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

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."

Comments

Re:what's the point of emulation?

[cyberkreiger]

You're missing the fact that Wine(X) Is Not an Emulator. Doom3 under Wine(X) runs directly on the hardware.

Doom3 for linux

[kajoob]

If you're a linux-only user but want to see what doom3 looks like on your system, just simply turn your monitor off.

I keed, I keed!

Finally?

[afabbro]

users can finally play Doom 3 on Linux with the help of Wine

Finally? For pity's sake, the game has been out for less than a week...

While you're waiting...

[ZorinLynx]

Play some classic DOOM! This is a beautiful port of classic DOOM to Linux:

http://prboom.sourceforge.net/

You'll need original WAD files, of course.... But this port can play at high resolutions using OpenGL, has nice sounding music support (something fairly lacking in most DOOM ports) and is fairly accurate to the original.

I've been playing these past few days and have rediscovered what a great game the original DOOM was! And the soundtrack was great too!

-Z

Doom3 on Wine experiences

[pp]

I've played it that way on my athlon 2000+geforce 4 ti4200. It's quite playable, most notable problems are that it's _SLOW_ for about 15-20 secs
after loading a game. Going to the menus and using the PDA for a while and it goes back to a reasonable 20-25fps or so. Also I end up having to restart the game completely after dying, trying to load a game at that point just gives a black screen.

After a hardware upgrade and a native client it should be great, hardware upgrade for the speed
and native client to get rid of those glitches ;-)

Re:what's the point of emulation?

[RailGunner]

Really? I usually notice a huge performance decrease when using Wine. Blurred vision, slurred speech, light-headedness, a sense of euphoria.

Oh wait - you're talking about the PC, not the player. Never mind.