The 2024 RISC OS port of Hexen (released in time for the SW Show earlier
this year) has received a major update to v1.07. It is a free upgrade via !Store for anyone who has already got the 2024 edition.
The headline feature is a brand new lighting model that more faithfully captures the look of the original game. The original lighting didn't
scale well with high resolutions, and tended to give an overly bright,
almost comic-book look. A lot of the subtle lighting, gloom and effects
work was lost.
The new version takes better advantage of the 24bit palette (whilst still looking good in 256 colours) to allow shadows, light shafts and the gloomy atmosphere of Hexen to be faithfully reproduced on modern high-res
displays.
In line with this, v1.07 has much better support for widescreen displays,
with artwork subtly extended to look and work better with the monitors we
use today.
There have, of course, been a range of bug fixes and improvements both to
the game itself and the front end. You can now run by default (and slow
to a walk) if you perfer, and animations have been improved. Demos now
play as expected, regardless of frame-rate, and the game should feel
smoother on slower systems (or when cranking details up).
A full changelog is available on the !Store product page.
Aaaand finally.... the game now includes a discount coupon/voucher for a forthcoming project... :)
Have fun,
Andrew
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