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Official Doom 3 Topic. (ALL POSTS ON THE GAME HERE)
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Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
It's TOO FUCKING DARK. Man I set the brightness all the way up and after exiting the game the brightness stayed all the way up. Brilliant.
MrPing1000
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press ctrl+alt+`(button above tab) then type in r_gamma then u can change it to whatever u like. 1.4-1.6 is nice
TekunoRobby
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ACTIVISION IS FILLED WITH GENIUSES!
First I couldn't install the game on my machine and had to do a manual install (described in a previous post) and now I'm at a friend's computer and with his just recently purchased copy of Doom 3. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? THERE IS NO CD KEY, YAY!
First I couldn't install the game on my machine and had to do a manual install (described in a previous post) and now I'm at a friend's computer and with his just recently purchased copy of Doom 3. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? THERE IS NO CD KEY, YAY!
Pimpbaa said:
http://www.deviantone.com/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=10 - Pistol only though.
Yay the most useless weapon in the game.
Seriously though someone has to come out with a mod for this. I'm all for atmosphere but really, if they can build a base on Mars, you'd think they'd have a light on at least a few of the guns.
Are there any wide open spaces later on? Curious.
Seriously though someone has to come out with a mod for this. I'm all for atmosphere but really, if they can build a base on Mars, you'd think they'd have a light on at least a few of the guns.
Are there any wide open spaces later on? Curious.
Wow, tonight was even better! I'm really starting to enjoy it a lot now! There were some seriously cool and creative scenarios present during my playtime tonight. The game is also just so intense...more so than virtually any other FPS. Those spiders absolutely OWN you up and down!
PanopticBlue
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Dark10x, how far into the game do you think you are? I'm glad to hear it's getting better and more intense. Also I would really appreciate if you could post up some more detailed impressions (sans spoilers of course)... I always enjoy reading your impressions even though I don't always agree. I'm dying to play the game but I won't have a proper rig for at least another month so I'm trying to live through everyones impressions
GamePnoy74
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Thanks to the config file tweaks listed on page 3 D3's running decently on my computer now @ 30-60 fps with a resolution of 800x600...thanks y'all =)
I have it on medium video quality, no v-sync or AA
My system specs:
-2.8 P4 800MHz HT
-1GB Crucial RAM PC3200
-XFX GeForce FX5900 128MB
-120GB SATA WD HDD
-DirectX 9c
-NVidia 61.77 drivers
-17" Samsung 172X LCD Monitor, 12ms response time (looks ok running D3 at 800x600 even though it has a native resolution of 1280x1024)
-Everyting all stuffed into a small form-factor mini-PC (ie. a 'shoebox')
I have it on medium video quality, no v-sync or AA
My system specs:
-2.8 P4 800MHz HT
-1GB Crucial RAM PC3200
-XFX GeForce FX5900 128MB
-120GB SATA WD HDD
-DirectX 9c
-NVidia 61.77 drivers
-17" Samsung 172X LCD Monitor, 12ms response time (looks ok running D3 at 800x600 even though it has a native resolution of 1280x1024)
-Everyting all stuffed into a small form-factor mini-PC (ie. a 'shoebox')
TekunoRobby
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Biff Hardbody
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I could barely run the game before. Now, I've upped the res to 1024X768, added high textures, and put in AAX4. The game runs better then wehn I had it on its lowest settings. Its not perfect...but I'm averaging around 15-30 fps. Not to shabby.
dark10x said:
Oh dear god yes. Every vent I've been in I've been at the edge of my seat knowing this game had those from the pics. But
when I came to the room with the webs and the hanging bodies I was like .."Oh for the love of all thats holy please not the spiders oh dear god no." Those spiders own and are always in numbers.
Dark, don't you think the teleporting demons are give aways? I mean, once you see the symbols, just run up wait for it to appear and roar and blast it with a shotgun blast to the head.
TekunoRobby
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Everyone look at my previous post, it explains all aspects of the Doom 3 config file and how to really optimize it. Hell it even shows how to enable true shadowing (going to try it soon) instead of the pseudo results we've been experiencing with the flashlight.
ANYWAYS....
For a simple performance boost open up all your .pk4 files located within the "base" directory with your favorite unzipping program. Unzip ALL FILES (including subdirectories) into the "base" folder. You should see decreased load times and faster FPS. Once you're done with all the .pk4 files then go ahead and delete them to avoid conflicts. If any problems arise then simply copy the .pk4 files from your Doom 3 CDs back into the "base" folder to revert back.
EDIT: Sadly disabling the "r_useTurboShadow" and "r_useOptimizedShadows" provided no results both through the config file and the in game console.
ANYWAYS....
For a simple performance boost open up all your .pk4 files located within the "base" directory with your favorite unzipping program. Unzip ALL FILES (including subdirectories) into the "base" folder. You should see decreased load times and faster FPS. Once you're done with all the .pk4 files then go ahead and delete them to avoid conflicts. If any problems arise then simply copy the .pk4 files from your Doom 3 CDs back into the "base" folder to revert back.
EDIT: Sadly disabling the "r_useTurboShadow" and "r_useOptimizedShadows" provided no results both through the config file and the in game console.
TekunoRobby
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The onlsaught of mods has begun here are all the latest ones:
http://www.gamershell.com/news/14535.html
I've heard reports of the co-op mod not working, the game crashes whenever the 2nd player joins. The rest seem to work very well, even the 32 player mod.
http://www.gamershell.com/news/14535.html
I've heard reports of the co-op mod not working, the game crashes whenever the 2nd player joins. The rest seem to work very well, even the 32 player mod.
TekunoRobby
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The option is there but so far all my efforts have been in vain.border said:
I went through the config file and manually inserted it the two commands, didn't work. I tried going through the in-game console, same thing. Just right now I inserted it into the config file, saved, and made it read only. Same results, absolutely no change in dynamic shadows and a decrease in FPS.
TekunoRobby
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Whenever a player goes into cinematics the game itself freezes, as long as you avoid that the game plays.
We loaded the very first level and we were stuck in the initial room of the in game cinematic of the guys watching the ship land down on base. Only problem is that everything was pitch black and there was a single monitor jumping up and down like crazy. We strafed each other and shooted like idiots then my friend hit a cinematic and everything froze. YAY
Trying hell now, weee!
We loaded the very first level and we were stuck in the initial room of the in game cinematic of the guys watching the ship land down on base. Only problem is that everything was pitch black and there was a single monitor jumping up and down like crazy. We strafed each other and shooted like idiots then my friend hit a cinematic and everything froze. YAY
Trying hell now, weee!
Yeah, if you watch the special co-op movie that they produced you will probably notice that the player kills his partner before they hit the end-boss cinema sequence.....obviously they know that cinemas will crash the game.
I guess the mod still has a ways to go, but it's pretty impressive that it's up and running just a few days after the game was released.
I guess the mod still has a ways to go, but it's pretty impressive that it's up and running just a few days after the game was released.
TekunoRobby
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Here is another mod, this time it's one for self-shadowing.
"Oneofthe8devilz " said:
TekunoRobby
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More bug-fixing game enhancements for you!
AstroCat said:Ok, a little more info...the 4 footsteps that your player uses are:
player_elevator_sounds_footstep
sound/ed/player/steps/step01.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step02.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step03.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step10.wav
player_sounds_footstep
sound/ed/player/steps/step01.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step02.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step03.wav
sound/ed/player/steps/step10.wav
Thus when seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0" is set to: 1,2,3 you don't get to step10, but at 0 or 4 you do.
step 10 is the offending file.
But you do need 4 different footsteps to sound like walking and not tripping.
I took step13.ogg and copied it to step10.ogg
Both step06 and step12 are not in the pak003.pk4 so it's probably best just to leave them out.
To extract from the pak003.pk4 file highlight the files you want to extract and then drag them to a temp directory.
You should get the whole path in your temp.
Now play with the files to your liking.
Then drag the whole path back in to the .zip file opened in winzip.
\sound\ed\player\steps
Your new files will be in the \steps dir at the end of the path.
Hope this helps!
Belfast said:
No, it's not.. but it's a lot different from the original Doom to me. I used to say Serious Sam is a "Doom Style" FPS. And now Doom 3 couldn't be a more different FPS from Serious Sam. It's the scariest game I've played in a long time, and there's a lot more to do than blow monsters up. I spend more time creeping around with the flashlight just waiting for a dimly lit office with a door for me to take a breather in.
Anyhow, I'm running on Ultra since I unzipped the .pk4s. Before that I would get about 10 fps in 1024xUltra.. Now I'm getting almost 30. I've got a Geforce FX 5600 with 256 megs on it. The quarter gig of video memory is probably a help.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
It's called 'radial opacity'.
TekunoRobby said:Here is another mod, this time it's one for self-shadowing.
I just tried this...
It actually had NO effect on performance at all. My timedemos were EXACTLY the same as before (still getting 47.6 fps on Demo1). It does look really cool, though. The old E3 demo that id showed actually featured self-shadowing, so I do find it odd that they disabled it before release.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
No performance hit?
Gotta try that.
Gotta try that.
Drinky Crow
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Funny review from Tom Chick: http://www.quartertothree.com/inhouse/columns/86/
Short form: He didn't like it.
Short form: He didn't like it.
I've found that by making the image_cacheMegs about 128 or 96 is the best. Setting it any higher seems to make it go slower, or thrash more. (I've got 1gig btw)
That ueq mod is pretty cool. Slows down a little for me though.
Oh, and high quality doesn't seem to work well for me as well, the lighting is all wrong for some reason. Ah wellz. Hopefully someone will come up with a doom3 optimizer that automatically sets all the configurations correctly based on your system, now wouldn't that be cool! (I know they have one ingame, but sif that works well...)
That ueq mod is pretty cool. Slows down a little for me though.
Oh, and high quality doesn't seem to work well for me as well, the lighting is all wrong for some reason. Ah wellz. Hopefully someone will come up with a doom3 optimizer that automatically sets all the configurations correctly based on your system, now wouldn't that be cool! (I know they have one ingame, but sif that works well...)
That Tom Chick thing was pretty annoying. WTF, did he bring along a tape recorder every time he was talking with his friend? Anyway, I'm sure it was somewhat exaggerated. Plus, I do find it pretty hard to believe that he wasn't aware of any of the enemy or area names. Even if you totally hate the game, it should be pretty obvious. And if you've played Doom before, you should know the names of the enemies by now.
Yeah, there's a lot about the game some people won't like. As I've said before, its Doom. Its 1994 Doom. Doom. Doom. Doom. It is not a forward-thinking FPS, but it is built very nicely. I just finished it up, it wasn't that hard, the areas were somewhat repetitive, etc., etc. but I still enjoyed it. Go figure. Its not a bad thing to like the game, but it isn't the end-all, be-all.
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Yeah, there's a lot about the game some people won't like. As I've said before, its Doom. Its 1994 Doom. Doom. Doom. Doom. It is not a forward-thinking FPS, but it is built very nicely. I just finished it up, it wasn't that hard, the areas were somewhat repetitive, etc., etc. but I still enjoyed it. Go figure. Its not a bad thing to like the game, but it isn't the end-all, be-all.
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I admit, though, the ending, like in most FPS games, is kind of disappointing. I'm going through the entire game wondering why I haven't seen a Cyberdemon yet and seeing as how I was so far in, it eventually dawned on me that they'd throw it at me as the final boss. It wasn't even hard. They give you max ammo for just about every weapon in the game, and all you have to do is kill enough imps and whatever those things with two heads are to fill up and use your soulcube 4 or 5 times. You can effectively run around the huge, circular portal and never get hit by the Cyberdemon. All I used was my plasma gun to kill the grunts. Why give the player so much ammo unless they're brain-dead and unload it all into the Cyberdemon? I mean you don't even get to fight Betruger at the end. He's just some weird winged hell-demon who will set up the apparently inevitable Doom 4.
Drinky Crow
Banned
Belfast: Trevor is a made-up character used to add narrative to the review to make it, y'know, entertaining.
Drinky Crow
Banned
Actually, I agree with Tom: Doom 3 is fucking tedious. It's amateurish game design, although the visuals are just sick. I didn't dig Painkiller much, either, but I'd rather play it than Doom 3.
Painkiller is Doom. Doom 3 is the shitty parts of Half-Life (teleporting monsters, predictable surprises, meandering level design).
Painkiller is Doom. Doom 3 is the shitty parts of Half-Life (teleporting monsters, predictable surprises, meandering level design).
Haha....the Tom Chick story about the trip to Best Buy was pretty funny. It sorta made me cringe like an episode of The Office. Of course he's not able to remember conversations with a friend verbatim, but a decent journalist should be able to recount things accurately more-or-less. Of course there's the chance that it's partially or completely fabricated, and in there just to demonstrate a point about the game's appeal and the different attitudes people might take towards this sort of project. One guy wants to keep track of all the proper names and terminology because it makes the project more engaging, and the other one doesn't really care and is looking for inspired gameplay.
The Tom Chick "character" probably can't remember names and locations because they're so totally nondescript and interchangeable. Are you really going to know all this stuff a month from now? I finished the game less than 48 hours ago and I already don't know what the fuck people are talking about when they say "I'm in Alpha Lab 2". Probably because Alpha Lab 2 looks and feels exactly like Alpha Lab 1 or Delta Lab 3 or any other area in the game. I'm already a bit hazy on character names.....I can remember Bertruger, but I doubt that I could tell you which UAC guy is which. To me they are just "the sargeant" and "the bald guy with Matrix glasses".
It is a little weird that Doom 3 tries to imitate Half-Life for about 20 minutes, then completely gives up...
The Tom Chick "character" probably can't remember names and locations because they're so totally nondescript and interchangeable. Are you really going to know all this stuff a month from now? I finished the game less than 48 hours ago and I already don't know what the fuck people are talking about when they say "I'm in Alpha Lab 2". Probably because Alpha Lab 2 looks and feels exactly like Alpha Lab 1 or Delta Lab 3 or any other area in the game. I'm already a bit hazy on character names.....I can remember Bertruger, but I doubt that I could tell you which UAC guy is which. To me they are just "the sargeant" and "the bald guy with Matrix glasses".
Ouch....burned =P
It is a little weird that Doom 3 tries to imitate Half-Life for about 20 minutes, then completely gives up...
I noticed that too and was like "Huh?" If it's a joke, they played it really straight. I'm tempted to think that the people at id actually don't know how to pronounce the word "cache", though..
Drinky Crow
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border: the first-person narrator "can't remember the names" because Tom is using him to make a joke about how generally meaningless it is to display the names on screen in a game with such shitty level design -- it's not like they really mean anything, given that the "levels" have no grounded sense of architecture or design. The levels aren't memorable, period, and naming them is the equivalent of a kid drawing a stick figure and then writing "DAD" with an arrow pointing to it.
I'm presently using the 4.9 beta drivers ATI released on my 9800 Pro, which gave me a significant boost in performance. I'm talking +20FPS in timedemos. I was previously using the latest hacked Omega Catalyst drivers. I have noticed a bit of white polygon seems showing now and then, nothing major, and occasionally it looks like railings aren't casting their shadows properly (they sort of halo around the rail), although I don't know if this is being caused by the drivers. This game is really sensitive to overclocking my videocard, as I've been able to run several games with my 9800 Pro cranked to a little above XT speeds, and yet I've seen some small artifacting when I have the card set to just XT speeds. I think I'll switch my Artic Cooler fan to high and see how much I can squeeze out of it.
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