Doom3 on steam

I had no joy with the steam demo (didn't buy it through steam) so I simply bought a cheap second hand copy. I also had the same problem with Vista 64.
 
Its working for me as well, though I remember having issues with it previously.

I believe its something to do with opengl issues with 64bit os', but I can't remember how I specifically fixed it. Sorry I can't be of any more help.
 
MeatLoaf said:
Anyone got it working on Win 7 x64?

Keeps crashing on launch :(
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I have it working on Win7 Home 64bit. I didn't know people had problems with it.

When does it crash?
* Before you reach the game menu?
* When you see the game menu?
* When you start a game?

Edit: in the steam games library, rightclick on doom 3 and select properties.
On the general tab, click "Set Launch Options"
enter the text:
"+disconnect"
This will bypass the startup movie when launching Doom, just in case there's a problem there.

Also, if you haven't verified game files, make sure you try that. (Local Files tab, "Verify Integrity of Game Cache")
 
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PapaLazaru said:
Works fine for me on 64, but I do not play it as it will not run at my resolution. :(
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It will run at any resolution, if you use a autoexec file.
In your doom 3/base folder, create a text file named "autexec.cfg"
Put this text in it:
Code: 
seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectratio 2
seta r_customHeight 1200 //change this to match your height
seta r_customWidth 1920 //change this to match your width
seta r_fullscreen 1

Then when you start up, it will load that resolution - the in-game menus won't display non-standard values so you'll have to start a game to see it is working correctly.
 
MeMeMeMe said:
It will run at any resolution, if you use a autoexec file.
In your doom 3/base folder, create a text file named "autexec.cfg"
Put this text in it:
Code: 
seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectratio 2
seta r_customHeight 1200 //change this to match your height
seta r_customWidth 1920 //change this to match your width
seta r_fullscreen 1

Then when you start up, it will load that resolution - the in-game menus won't display non-standard values so you'll have to start a game to see it is working correctly.
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Thanks! Much appreciated! :)
 
Decided to give this a quick whirl. Does anyone know if there is a cheat you can do to get the soul cube from the start? Editing an INI file perhaps or something?
 
MeMeMeMe said:
It will run at any resolution, if you use a autoexec file.
In your doom 3/base folder, create a text file named "autexec.cfg"
Put this text in it:
Code: 
seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectratio 2
seta r_customHeight 1200 //change this to match your height
seta r_customWidth 1920 //change this to match your width
seta r_fullscreen 1

Then when you start up, it will load that resolution - the in-game menus won't display non-standard values so you'll have to start a game to see it is working correctly.
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will enable AA as well? the settings dont stick if i remember right
 
MeMeMeMe said:
It will run at any resolution, if you use a autoexec file.
In your doom 3/base folder, create a text file named "autexec.cfg"
Put this text in it:
Code: 
seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectratio 2
seta r_customHeight 1200 //change this to match your height
seta r_customWidth 1920 //change this to match your width
seta r_fullscreen 1

Then when you start up, it will load that resolution - the in-game menus won't display non-standard values so you'll have to start a game to see it is working correctly.
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Tried this the other day with retail version and it didn't work for me. Tried it in config & console.
 
Retail, had no problems installing it on Win 7 64. Almost sad that it ran like a greased ferret on amphetamines :( Spent some hours benching and tweaking that game
 
I have retail and it works fine with win 7 64, I used some widescreen fix for modern resolution and it all runs just great. There is some wicked Doom1 mod for this game.
 
Deific said:
Tried this the other day with retail version and it didn't work for me. Tried it in config & console.
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I've used the posted method with both the retail disk version, and the steam version.
Make sure you are putting the autoconfig file in the right place: not the Doom 3 folder, the Doom3/base folder.

One thing to be aware of, is when you enter custom settings they don't necessarily show up on the menus. Resolution for instance will always show at 640x480 if you are using a custom resolution, but when you start the game, you should see it's using the settings you have set.

RedStarRiot said:
will enable AA as well? the settings dont stick if i remember right
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It enables AA for me, and it sticks. First, check doomconfig isn't Read Only: if it is, undo that and try again.
If that doesn't work, put the commands in the doomconfig file, and change it to Read Only.

Do these work?
 
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