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Doom III Officially Announced

Posted by michael on from the boom-click-click-boom-click-click dept.

Jacek Fedorynski writes "The end is near. First, id Software's site is updated for the first time since the Quake II times and now they officially announce Doom III!" If you recall, there were some screenshots released last year, but I don't think there's been much since then - these are probably out of date.

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  1. Meaning by omibus · · Score: -1, Troll

    AAaahh ha ha ha haaaa!!!

    Life has meaning again!!!!

    --
    Bad User. No biscuit!
  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fp!

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Oh, you so sucky!

  3. Doom III - quarterlife by flemflam · · Score: -1, Troll

    Probably will change the value of gravity and spark widespread protest and unhappiness. Or maybe no one will even care ...

  4. 1st by jchristopher · · Score: 0, Troll

    FIRST FRAG

  5. Ho hum. Looks lame. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    These screenshots are pretty pathetic. ID is now officially irrelevant.

  6. Carmack's Lack of Programming Skills by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    If there is one thing that I have learned in the past few years while studying the code of John Carmack, it is that he is a very weak coder and very much behind the times when it comes to delivering quality and using discipline and following processes while coding.

    It is more important to fully understand the problem before you try to forumulate your answer. But, Carmack seems to code with reckless abandon.

    Some of you may wonder why Doom 3 has been delayed by more than a year, but I know the answer.

    Compare this to Unreal Tournament 2003, which is by far a superior enginge. The source code to Unreal Tournament is pure C++ whereas Doom 2 is raw and ugly C.

    Unreal Tournament 2003 is going to completely and finally establish Epic as the king of 1st person shooters.

  7. Re:C++ is supposed to be better?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    No.

    Pure hand optimized assembler with no compiled C code is the only way to go. Ask Steve Gibson if you don't believe me. This is especially true with RISC CPUs. I have taken MANY PA-RISC C programs and rewrote them using pure assembler and have gained a 5-10X speed increase, at the minimum, on all of them. The latest instruction set of the PA-8700 is especially speed tweakable.

    People say with modern compilers, the speed difference between fine-tuned assembler and compiled C code is negligible. I say HORSE SHIT. I can write much faster assembler code than any compiler and I defy anyone to demonstrate any different.

    HAND.

  8. Hahah...more ^H hilarity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Keep up the good work with the use of ^H....Linux geeks like myself think that it's hilarious! I bow to you, sir. I urge you to continue with your original and innovative work. Thanks very much.

  9. doom3 Is already out !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, its called Serious Sam !!! Its better and much more mindless then the first 2 dooms. Really though, I had a peek at those screenshots for doom 3... what shit. Can't ID ever learn, I'd didn't soup op my computer to play a corridor game thats too dark to ever see the detail.

    HL and SS, nice bright colors, daylight, big fights. No more dungons...

    Just waiting for some good Serious Sam mods, ya know, plot and story.... I know it's possible...its a beautiful engine....just check out those wide open spaces never seen anything like it before