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Title: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: mamerocks87 on April 12, 2005, 09:59:23 pm: I have a p4 1.5gig with 128gig drive. Im using arcade vga and a standard resolution wells monitor. Is it possible to run doom 3 with this set up? Any one running doom 3 in there cab?

-Kyle
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: daveg2000 on April 12, 2005, 11:11:56 pm: Dont know about it runnin on that speed PC or monitor,
but I'm curious to what you are thinking of doing for controls...?

Im thinking of trying for the StarWars Battlefront,
but it also uses WASD keys & mouse - like doom.

I was thinking .... I could use the standard 6 button layout
for the 'keyboard' and then maybe just throw a mouse
on the control panel....

That would look cheesy though......

Have you had any ideas on what you would use for controls?
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: cholin on April 12, 2005, 11:13:08 pm: Man I dont know about the processor speeds, but Doom 3 scared the crap outta me when I first played it. Friggin scientist turns all ugly and starts batting at you, fireballs flying all over...crazy!
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: tommy on April 12, 2005, 11:17:04 pm: That processor is fine, ive run it on a lesser celeron decently.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: papaschtroumpf on April 12, 2005, 11:25:46 pm: yeah, you may have to turn down some of the eye candy depending on your videocard but it should run fine.
I'm pretty sure all the keys are remappable aren't they?
You still need a mouse or trackball for "mouselook" and it might be a little tricky to change weapon quickly (esecially switching between your weapon and flashlight).

Does anyone know of some "good" FPS games that would work on cab? I think the main problem is to see if you can live with "mouselook" on your cab. I do have a trackball but I'm not sure it's conveniently placed.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: Timstuff on April 13, 2005, 12:10:17 am: I'd imagine that the ideal FPS setup for an arcade cabinet would be a Competition style joystick for the WASD movement keys, and a full analog flightstick set up to emulate the mouse, with the trigger handling shooting. The different arcade buttons could be assigned to different functions like cycling through weapons, jumping, activation, turning the flashlight on and off, etc. Although some people don't like to use joysticks for aiming, but there are far worse alternatives. Maybe a lightgun would be good for aiming, as long as you're comfortable holding it with one hand.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: elvis on April 13, 2005, 02:20:12 am: I play PC games on my PC, and arcade games in my cab.

Playing them in reverse just plain sucks.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: paigeoliver on April 13, 2005, 07:41:58 am: I have heard that Wolfenstein plays mighty decent in a cabinet.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: Lilwolf on April 13, 2005, 09:36:58 am: Controls will be the issue.

I almost created a control panel just for fps... But never got the buttons right.

But now I am creating a full keyboard / mouse control panel for configuration. And this should be perfect for it.

But all in all... if you don't have a mouse... and a bunch of buttons... you wont want to play it.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: mamerocks87 on April 13, 2005, 11:08:49 am: I was going to buy a nice controller, and mount it under the coin door, so i could open the coin door and pull out my controller. Will that not work?

-Kyle
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: markb on April 13, 2005, 01:19:24 pm: Try the bottom RH corner of this link for system requirements

http://www.doom3.com/

It actually says system requirements, but is this the recommended or minimum required?

1.5ghz processor
384mb memory
A good graphics card
x8 CD Rom

Has anyone actualy run it below this?
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: tommy on April 13, 2005, 04:42:40 pm: I would say thats minimum requirements , any lower then that it wont play.
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: SOAPboy on April 13, 2005, 04:57:37 pm: Quote from: paigeoliver on April 13, 2005, 07:41:58 am
I have heard that Wolfenstein plays mighty decent in a cabinet.

Doom1 and 2 do as well..
Title: Re: DOOM 3 IN MY CAB?
Post by: walls83 on April 13, 2005, 11:18:57 pm: I have the 3 old dooms with the multiplayer hacks running on my cab. A buddy and me play it every once in a while in CO-OP mode. brings back good memories.