Getting Doom 3 to work on Linux Native with the Windows Stea

[PizzaDude]

Found this online, thought it was interesting. Doom 3 is currently on sale, also don’t buy the BFG version.

Here’s the tutorial on getting it to work under Linux with the Windows Steam version:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/a … 13433.html

And the cached version just in case steam forum is down for maintenance:

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ … clnk&gl=ca

Of course instead of the Windows part you can use your Steam under Wine.

OTHER STUFF:

Get it to work in widescreen/custom resolution: http://www.wsgf.org/dr/doom-3

I also noticed that performance was quite iffy, even on my UBER AWESOME system, so here’s my DoomConfig.cfg for better performance: http://pastebin.com/zepEgaV9

Or just edit it yourself:

seta image_useCache “1”
seta image_cacheMegs “256”
seta image_cacheMinK “3072”
seta com_videoRam “512”

My video ram is 2GB, but that’s what I found works fine.

Most of the time audio won’t work, so change the game’s audio to OSS, and use aoss to start the game.

$ aoss doom3

[Venn Stone]

Have you tried iodoom3? http://www.iodoom3.org/faq/

[PizzaDude]

I’ll haven’t , I’l see if I can get it working.

[PizzaDude]

I tried it and didn’t notice any difference. But I only tried it for a minute or so.

[PizzaDude]

One more thing I’ve noticed. If you hate the choppy-ness of the mouse, you can turn up “smooth mouse” and that will make a huge difference.

[strider]

cool stuff, I’ll convert that tutorial into a Lutris script I also have to write one for Quake 4 but that will be for the DVD version, I don’t have it on Steam.

[PizzaDude]

@strider Nice, but just a heads up: I didn’t have to do the “Copy the missing d3xp files.” part.

[PizzaDude]

yannanth wrote:

Umm, why would are you recommending not buying the BFG edition?

RBDOOM3-BFG is a pretty decent engine, or so I hear. I know for a fact that more work has been done on it than on ioDoom3 or other Doom 3 engine forks.

Because I heard it’s got little improvements and it’s more expensive.

[strider]

@PizzaDude, yes this is optional, this directory contains the files for the expansion “Ressurection of Evil”. For Quake 2 and 3, I have separated the expansions as their own installers, will probably do the same for Doom3 RoE

[Venn Stone]

Welp looks like I’m doing a D3 BFG how-to

[Sore_Loser]

Thought everyone had good ole regular DooM3 by now…

[Sore_Loser]

Strider… EzQuake / Nquake installer might be good… just a suggestion.

[Venn Stone]

Sore_Loser wrote:

Thought everyone had good ole regular DooM3 by now…

I have the DVD but fat chance of finding an optical drive in this house.

[Sore_Loser]

Bwa? I’m petty sur I got a 3.5 somewhere in the spacial vortex called “the computer room closet” *hangs head in shame*

[linuxgnuru]

My closet is the cloud. That or the TARDIS

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