixes and code optimizations
• Improved weapon desyncs
• Moving platforms move smoother now
• Passworded server support
• Wad Downloading Fixed

Odamex Client Changes:

• Client joined/left notifications (cl_connectalert)
• More mouse code improvements
• "serverinfo" console command now outputs current server CVARs neatly

Odamex Server Changes:

• Autoaim freelook bug fixed
• "sv_emptyreset" CVAR works correctly again
• New "sv_flooddelay" CVAR limits incoming client text by a specified time
• Servers now sync CVAR states with clients

Odamex Launcher Changes:

• Launcher now pulls servers from every specified master address
• Minor improvements and fixes

Downloads

• File List for 0.4.1
• Mac OS X Binaries (Currently Unavailable)
• Windows Binaries
• Windows Installer
• Source Code

Odamex 0.4.0 (r916)

Odamex 0.4.0 was officially released on June 6th, 2008.

Changes

Though this changelog hardly represents all changes between 0.3 and 0.4, some of the following changes will be more noticeable to the general user.

General Odamex Changes:

• New upstream release
• General bug fixes and code optimizations
• Improved stability
• Improved client/server network prediction
• Cooperative gameplay improvements
• Spectator Support
• True doom2.exe physics further replicated

Odamex Client Changes:

• Mouse code improvements
• Multiplayer target HUD
• New audio code from Chocolate-Doom
• Updated odamex.wad resources, new CTF sprites
• Vastly improved doom2.exe demo playback

Odamex Server Changes:

• New maplist options for server
• Server banlist support
• Server whitelist support

Odamex Launcher Changes:

• Ability to specify Odamex directory
• Multi-threaded server querying
• Launcher remembers window size after closing

Downloads

• File List for 0.4.0
• Mac OS X Binaries (Currently Unavailable)
• Windows Binaries
• Windows Installer
• Source Code

Odamex 0.3 (r476)

Odamex 0.3 was officially released on November 4th, 2007.

Odamex 0.3 is the first version to remove the alpha status.

Changes

A myriad of changes have been added since the previous version, such as:

• Removal of non-free resources
• Cvar and code additions, removals and cleanups
• Single player mode readded
• More bug fixes
• Demo compatibility fixes
• Launcher improvements

A comprehensive list of changes can be found in the CHANGELOG file shipped with Odamex.

Downloads

• File List for 0.3
• Mac OS X Binaries
• Windows Binaries
• Source Code

Odamex 0.2a (r149)

Odamex 0.2a was officially released on February 20th, 2007.

Downloads

• File List for 0.2a
• Windows Binaries
• Source Code

Odamex 0.1a (r33)

Odamex 0.1a was officially released on January 19th, 2007.

Downloads

• File List for 0.1a
• Mac OS X Binaries
• Windows Binaries
• Source Code