Doom III Thread [Read]

[Vile]

A. Post your problems in this thread, instead of creating 10 new ones. If you create new threads related to Doom 3, they will be deleted, so post everything in this thread.

B. Do not ask for a link to download the game. We will not provied links in this thread, so if you would like to know where to get it, view the Doom 3 entry I created at the main page of MegaGames, and read the comments.
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[KiLLERDiABLO]

i need help starting the game
i dont understand step 2 and step 3
the file is named : exec runact.cfg
what do i have to do exactly
change it to : #devmap $e3_intro
i tried this it doesnt seem to do the trick
i beg u help me
i need to play this game

[mrhotmail]

Originally posted by KiLLERDiABLO
i need help starting the game
i dont understand step 2 and step 3
the file is named : exec runact.cfg
what do i have to do exactly
change it to : #devmap $e3_intro
i tried this it doesnt seem to do the trick
i beg u help me
i need to play this game

It's pretty straightforward

Look in your Doom3\base directory and find the file called runact.cfg. Right click it, and open in notepad, wordpad or any other text editor. Go to the very last line, which is: devmap $e3_intro and add the # sign in front of it. Make it so it looks like:
#devmap $e3_intro.

AFter that just launch the game, and execute the config file you just edited.
Hit ~ to go to console, and type: exec runact.cfg.

[WAZ]

Interesting... when I put the # symbol in front of devmap, it DOESN'T work (says "unknown command: #" or something of that nature). When I leave it WITHOUT the #, it works fine.

Anyway, does anyone know how to invert the mouse Y axis? Any console command or setting in the CFG file?

Thanks!

Oh, and for anyone who doesn't know, you don't have to bind your keys manually in the console in the game. You can set them in DoomConfig.cfg in the "base" folder.... same with fullscreen, resolution (3/4/5), etc.

[KiLLERDiABLO]

lol i figured out thx anyway
alot
but u dont have to type devmap it works without that but u need to load the levels first with the console
every step of the way with console

[Starbury]

I would like to know if anyone knows how to change the resolution if it is possible...cuz my comp. apparently suck not that I didn't know that

[KiLLERDiABLO]

id like to know that 2

From reading above it seems I should post this here. I hope that everyone who needs to read this, will.

Ok, I've read from many places that many people are getting from somewhere between 5 and 20 fps.

Now, I've done some messing around with the DoomConfig.cfg
and I've come up with some answers.

Open up your DoomConfig.cfg, scroll down and you should find this:

seta r_useStandardGL
seta r_useParhelia
seta r_useNV20
seta r_useNV30
seta r_useGL2

Now, what I did was change useStandardGL to 1, and all others to 0.

now, I have GeForce 4 MX card and when I change this setting alone, my fps jumps from around 5 to 60.

Sweet

Depending on what video card you have, you may have to use a different setting.

For a greater speed improvement, turn off the realtime generated shadow effects.

change
seta r_shadows "1"

to
seta r_shadows "0"

However, you will no longer have those badass shadows...(Though other shadows will still be there)


I still have not figured out how to speed it up when say I'm fighting against a monster for the first time (It seems to just then be loading all the graphics instead of loading it before)
Increasing the page file size seemed to help a bit, but not much.

For those that want inverted y-axis for their mouse look, change

seta m_pitch ".022"
to
seta m_pitch "-.022"
(Note I didn't figure this out myself I found in another forum, though it is a very obvious fix)

I also found this on other forums.
To change your resolution, change this value.
seta r_mode "3"

I think 3 is either 640x480 or 800x600 (the default is 3).
Increase this value to increase resolution and vice versa.

I'm still messing with the settings but I'd thought I'd post what I have figured out so far to help some folks.

[WorlWydeHusla]

is this demo playably online? like in gamespy?

[Vile]

Originally posted by RangerofStrife
NOTE: If all this was already posted somewhere, sorry but I didn't see it. You may delete this post now

Good information This has not been posted yet.

@WWH:
This is only the alpha, and it's not multiplayer.

Bonus

is this demo playably online? like in gamespy?

Definitely not Gamespy stuff, but in the DoomConfig, there are various references to network capability.


seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"


Also, in the Doom_III\base\models\characters\common
there are the files

blue.tga
brown.tga
green.tga

These could be multiplayer models / skins or something completely different. Who knows? (Other than id Software of course)

If anyone can figure out what all this is or means and how to make use of it, there may actually be "Multiplayer" capability in this demo.

I doubt it though.

[cyberdrone2000]

I am running a PII 400, 256mb ram and a GeForce 3 TI 200 with windows 98se. I have followed the set-p instructions (adding the # etc) but whenever I try to run the leaked demo, it crashes with an "Illega Operation" error message. This happens even befor i get into the game. Does it have sometihng to do with my OS? or my card?

Hmm...I'm not exactly sure what the prob could be. The demo you downloaded could be a non working version. Maybe somebody else had the same problem and fixed it and will post here.

[cyberdrone2000]

i gto the demo from a freind of mine. it worked fine for him, so he burned it onto a cd for me. I extracted it to my HD, followed the directions but still no doom 3! Does anyone have any ideas?

[cyberdrone2000]

if it helps, here is the exact error

This program has caused an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If the problem persits, contact the program vendor.

DOOM executed an invalid instruction in
module DOOM.EXE at 017f:005baec5.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=005baec5 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=02d60bb0 SS=0187 ESP=022adca0 EBP=022adcb4
ECX=00000002 DS=0187 ESI=02d60bb0 FS=21d7
EDX=00000080 ES=0187 EDI=02d60bb0 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f e7 0f 0f e7 57 08 0f e7 5f 10 0f e7 67 18 0f
Stack dump:
bff77716 00000000 00000000 00000000 02d60bb0 022afd04 005baa66 00000080 00000000 00000080 bff77716 02d60bb0 022afd04 00000000 00000000 00000000

[pphillips87]

well i changed the runact.cfg file and i type in the console "exec runact.cfg" and it works for like a minute and then it always freezes my computer. my computer is pretty decent so i dont think that is the problem but who knows

[cyberdrone2000]

see, my problem is, i cant even get into the console!!!!
it crashes just before initializing the game at the "blue ish" pre-console

it works for like a minute and then it always freezes my computer.

What exactly happens?

You play for a bit and then your computer freezes?

[pphillips87]

no, the loading of the textures and stuff goes for about a minute and then my comp freezes

[pphillips87]

the weird thing is that it freezes at different times, seems like the more i try the longer it goes without freezing, but im getting tired of having to restart my comp all the time

I may be wrong, but I don't believe your comp is frozen. Some of the files the game loads take a good while to load.

Try leaving your comp there for a min or two while loading it. It may continue to the next file.

[pphillips87]

i dont think thats it, normally when its going i can hit the windows button (between ctrl and alt) and that will bring up the start menu and stuff, but nothing works when it freezes

[doom3yo]

how do i evens tart the DL, i got winrar

[pphillips87]

Originally posted by doom3yo
how do i evens tart the DL, i got winrar

well, its not really officially downloadable like from a website or anything, I used IRC, but if you aren't familiar with that, it might be on kazaa, just make sure the file is around 364 mb

[trashbin98]

not sure if this has been posted before..
there might be different modes that you can try..

in default.cfg..you can activiate developers options..eg like all weapons, god mode...etc.

hope this helps.