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Revision as of 11:42, 16 March 2016

Doom 3: BFG Edition
Doom 3: BFG Edition cover
Developers
id Software
Doom 3 - Resurrection of Evil Nerve Software
Publishers
Bethesda Softworks
Engines
Doom 3 id Tech 4
Doom 1, 2 id Tech 1
Release dates
Windows October 18, 2012
Doom 3: BFG Edition on Wikipedia
Doom (1993) 1993
Doom II: Hell on Earth 1994
Final Doom 1996
DRL (unofficial game) 2002
Doom 3 2004
Doom 64 EX (unofficial port) 2008
Doom 3: BFG Edition 2012
Doom (2016) 2016
Doom VFR 2017
Doom I Enhanced 2020
Doom II Enhanced 2020
Doom Eternal 2020
Doom 64 2020

Key points

Includes Doom 1 and 2 along with their respective expansions
Source port and mod support available.
Doom 1 and 2 are censored and contain unique IWADs
Mods for the original Doom 3 are not compatible with the BFG Edition (Unless converted for RBDoom)

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for Doom series
Differences between Doom 3 and Doom 3 BFG Edition

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
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Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam.

Content of DOOM 3 BFG

DOOM 3 BFG includes:

No Rest for the Living
DOOM 3 Ressurection of Evil
DOOM 3 The Lost Mission

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Linux/Mac/Windows 64 bit Suppport

RBDOOM-3 adds Linux and Mac support as well as soft shadows. Requires the Steam Release of Doom 3 BFG Edition

Doom 3 BFG Mod Launcher (by motorsep)

This tool comes with a build of RBDOOM3BFG for Windows and also a tool which extracts all the content of Doom 3 BFG so it is in a moddable structured directory, doing this will allow you to use basic Doom 3 (2004) mods consisting of replaced sounds and textures (mods with modified dll files will not work).

Doom 3 BFG Hi Def mod

Unzip into your Doom 3 Bfg install directory, run RBDoom3bfg.exe and enjoy. higher poly models, tga textures, and effects including soft shadows (RBDoom3bfg)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208200/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208200/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

300px
Graphical settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision

Issues fixed

OpenGL Startup Fix

Instructions

Game crashes on loading screen

Instructions

"Achievements have been disabled due to the console being enabled during this game" but console was not enabled

Instructions

Other information

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectX XAudio2
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
ATI Radeon HD 5750
512 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/208200/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (208200) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References