Doom3 hater?

Just thought Id share how much Im lovin playing through Doom3 again! But only becuase I've tweaked it a bit!

I understood why a lot of people were disappointed with Doom3, and I was to some extent too. But recently I bought a new cooler for my 9800 Pro and OC'ed it a bit, switched off mouse smoothing, applied the v1.3 patch which added 5.1 surround and EAX4 support and installed the mod which adds Trent Reznor's original sounds for the game.....all i can say is the difference is astonishing!

All this combined has made D3 so much smoother and more responsive. With the sound changes, the game actually scares me now, and I dont mind being indoors 99% of the time, because the atmosphere in different sections is so much richer! The guns sound meatier and the enemies sound...well more like the original Dooms (ie much better!)

Im sure most of you already play it this way, but if you havent tried this, it might renew your faith in the D3 engine, and you will LOVE IT! (Even the D3 haters, i guarantee it!) :thumbup:

Also installed the patch and the soundpack you advised, only there's something about doom3 that makes it impossible to finish for a second time..

The patch and the soundpack add a little to the game but not enough.

only there's something about doom3 that makes it impossible to finish for a second time..

Did you installed the NITRO gore patch?

Cuz i can remember one blood_decal patch, that indeed made it impossible to finish
cuz the bodies would stay (at the cyberdemon)
so you couldn't finish..

One year after release Choup found out of some MODs and tweaks...that's cute.

Originally posted by Xpendable@May 26 2005, 10:06 AM

Did you installed the NITRO gore patch?

Cuz i can remember one blood_decal patch, that indeed made it impossible to finish
cuz the bodies would stay (at the cyberdemon)
so you couldn't finish..

Actually I meant that the boringness level rises so incredebly high the second time you play it, that it makes it impossible to finish :P

haha , well I didnt have that prob,
played it again , just before ROE came out,
but indeed some of the parts you already knew where a bit boring especialy the beginning

Actually I really liked the beginning of DooM3. You can run around and chill and look at stuff.
I thought the Delta Section was quiet boring since it's Alpha with a different name. Hell is the
best part of the game. and the part of Delta before you reach hell the first time...with all the
Blood and noises...delicious

Oh yeah, here is a MOD that brings your PC to its knees:

Fabio Policarpo's Relief Mapping

But it sure looks good

Yea, sorry it took so long! Guess its cos its been so long that I didnt find it boring to play through again. And I figured maybe a few others like me would enjoy the changes!

Favourite part was the level the above screenie is from! BESERK! There were cool passageways with light shining through the windows from outside, and you get power cuts and atmospheric touches that make you poop yourself! :bucky!:

Displacement map mod looks interesting, though i doubt my machine will run it well! Dling it now. Like the vids of the guy dancing from side to side, cos he's so happy about the displacement maps!

EDIT: mod doesnt work properly for me Kami, what am i doing wrong?? All normal mapped textures come out black! I did everything in the readme...oh well i give up! Ran smooth with no textures tho!!

You need an Nvidea Card for it to work. Doesn't work on my ATi either