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So we played on Friday and on Saturday (with one more session today still pending) and to be honest... it was awesome! :o Please note I do not mean it was my best deathmatch experience ever or anything, but given the expectations I had and how it turned out I have to say it was definitely worth it. As long as we had 5-7 people on the server the problems with finding each other were non-existent. E1M1 is indeed the best map for deathmatch from the ones I listed above, but the others were not that bad either! If I were to pick the worst ones, these would be E3M6 (it's a bit too spacious despite its openness) and E3M8 (only one gun is viable really as most spawn points are in the arena, it takes too long to get to the rocket launcher and it's honestly not worth it, so everyone just tries to grab the plasma gun). Nevertheless, we still had fun on them too! Here is one example round from yesterday so you can get the grasp of how it all went :)

Next week I am organizing a local deathmatch session as a follow-up to Doom's 30th anniversary. I would like to stick to the original Doom - preferably to episodes 1-3. So my question is: which levels (if any) from the standard IWAD would you recommend for deathmatch? I tried "dry running" some of them and noticed that they often weren't adjusted for multiplayer at all (at least to my mind). For instance, E2M8 might seem like a cool arena for the mode... but the map features literally a single rocket launcher as its only weapon available for pickup, so I can see in my imagination a bunch of people running around with pistols and a guy camping the RL room for easy frags. I know it all depends on the number of people (I don't know how many will attend the session, but the server limit will be set to 16 - I doubt it will be reached though) and I haven't looked at all the maps yet, but from what I managed to observe it seems that E1M1 may actually be the best deathmatch map from the original Doom - it has a simple layout, but with plenty of options to hide, attack from an ambush and what not. There are also some additional weapons scattered around the map in deathmatch mode, which in total mean two shotguns, a chaingun and a rocket launcher - a very decent lineup! So do you have any experience with these maps? I was thinking that perhaps E1M3 and E1M5 would also be viable, but I wouldn't want the layout to be too complicated so that people don't look for each other more than they actually shoot. Please note some attendants may not be familiar with the layouts either (which makes me think that E1M2 may not necessarily be a good idea due to the "dark maze" portion, where one could get lost). I read about the "deathmatch craze" that Doom caused plenty of times and how attractive it was, so I assume the people who played it back in the beginning of 1994, or so, had to have some favorite maps, which fit the mode nicely. I appreciate any feedback you may provide on the subject.

Thanks for your feedback guys! Sadly, it confirmed my original observations that the stock maps don't really work with multiplayer compared to numerous other titles released after Doom that did it correctly (cause they usually featured maps created with deathmatch in mind). That being said, I would still like to do the experiment to see how it works first-hand. I looked through the stock maps, ran around them a bit, took their complexity and available weaponry into consideration and created a list of maps to be used during the session. We will play the following levels: E1M1 E1M5 E2M9 E3M2 E3M6 E3M8 E3M9 After the weekend I will try to provide an update on how it went. Many factors come into play here which may affect the overall feel of the session, but I will hope for the best :) And if it turns out fine, then the list above may serve as a reference in case anyone would like to play with such conditions as well.

As most of you probably know, some time ago archive.org added TONS of DOS games to their library and all those games are playable from their site with a built-in version of the dosbox emulator... but all the original files of those games can also be downloaded. Among those games is Doom II, with doom2.wad in the archive and all. So my question is - since it wasn't some super secret warez operation, but a widely known event, can Doom II be used legally for free? Is this site as legit as is claimed? Under what license have all those games been released?

Guys, my last post on this forum was in August of 2021. I logged in now just to write that I tried playing MyHouse and with 30 minutes thus far on the clock I consider it to be a masterpiece. I didn't read other posts in this thread and don't intend to until I have finished the level myself, but I just wanted to encourage everyone who hasn't tried it already to do so. Play it!

Has anyone else had problems with accessing the DoomWiki lately? The page does not open for me at all (connection timeout error). Is it just me or has something more major happened to the wiki? :/

I just stumbled upon this Steam discussion regarding Doom 3 BFG: http://steamcommunity.com/app/208200/discussions/0/34093781795332064/ Apparently, there is a working MOD launcher, which allows some user-made content to work. I haven't tested it yet, so I can't confirm first-hand. Has anyone tried it?

For the past few days I'd been trying to run GZDoom on my low-spec machine. First I encountered problems with compilation from source and once I eventually succeeded, it turned out my GPU was supposedly too weak to handle the engine. Solving those problems took me a lot of reading and searching and I managed to finally run GZDoom succesfully at 3 a.m. last night. I figured there might be others facing similar problems. So here is what I learned: For starters, here is my machine's specification: Acer Aspire One D257 (a netbook) CPU: Intel Atom N570 (1.66 GHz) RAM: 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz* GPU: Intel GMA 3150 OS: Linux Mint 16 *the computer originally came with 1 GB of RAM, but the motherboard supports up to 2GB so I recently upgraded the memory. 1. Compiling GZDoom from source Note: the following information was valid for source downloaded on May 16th 2014. I assume the developer will fix it in the future. In order to compile GZDoom I followed this guide: http://zdoom.org/wiki/Compile_GZDoom_on_Linux Everything was going fine until I reached the "Compile GZDoom" step. The compiler returned errors: CMake Error at src/CMakeLists.txt:259 (message): Could not find GLEW library files CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND. Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files: GLEW_LIBRARY linked by target "zdoom" in directory /home/(my name)/gzdoom_build/gzdoom/src -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! I managed to find a solution on official GZDoom forum so all the credit goes to guys from this thread (especially Skyrimguy): http://forum.drdteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6307 In order for the program to compile, a slight change has to be made in src/CMakeLists.txt Open the file and find line 256. Lines 256-259 should look like this: find_library( GLEW_LIBRARY glew32 ) if( NOT GLEW_LIBRARY ) message( SEND_ERROR "Could not find GLEW library files" ) Write additional info so the final result is this: find_library( GLEW_LIBRARY NAMES GLEW glew glew32 ) if( NOT GLEW_LIBRARY ) message( SEND_ERROR "Could not find GLEW library files" ) Now you can compile GZDoom and proceed with further steps according to the guide on Zdoom.org's wiki. It worked for me. 2. Running GZDoom on Intel GMA 3150 After I successfully compiled GZDoom and tried to run it, I received an error saying: Unsupported OpenGL version. At least GL 2.0 is required to run GZDoom. It was probably a fault of outdated Linux drivers (I could run GZDoom on the same computer on Windows 7 without any problems), but I couldn't find a guide on how to update Intel drivers on my Linux distribution. You can check your version by typing the following command in your terminal: glxinfo | grep version It returns the following info on my computer: server glx version string: 1.4 client glx version string: 1.4 GLX version: 1.4 OpenGL version string: 1.4 Mesa 9.2.1 As you can see, the OpenGL's version is 1.4. However, there is a workaround. First of all, install driconf, if you don't have it already sudo apt-get install driconf Make sure GZdoom in installed on your system according to instructions on Zdoom.org's wiki, then run driconf. You will see a graphical interface. Click the "add" button under the "Application settings", write "gzdoom" (no quotes) in both lines and click OK. Then, select GZdoom from the dropdown list under "Application settings" and use the "add setting" dropdown menu to add the following options: Performance --> Enable limited ARB_fragment_shader support on 915/945 Debugging --> Enable stub ARB_occlusion_query support on 915/945 Make sure, both options are set to "YES" Close driconf and run GZDoom. It should run fine now :) The game runs perfectly smoothly for me, with constant 60 FPS. I occasionally get graphical glitches, but I haven't figured out why yet. It's very hard to catch them on a screenshot, because they occur randomly for no longer than a frame or two. They also appear quite rarely - sometimes no more than once or twice per level. I THINK they occur less frequently the lower the resolution so I set mine to 640x480, although the game runs smoothly even on 1024x600 (the maximum I can set). That would be all, I hope you find those tips helpful and can run GZDoom with less frustration than I initially experienced. I'm off to killing imps and demons.

Hi, First of all I'd like to apologize in advance as I'm a newbie when it comes to mobile gaming, so bear with all the stupid questions I might ask further. I've never played any mobile RPG games by id Software, be it Doom RPG, Doom II RPG or Wolfenstein RPG. I always thought they were restricted to Apple iPhone devices, but having read a little I noticed that there are also versions of those games for "mobiles" so I assume a phone running the Android system would suffice. Is that correct? Regarding the question in the topic - I browsed through "EA Mobile" store and noticed that "Doom II RPG" and "Wolfenstein RPG" are still there, but "Doom RPG" is absent. Does anyone know why? Is it still possible to obtain it legally somehow? Some more questions: 1) I have "Samsung Galaxy A5", can this phone run the titles mentioned? (Doom, Doom II and Wolfenstein RPGs?) 2) How do I buy those games? Do I have to do it with my mobile? Does it work like Steam where I can redownload the purchased titles indefinitely?

I managed to run DOOM RPG on Android (phone model: Samsung Galaxy A5). I did it by converting the .JAR into .APK via Netmite's web tool and then running the said .APK with Netmite's J2ME emulator. The interface got successfully converted from keypad to touch except ONE element - some computers require security codes, which have to be typed in with a keypad and I do not know how to invoke the keypad. Is it even possible? Has anyone here tried running DOOM RPG on an Android device? How did it go for you?

Yup, another thread :). I did my searching and found no answer to my question. One of the found threads was the one I started myself a while ago, but the conversation went in a bit different direction. From what I found, community members have decided to convert the RPG games to PC using the GZDoom source port and it sounds great! Still, I'd like to play the game on my phone. Thanks for providing the link, I will check it out (I hope it's not against the forum rules or something).

I ran the said WAD in PrBoom+ 2.5.1.4.test and upon loading the first map I heard "Message for the Archvile". Later, I loaded the game via Doom 3 BFG edition and noticed that the track was "Running from Evil" (Doom II map01 music). Then I checked on the wiki that the track associated with NRftL's first map was in fact "Message for the Archvile", which I assume is what is played on the Xbox version. Thus, I conclude that the BFG edition has the music track association done WRONG (the tracks are played in the order of Doom II)... ... and yet I'd like to ask if there is any way to run it just like in BFG edition, meaning "wrong"? :D I recall it can be done by running the WAD in PrBoom+ 2.5.1.3, but then proper map names won't be displayed (so the automap will write "Entryway" instead of "The Earth Base" etc.) EDIT: Actually doomwiki.org states that the music is "wrong" due to a lack of metadata, but aren't map names visible in the automap screen also part of the metadata?

Hey everyone, I recently wrote a guide which includes data about various items found in DOOM's multiplayer mode, especially their respawn times. It's nothing experienced players wouldn't know already, but I could not find all this info in one place so I decided to write the guide myself. I know the multiplayer mode isn't really popular but, contrary to popular belief, some meta-game IS there and there is certainly room for improving one's skill set. Item timing is a very important part of this skill set. If you find the guide useful, I would appreciate it if you gave it a "thumbs up" on Steam. Guides with high ratings are displayed higher and I am sure many multiplayer enthusiasts could find the information valuable. Big thanks in advance! You can find the guide here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=809934854 or if you want to access it through the Steam client, just go to community guides and search for: "Item and timing guide for multiplayer"

1. Bots for multiplayer modes. 2. Some single-player DLC which continues the story. Those would be priority for me.

When viewing the arcade mode scoreboard, the column farthest to the right states a given player's "rating" for a particular level and difficulty. The rating is usually a medal one managed to achieve (bronze / silver / gold). However, I noticed some people have a symbol which looks like a rune stone instead of a typical medal. My question is: how to obtain this symbol? Do any specific requirements have to be met (like: kill all enemies on the level)? Or is it simply about going past a certain threshold of points?

I agree, the mixture is perfect and I think that's what guys at id were aiming at - some clearly classic elements, but with lots of modernity too. I reckon the new Quake game will aim at similar percentage.

I have nothing but respect for such skill :o

I wholeheartedly agree. A grenade is an item, so I treat it more like a 'powerup' which you can use every now and then. I doubt anyone minds if the pistol is used with quad damage. It's the same with the grenade... ... by the way, this discussion is a proof that some rules have to be established for different run categories (like compet-n for older DOOM titles). ZeroMaster and Zomeister proved that the game can legitimately be used for skillful playthroughs. I think some standardization is well justified :)

I was about to write that: when you give your steam nicknames / games, please also provide your region. Doomworld is an international forum so we have people from all over the world here, but time zone differences and connection limitations mean that Europeans would probably prefer to play with Europeans etc. etc.

^this I remember him saying numerous times in the past that he didn't care much even about his own past projects. Why would he care about projects of other people for reasons other than learning about some new implementations?

I stumbled upon a cheater on a server and recorded a brief video of him flying and firing multiple rockets. The video is here (it's from my point of view): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH10LiV6BfY In the video's description you will find a link to this guy's profile AND conversation I had with him, because for some reason he added me to his friends. In the conversation he admitted to have cheated. I reported his Steam account for cheating (there is such an option) and linked the video as justification. I have no idea if that will work, but that's all we can do, so I would appreciate it if you guys did the same. Let's get rid of cheaters together. Thanks.

Zeromaster has a point. Using this exploit because of a bug is fine, but using it to avoid what otherwise would have been death stemming from a player's mistake (like in the case of falling from the rock) is "grey area" to say the least. It doesn't change the fact that the video as a whole is damn impressive but if, say, compet-N established some rules for ultra-nightmare runs I doubt they would allow using ctrl+alt+del to avoid deaths. I'm still impressed either way - the truth is, no one else has done anything like it.

Remember that speed is affected by your weapon of choice. For instance: the chaingun will make you run slower than, say, the vortex rifle.

My favorites are: 1. Respect 2. Hat Tip 3. Salute 1 4. One Fist Up

If the new versions of those two bosses fought each other who do you think would win? If I recall correctly, the Spider Mastermind has more HP than the Cyberdemon (unlike in the classic games) and I think this alone shifts the odds towards the Spider Mastermind.