QZDoom

QZDoom
Standard	ZDoom
Codebase	GZDoom
Developer(s)	Magnus Norddahl (dpJudas), Eruanna
Initial release	0.1 (2016-10-18, 8 years ago)
Latest release	2.1.0 (2018-06-08, 6 years ago)
Development status	Inactive
Written in	C++
Target platform	Cross-platform
Available in	English (United States)
License	Doom Source License, 3-clause BSD license, others
Website	qzdoom.drdteam.org
Source Repository (Git)	GitHub

QZDoom is a fork of GZDoom with support for 32-bit true-color rendering, first released on October 18, 2016. It was created by Magnus Norddahl (dpJudas) and Rachael Alexanderson (Eruanna). It was originally opened as a pull request against ZDoom, to replace the 8-bit software renderer with a 32-bit one, but negative responses and lack of motion toward adoption from ZDoom's core developer team, combined with movement of the project in a radically new direction, eventually led to it becoming a separate project.

After the true-color renderer was merged in the parent port for the GZDoom 3.0 release, QZDoom now serves as an experimental port to test and refine ambitious new features before their eventual inclusion into GZDoom.

Features

• All features from GZDoom 3.4.0 (ACS, ZScript)
• All ZDoom features
• True color renderer
• OpenGL based renderer:
  • Full 3D floors (including slopes)
  • Reflective floors
  • Dynamic lights, brightmaps, glowing flats, custom hardware shaders
  • Quake II and Half-Life-style skyboxes in addition to regular ZDoom skyboxes
  • Optional high-quality (HQnX) rescaling filters for graphics, sprites and textures
  • MD2, MD3 and DMD model support

External links

• Official website
• Source code repository at GitHub
• Releases page at GitHub
• Original pull request thread at the ZDoom forums
• QZDoom 2.1.0 release thread at the ZDoom forums

References

Source code genealogy
Based on	Name	Base for
GZDoom	QZDoom	Active