vkQuake2 1.5.9

• fixed compilation warnings in XCode 13
• updated Windows project to Visual Studio 2022
• Added Slight Mechanical Destruction source files
• while ingame, we're no longer displaying weapon's HUD indicator if FOV is greater than 91
• fixed wrong team being announced when the blue flag is returned after it gets destroyed
• added a no_music CLI toggle to disable music from command line
• updated VMA to 3.0.1
• added support for VK_KHR_PORTABILITY_ENUMERATION required by MoltenVK
• added a CPU pause instruction during spin loop (Linux, MacOS)
• fixed some string copying buffer overflows and compiler warnings

vkQuake2 1.5.8

• colorbuffer and colorbufferWarp samplers in QVk_RecreateSwapchain are now properly updated
• fixed incorrect sound playing when moving between positions in video menu
• added vk_underwater command to enable/disable player vision warp when submerged in liquids
• updated VMA to 3.0.0-development (2021-02-16)
• fixed warnings related to new definition of VK_NULL_HANDLE

vkQuake2 1.5.7

• handle macOS fullscreen rendering in a less overengineered way
• added 1920x1200 screen resolution
• rebuilt shaders using glslangValidator embedded with Vulkan SDK 1.2.170.0
• the application now enables VK_KHR_portability_subset extension if it's supported by the device to conform with the Vulkan specs
• Windows: the game is now properly toggling between game's fullscreen and desktop's resolutions when alt-tabbing
• removed the non-functional vk_bitdepth command
• changed the initial value of vk_sampleshading to 0 due to a potential bug in the Metal driver which causes a deadlock during shader compilation

vkQuake2 1.5.6

• fixed data race in Linux builds
• fixed incorrect handling of sound sampling on MacOS
• removed --fast-math from Linux builds
• fixed broken depth tests for particle rendering
• fixed a couple Vulkan spec-related bugs
• fixed compiler warnings on XCode 12
• bumped Vulkan Memory Allocator to 3.0.0-development (2020-11-03)

vkQuake2 1.5.5

• fixed improper handling of exclusive fullscreen acquisition errors
• added handling for all swapchain creation errors
• slightly updated output of vk_strings command

vkQuake2 1.5.4

• fixed broken scrolling text behavior in credits menu
• fixed broken download bar rendering
• Windows project has been retargetted to Visual Studio 2019 - please use the latest Visual Studio Redistributable to run the attached executables
• during Vulkan initialization, a device can be still selected if it doesn't support samplerAnisotropy device feature
• minor bugfixes

Important: Starting with this release, please make sure that you have the latest Visual Studio Redistributable installed on your system before running the game (32-bit or 64-bit depending on the chosen architecture).

vkQuake2 1.5.3

• added support for MOUSE4 and MOUSE5 buttons on Windows
• added vk_fullscreen_exclusive command and a proper video menu setting to enable/disable exclusive fullscreen mode on Windows
• added debug_console cvar to enable/disable debug cmd console on Windows
• fixed push constants related validation errors detected by latest validation layers
• MSAA color buffer is now created only when it's actually needed
• the game is now trying to use triple buffering instead of double buffering, if available
• the vk_strings command now prints swapchain image count currently in use
• fixed the "missing maps/ntro.inn.bsp" error that occurs on some Linux distributions
• crosshair is now properly centered on the screen
• crosshair images are now stored in a separate scrap texture with S_NEAREST filtering - this fixes display issues for the dot crosshair and makes it look more consistent across different values of hudscale cvar.

vkQuake2 1.5.2

• vkQuake2 now compiles with SDKs that do not yet support fullscreen exclusive mode (mainly an issue on Linux distributions with outdated packages)
• added support for building on Aarch64 (Raspberry Pi 4 64-bit)
• fixed a bug with consecutive cinematics freezing the game if there are too many input events when trying to skip them

vkQuake2 1.5.1

• added support for armv7 builds: vkQuake2 can be now compiled and run on Raspberry Pi 4
• added initial support for MCST Elbrus 2000 CPU architecture
• game now checks if VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS and VK_EXT_DEBUG_REPORT are supported by the driver (special case in V3DV on RPi 4)
• added the aimfix console command, backported from Berserker@Quake2
• added Nightmare/Hard+ skill to the game menu

vkQuake2 1.5.0

• improved handling of VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DATE_KHR occurences
• vk_modulate now restarts the renderer when invoked since it's necessary to do anyway
• fixed the Jorg skin bug present since the original Quake 2 release
• manually reset command pools with vkResetCommandPool() instead of using VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_RESET_COMMAND_BUFFER_BIT for better efficiency
• added support for VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive on Windows
• vk_mem now also prints descriptor set usage statistics
• updated Vulkan Memory Allocator to 3.0.0-development
• updated Miniaudio to 0.10.5