Changes: Doom v0.4

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Doom 0.4 was an alpha version of Doom released to testers on April 2, 1993. At this point in development, a number of elements had already been completed, and it appears that the main features of the renderer were already in place.

Version 0.4 included the following features:

A spinning 3D title screen, which was removed before the release version of the game.
The engine could render areas with different floor and ceiling heights, textured walls and ceilings, and different light levels.
Collision detection was performed against the walls. However, there was no collision detection with sprites (e.g. monsters).
Monsters appeared in some of the levels. Although they were animated, they did not move or react to the player or to other monsters. An early version of the Lost soul was included in the WAD file, although this version did not appear in the alpha.
The player's weapon bobbed during movement and could be fired, although it had no effect on the environment or monster sprites.
The game included a basic, but non-functional, status bar.

Levels

Version 0.4 included 13 levels, some of which evolved into levels used in Doom:

Level 1: E2M7
Level 2: E2M2
Level 3: E2M3
Level 4: E1M7
Level 5: E1M6
Level 6: Not used in the final game
Level 7: E1M4
Level 8: E1M2
Level 9: E3M3
Level 10: Possibly E2M4
Level 11: Not used in the final game
Level 12/13: Mentioned in the accompanying documentation, but were not actually included.

External links

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A more thorough overview of the alpha

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 * The engine could render areas with different floor and ceiling heights, textured walls and ceilings, and different light levels.
 * Collision detection was performed against the walls.  However, there was no collision detection with sprites (e.g. monsters).
-* [[Monsters]] appeared in some of the levels. Although they were animated, they did not move or react to the player or to other monsters. An early version of the [[Lost soul]] was included in the [[WAD]] file, although this version did not appear in the game.
+* [[Monsters]] appeared in some of the levels. Although they were animated, they did not move or react to the player or to other monsters. An early version of the [[Lost soul]] was included in the [[WAD]] file, although this version did not appear in the alpha.
 * The player's weapon bobbed during movement and could be fired, although it had no effect on the environment or monster sprites.
 * The game included a basic, but non-functional, [[status bar]].