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Linux Doom 3 Client Released

Posted by Zonk on from the tux-with-a-BFG dept.

CrusadeR writes "id Software has released the Linux client/server binaries for Doom 3. An installation/FAQ page has been setup; there's also a torrent tracker for the various files."

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  1. Re:Performance? by jfedor · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm getting ~55 FPS in timedemo demo1 on Linux (Fedora Core 1), compared to ~60 FPS on Windows XP on the same machine.

    (GeForce 6800, Athlon XP 3000+, 512 MB RAM, 1024x768, high quality, no AA, NVIDIA drivers version 1.0-6111 on Linux, 66.81 on Windows)

    -jfedor

  2. Discuss it on... by ScArE2100 · · Score: 2, Informative

    irc.enterthegame.com #doom3linux
    or on the forums on doom3linux.com!

  3. There's also a Linux demo by Lightkey · · Score: 2, Informative

    The demo is missing in the news. Linux client/server/demo, all three at once. \o/

  4. Re:just gave it a go by imr · · Score: 4, Informative

    The game wants to run as root to install in /usr/local, if you decline and installs in /home or wherever you have rights to, it is fine.
    About the home install btw, i have symlinked the needed pak*.pak from a windows dual boot install in the base directory and it works fine.
    I have also tried to symlink the whole base directory (with unpacked files that one), after having saved the original linux one of course, and it worked fine too.
    I didnt test much as i am transcoding some file and my PC got a little bitchoppy, but appart from localisation (as said on the wiki) it ran fine.
    Thx Mr Besset.

  5. Re:Can't run it by Zorilla · · Score: 2, Informative

    I noticed some of the GL extensions appear to be ATI-specific, so I snipped this from an earlier comment, which was probably snipped from the FAQ:

    "Currently, the game will not run correctly on ATI cards using the fglrx driver. However, the ATI developers are working on new driver releases, and eventually the game will be supported." but DRI drivers might work, and either way the future looks promising...

    --

    It would be cool if it didn't suck.
  6. Re:Can't run it by bobstevens_took_my_n · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's using the wrong libGL.so.1. I didn't think people had this problem anymore.

  7. Re:Won't run for me either! by kmike · · Score: 3, Informative

    Make sure your X is using at least 24bpp colour depth.