mrguytodd

Personally I can't stand MIDI music while I'm playing, it starts to grate on my ears after a while and it ruins the atmosphere for me. I either play with no music or with Lustmord playing from winamp.

I understand that. What I'm trying to suggest is that if it's possible to emulate the look and feel of the software renderer with OpenGL, is there any need to make improvements for it?

Just an idea, I don't know how feasible this is technically but... Couldn't you just render in OpenGL, and use the z-value of each pixel and the texture coordinate to pick the corresponding color from Doom's original palette? That way you'd have the correct 3d-view while preserving the look of the software renderer. Plus you could use that as a base for other OpenGL effects (colored lighting, fog, etc.).