Carmack Expounds on Doom III

Rainier Wolfecastle writes: "Non-high-end-comp-owning geeks rejoice! GameSpot is reporting that John Carmack has confirmed that Doom III is Xbox-bound. Carmack said that id is totally commited to bringing the game to Microsoft's console with its visual splendor intact. Best of all, the game could be available on the Xbox as soon as May next year." And Warrior-GS writes: "John Carmack gave a two-hour presentation about Doom 3 and engine technology. GameSpy reports on the presentations and analyzes Carmack's comments and how they apply to the future of gaming. There is also a look at the demo of Doom III"

Comments

PS/2?

[Anonymous Coward]

It would save me from upgrading my computer if it came out on PS/2 too :)

Re:PS/2?

[TeknoDragon]

good luck with that dynamic lighting

Re:PS/2?

[dadragon]

Something tells me that a Microchannel computer will not be able to run Doom III due to its lack of decent 3D support.

Oh, you meant the Playstation2? Sorry.. :)

Re:After seeing screenshots and reading that artic

[NanoGator]

... I think I need to change my underwear.

Anyone got a cigarette?

If you need to burn off your underwear with a cigarette, then yes you do need to change it.

Re:Post Doom III and GPL

[Yorrike]

The real question is will id release a Linux binary along side the Mac and Windows versions?

Worked for Quake 3, let's just hope old John hasn't forgotten about us Linux gamers.

Re:Video of DOOM III

[martyn s]

You can find it on kazaa/fasttrack network. The filename is 'doom_3.avi' and there may be other variations out there. It's very cool.

Adjustable System Requirements

[YearOfTheDragon]

For those that have not still found out Quake uses a completely configurable engine from the first version.
You can turn on and off a lot of features.

A lot of Quake III players play with bad graphics for better performance.
seta r_lastValidRenderer "GeForce3/AGP/3DNOW!"
seta cg_marks "0"
seta r_picmip 4
seta cg_noProjectileTrail "1"
seta cg_forceModel "1"
vid_Restart