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GZDoom continues maturing as a game engine to play the classics including the Doom series, Heretic and Hexen and more along with developers using it to make their own games (like the upcoming Selaco).

The latest and greatest is out now with GZDoom 4.6.0 as it continues to polish up the experience.

Here's the highlights of what's new:

  • Widescreen graphics for Heretic and Hexen
  • Sprite shadows like in the Build engine. Both in software and hardware renderer.
  • 16 bit channel PNG files can be read
  • DEHEXTRA working properly now
  • Various enhancements and fixes for ZScript.

Pictured - Heretic running with GZDoom 4.6.0.

That's only a little of what's new, digging into the actual changelog there's quite a lot of smaller changes as we've come to expect from each now GZDoom release. See more on the official site.

A good time to share! Be sure to let us know any recent fun discoveries that you can run with GZDoom. I've been seriously meaning to jump into Wolfenstein: Blade of Agony now it's finished.

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7 comments

Calinou May 24, 2021
The new sprite shadows are great, and I'm already working on further improvements for them :)
Perkeleen_Vittupää May 24, 2021
Wait, the site says "ZDoom" now, not GZDoom. The project's name has shortened up or some?
tuubi May 24, 2021
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Quoting: Perkeleen_VittupääWait, the site says "ZDoom" now, not GZDoom. The project's name has shortened up or some?

From the download page of that site:

QuoteZDoom now comes in multiple flavours! The primary port, GZDoom, sports advanced hardware (OpenGL) and enhanced software rendering capabilities, while the port LZDoom serves as an alternative with a different feature set, detailed below. Although the parent ZDoom codebase has been discontinued, the latest official release is available here for posterity.
Avehicle7887 May 24, 2021
Amazing release, I was always under the impression Hexen/Heretic already had widescreeen support :D

Been playing Blade of Agony lately, solid 10/10 commercial quality grade game.


Last edited by Avehicle7887 on 24 May 2021 at 11:14 pm UTC
ageres May 25, 2021
Quoting: Avehicle7887I was always under the impression Hexen/Heretic already had widescreeen support :D
It's sprites for melee weapons that were extended to the right. For example, that's how original punching looks like:

If your display is wider, it doesn't look good.
Phlebiac May 25, 2021
Quoting: Avehicle7887Been playing Blade of Agony lately, solid 10/10 commercial quality grade game.

I've only had a chance to play the first half-dozen levels or so, but I must say they did a fine job on it.
Oet_ May 25, 2021
Quoting: ageres
Quoting: Avehicle7887I was always under the impression Hexen/Heretic already had widescreeen support :D
It's sprites for melee weapons that were extended to the right. For example, that's how original punching looks like:

If your display is wider, it doesn't look good.
I just tried it out. The bar below also seems fixed:



Quoting: Avehicle7887Amazing release, I was always under the impression Hexen/Heretic already had widescreeen support :D

Been playing Blade of Agony lately, solid 10/10 commercial quality grade game.
Blade of Agony is the best GZDoom mod game I've ever seen. Played episode 1 (on GZDoom 4.5.0), so I will continue now with episode 2 (on GZDoom 4.6.0). Let's hope they stay compatible. ;)


Last edited by Oet_ on 25 May 2021 at 10:11 pm UTC
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