Windows 8.1 Performance

[The 1st Gamer]

Hello everyone. I recently purchased a new MSI laptop with windows 8.1 and I was curious if anyone here knows how Doom 3 (retail, non-steam) works on it. I could just install the game as I do own it; however, if it is known to be buggy I would prefer not to. In particular, I recall a freeze/crash that would occur in Alpha labs when I walked into a room with gas in it I think. Does anyone know if that crash is still present when running in windows 8.1? Thanks!

[Doominator2]

I've installed it fine on my laptop with windows 8.1, the only problem I have is I cant for the love of patty change the resolution do anything but 640x480.

[The 1st Gamer]

Thanks for the reply!

[Doominator2]

So does it work? (if your able to change the resolution please tell me, I wanna play doom 3 at something higher than 640x480) :(

[The 1st Gamer]

Sorry, I haven't installed it yet. I was meaning to tonight, but I got distracted. Anyway, I should have it installed sooner rather than later hopefully and will get back to you with my findings. Cheers.

[Edward850]

Doom3, as of the 1.3.1 patch, works perfectly fine on Windows Vista onwards, including 8/.1/10. Screen resolutions and all.
While it would make no sense anyway (such a crash is vastly too specific for an OS to be the cause of), I can confirm there is no crash in Alpha labs.

[The 1st Gamer]

Thanks!

[The 1st Gamer]

Doominator2 said:

So does it work? (if your able to change the resolution please tell me, I wanna play doom 3 at something higher than 640x480) :(

I just installed Doom 3 and ran into the same problem. After restarting (even with 1.3.1) the resolution changes beyond 640x480 do not stick. To fix this you can apparently force a resolution by going into the console and typing:

r_customwidth 1920
r_customheight 1080
r_mode -1
vid_restart

This forced the resolution change for me.

I do have another problem though. The mouse movement feels a bit behind and it is tremendously annoying. Does anyone know a fix to this?

[Shaviro]

Also, remember to change the aspect ratio.

r_aspectRatio x

0 for 4:3
1 for 16:9
2 for 16:10
3 for 21:9 (but only in Phobos ;) )

[The 1st Gamer]

Shaviro said:

Also, remember to change the aspect ratio.

r_aspectRatio x

0 for 4:3
1 for 16:9
2 for 16:10
3 for 21:9 (but only in Phobos ;) )

Thanks! Any possible knowledge about how to fix my slow mouse problem in doom 3?

[Orchid87]

That's the reason I'm sticking with holy Windows 7 64. The best microsoft product ever.

[Avoozl]

Heh, 8 is far more superior at least as far as gaming is concerned.