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Doom 3 - Linux, Multi-Monitor, DirectX 8 Solutions

Posted by simoniker on from the alternative dept.

nukem996 writes "While the official port of Doom 3 to Linux is still not complete and we still do not know when it is going to be out, other then 'in a few days after the Windows release', Linux users can finally play Doom 3 on Linux with the help of Wine." Elsewhere, an anonymous reader points to a post on the GideonTech forums explaining multi-monitor Doom 3 play, with the caveat: "Doing this with only 2 monitors completely sucks. You want atleast 3, or 5.. or any odd number of monitors (so your center of playing field isn't split between two monitors)." Finally, toasted_calamari explains: "We have written a guide to optimizing Doom 3 for DirectX 8 systems, particularly older ATI Radeon cards. This guide should assist owners of older hardware in running Doom 3 more effectively without upgrading."

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  1. Cmon now. by ftgow · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Let's hope the Linux port arrives post haste. Rebooting hurts.

  2. multimon must be odd# by way2trivial · · Score: 2, Interesting
    on the VERY ORIGINAL port of doom... you could do multiple monitors with multiple computers driving the second/third views... I did this once, (mostly to see if I could) for a side view.. it worked/rocked!

    However, I had my main monitor as straight ahead, and my side monitor as 'to the side' it did not function as 'split view' down the middle.. is it not possible to have two monitors, with the center of focus being one monitor? must it divide the view down the middle?

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  3. So let me get this straight by SynapseLapse · · Score: 1, Interesting

    While I can only dream of playing doom ]I[, since my tired old computer with it's sinfully old Voodoo board (Hey, I have student loans) has no chance of hell of ever running, other people out there get to run the game with FIVE monitors?!? Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that ID is thinking forward that far to allow for computers five-ten years from now to have an extra graphical benefit... but still. *sighs* Oh well, someday I'll have a new computer with enough hutzpah to play doom 3... Someday when the economy doesn't suck and I get a real job. /end whiny rant.

  4. Re:what's the point of emulation? by bobstevens_took_my_n · · Score: 2, Interesting
    What is even more funny than this debate, is that people think that the phrase "WINE Is Not an Emulator" is some sort of argument in the debate.

    Andreas, who started the Wine project, has referred to it as a "Windows emulator" on the Wine mailing list. Also, most dictionary definitions of emulation are broad enough to include Wine. Also, it's completely irrelevant to everything.

    If you say Wine isn't an emulator, it doesn't make it work any better than it does for someone who says it is an emulator. No, it's not fricking ZSNES, but that doesn't mean it's not an emulator.

  5. Re:Doom3 for linux by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Actually, I'm faily certain that was a "Doom III is dark as hell" joke. And you should never say never. Trying to create a network bridge with my LAN and wireless AP makes XP Pro crash hard every single time. It's good, not perfect.