DOOM 3 BFG Edition is a remake, mostly for consoles, of a game launched back in 2004, and now the developers will make part of the engine free, for the Linux community.The last project of id Software, Rage, didn’t sold too well.
id Software hasn’t learned from other game studios that Linux is an emerging platform and neither did their publisher, Bethesda.
DOOM 3 BFG Edition was officially released for the consoles and the Windows platform more than a month ago, but id Software hasn't forgotten the Linux community and now they've also published the source code for the game.
The initial announcement was made in October by John Carmack on Twitter, but there was no other indication of the release date.
drcouzelis wrote:Install one of the many native fancy-shmancy Linux Doom ports and use the DAT files you bought with them. This will definitely work for Doom 1, and I think you can do it for Doom 2 as well.Yes I tested one doom port on Butnut (ubuntu?) and it seemed to work well. But I ended up ridding myself of Ubuntu.
The venerable Phoronix pointed out that Robert Beckebans has adopted the open source code to Doom 3 to support the recent revamped retail release, Doom 3: BFG, on Linux. Robert’s fork can be found here.
Version 1.3.0 of Chocolate Doom (as it strives to emulate Vanilla Doom) has been released with new features like more flexible key binding and scores of bugfixes.
Download: [ sourceforge.net ]
Is it possible get a xbox 360 controller working with DOOM 3 under Linux? I know that under windows you can use something like xpadder to get it to work with DOOM 3. What alternative is there under Linux?
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2012-10-18T11:20:12Z
id Software founder and lead programmer John Carmack updated his .plan fi– err, Twitter account to announce the id Tech 4 engine which powered Doom 3 will be released soon: adamix_ @ID_AA_Carmack Please release idtech4 source code soon, or Shambler will kill me for waiting too long :( @ID_AA_Carmack @adamix_ doom 3 source is packaged [...]
'Grimm: Quest for the Gatherer's Key' is a fantasy hack 'n' slash game with a lot of platforming elements that you might find in games like the Prince of Persia or Tomb Raider series, however from a First Person perspective.
The game runs as a Doom III mod so you will need original copy of the game.
According to the developers, the game will support any Linux distro
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