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Doom 3 Now Supports Surround Sound
nukem996 writes "DOOM 3 v1.1.1286 for Linux has just been released. ALSA has finally been implemented so Linux gamers can finally play Doom 3 with surround sound! Along with surround sound support this release fixes a number of bugs. You can read Timo's release notes here. As usual the release is up on the idsoftware ftp server and there is a torrent."
"Some say it is repetitive and plotless... "
eh it's Doom for gods sake. I really dunno wtf people were expecting, some kind of blockbuster don corleone story that would win more oscars than ben hur. It's friggin DOOM!! the game where you pump soldiers on crack and ugly motherfuckers straight outta compton HELL, full of lead. It's not Final Fantasy, it's not Deus Ex. It's like the gaming version of all Arnold Schwarzenegger movies ever made. We all know we don't watch his movies for his deep insight heart wrenching masterpieces. We like gore and violence!! that's what DOOM IS!!! GORE AND VIOLENCE!!!!! so enough with the fucking whining and moaning about how it had a bad story and was repetitive. You want a fucking story, go watch bridges of madison county.
is there a changelog anywhere?
I just installed the new Linux version of Doom 3 over the first release and got to hear surround right away (after setting surround in the menu). One thing that bothers me - and this is occurs in the Windows version too - is that the rear surround channels are too quiet. There needs to be some sort of rear channel adjustment in the game if simply hardcoding the volume up conflicts with other people's configurations in which the volume is just fine.
No other game that uses surround has this problem. The UT2004 demo used to have a quiet sound problem on all channels on both Windows and Linux, but that got solved rather quickly.
I guess I should mention I have an SBLive! Value (4-channel version of the EMU10K1), but it shouldn't matter much, considering it has a pretty large user base.
It would be cool if it didn't suck.