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This will sound crazy. I see lots of maps with insane levels of detail, and I doubt that having a multicore processor would help. It looks like single thread performance is a thing of the past, with slow-clocked multicore processors becoming popular. Do you worry that "modern" hardware will struggle to play Doom after a while? I think a 1024 core processor running each at 40 Mhz might be nice to play Half Life 13, but I somehow doubt if it could play Doom well. Am I crazy?

Cool. But is there ever a possibility of new hardware making Doom impossible? I heard our CPUs are all x86 and will be replaced by x87 someday.

Hahahhaha! I love that wrestling one. I used to watch wrestling every monday night. It was so much better when I thought it was real.

The Archvile is EASILY the scariest monster in any game, and the sound is the scariest sound, that laugh he does.

Is this helpful? Will it work in multiplayer? What does it do? Can it work with headphones? Please explain how it works.

Let me guess. You use 3d sound? ;)

http://trippythis.ytmnd.com/ I was wondering about this. I don't know if Doom is too old to do this with headphones or not. I haven't ever tried the 3d sound option.

On map 1, I did this trick a friend showed me. I fired the BFG at a wall, but before the green ball finished exploding, I strafed right and faced the 2 soldiers. They died, even though the ball exploded where it couldn't have hurt them! Then, there's another weird thing. I fired at a wall, like they do in multiplayer, and an imp right behind me maybe just 5 feet away from the blast wasn't harmed at all. It makes no sense! Why does wall firing work in multiplayer but not in single? Can anyone make Zdaemon fix the BFG? It doesn't work the way it logically should. The green ball seems to be only useful for direct damage, which is only good for hallways, and the player's direction matters more! And it needs to do damage to stuff that's behind a player if the blast hits a nearby wall. The green ball should matter and not player position or view. It just seems to me that the BFG was made weirdly because Id didn't fully understand the engine because 3d games were new back then, and were hard to figure out. After all, they DID replace the original BFG because it was so hard to work with. The current version appears to be a quick-fix version that was never further improved upon. Maybe they would understand it if the BFG were fixed. As it is now, its behavior is simply erratic and unpredictable, unlike the other, normal weapons. No one should have to read a 50 kb faq over a single gun. It didn't even help me.

I can jump when I'm straferunning right, but I can't jump when I'm straferunning left. Why? Is this a problem with Zdaemon?

I got this computer at Best Buy and it looks like a good deal when you see the "free" monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, and free "software" (read:spyware) on it. Yes, I even got the extended warranty... Even if I were to make a computer today, from the sweat of my brow, it would cost me more than to just buy it at Best Buy. They sell the individual pieces at inflated prices. Even now, a 6600GT costs like $220 at the one closest to me, with 6800GT the best they have at like $300. Everything would be different if ordering stuff online were safer or I moved elsewhere.

I'm white and proud.

I used to play with the arrow keys until I switched to WASD and I got so much more skilled just from that switch. I'm not leaving the WASD sweet spot just because I have a cheap keyboard. I'm just going to get a new one. Someone who can do this without a problem, please say what keyboard you use!

I'm too used to my key configuration now. I'm willing to get a new keyboard to fix this problem. What's a good keyboard?

I have autorun on, so I'm just holding 3 keys down at once when I strafejump. When I reversed the key bindings, the situation reversed; I could strafejump left, but not right. I think it's the keyboard... :( I feel violated. Not only did I get a cheap ball mouse and cheap 60 Hz refresh CRT monitor with a whopping 640x480 resolution, but HP gives me a cheap keyboard too. They do that just to save a couple cents while I pay thousands for their garbage!!!!!!!!! I might just buy a Dell to spite them. Do Dell keyboards work with more than 3 keys at once? If not, what keyboard should I get?

It's just so much though. It should just work logically like a rocket launcher that has really big rockets that can't hurt the guy firing it. Even if I did understand fully the current BFG, it still needs to be fixed. Notice that Id even fixed it in their later games when they had more experience. No one had a problem with adding jumping and free aim to Zdaemon. Why is the BFG such a sacred cow?

I don't have any other keyboard. This is just the one that came with the computer. Can I test it in any other way?

It's a Hewlett Packard keyboard, but it has no numbers or anything else on it to tell me anything. It just says Hewlett Packard. Would a Dell keyboard work better?

Oh and I'm putting this request here because the BFG works fine for single player against the AI, but in multiplayer it is not balanced.

You're all just wannabes. I own a copy of Doom Collector's Edition! :D

Plutonia has never been that good. TNT is better. Of course, most user made megawads are better than Final Doom, like Alien Vendetta, Scythe 2, TvR, etc. I don't care much for any official Doom after the original. Even Doom 2's levels were lame. Final Doom was just a final sellout. The story is lame because it had to fit in with the game's theme.

My MIDI sounds very distorted when I play. I use a SoundMAX integrated audio solution. Is there anything I have to download to make the sound work? I play in ZDoom. Please help me.

It's a $300 computer I got from some Korean guys. It's absolutely ancient. Why do you think I play Doom instead of Counterstrike? (well, Doom is obviously > CS, but that's not my point) ;)

I'm using the latest version of Zdoom. I went to the sound option in-game and tried all of the MIDI options, and none of them sounded right.

I did that and none of them sound the way Doom is supposed to sound. I think I might have to install something new.

I've been playing at 640x480, which makes the screen a little thicker and easier to aim. However, it's harder to hide behind walls. Sometimes I hide and get hit anyway, so it takes some getting used to. Also, is it possible to play Doom at high resolutions from a mod or something? Just wondering.