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Anyone familiar with Doom 3 issues?
SirPeale:
I bought a copy of Doom 3 at a flea market a couple days ago.
Installing it was a big PITA. It prompts for disk 2, but when you put it in it doesn't think it's in there. Likely an issue with the installer.
So I did a manual install. Did all the registry entries by hand so I could get the updates to install.
Before I employed any updates I verified that the software was working. Got to play for a little while.
After installing the updates it seems to start okay, right until you go to play a game. It doesn't freeze per se. The mouse cursor continues to move around, and what looks like the beginnings of a menu screen (or at least a notification screen) are drawn on screen.
But that's it! It stops there.
I suppose I could just *not* upgrade, but 1) I wouldn't mind playing some online deathmatch (and can't without the latest and greatest) and 2) there are a few mods that depend on the latest and greatest (Classic Doom 3 comes to mind).
I've already upgraded my video drivers to the latest version (Ati Radeon 9600). I also unpacked all the .pk4 files for performance enhancement.
Any other hints?
DaOld Man:
I bought Doom 3 when it first came out. Played it to the end, even best the end.
I havent played it in a long time, and I removed it from my computer to save space.
But I remember that it needs a very powerful computer, lots of ram, and a high end video card.
Just found the box. Here are the minimum requirements:
Full version of Doom3
Win 2000 or XP
P4 1.5 gig or better
384 meg of ram (It work work good on this much though, I upgraded to a gig).
Direct X 9.0
3D hardware accelerator card. (It gives a list 9 cards on the box.)
Wait a minute, this is the expansion pack I bought after I beat the basic game, so Im not sure about the requirements for the actual game. (Cant find the original box.)
But I do remember that I had 512 meg ram and it was very choppy, until I doubled the ram.
The video card is critical too. it wont work on all cards.
I like Doom, I have been playing it since the first dos versions.
Have you tried Serious Sam? I think I like it better than Doom.
I have yet to finish the final level of Serious Sam, The Second Encounter.
SirPeale:
Like I said, it played fine until I installed the Doom 3 1.3 update. Now it doesn't play any more.
I thought maybe it was a video issue, so I tried the newest ATI drivers. No change.
Then I tried something called the Omega drivers. Now it doesn't run at all, even the older version. :banghead:
I've been having a few issues for a little while, so I'm thinking I need to tear down and reinstall XP.
EwJ:
Did you unpack the .pk4 files bofore upgrade?
If so, it's possible it may be causing some problems.
I've found this guide to be helpful. this is a link to the last page of the tweakguide with reference to unpacking then patching/upgrading. The whole guide is good - where there isn't direct info (re: ati or nvidia , optimal bios settings, xp settings) there is links to other guides or other sources of reliable info.
Check info under 'Speed Up Load Times' (especially last sentence): doom3tweakguide
SirPeale:
I don't think my unpacking has anything to do with it. Same results both packed or unpacked.
I'm definitely thinking it's an XP issue. It's time to reinstall anyway. I have a weird issue where if I close any media player (if it's been sitting around for a while) it crashes the whole computer and reboots. I have no idea why it does that.
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