Widescreen Gaming Forum

Just played the demo, Widescreen is in!

Oh, and it's awesome.

edit: Just to clarify it allows true widescreen resolutions, and has a stretchy option! <3

now there is also a widescreen tickbox however which ever res I choose ticking the w/s box everything within the game is not in a correct ratio, i.e radar stretched.

The 2D interface elements almost always get stretched in games whether you use a 16:9 stretch option within the game or a true ...

I can't know for sure, but I have a feeling the mod community is going to explode with Doom 3 mods. Personally I'm most looking forward to interesting multiplayer scenarios that make creative use of the shadows and such. I can't wait to see some Xenomorphs running around in the Doom 3 engine. Just ...

Oh, didn't Carmack cap the fps of doom 3 to 65 fps? I read this somewhere but I think it was to prevent people from doing certain trick jumps etc by having a certain framrate.
I think I read it somewhere at quake3world.com...

I've definitely seen it go higher than that.

I played around with the equivalent mod for the pistol (this one's just the machinegun), and had some fun with a friend in multiplayer. I'd be reluctant to use it in single player though, because the darkness provides so much tension and anxiety, I wouldn't want to give that up.

Besides, the ...

Everyone should keep in mind that if your computer is decent, the game will look awesome. You don't to be able to do the highest settings and resolutions to get the full experience. The visual impact of the game comes from the textures and lighting, which comes across quite well at all settings ...

Hit the flashlight button (F) again to switch back to the weapon you had equipped before.

I'm seriously digging this game.

Looking at those screenshots it doesn't look like the FOV worked. Maybe it should be set higher? Look at the archway on the catwalk or the dude standing there. Totally stretched. (If it doesn't bother you, that's cool... but I get really perturbed by distortion :))

On another note, if you want ...

Yeah, GTA III was actually kind of a pig on the PC. Vice City was OK, but still didn't take advantage of the increased RAM of most PCs. It still forgets the state of entities in the world if you just move a couple of blocks away. Grr! Too many people and cars appearing and disappearing everywhere.

I wanted so badly to love that game! Painful memories...

I just started playing this game, and I'm seriously impressed. The possibilities are astounding! My character name is Vitzh Rutherford.