Heretic + Hexen | Update 1

Update 1 introduces a variety of new features, gameplay changes, fixes, and modding improvements and is available on all platforms

✨New Features

• AddedHereticAdded original game's Firemace placement randomization (albeit with 100% spawn chance instead of the original's 75%)

• Added option to disable cutscene subtitles in Accessibility menu

• Added option to restore original two-button press behavior when selecting inventory items

• Added option to restore original behavior where flying forward or backward will keep you at the same height, regardless of looking up or down

• Added option to disable weapon animation smoothing

• Added 'look up', 'look down', and 'center view' key bindings

• Allow use of more buttons to advance through intermission text screens

• Gameplay Modifiers menu is now accessible from episode and player class screens, instead of just difficulty selection

🔀Changes

• AdjustedHexenBuffed Bloodscourge damage and adjusted autoaim behavior to work better with large crowds of enemies
• AdjustedHexenSlightly increased attack speed of Timon's Axe
• AdjustedHexenDecreased Quietus mana usage from 14 of each type to 10
• AdjustedHexenSlightly increased Wraithverge mana usage from 18 to 20
• AdjustedHexenImproved smoothness of weapon attack animations for the weapons: Timon's Axe, Hammer of Retribution, Mace of Contrition, Wraithverge, Sapphire Wand, and Bloodscourge

• Improved smoothness of weapon raise and lower animations

• Disable menu ambience if music soundtrack is set to None

🧑‍🏭Fixes

• Automap now scrolls at a consistent speed regardless of screen resolution

• Automap now zooms more quickly when using a mouse wheel

• Strafe left and right keys will now cancel each other out to match original game behavior

• Monsters can no longer be pushed off ledges by player weapon attacks

• Triggers can no longer be skipped in certain circumstances when sliding along walls

• Enemy missiles will no longer fire slightly downward, preventing incorrectly exploding on certain windowsills

• Monster melee attacks no longer have infinite height

• Multiplayer scoreboards will no longer show zeroed out stats in certain cases

• Fixed cases where disabling viewbob would cause weapon sprites to offset incorrectly

• Locked door messages will no longer print if door is activated from back side

• Fixed strafe modifier key not working for mouse or controller movement

• Fixed missing accented glyphs in supported languages when using Classic typeface

• Prevented messages at the top of the screen from being stuck after loading certain save games

• Heretic: The Chaos Serpent in Faith Renewed will no longer shoot fireballs over the player’s head

• Heretic: Gauntlets will no longer push enemies backward

• RemovedHereticFixed status bar not redrawing correctly on level transition if crossfade option is disabled

• Heretic: Shadowspheres will now correctly penalize enemy aiming at the player

• Heretic: Fix black box on Firemace sprite

• FixedHexenFixed cases where weapon sprites for certain melee weapons (e.g. Cleric Mace) would occasionally jitter
• FixedHexenFixed explosions having infinite height

• Hexen: Messages for switch sequences in Deathkings will now print properly

🗺️🔀🧑‍🏭Level Changes & Fixes

• FixedHereticFixed inconsistent blood floor texture behavior; blood floors will no longer deal damage)
• FixedHereticFixed inconsistencies between types of locked door textures to be consistent with original game
• FixedHereticE1M6: Fixed an instance of overlapping monsters on Hard difficulty
• RemovedHereticE2M1: Removed a few Weredragons in singleplayer, for a bit less grind

• Heretic: E2M2: Remove mid-air floating stalactite

• FixedHereticE2M5: Fixed non-damaging lava sector around yellow key
• RemovedHereticE2M7: Remove unreachable enemies from disabled green key track on easier difficulty modes
• FixedHereticE3M5: Fixed gargoyles getting randomly stuck on hanging corpses

• Heretic: E3M6: Remove out-of-bounds Quartz Flask which caused 100% items being unobtainable

• FixedHereticE4M2: Fixed softlock caused by skipping triggers for lowering the yellow key pyramid
• FixedHereticE5M1: Fixed unobtainable secrets; add additional Tome of Power to maze area
• FixedHereticE5M2: Fixed missing texture on waterfall steps after blue door

• Heretic: E5M3:"Pod-walk" and "Barrel-walk" sections are no longer required to reach the non-secret exit

• FixedHereticE5M5: Fixed unobtainable secrets
• FixedHereticE5M6: Fixed sky-pillar cutoff when viewing the starting area from the secret ledge outdoors
• FixedFaith RenewedE5M1: Fixed unobtainable secret
• FixedFaith RenewedE1M3: Fixed softlock caused by progressing beyond the green doors without a green key
• FixedFaith RenewedE1M6: Fixed non-lava damaging floor sector
• FixedFaith RenewedE1M7: Fixed unintended skip to yellow key and softlock caused by leaping into firepits near start
• FixedFaith RenewedE1M9: Fixed being able to escape beyond the playable bounds of the map in certain areas
• FixedVestiges of GrandeurSerpent Temple: Fixed portals to Garden of Medea and Korax's Domain only being usable one time
• FixedVestiges of GrandeurKorax's Domain: Fixed softlock when choosing incorrectly for the final puzzle switch
• FixedVestiges of GrandeurKorax's Domain: Fixed co-op shortcut teleporter only being usable one time

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✨New Features

• Added support for using the Windows virtual keyboard for text inputs

🔀Changes

• Removed option for exclusive fullscreen to fix some issues with Game Bar overlays and to allow virtual keyboard to work

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🛠️🔀Modding Changes

• Added warning that the mod uploader is not available when using a controller

• AddedHereticAdded a new non-randomized Firemace actor that can be placed in custom maps
• AddedHereticResolved issue where wand start option was not available when launching Heretic mods
• RemovedHereticRemoved ambient sound limit
• RemovedHereticRemoved D'Sparil boss teleport spot limit

• Heretic: Sector type 4 will now visually scroll again

• Added WF_AUTOAIMFARTHEST flag for weapons; instructs weapon to priortize the furthest available target for autoaim, rather than the nearest

• Added A_MStaffAttackEX (customizable Bloodscourge attack) codepointer

• Fix issue when setting playerclass flags in EXDEFS

• A_RadiusDamage now has flags for customizing behavior

• Added 'endpalette' and 'enddemon' UMAPINFO keys, allowing arbitrary maps to use finales for Heretic Episodes 2 and 3

• Fix crash when loading certain old mods that utilize custom textures

• Updated order of graphic lumps in IWADs to match the originals, to fix potential HUD display issues in community source ports

• Moved UMAPINFO lump for Heretic to heretic_ex.wad, for better compatibility with community source ports

• Only evaluate the -warp commandline option on first launch, not when switching games in the game selection screen