| 3D Engine |
Display:
The original Doom used 8 bit graphics and a display resolution of
320x200. DelphiDoom improvements include:
- Display resolutions up to 2048x1536.
- 32 bit true color software renderer.
- Dynamic lighting, no more colormaps.
- Texture filtering (optional).
- 8 bit and 32 bit
external texture support (BMP, TGA and PNG formats).
- Look Up and Down using z-axis shift.
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True 3D emulation far beyond simple z-axis shift for best
illusion of 3d enviroment.
- Frame interpolation to exceed the 35fps limit of the old engine.
- Hi resolution flats up to 512x512, bigger flats are also supported but
will be scaled to 512x512.
- Hi resolution walls up to 1024x1024, bigger walls are also supported but
will be scaled to 1024x1024.
- Support for
Doom Hires Texture Pack.
Limitations:
Original Doom limits improved by DelphiDoom:
- Increased MAXDRAWSEGS limit to 2048 (originally 256).
- Increased MAXPLATS limit to 512 (originally 30).
- Increased MAXLINEANIMS limit to 1024 (originally 64).
- Increased MAXVISSPRITES limit to 1024 (originally 128).
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| Sound |
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New features:
- Autodetects and plays midi files inside PWADs.
- Autodetects and plays wav files inside PWADs.
- Support external mp3 files.
- Support external wav files.
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| Gameplay |
Compatibility
- Compatibility with old game demos, will play the most of the
old game engine demos.
- Compatible with first game releases (versions 1.1 and 1.2).
- Compatible with ancient shareware version 0.99.
Effects:
- Dropped items fall to ground.
- The player can look left and right.
- Puff spawning in lower textures of linedefs.
New features:
- New actor definitions in ACTORDEF text lumps.
- The player can jump.
- The player can change back to fist after having the chainsaw.
- Optional automap overlay.
- Optional automap rotation.
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| User Interface |
New features:
- The user can access most of the new features using the menus.
- 3D engine can be configured thru the
display
options menu.
- Added quake-style
console. List of all console commands
here.
- New command line parameters have been added. List of all command line
parameters
here.
- Easy launcher controls the most common tasks.
- Slots of saved games increased from 6 to 8.
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