0.9.15 Beta (ZDoom 2.0.98 upgrade)

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 19:53

I just released a beta version that upgrades GZDoom to ZDoom 2.0.98.

Please don't consider this an official stable release. I merely release it so you can test it and report bugs. Get it here:

http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/gzdoom/GZDo ... 0-9-15.zip

I will release the source later. Right now I don't have the time to prepare it.

The HavoX · Post by **The HavoX** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 21:14

i'm not touching it (yet)

i feel so paranoid when it comes to beta-testing... i'd never know if beta-release software could be so unstable, it winds up damaging my PC!

Post by **wildweasel** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 21:47

HavoX: You need to face the facts that nearly everything on your computer is "beta" software to some extent. Even Windows is still undergoing bug-testing on some level (namely, security fixes and such).

The cardinal rule of computers: no matter what it is, it's bound to be capable of destroying somebody's PC somewhere down the line. While everybody else was installing and playing the FEAR single-player demo with utmost ease, my computer barely installed it and required three reboots to get it off my computer without destroying things.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 22:45

The HavoX wrote:i'm not touching it (yet)

i feel so paranoid when it comes to beta-testing... i'd never know if beta-release software could be so unstable, it winds up damaging my PC!

I could have released without a beta warning. That's how many of the highly unstable ZDoom versions (like 2.0.97) came to be. This is no different - except that I am honest enough to name this version 'beta'.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 22:49

Well, so far so good for me. No damaged PC yet.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 22:52

I'm more concerned about less obvious problems. I had to update a lot of code in files that have changed a lot in both ZDoom and GZDoom so I might have missed something or overwritten an older change.

Post by **Enjay** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 23:12

Well, I just came up with a minor one, but it's a Zdoom problem rather than GZDoom specific:

http://forum.zdoom.org/potato.php?p=183304#183304

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 23:19

Fixed.

To the paranoid non-user: Things like this are the reason why I did a beta release!

NecroMage · Post by **NecroMage** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:17

Idc about it ruining my computer but I did find two problems when playing zen_dynamics: when i switched fromt the alt_hud to the normal hud it display liked a missing texture and when going into map four it did not display the hud_message correct and then froze during the scientist log.

Post by **ellmo** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:04

DL-ing.
Any info on what new features / bugfixes should we expect?

EDIT:
Nvm. I forgot that you're the one that actually writes changelogs, Graf.

Nuxius · Post by **Nuxius** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:29

Yay for walkable extra floor slopes!

BetaSword · Post by **BetaSword** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:02

Sloped 3D floors are indeed walkable now, I just checked. Very nice, Graf, very nice

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:23

It seems all the critical things are working now so that later today I can release a non-beta 0.9.16.

Manc · Post by **Manc** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:09

BetaSword wrote:Sloped 3D floors are indeed walkable now, I just checked. Very nice, Graf, very nice :)

OMFG

This is excellently awesome.