Doom 64

This page is for the official port from 2020. For the fan-made port from 2011, see Doom 64 EX.

Doom 64

Developers
Original game	Midway Games
	id Software
	Nightdive Studios
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Kex Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 20, 2020

⤏ Go to series page
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

Official port of the Nintendo 64 exclusive sequel to Doom II: Hell on Earth from 1997.

Rebinding always uses QWERTY layout, even if other keyboard layouts are in system. Gameplay itself also uses system's keyboard layout, rendering key remapping broken on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Official list of differences from Doom 64 EX

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Bethesda.net
Steam		Bethesda.net account creation can be skipped. DRM-Free when Steam is not installed or when steam_appid.txt is in directory with the number "1148590" in the file.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use -skipmovies command line argument
The copyright screen and photosensitive warning will still be displayed.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\kexengine.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1148590/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\saves\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1148590/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Display settings.

Input settings

Mouse settings.

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  Key rebinding screen

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  Controller settings

Audio settings

Sound settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Black screen on startup (with sounds playing)

Change the renderer in config files
Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\ Edit kexengine.cfg with text editor. Find a line seta r_rhirenderfamily "vulkan". Set it to either seta r_rhirenderfamily "d3d11" or seta r_rhirenderfamily "opengl". If the config file is missing, download this config and place it in %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\.

Sprites are rendered 0.5px off when using DirectX 11

Use either Vulkan or OpenGL 3.2 rendering

Enable shader recompiling on start
Navigate to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\DOOM 64\ Edit kexengine.cfg with text editor. Find a line seta d3d11_compileShaders "0". Set it to seta d3d11_compileShaders "1". Find a line seta developer "0". Set it to seta developer "1". Notes: This may require d3dcompiler.dll.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	Sprites are incorrectly rendered, see Sprites are rendered 0.5px off when using DirectX 11.
OpenGL	3.2
Vulkan
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	SDL2

Command line arguments

Parameter	Description
-window	Sets the game to run in windowed mode
-fullscreen	Sets the game to run in fullscreen
-width X	Sets game window's width
-height Y	Sets game window's height
-skipmovies	Skips intro movies / company logos
-warp X	Warps to level ID, where first level is 1
-skill X	Sets difficulty to X, where "Be Gentle!" is 1, "Bring It On!" is 2 etc. Use in combination with -warp X command.
-nomonsters	Disables monsters
-fast	Enables fast monsters
-file *.wad	Loads additional wad file.
-basepath <path>	Sets the base path from which to load files.

Mods

Doom 64 EX Compatibility Patch

The Doom 64 EX Compatibility Patch is a patch that converts the game files of Doom 64 into a format that the fan-made port from 2008, Doom 64 EX, can recognize and play. This allows owners of Doom 64 to make use of the added features of the fan-made port, such as enabling mouse look, disabling auto-aim, etc.

Install the compatibility patch (Windows only)

Download the compatibility patch from the Steam thread and extract it to a temporary folder. Browse to <path-to-game> of the official 2020 port of Doom 64. Copy the files DOOM64.WAD and DOOMSND.DLS over to the temporary folder of the compatibility patch. Browse to the temporary folder of the compatibility patch, launch run.cmd, and press ↵ Enter. A new folder called output was created that contains the patched Doom 64 EX compatible files. The compatible files can now be moved into the base installation folder of Doom 64 EX and played using the fan-made port. Notes Do not overwrite the original files within <path-to-game> of Doom 64 with the patched files as they have been made incompatible with the official port!

Restore red crosses

Restores red cross symbols that were removed in the re-release.

This method disables achievements as it finds loading the WAD as a cheat.

Restore red crosses
Download Restore Red Crosses and extract uncensored.wad into the DOOM 64 folder. Launch the game with the -file uncensored.wad command line argument.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-750	Intel Core i5-2400 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R7 240 Intel HD Graphics 530	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X

A 64-bit operating system is required.