Doomsday Engine

I observed that it is possible to create demo1.cdm,
demo2.cdm etc. files for jHeretic and jHexen which play
back automatically after the title screen, as the
old-format equivalents would have done in the original
game (and Doomsday <= 0.99.6). However, unlike jDoom,
returning to the title screen after these demos doesn't
work properly.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Record a demo of anything in jHexen or jHeretic,
under the name demo1.cdm.
2. End the game and return to the title screen. The
demo you recorded will play back.
3. Wait for the demo to finish.

Actual results:
jHeretic displays a black screen. jHexen displays the
title screen with the message "Waiting... press ESC for
menu" but never switches to the credits screen.

Expected results:
The game should return to the credit screen, and then
play demo2.cdm if it exists (jDoom does this correctly,
except for a slight delay in switching from the title
to credit screen after demo1).

Tested on WinXP using a clean 1.8.1rc2 in a fresh
directory with almost-default settings (only changed
sound settings, video resolution and bpp), as well as
an enhancement-laden installation of 1.8.0. I was
unable to test this with the Hexen expansion pack as I
don't have it.

I've (hopefully) attached a jHeretic demo1 so you don't
need to record your own.

Labels: jHeretic