New Features and Improvements

• Mod Support:

  • ID24 features:
    • SBARDEF, with additional widescreen layout and widgets.
    • SKYDEFS.
    • UMAPINFO intermission extensions.
    • extras.wad, which will be autoloaded if found.
  • Added support for TRAKINFO (remixed soundtrack from "Doom + Doom II").
  • Added support for PNG graphics, textures, flats, and sprites, which are automatically converted to palettized Doom graphics. 32-bit PNGs are converted to 8-bit with color degradation (not recommended).
  • Added resource directories and partial support for PK3 archives.
  • Added VX_START/VX_END namespace for voxels.

• Video:

  • Added 32:9 aspect ratio support for ultrawide monitors.
  • Draw sprites overlapping into visible sectors: enhancement to stop things from disappearing due to "anchor" sector not being in line of sight (thanks to @SirBofu).
  • Limited max distance for sprites to 8192 map units, as before (improves performance in comatose.wad).
  • Improved FPS limiter (thanks to @gendlin).

• Sound:

  • Added 4-band equalizer for sound effects.
  • Added output limiter and SFX channels options to menu.
  • Added OpenAL Doppler effect option to menu.
  • Added click/pop prevention for sound lumps that start or end with a non-zero amplitude.

• Music:

  • Added auto gain (loudness normalization) menu option for music, which applies to sampled music (MP3/OGG/XM/etc.), FluidSynth, and OPL3.
  • Added support for multiple OPL3 chips, and made various improvements (thanks to @jpernst).
  • Changed native MIDI music volume curve to linear.
  • Added FluidSynth and OPL3 menu items.
  • Updated default FluidSynth reverb and chorus parameters. These parameters are configurable in woof.cfg.
  • Improved EMIDI support to match behavior of Build engine games.
  • Added DMXOPL enhanced FM patch set.

• Input:

  • Added option for fake high-resolution turning when using short tics: see fake_longtics in woof.cfg.
  • Added quickstart cache option (from DSDA-Doom): see quickstart_cache_tics in woof.cfg.
  • Added a "Weapon Carousel" to visualize switching weapons using the mouse wheel or "Next"/"Prev" buttons (thanks to @JNechaevsky for the graphics).
  • Added "Vanilla Weapon Cycle" option.
  • Added "Last" weapon key binding.
  • Added support for SSG key binding when using vanilla compatibility level.
  • Improved performance when handling many input events at once.
  • Optimized input polling for older computers (thanks to @gendlin).
  • Added support for native keyboard input (from Chocolate Doom).

• Gamepad:

  • Added custom weapon slots: the default configuration uses the D-pad and matches the Doom II Xbox 360 port.
  • Added rumble support. Rumble patterns are generated dynamically from sound files. Supports weapon mods.
  • Added gyro support.
  • Added flick stick support.
  • Added option to force platform-specific (i.e. Xbox, Playstation, or Switch) button names: see joy_platform in woof.cfg.
  • Added option to force keyboard or gamepad menu help text, useful for mixed input devices: see menu_help in woof.cfg.
  • Streamlined save game menu when using a gamepad.

• Quality of Life:

  • Added "Auto Save" option: the game is automatically saved at the beginning of a map, after completing the previous one.
  • Added compatibility database from DSDA-Doom (COMPDB lump), which automatically applies compatibility options.
  • Added option to correct the automap's aspect ratio (thanks to @thearst3rd).
  • Added aliases for popular command-line parameters (-cl, -nomo, -uv, -nm).
  • Added announcement of map titles (from DSDA-Doom).
  • Added Crispy Doom automap color scheme.
  • Added "count" option for secret-revealed message (thanks to @MrAlaux).
  • Added level stats widget format settings (thanks to @MrAlaux).
  • Added fast exit when pressing Alt+F4 or the window close button.
  • Improved deathmatch HUD widgets (scoreboard and level time countdown).

• Tools:

  • Added advanced coordinates widget (from DSDA-Doom).
  • Added command history widget (from DSDA-Doom).

• Miscellaneous:

  • Replaced "Show ENDOOM Screen" menu item with "Exit Sequence" (Off, Sound Only, PWAD ENDOOM, Full).
  • Added drag-and-drop on non-Windows systems.
  • Added SPEED cheat to show a speedometer.
  • Rewrote help strings in woof.cfg (thanks to @MrAlaux).
  • Added interpolation of wipe melt animation (from Rum and Raisin Doom).
  • Fit finale text to widescreen instead of inserting line breaks.
  • Always use traditional menu ordering (removed Boom choice).
  • Moved all autoload and internal resources to woof.pk3 archive.
  • Allowed setting gamedescription (and thus the window title) with DEHACKED.
  • Allowed up to 10 episodes in UMAPINFO.
  • Added more paths to find IWADs.
  • Removed source port credits screen, restoring the vanilla demo loop.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed player being added to monster friend list when damaged below 50% health, improving performance on maps with many monsters (from DSDA-Doom).
• Fixed UMAPINFO bossaction walk-over actions (from DSDA-Doom).
• Fixed MBF21 SSG autoswitch causing weapons to disappear (from DSDA-Doom).
• Fixed MBF21 ripper weapons causing additional damage when "Improved Hit Detection" is enabled.
• Fixed adding/removing NOBLOCKMAP or NOSECTOR with MBF21 DEHACKED (from DSDA-Doom).
• Fixed sound origin for huge levels (from PrBoom+).
• Fixed direct SSG switches in vanilla demos (fixes desync in b109xm-00463.lmp).
• Fixed highlighting of death-exit sectors on automap.
• Fixed pressing Alt+Tab and Windows key when using exclusive fullscreen.
• Fixed OpenGL exclusive fullscreen.
• Fixed free look range.
• Fixed free look behavior when loading a level or using toggles.
• Fixed various issues with the "On Death Action" feature.
• Fixed misaligned 200-pixels-tall sky textures.
• Fixed stretching of vertically scrolling skies.
• Fixed looping of MIDIs that don't set initial channel volumes.
• Fixed ENDOOM aspect ratio.
• Fixed game speed changes affecting MIDI playback.
• Fixed a crash in the MAP06->MAP07 transition in PUSS33_DIEROWDY.wad.
• Fixed potential desyncs by MBF's correction of the SSG flash.
• Fixed garbage columns when aspect ratio correction is disabled.
• Fixed automap thing interpolation with the FREEZE cheat enabled.
• Fixed resolution affecting minimum/maximum automap scale.
• Fixed crosshair target lock-on not working on voxel models.
• Fixed clean screenshots on demo and intermission screens.
• Fixed game speed affecting dynamic resolution.

Regressions

• Removed the Boom HUD and WOOFHUD support, they are replaced by SBARDEF.
• Removed the "Blink Missing Keys" feature.

Acknowledgments

• El Juancho for testing and providing feedback on quickstart cache.
• gendlin and Trov (bangstk) for testing and providing feedback on fake high-resolution turning.
• gendlin for FPS limiter improvements and various general optimizations.
• Jibb Smart for publishing reference implementations of gyro and flick stick features.
• JustinWayland, protocultor, sndein, and AL2009man for testing and providing feedback on gyro and flick stick features.
• Julia Nechaevskaya for help with 32:9 support.