For You Doom 3 Lovers

Technology and Gaming
#1

For those of you that might have missed these, here are a couple of mods that really amps up the look of Doom 3. Both of these include other popular mods that focus on improving graphical fidelity. There are also some gameplay options provided by the Sikkmod component.

Doom 3 Absolute HD v1.5, released October 15/13

https://www.moddb.com/mods/absolutehd/downloads/doom-3-absolute-hd

Doom 3 - RoE Absolute HD v1.1, released August 11/14

https://www.moddb.com/mods/absolutehd/downloads/doom-3-roe-absolute-hd-11

Doom 3 is even more visually stunning with these installed. If your system has the horsepower, check them out.

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For You Doom 3 Lovers II

A group of individuals over at IO Doom 3 https://www.iodoom3.org/ have been tweaking the hell (get it) out of the Doom 3 source code that id Software released on November 22, 2011, in order to squeeze and wring out as much performance as possible out the id Tech 4 engine.

Their FAQ states “This project aims to build upon that source code release by cleaning up, fixing bugs, and adding features. Our permanent goal is to create the open-source Doom 3 distribution upon which people base their games and projects. We also seek to have the perfect version of the game engine for playing Doom 3, it’s expansion pack Resurrection of Evil, and all popular mods.”

Although they state that they have yet to release their mod, I came across a supposed release of IO Doom 3 on the Moddb website https://www.moddb.com/games/doom-iii/downloads/iodoom3

If you’re interested, try it out and see what kind of improvements/mileage you get. Remember to backup your original file(s)!

#2

I’m doing a soundpack for the guns, to make them feel more satisfying to shoot.
So I’ve replaced most sounds, and integrated Phrozo’s particle mod. So the audio and visual feedback when shooting is a lot better.

Video with the sounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdhKcm4owH0

And some gifs:

I could upload my stuff if anyone wants it

#3

Unbelievable how over 10 years old engine can still look good.

#4

Was there anyone that loved Doom 3? Awful, awful game. Everything looked plastic, I was always getting lost because every level was identical. And I, bad FPSer that I am beat the final boss on normal difficulty on the first attempt. Even the movie was better.

#5

I just realized the Doom movie was released a year after Doom 3. I can never keep video game dates in the past and other dates correct. I swear I saw the Doom movie in theatres but it doesn’t seem like it was that long ago. I feel the same way watching old Xplay episodes. I’m like “I watched this episode when it aired, but holy shit this was from 2002”? And then I realize this was years before the PS3 and 360 came out. This last gen lasted so long.

#6

I did. Love is a powerful word tho, I more enjoyed it than absolutely loved it, it definitely wasn’t perfect. It just gets repetitive so I don’t play it often to keep it interesting. I agree about how it looked, but graphical abilities of a game aren’t as big to me as gameplay and story, both of which I enjoyed about Doom 3.

#7

@ The can

Your effects/sounds are great, and I’m familiar with Phrozo’s great particles work. I’m very interested in getting my hands on your mod.

Please upload when it’s complete and you have the time.

PS. Fraggin’ a Fatty never gets old. :smiley:

#8

Awful to me seems a bit much. It was maybe an awful “Doom” game when compared to what Doom was or what id had been doing but on its own merits it was hardly an awful game.

#9

There’s audience for everything. I for one like the game a lot, the only reason I don’t play it anymore is because I become more easily stressed than when I was younger and I don’t want to risk a heart attack or something.

#10

If you already have sikkmod installed, here’s just the sounds and particles:

https://www.mediafire.com/?20l1jl7nsqw2u23 (drop it in the sikkmod folder)

Or you can just download my entire mod folder and you’ll have everything (sikkmod, wulfen textures etc):

https://www.mediafire.com/download/csr3htczm082237/sikkmod_janitor.rar (drop the sikkmod folder in the doom 3 folder)

Also don’t put the ingame audio slider to max, it might mess up the sound levels so keep it a little below max like so:

#11

How is that even possible, I mean it’s probably not you, it’s that the problems you have to deal with usually get replaced with bigger problems as you get older, so I always thought that I become much less easily stressed as I get older, otherwise I’d be dead already. :stuck_out_tongue:

#12

I guess I stress too much over real life, so there’s no more space for further stress of any kind and I don’t know how to chill, since I don’t do drugs nor I party or drink often, so there’s no way to regulate the stress.

Like it’s amusing, when I played Doom 3 as a kid, I barely got scared but I tried playing it again a few years ago and I couldn’t do more than 10 steps in one session before shutting the game off.

Paradoxically, when I was a kid, I actually feared whole lots more of shit, like darkness and I used to be very superstitious and delusional, yet the game didn’t scare me.

So I suppose I now actually don’t fear the contents of horror games themselves, but I have fear of getting scared (weird, but it exists I guess), so I’m convincing myself that I will get scared, even though I likely wouldn’t.

Crazy psychological shit.

#13

@ The can

Thanks for uploading your mod files, it’s much appreciated.

Are you still actively developing your mod? If so, please keep us advised about any updates.

#14

moddb is shit so i no longer surf it
does that play with the doom3 bfg ?
the reedition of doom3+roe has some maps editions too , light is no longer the same and like in hl .

#15

No, it does not.

But there is the Doom 3 BFG Mega Mod v2.0 that apparently does something similar. It’s in the “Doom 3 BFG mod launcher” section, found here:

https://www.kot-in-action.com/forum_new.html

#16

Is the bfg edition even moddable?

#17

I’ve only found that very few fairly simplistic mods are available, with the exception of the Doom 3 BFG Mega Mod v2.0. See above.

#18

@ The can

The full larger file of your mod seems to be corrupted. I’ve downloaded it 3 times and can’t open it.

EDIT: Never mind, I was able to open the file by changing the file extension to .zip

#19

Do you have Winrar? Cause it would be strange if your Winrar only opens .zip and not .rar :3

#20

Oddly enough, I was having problems opening other downloaded files. Couldn’t open .7z or .rar files, unless I changed their extensions to .zip.

I eventually fixed my problems by re-installing WinRAR.

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