Feature: Doom 3 Watch

Quige

Fledgling Freddie
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SAS

Can't get enough of FH
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Cheers mate, links added :)
 

Quige

Fledgling Freddie
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I downloaded at the time it first came out quite a few screenshots from the leaked alpha, but I assumed, maybe incorrectly, that they shouldn't be posted here.
 

Quige

Fledgling Freddie
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DOOM 3 Gold!

Bluesnews reporting this at the moment;

id Software's Todd Hollenshead has updated his .plan file with the eagerly anticipated news that DOOM 3 has gone gold, and will be officially released in the U.S. on August 5:
[font=Arial, Helvetica]IT'S DONE!!!!!!!

Yes, this is the official word that DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing! It won't be long now until the anticipation ends and the PH34R begins ;-) We literally just hung up with Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally GOLD. Thanks to everyone for their patience (yeah right! =) and for everyone at id, Activision and our numerous partners for helping us create what I believe is absolutely the best game we have ever made.

So, the next question is release dates. Retailers in the States will be allowed to pick up games starting at 12:01 AM on August 3rd. The official street date is actually August 5th in the U.S.A., but some of your favorite stores will probably have it early for those of you who have to have it first. Check with your local retailer for that information.

Internationally, the game will take a few more days to make it to the store shelves. The UK will probably get it first, on or about August 6th. Everywhere else will probably be Friday, August 13th (que Twilight Zone Theme) or close to that date, with just a few exceptions (e.g. Russia and Poland). This isn't because we don't have love for you folks outside the U.S., but the localization and manufacturing process takes a bit longer outside the U.S. where we will have JVC run 24/7 to get the units built. I guess the European manufacturers prefer to give their employees nights and weekends off. Go figure!

The champagne is flowing here at id and smiles abound!

I'll update again with some DOOM 3 preparation tips (not what hardware to buy - you'll have to wait for a programmer for that sort of thing). In the meantime, I want to see those "DOOM 3 GOLD!!!" threads set new records for swamping message board servers, destroying productivity, and post counts ;-)

Recapping today's headlines....DOOM 3 GOLD!!![/font]

 

Ono

Part of the furniture
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Well, alas, the Doom 3 Torrent was released earlier today :/
 

nath

Fledgling Freddie
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Ja, hit the 0-day ftps last night, and the newsgroups today.

Piracy is such a plague :(
 

TdC

Trem's hunky sex love muffin
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yay, some performance tweaks already!

read more on the planetDOOM forums here

the jist of it is this:
In your DOOM 3 directory, find "DoomConfig.cfg" (x:\Program Files\Doom 3\base). Open DoomConfig.cfg in Notepad. Find the line: seta image_cacheMegs "32" and bump the "32" to 96 or more depending on how much ram you actually have.

this should result in performance gains. remember kids, setting the number to something silly like 4x your ram won't help you in the real world ;)
 

TdC

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wwo, thanks Requ!em :) that's a fine collection you and the other chaps have put together!
 

TdC

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ooh lovely :) can hardly wait to get the game! sadly I'm saving up for a trip overseas, so there will be no m@D uPgr@D3z for me *looks fondly at 9700pro* ;)
 

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