PrBoom+ compatibility with mouselook in demos #8
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If this and #13 are considered wontfix, why are they still open? |
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I am really not going to implement this myself, but if someone else finds joy in it and presents a clean solution, maybe I'd merge it into the port. Also, I sometimes change my mind. ;) |
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I'm not a programmer, but as far as I can see, prboom (+) implements free look by...allowing you to look vertically but not shoot vertically. It's probably like if you had autoaim in zdoom set to max. Freelook in prboom is pointless, really, as it doesn't allow you to shoot wherever you want. I don't even know why they bothered. |
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One problem we will encounter when implementing this is that PrBoom+ comes from an OpenGL-rendering background where the player's view angle ( |
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1. Escape hyphens used as option dashes, for ease of copy and paste.[1]
2. Use man(7) font alternation macros instead of *roff font selection
escape sequences. In my opinion, these look cleaner.
3. Set file names in italics, not bold, as suggested in
groff_man_style(7) and for consistency with "default.cfg.template"
and "extra.cfg.template".
There are a few ways to force spacing between font alternation macro
arguments. I selected `\~` because it is generally useful. It is,
however, an extension.
\~ Adjustable non‐breaking space. Use this escape sequence
to prevent a break inside a short phrase or between a
numerical quantity and its corresponding unit(s).
```
Before starting the motor,
set the output speed to\~1.
There are 1,024\~bytes in 1\~KiB.
CSTR\~fabiangreffrath#8 documents the B\~language.
```
\~ is a GNU extension also supported by Heirloom Doctools
troff 050915 (September 2005), mandoc 1.9.14
(2009‐11‐16), neatroff (commit 1c6ab0f6e, 2016‐09‐13),
and Plan 9 from User Space troff (commit 93f8143600,
2022‐08‐12), but not by Solaris or Documenter’s Workbench
troffs.
[1] brouhaha alert: https://lwn.net/Articles/947941/
You probably know that PrBoom+ records mouselook in demos when it is used, in a way that makes the demo still compatible with other ports that don't use mouselook (assuming an appropriate wad and complevel setting). Since Crispy Doom now features mouselook, it would be cool if it could deal with mouselook in demos in a compatible way. Exact angles shouldn't be necessary (GLBoom+ allows for vertical mouselook across 180 degrees) since it doesn't affect gameplay.
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