After over a year since the first public beta release, ZDaemon 1.09 has finally been officially released. The popular online multiplayer Doom port features many netcode improvements, as well as a massive number of bug fixes, features, and enhancements. Some of the changes include:
- Improved client prediction and networking code with less bandwidth consumption, providing a much smoother experience even with high latency.
- A wide array of new demo features including: a flexible new demo format; new playback controls such as pause, rewind, and fast forward; and a free-roaming camera mode during playback.
- A new "Picture-In-Picture" view when spectating duels.
- Built-in voice chat, allowing players to communicate more easily.
- Enhanced display options, new fonts, and a customizable scoreboard.
- Support for up to 50 players on a single server.
- New Double Domination, King of the Hill, and Instagib game modes.
- Complete Heretic support.
- Greatly improved support for ACS, including libraries and LOADACS.
- Many other editing features, such as non-restricted polyobjects, portals, and the new PATCHINF lump, which allows patching pre-existing maps.
- New DMFlags for increased fidelity to vanilla Doom behavior.
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