Doom 3 - The wait is over

[Gh0st Face Killah]

To save clicking about here it is.

In your DOOM 3 directory, find "DoomConfig.cfg" (x:\Program Files\Doom 3\base). Open DoomConfig.cfg in Notepad.

Find the line:

seta image_cacheMegs "32"

I changed 32 to 96.

I got a nice boost in performance. I dunno if the tweak worked or not (maybe my machine did something wierd, have no clue), so I'm just seeing if this works for others as well, or if a different setting works better than others.

[Vincentvega]

well iam into my 4th pair of thunders...playin in the dark

[Maus]

Add me to the list of people who are thoroughly enjoying it. Don't know how far into it I am, but as yet the biggest baddies I've faced are the dog-like things that seem to replace pinky demons. It's made me jump a couple of times, but I'm finding it a bit on the easy side at the moment - the only times I've died have been when I shot a barrel by accident and blew myself up, and when I missed a jump. Otherwise, I'm just walking through all the enemies.

[GhostMjr]

Its a at the post office waiting for me! shame game didn't send it out earlier! Hope it is good but i am worried if it will work with only 256 ram!

[Doorman]

I'm not sure if it's true but I heard Doom3 run like s**t on only 256mb ram!

[Vincentvega]

i wouldnt know ron

[Jamoe]

well I finished the first level.

Found that mod that puts a flash light on your shotgun and basic rifle.

http://ducttape.glenmurphy.com/


Am i enjoying it?  Yep.

Has it scared me? Yep.

Did it give me a headache last night?  yep (straining in all those dark corners and waiting for nasties to jump me)

What the !%$K as ID done!!!

Dont really understand comments like that, at the end of the day u play a game for what it is, not what u maybe thouht it would be. But then again I never played the first 2 so i dont know what they've changed. To be honest ive not played many games since HL lol.

[Maus]

I don't like that duct tape mod. Sure, it's a bit annoying to have to keep switching to flashlight and back, but it's part of the game and adds to the atmosphere. They designed it to be dark, and a lot of its fun seems to be in these unseen guys emerging from the shadows.

In fact, there's only been one time the gun/flashlight switching has annnoyed me, and I discovered after I'd offed the baddies that there was a lightswitch on a computer in that room, so id had made it fair - it was my own fault I had to faff with the weapon switching.

However, I'm wondering if Doom3 has decent scripting support. Being able to bind a button such that when you hold it down you get your light out and when you release you put it away would be very handy.

[Maus]

Originally posted by GhostMjr@Aug 13 2004, 09:59 PM
Its a at the post office waiting for me! shame game didn't send it out earlier! Hope it is good but i am worried if it will work with only 256 ram!

I think id's stated minimum is 384Mb, but with a bit of tweaking you should be okay. If not then RAM upgrades are relatively cheap and more RAM is always handy, whatever you're doing.

[JonnyAppleSeed]

I like the flash light ....bind the flashlight to a quick key, press it again and your previous wep pops back up  

[Doorman]

Originally posted by Jamoe@Aug 14 2004, 10:07 AM
To be honest ive not played many games since HL lol.

Bloody hell! Someone who's actually played HalfLife! I thought I was the only one among us.

[Maus]

Originally posted by Doorman@Aug 14 2004, 10:17 AM
Bloody hell! Someone who's actually played HalfLife! I thought I was the only one among us.

This is something that confuses the bejeebus out of me, but I see it all over the place. How can so many people who play HL mods [/i]not[/i] have played Half Life?

If HL wasn't accepted as one of the best PC games of all time it might be understandable.

[Sc00by_d00]

Originally posted by Jamoe@Aug 14 2004, 09:07 AM

What the !%$K as ID done!!!

Dont really understand comments like that, at the end of the day u play a game for what it is, not what u maybe thouht it would be. But then again I never played the first 2 so i dont know what they've changed. To be honest ive not played many games since HL lol. [/b]

Well the thing is - you wait and wait for the game to be released, it seems like years and you finally install it to find:

1. The game's graphics are not really that mind blowing, well at least on medium.
2. The game runs slowly on a PC that is far above the minimum specs given on the box.
3. To get the best out of the graphics, you need to run it on something like this costing mega bucks!!!



No, ID $%&*ed up here, especially when other developers can come up with superb graphics and an engine that runs the game at speed.  :angry:

[Doris]

Originally posted by Sc00by_d00+Aug 14 2004, 10:32 AM-->

[Dr Sadako]

The new ALX from Alienware is 'only' $5000 (note this is starting price).  <_<