Sorry if the BFG looks worse then the Original Doom 3, this is a complete rip off man. You can't spin this.
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Doom 3 BFG edition. Anyone excited for this?
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Sorry if the BFG looks worse then the Original Doom 3, this is a complete rip off man. You can't spin this.
Well, it's 1920x1080, but it looks like shit.
Ya seriously that is just wrong ... lol I still have faith in ID. But after Rage/BFG release, Doom 4 better really be good. Just my opinion.
It's a different product, it's not FOR you, it's for a CoD generation, and unless you were dying to play it in 3d or with an Occulus Rift, you shouldn't have bought it. I'd feel ripped if I bought it, but what the hell made you guys buy it? 10 measly levels and 3d/hmd support?
I was ill-informed of the modding capabilities. I'm also too lazy to dig the jewel case from 2004 out of my closet, though maybe soon.
Well, it's 1920x1080, but it looks like shit.
Indeed.
Still, it was great back then, this reminds me its crazy how the graphics are mindblowing now in such a short amount of time.
Extra levels, supposed to have improved lighting/graphics, Widescreen ratio support, among other tweaks.
Wulfen textures go in the sikkmod folder
Jump to conclusions much? I never said it was for me. I never said I bought it. To answer you, no I did not buy it. Thankfully.
All good though man, I get what your saying I guess. Sorry to come off hostile I just did bath saltz.
It's in that article from August 31, a month and a half ago. It's a re-release. The reason it got bumped down in quality is because it was quickly put together for console gamers the action is more of a focus and PC suffered the consequences. Perhaps the PC version shouldn't have been released, or a big warning sign should have been put there, but if I owned a game already, I'd at least wait for ONE review to show up.
-I don't have any physical version of Doom 3.
-Doom port have the OG soundtrack, making it the best console version compared to SNES/32X, all the others (PS, Saturn, N64, etc.) have the new 'ambiance' soundtrack that isn't bad imo, but I REALLY prefer the OG soundtrack. Them rock/metal tracks pump me up for some massive demons killing spree.
Got it, also looks like you still need that other pack (monoxead) for Mars City?
One more thing...
Now that I've installed the mod (working nicely), is there anyway to get Steam overlay/Time tracking etc. to work with steam?
Thanks
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You can easily unpack this game's files but how are you going to repack them, and what's this texture format? If one could figure it out we could port the HD textures people have made to this!
You can easily unpack this game's files but how are you going to repack them, and what's this texture format? If one could figure it out we could port the HD textures people have made to this!
Smart people get on this please! I want to buy this
God damn it are you serious? They couldnt just fucking port the xbla versions? How do you fuck up this bad iD....seriously...
Don't do this to me.
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Apparently same image format as in RAGE. Someone needs to continue the work people began here: http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7499
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Carmack "promised" a lot of things about the PC version of Rage, support for Eyefinity, HMD, "perfect motion blur", "perfect AA", a high bitrate exclusive level..
He said he intended to experiment with the idtech 5 engine, and he would release experimental executables.
Nothing of the above came out (hell not even mod tools, that at first they were saying they would be included with the game itself!)
Somehow I doubt he's going to spend time experimenting with idtech 4..
of course there is tearing. not all the time mind you, just when you have the flash light on, for some odd reason.
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Tell me GAF, what do you prefer?
Original Doom 3: http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/Original_4691085273.png
BFG "over-brighten": http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/BFG_7936421508.png
BFG modded: http://www.abload.de/img/1s6jnx.png
abracadaver
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Does the original doom 3 have good gamepad support ? I want to play this with the 360 pad.
Can you bring back the flashlight shadows with some cfg setting in the bfg edition ?
Im not sure which version to get
Can you bring back the flashlight shadows with some cfg setting in the bfg edition ?
Im not sure which version to get
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
But it's locked at 60 fps right ?
so seems tearing is the only difference between the console versions.
ScreenSplitter
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So it's a pretty mediocre port of a 2003 game? Honestly, we should have Doom 4 by now.
I'm playing the original on PC right now, and it actually holds up pretty well. I remember it was the height of graphical prowess in 2003, and it's not ugly per say now.
I'm playing the original on PC right now, and it actually holds up pretty well. I remember it was the height of graphical prowess in 2003, and it's not ugly per say now.
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Original Doom 3: http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/BFG_5429678130.png
BFG "over-brighten (aka default BFG)": http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/Original_0746532198.png
BFG modded: http://www.abload.de/img/1jfz7o.png
A better example:
BFG "over-brighten" (aka default BFG - r_overbright 2.0):
BFG modded (r_overbright 1.0):
Aaaaaaah, the bloom/contrast, my eyes!
No wonder the textures while being the same as in 2004, appear to be worse at first glance. And you lose so much detail with the blown up light/contrast/bloom whatever you want to call it.
What do you prefer GAF? BFG can be made to look more like the original, and you can still add the "bloom" effect if you want, but I find the value id has chosen is absolutely ridiculous! (My "modded" version is with it disabled - I think).
BFG "over-brighten (aka default BFG)": http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/Original_0746532198.png
BFG modded: http://www.abload.de/img/1jfz7o.png
A better example:
BFG "over-brighten" (aka default BFG - r_overbright 2.0):
BFG modded (r_overbright 1.0):
Aaaaaaah, the bloom/contrast, my eyes!
No wonder the textures while being the same as in 2004, appear to be worse at first glance. And you lose so much detail with the blown up light/contrast/bloom whatever you want to call it.
What do you prefer GAF? BFG can be made to look more like the original, and you can still add the "bloom" effect if you want, but I find the value id has chosen is absolutely ridiculous! (My "modded" version is with it disabled - I think).
Is last link BFG modded or original doom 3 modded?
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BFG with modded "bloom" intensity.
TUROK
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The resolution of the armor is exactly the same. I even hopped on my Doom 3 copy to check it out. The only difference is that the armor used to be yellow.
Facial texture was changed, though.
specialguy
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carmack checked out of caring about gaming a long time ago bro. he's 45 with kids. it's just a part time job to him now in between his love for rockets and assorted gadgets like the occulus rift.
just realize that and it'll be easier to understand.
ROFL, these facial models are hilariously bad.
They've actually upgraded his model:
original:
Naked Snake
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Can you give the instructions on how to do this?
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Original Doom 3: http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/BFG_5429678130.png
BFG "over-brighten (aka default BFG)": http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/Original_0746532198.png
BFG modded: http://www.abload.de/img/1jfz7o.png
A better example:
BFG "over-brighten" (aka default BFG):
BFG modded:
Aaaaaaah, the bloom/contrast, my eyes!
No wonder the textures while being the same as in 2004, appear to be worse at first glance. And you lose so much detail with the blown up light/contrast/bloom whatever you want to call it.
What do you prefer GAF? BFG can be made to look more like the original, while still benefiting from the increased light sources (so the game isn't as dark as it was), and you can still add the "bloom" effect if you want, but I find the value id has chosen is absolutely ridiculous! (My "modded" version is with it disabled - I think).
Default BFG reminds me of pics on the net when people raise the brightness in order to show something. It looks absolutely terrible.
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In the console change "r_overbright 2.0" to "r_overbright 1.0" for normal lighting = no "bloom"y effect = same as Doom 3 (but the game still has more light sources in many cases, so you'll still be able to see things better, which is good!).
Or to something like "r_overbright 1.2" for just a little amount of it.
"2.0" looks like ass.
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Yup.
So...anytime you want to actually see something. Great.
Saw the recorded stream, too bad they couldn't get the flashlight to cast shadows. Probably because they needed to maintain 60fps. Anyway, pretty neat pic-in-pic setup you've got going there...and nice t-shirt!
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There isn't. :-\
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Played through The Last Mission over a friends pass-the-pad style and man it was garbage. The level design really has that slapped-together look and feel that makes it seem like a mod. The encounter design is boring too. What a wasted opportunity. Resurrection of Evil was great so they should have just used Nerve again.
You're wrong. The armor is using the exact same texture as the original. The changes to the character model involve the hair color and teeth. Everything else is the same. There was NO downgrade made here. Stop spreading lies.
Oh yes they are. Areas with lots of POM take a huge dive. The mission where you ride the train, instance, has several stops in large areas with those hexagonal tiles covering the floors. My framerate took a huge dive there with POM enabled. GTX-580 + i5 3570k + 8gb ram here.
I played through the entire game using Sikkmod and, yeah, it looks awesome but I wouldn't say it looks better than most 2012 games. The lighting and textures are great but the game still has a lot of very simplistic geometry. Sikkmod can already tax a modern PC as it is so bringing everything else up to 2012 standards would likely be impossible without a huge performance loss.
They absolutely did use the original textures.
It's the same as the XBLA version. In other words, it runs at the ORIGINAL framerate (which is basically "35 fps"). The reason you see judder is simply because it isn't synchronized with a 60 Hz display. You'll notice that the XMB is running at 60 fps meaning the game has engaged that mode but is limited by the original framerate. They simply chose not to upgrade it.
It is the XBLA version, unfortunately.
1) No. It's not that bad. It does show up occasionally but, in general, you won't see it.
2) Yes, it's very stable. The only drops come in the form of tearing which is relatively infrequent.
3) Yes, the ports are solid. They are rendered at a higher resolution than the originals but everything else is basically kept the same. They don't use texture filtering, the framerate is limited to the same framerate as the original games, and they use a 4:3 aspect ratio. They do a good job preserving the original look and feel but they are only enhanced in regards to upgraded resolution and better synth.
4) Nope.
I should re-iterate that I was simply fascinated by the idea of the port more than anything else and wanted to check it out for myself. I have a perfectly configured Sikkmod installation on my PC already that I can run at 60 fps without any problems. I also mostly play Doom 1 and 2 using Doomsday. I know how good these things can look. I'm also very intimately familiar with the original releases of all three games.
No it does not. It has no real gamepad support. You can use something like Pinnacle Game Profiler (preferred) or X-Padder to add support and it doesn't feel bad *BUT* the game was not tuned for it and aiming can be difficult. I don't recommend it.