15-07-2004 00:51									#1
	Doom III Goes Gold!!!!!!!!!eleven Get a bigger avatar today!

From Todd Hollenshead's .plan, via Doomworld:

quote: Welcome to id Software's Finger Service V1.5! Name: Todd Hollenshead Email: Description: CEO Project: Last Updated: 07/14/2004 12:36:49 (Central Standard Time) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-14-2004 11:52 AM CDT IT'S DONE!!!!!!! Yes, this is the official word that DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing! It won't be long now until the anticipation ends and the PH34R begins ;-) We literally just hung up with Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally GOLD. Thanks to everyone for their patience (yeah right! =) and for everyone at id, Activision and our numerous partners for helping us create what I believe is absolutely the best game we have ever made. So, the next question is release dates. Retailers in the States will be allowed to pick up games starting at 12:01 AM on August 3rd. The official street date is actually August 5th in the U.S.A., but some of your favorite stores will probably have it early for those of you who have to have it first. Check with your local retailer for that information. Internationally, the game will take a few more days to make it to the store shelves. The UK will probably get it first, on or about August 6th. Everywhere else will probably be Friday, August 13th (que Twilight Zone Theme) or close to that date, with just a few exceptions (e.g. Russia and Poland). This isn't because we don't have love for you folks outside the U.S., but the localization and manufacturing process takes a bit longer outside the U.S. where we will have JVC run 24/7 to get the units built. I guess the European manufacturers prefer to give their employees nights and weekends off. Go figure! The champagne is flowing here at id and smiles abound! I'll update again with some DOOM 3 preparation tips (not what hardware to buy - you'll have to wait for a programmer for that sort of thing). In the meantime, I want to see those "DOOM 3 GOLD!!!" threads set new records for swamping message board servers, destroying productivity, and post counts ;-) Recapping today's headlines....DOOM 3 GOLD!!!

	15-07-2004 02:03									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

What's special about DOOM? It was just Wolf3D with monsters.

	15-07-2004 02:17									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

But with Doom, you had the illusion of going up and down.

	15-07-2004 02:27									#4
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Its just ANOTHER FPS, right?

-Jam

	15-07-2004 02:44									#5
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Yeah but it should have some nice shadow effects to scare you once in a while. I like playing the games, but usually I finish the games after 2 days. I really speed like a rocket through FPS games

	15-07-2004 03:00									#6
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I'm the kind of guy who spent 30-45 minutes on most of the levels of Doom. Largely because I kept getting lost.

	15-07-2004 03:18									#7
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Just another game i wont get to fully enjoy till another few years when ive upgraded enough.

and why arent they releasing a DVD version? Only 4 CD's apparently.

	15-07-2004 04:00									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Yeeehaw!



The third part of the best shooter over. It will definitely be appreciated BOTH as a MP deathmatch game and as a single player game. It's rare to have a good single player game now, really. If it's half as good as it seems to be, that one is staying on my hard drive for years, just like the first two parts.

	15-07-2004 04:12									#9
	Tired of ads?

Nice.

	15-07-2004 07:57									#10
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Interesting. I wonder if it will have the same atmosphere as the original.

	15-07-2004 12:16									#11
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Yeah, I have posted about this in the OT because no one ever goes here But seriously, I am looking forward to it - should kill a bit of time

	15-07-2004 13:03									#12
	Remove this text

4 CD's? Dang, that's rather huge to erm try out.

	15-07-2004 14:10									#13
	Inflate your Upload Space

Has anyone played the beta? Ordinarily as it's id I would have, but I didn't get around to it.

	15-07-2004 15:19									#14
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

What is the min. req for this game?
I'll probably just *find* this game somewhere, since I'm not that interested in Doom, but I would like to see the graphics since I've heard they should be great

	15-07-2004 18:28									#15
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Right. The first official review is out already.

The game supports no videocard under Geforce 4 MX. I'm glad I got a new card recently! PC Gamer says that a 2GHz machine with 512MB RAM and GeForce 5700 was able to run the game pretty well on 1024.

The most sensible thing will probably be to play under 800x600, in which case it won't be bad.

Well, anyway, the beta worked at 20+ FPS for me all the time, which is fine, and given that it was optimized for ATI cards...

	15-07-2004 18:36									#16
	Got spare money?

Right. The first official review is out already.

The game supports no videocard under Geforce 4 MX. I'm glad I got a new card recently! PC Gamer says that a 2GHz machine with 512MB RAM and GeForce 5700 was able to run the game pretty well on 1024.

The most sensible thing will probably be to play under 800x600, in which case it won't be bad.

Well, anyway, the beta worked at 20+ FPS for me all the time, which is fine, and given that it was optimized for ATI cards...

	15-07-2004 18:47									#17
	Get a bigger avatar today!

i heard it is very short. i'll still end up getting it though because of multiplayer and it'll probably have tons of great mods and free user made single player maps of similar quality to id's.

	15-07-2004 18:49									#18
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

23 hours on medium setting.... in the first review. And apparently you can't just run through it.

I don't care, though. Doom has always been so brilliant in single player that you can replay those levels times upon times.

	15-07-2004 18:57									#19
	Full PM-box? Change here!

what review?

	15-07-2004 19:23									#20
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PC Gamer. They got an exclusive copy of Doom3 for review, and it was published yesterday. I don't recall now where I saw the full text of it, though I could find it, but I have scans of the pages of the magazine, too.

The interesting thing is, they say Doom3 is built in such a way that it will look even better on next-generation hardware. So, once you play that in two years time on a machine that's 3.4 GHz with 2GB RAM and a next-generation GeForce, it will look even better. I will personally be able to run it at high settings fairly well.

	15-07-2004 19:23									#21
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

PC Gamer. They got an exclusive copy of Doom3 for review, and it was published yesterday. I don't recall now where I saw the full text of it, though I could find it, but I have scans of the pages of the magazine, too.

The interesting thing is, they say Doom3 is built in such a way that it will look even better on next-generation hardware. So, once you play that in two years time on a machine that's 3.4 GHz with 2GB RAM and a next-generation GeForce, it will look even better. I will personally be able to run it at high settings fairly well.

	15-07-2004 19:29									#22
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

I know you are excited but no need to say everything twice.

	15-07-2004 20:19									#23
	Suffering from ads?

Don't worry, I'm not going to become the next Deity to rival you .

There's a bit of a server problem recently that results in me double-posting almost every time I try.

	15-07-2004 22:30									#24
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Low-End:
1.5GhzP4 or equivalent
512MB Ram
Geforce4 Ti 4800 or Radeon 9500

Mid-Range:
2.4GhzP4 or equivalent
1GB RAM
Geforce5950 or Radeon 9800 Pro/XT

High_End: Aka Hardware that doesn't exist, but best guess anyway
3.4GhzP4 or AMD equivalent
2GB RAM
GeForce 6800 Ultra or Radeon X800 XT PE.

	15-07-2004 22:34									#25
	Increase the size of your Attachments

Those are not the official requirements, that's opinion of PC Gamer.

In reality, a 1.3 CPU with 384 MB RAM will run the game. It's just that a say 1.8 CPU with 512 RAM will do so better.

I'm eager to see how they managed to build the game so that it will look even better on future hardware.

At least, well, something to look forward when I upgrade to a 3.6 GHz machine.

	15-07-2004 23:11									#26
	Suffering from ads?

quote: Mid-Range: 2.4GhzP4 or equivalent 1GB RAM Geforce5950 or Radeon 9800 Pro/XT

How an 9800XT can be called medium range is beyond me, that's the best card out there out there at the moment, that's at least somewhat affordable.

	15-07-2004 23:57									#27
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

no seriously. what's so great about doom? I played Doom2, it was okay. But I didn't see the point. I just cheated to get to the end. .

	15-07-2004 23:59									#28
	Increase Your PM Length

You are a heathen, then.

I'm glad to see that there are at least some people here like Provost Harrison, a TRUE Doom vet.

	16-07-2004 00:11									#29
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

i'll be playing doom3 as soon as I upgrade my slow machine!

that will happen in about 6 years

	16-07-2004 01:20									#30
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

this will probably make my Radeon 8500 cry...