Hexen (OS/2)

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Hexen for OS/2
Codebase Hexen
Developer(s) Jostein Ullestad
Initial release 0.01
Latest release 0.13 (1999-07-11, 25 years ago)
Development status Discontinued
Written in C
Target platform OS/2
License see Raven source code licensing issue
Website Hexen/2 Homepage (archived 🏛)

Hexen for OS/2 (also called Hexen/2) is a source port of Hexen made by Jostein Ullestad, for the OS/2 series of operating systems.

Features[edit]

  • Added command line options.
    • -novram, uses regular ram instead of VRAM.
    • -framespeed, sets target frame rate.
    • -fps, shows a FPS counter in the top left corner of the window.
    • -nopause, does not pause the game when the window is not focused.
    • -nomousecapture, disable capturing of mouse inputs.

History[edit]

  • 0.01, First release. Has no sound, network, joystick or mouse support.
  • 0.02, Adds mouse support, added option for window size.
  • 0.03, Added speed option.
  • 0.04, Removed the speed option, unspecified graphics improvement, removed minimize/maximize system menu option, actives window when the game starts.
  • 0.05, Added border to dialog box, joystick support, and code quality improvements.
  • 0.06, Added FPS counter parameter -fps, -novram parameter, -framespeed parameter changed time counter to use system clock.
  • 0.07, Fixed crashing issue.
  • 0.08, Fixed issue with DIVE with window dragging, fixed crashing issue when playing as Mage, added -debug parameter, joystick calibration settings now get saved in a file called "Joystick.clb", added the -nopause parameter, and frame rate improvements.
  • 0.09, Improved mouse support, quadrupled internal message buffer, intended to fix "Cluster message too long" error.
  • 0.10, Fixed "Cluster message too long" error, added music support, mouse is grabbed when window is in focus, able to be disabled with -nomousecapture parameter.
  • 0.11, Sound effects play, disabled mouse grabbing.
  • 0.12, Better sound effect support, and volume setting for sound effects work, re-enabled mouse grabbing. Released 1999-04-22.
  • 0.13, Fixed the sound effect volume setting. Released 1999-07-11.

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Source code genealogy
Based on Name Base for
Hexen Hexen for OS/2 None