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Doom 3: BFG Edition

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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, Doom II, Doom 3, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and The Lost Mission.
Source port and mod support available.
Doom and Doom II are censored and contain unique IWADs, though they can be uncensored.
Mods for the original Doom 3 are not compatible with the BFG Edition (unless converted for RBDoom3BFG).

General information

Doom Wiki
Differences between Doom 3 and Doom 3 BFG Edition
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Version differences

Despite the GOG.com version being single-player only, it is possible to play multiplayer by adding seta net_useplatformbackend 0 in default.cfg and use the console command connect in order to join the server.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Instructions

RBDoom3BFG

Adds Linux, OS X, and Win64 support, as well as soft shadows and more.
Instructions

Doom 3 BFG Mod Launcher

Comes with a build of RBDoom3BFG for Windows and a tool which extracts all contents of Doom 3 BFG to a moddable structured folder.
Instructions

Doom 3 BFG Hi Def Mod

Offers higher poly-count models, TGA textures, and effects including soft shadows (RBDoom3BFG).
Instructions

Uncensor Doom and Doom II

Instructions
Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game options menu (for Doom/Doom II).
In-game options menu (for Doom/Doom II).

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208200/pfx/[Note 1]
RBDoom3BFG location: %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\RBDOOM 3 BFG\base\.

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208200/pfx/[Note 1]
Doom 3: BFG Edition is limited to only 14 manual save slots, which are shared across all 3 campaigns.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

High frame rate

Frame rate is capped at either 60 FPS or 120 FPS via in-game option.
Instructions

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

Template:Input settings

Enable crouch toggle

Instructions

Audio settings

In-game audio settings (for Doom/Doom II).
In-game audio settings (for Doom/Doom II).

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Change language

Using RBDoom3BFG with the GOG.com release may pick Japanese by default.
Instructions

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Versus

Connection types

VR support

In-game 3D settings.
In-game 3D settings.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Game only accepts exactly 60 Hz or 120 Hz refresh rate via in-game option.
Instructions

Chaingun fires too slowly

Instructions

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 is not enabled

Instructions

MSAA has no effect (RBDoom3BFG)

The only anti-aliasing technique that works with HDR is SMAA.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio DirectX XAudio2
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

Enable the console

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 2.0 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