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Source repository migrated to Git

Ozkan Sezer — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 01:50:37 -0000

The sources are moved to a Git repository on SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/p/uhexen2/uhexen2/

There is also a mirror at Github:
https://github.com/sezero/uhexen2.git

Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) 1.5.9 is released

Ozkan Sezer — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:18:18 -0000

Version 1.5.9 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is released.
All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Uploaded the source code, as well as packages for Win32, Win64, Mac OS X,
Linux-x86, Linux-x86_64, OS/2, DOS, AROS-x86, m68k-AmigaOS, and MorphOS:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.9/

The changes since the previous release are as follows:

OS/2 support using SDL (should work on eComStation and ArcaOS too.)
Updated third-party libraries (music codecs, SDL, etc.)
Support for Watcom compiler targeting OS/2 and Windows.
Support for libxmp for tracker music decoding (disabled by default.)
AHI audio no longer fails if the library returns 32 bit format (e.g.
in AROS v0 nightly builds.)
New AmigaOS MIDI driver using CAMD library.
Several optimized assembler sources for m68k-amigaos.
gcc is now supported to target m68k-amigaos.
Software renderer: Reduced some 2D overdraw. Faster model lighting.
Recursion optimizations to server world query procedures.
New 'viewpos' command to display client's position and angles (based
on FitzQuake version.)
config.cfg is no longer written in case of a Sys_Error().
Utils, windows: Change threads creation to use _beginthreadex().
All platforms, gameplay: Necromancer soul devour no longer prints a
stray number (bug #65.)
Other minor fixes, tidy-ups, and portability tweaks.

Updated v1.5.8a packages for MorphOS, AROS, and AmigaOS

Ozkan Sezer — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:34:53 -0000

Rebuilt and re-uploaded the MorphOS, AmigaOS and AROS packages to
fix a few AHI and joystick issues. The packages have "1.5.8a" as
the version number.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.8/MorphOS/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.8/AmigaOS-m68k/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.8/AROS-x86/

Also rebuilt and re-uploaded the corresponding demo version packages:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hexen2Demo-Aug.1997/

For those who build from the source code, apply the 1.5.8a patch to
the original 1.5.8 source:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.8/Source/

The changes are as follows:

sound (AHI backend): fix sample rates lower than 11025 Hz.
sound (AHI backend): fix bad sound with sample rates which are
not a multiple of 11025.
input: limit lowlevel.library joystick ports to 0-3.
opengl (amigaos3, MiniGL): smart and automatic locking support.
new cvar gl_lockmode, valid values: "manual" (default), "auto",
and "smart".

Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) 1.5.8 is released

Ozkan Sezer — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:19:21 -0000

Version 1.5.8 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is released.
All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Uploaded the source code, as well as packages for Win32, Win64, Mac OS X,
Linux-x86, Linux-x86_64, DOS, AROS-x86, m68k-AmigaOS, and MorphOS:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.8/

The changes since the previous release are as follows:

Software renderer: Fixed a reported crash if the engine is compiled
with certain Visual Studio versions (bug #62.)
Software renderer: Fixed sky scaling issues, thanks to Szilard Biro.
(fix found in 'ToChriS' quake source.)
Software renderer: Fixed scaling console backgrounds whose dimensions
are not the default 320x200. One such example is the "Game of Tomes"
mod which has a 1024x768 conback.lmp.
Hexenworld server: Added "-protocol x" command line option to force
the server to use a specific protocol (25 or 26), if so required.
Amiga: Video fixes. On AROS, the game does not 'freeze' in fullscreen
mode anymore if the 'Timidity:' assign is not present.
Amiga: m68k-amigaos support. (Use VBCC as the compiler, gcc has code
generation issues.)
Windows: Visual Studio builds no longer require yasm or nasm. Tested
compilation using VS2015-update/2.
DOS, PCI sound driver: Updates, more Intel HDA chipsets recognized.
DOS, 3dfx opengl: Macronix (MX86251) variants of Voodoo Rush boards
are now functional.
DOS, 3dfx opengl: Further updates/fixes to opengl and glide drivers.
Updates to DXE exports so that more opengl driver builds would work
without requiring an engine recompile.
All platforms, gameplay: Fixed an issue with the rider bosses Death,
Pestilence and War in coop mode. (as reported by Spike and Korax.)
Other minor fixes/tidy-ups elsewhere in the source.

MorphOS and AROSUpdated v1.5.7b packages

Ozkan Sezer — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 23:34:07 -0000

Re-built and re-uploaded MorphOS and AROS packages as v1.5.7b
which include certain video mode fixes after the original v1.5.7 release.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.7/AROS-x86/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.7/MorphOS/

Refreshed the corresponding demo version packages too.

Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) 1.5.7 is released

Ozkan Sezer — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:25:39 -0000

Version 1.5.7 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is released.
All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Uploaded the source code, as well as packages for Win32, Win64, Mac OS X,
Linux-x86, Linux-x86_64, DOS, AROS-x86, and MorphOS:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.7/

The changes since the previous release are as follows:

All platforms, gameplay, mission pack: fixed an hcode bug which would
make the spiders seemingly invincible for a difficulty-depending time.
All platforms, gameplay: Crusader partial heal at certain experience
thresholds now starts at level 3 to be consistent with the manual.
All platforms, gameplay: Many small HexenC fixes and clean-ups.
All platforms, hexen2: Better cross-map demo playback support.
OpenGL: fix screenshots when screen width isn't a multiple of 4.
OpenGL: minor gamma updates.
Windows: fixed DPI scaling issues.
Windows, CD audio: fixed the "-cddev" command line option.
Music: Support for FLAC codec and tracker (MOD) music including unreal
umx files. (edit the makefiles to enable when compiling.)
Utils, hcc: Added a command line option "-os" to compact the strings
heap by eliminating duplicates. some minor revisions.
Utils, jsh2color: ignore minlight values from the -light command line
switch: eliminates the majority of the ugly black patches from eidolon
and rider2c maps. bumped its version to 1.2.6.
All platforms: External wal texture loading is now a compile time
option, disabled by default.
HexenWorld: Support for a new protocol 26: if the client sends "*cap"
userinfo with a "c", the server returns protocol 26 instead of 25 and
sends the sound and model lists in small chunks like quakeworld does.
Old clients versus new servers and new clients versus old servers are
not affected and run using the original protocol 25 as they used to.
The new protocol 26 connection sequence avoids packet fragmentation.
DOS: HexenWorld is now supported on DOS. requires uhexen2 v1.5.7 or
newer hexenworld servers to connect. (see above for hw protocol 26.)
DOS: OpenGL support on 3Dfx Voodoo cards.
DOS: Experimental support for several PCI sound cards (see README.dos)
Several small fixes, tidy-ups, safeguards elsewhere in the sources.
Added a shell script to run different versions of the game which can
be useful for system-wide installations. (see scripts/hexen2-run.sh)
Removed the gtk launcher.
Updated third-party libraries (music codecs and SDL).

MorphOS and AROS packages for uHexen2 v1.5.6

Ozkan Sezer — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:38:05 -0000

Szilárd Biró prepared the MorphOS and AROS packages for v1.5.6, updated on the downloads page:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.6/MorphOS/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.6/AROS-x86/

Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) 1.5.6 is released

Ozkan Sezer — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:21:22 -0000

Version 1.5.6 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2) is released.
This new release fixes several bugs, adds automatic Hor+ style FOV
scaling, and adds Opus music decoding support amongst other things.
All users are encouraged to upgrade.

Uploaded the full sources, as well as win32, win64, dos, linux-x86,
linux-x86_64 and Mac OS X binary packages.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/uhexen2/files/Hammer%20of%20Thyrion/1.5.6/
Packages for Amiga variants (AROS, MorphOS) and others should follow
shortly. We'd also like to have linux-ppc rpms or tarballs if anyone
can prepare them for us.

The changes since the previous release are as follows:

* Screen: implemented Hor+ style field of view (FOV) scaling, useful
for widescreen resolutions. configured by new cvar fov_adapt: set
it to 1 and your fov will be scaled automatically according to the
resolution. enabled by default. opengl and software renderers both
supported.

* Screen: viewsize greater than 120 now disables the hud (use the
screen size slider in the options menu.)

* Progs VM: Fixed a corner case thinko in version6 progs execution.

* Server: changelevel failures, e.g. in case of non-existent maps, are
now considered as error, so that the clients do not get stuck in the
connected state anymore.

* Server: accept maplist.txt only if it is from the same game directory
as progs.dat itself or from a searchpath with a higher priority.

* Timidity (Unix MIDI): Multiple fixes, including memory errors found
by valgrind.

* Mac OS X: A new icon.

* Music: Support for Opus codec. (edit the makefiles to enable it when
compiling.)

* Software renderer: fixed color shifts from area contents or power-up
items usage staying persistent after a disconnect.

* OpenGL: worked around weird mods, e.g.: project peanut, where certain
models are sometimes drawn "white" because the mod's hcode initializes
those entities with non-existant skins.

* OpenGL: gamma fixes for several platforms.

* HexenWorld: opengl fixes for the shownames feature, other gl updates.

* Hexenworld, gamecode: hw and siege map cycling setup is done using the
localinfo variables just like in quakeworld, strings.txt abusing is no
more. See docs/README.hwsv for brief instructions.

* Verified correct compilation by upcoming gcc-4.8 and by clang-3.2.

* Fixed several other minor bugs, some found by valgrind. Incremented
engine versions for hexen2 to 1.28, hexenworld to 0.28, and gamecode
version to 1.28.

Enjoy.

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