DOOM and DOOM 2 Players Surprised with New Update

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Jump into the fray like never before with the latest update for DOOM 1 and DOOM 2! Today brings an exciting surprise – multiplayer mods are now live across all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. Now, we can customize and experiment with our own creations, from tweaking weapons to designing fresh stages. Plus, a slew of bug fixes and improvements have been rolled out to ensure smooth gaming sessions!

First introduced in 1993, DOOM was a trailblazer for the FPS genre by introducing innovative combat, graphics, and detail, particularly in terms of gore. These characteristics remained consistent throughout DOOM 2 and continue to be present in newer versions such as DOOM: Eternal and, coming soon, DOOM: The Dark Ages. Last year, Bethesda and Nightdive Studios launched a combined edition of DOOM + DOOM 2 on all consoles. This version came with an extra chapter and mod support for single-player, allowing players to use modifications they’ve created themselves. Previously, the multiplayer mode was standard player versus player, featuring new maps from various community members. Now, enthusiasts can incorporate modded content to create a fresh and enjoyable gaming experience.

It’s worth mentioning that for mods to function in Multiplayer, they must fulfill specific conditions such as gaining authorization and subscribing to the same mod. Now that these mods are accessible, additional features have been incorporated into both DOOM and DOOM 2, including spectator mode, a wider range of player colors, and improved networking code. Previously problematic aspects such as crosshair issues, mod compatibility, and weapon malfunctions have been resolved and rectified.

The DOOM and DOOM 2 patch notes can be found below:

All Platforms 

Multiplayer Mods

  • Hosts need to activate the mod before entering the multiplayer menu 
  • Players will need to subscribe to the same mod before joining a match 
  • We recommend using room codes to join modified matches 
  • Mods must be authored with Vanilla DOOM, DeHackEd, MBF21 or BOOM to be compatible 

General

  • Resolved an issue in which some red doors did not display as red on the automap 
  • Fixed multiple crashes reported by the community when loading game saves
  • Improved text line wrapping legibility for mod descriptions in Asian languages 
  • Removed map prefix from intermission screen to be consistent with original game behavior 

Multiplayer

  • Items can now be picked up by all players in co-op mission play 
  • Added spectator mode when players are dead and waiting to respawn in co-op mission play (it can also be initiated manually from the scoreboard button) 
  • Fixed an issue in which disabling the crosshair would also turn off player name and co-op respawn text display 
  • There are now more than 4 player colors available in game and on scoreboards 
  • Resolved an issue in which players would lose weapons when respawning in co-op using modern rules 
  • Fixed an issue in which the cross-platform friends menu could not be properly backed out of when no friends were available 
  • Further optimized multiplayer networking code 
  • Addressed crosshair centering issue in certain splitscreen configurations 
  • Intermission animations now run at the correct speed in splitscreen mode 

Mods

  • The mod downloader can now process more than the first 100 subscribed mods 

Nintendo Switch 

Mods

  • Mod subscriptions will now work between multiple user profiles 

For Mod Creators on PC 

  • Mod screenshots with spaces and other non-alphanumeric characters in their file names will now upload correctly in most cases 

Mod Compatibility Updates 

  • MBF21 instant kill sectors were incorrectly killing non-enemy actors 
  • MBF21 instant kill sectors will fire immediately when a monster enters them, instead of waiting 
  • BOOM and MBF21 effects that kill monsters will deal 1 million damage instead of 10000 damage in order to fix mods that used monsters with high HP values to create an invulnerable enemy 
  • BOOM generic floor actions were not selecting the right neighbor when finding which sector ceiling or floor height they needed to move to 
  • Players can hurt and shoot projectiles at their own voodoo dolls (aka player model / clone), to be consistent with the original game 
  • ENTERPIC in UMAPINFO is correctly shown for the map you are entering instead of the map you just left 
  • DeHackEd strings for BOOM keys can now be replaced through DEH patches 
  • BOOM line action 242 (Deep water) will now transfer ceiling and floor lighting 
  • Now avoids crashing for invalid sized demos when playing the demoloop 
  • Maps using DMAPINFO will print the map name on automap, level select, and savegames 
  • Changing DeHackEd ammo type will now actually change the ammo type 
  • Fixed Berzerk Factor not calculating correctly in the A_WeaponMeleeAttack MBF21 codepointer 
  • Fixed BTSX Episode 1 and Episode 2 demo playback not rendering fullscreen 
  • Mods that override DOOM (1993) Episodes 1-3 will use the correct intermission screen 
  • MBF21 A_Lower codepoint now checks for an invalid weapon before changing weapons if out of ammo 

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2025-01-28 22:44