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    Doom 3

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by gmenfan, Aug 8, 2004.

  1. gmenfan

    gmenfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone bought Doom 3 and gotten it to work on your Emachine laptop. I can't it to work on my 6809, it keeps locking up. I know the game is fine because it runs perfectly on my desktop system. Thanks in advance.
     
    gmenfan, Aug 8, 2004
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    syarost Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have it running at at 640x480 @ 60 FPS at High, without any OC on my M6811. I also can run it @ 42 FPS at 800 x600 at high, and 27 FPS at 1024x768 at high.

    edit: I am running the Omega 4.7 drivers

    Read http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=5733&tid=1438663&p=1 for a discussion how to tweak the cfg file.

    http://ucguides.savagehelp.com/Doom3/FPSVisuals.htm explains what all the setting do.

    Here are my setting for 640x480 at high quality

    here are the setting in my DoomConfig.cfg file that I have modified:

    seta r_brightness "1.2"
    seta r_gamma "1.3"
    seta r_mode "3"
    seta image_downSizeLimit "256"
    seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "256"
    seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64"
    seta image_downSizeBump "1"
    seta image_downSizeSpecular "1"
    seta image_useCache "1"
    seta image_cacheMegs "128"
    seta image_cacheMinK "32768"
    seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
    seta image_useCompression "1"
    seta image_roundDown "1"
    seta image_forceDownSize "0"
    seta image_downSize "1"
    seta image_lodbias "0"
    seta image_anisotropy "1"
    seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST"
    seta com_showFPS "1"
    seta com_machineSpec "2"
    seta g_decals "1"
    seta g_projectileLights "1"
    seta g_doubleVision "0"
    seta g_muzzleFlash "0"
    seta g_showBrass "0"
    seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
    seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
    seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
    seta g_bloodEffects "0"

    Hope this helps!
     
    syarost, Aug 8, 2004
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  3. ReverendDC

    ReverendDC Notebook Deity

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    It should work with the omega drivers.
     
    ReverendDC, Aug 9, 2004
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  4. animekenji

    animekenji Notebook Guru

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    Mine doesn't lock up, it exits to the desktop, though. Don't know what the problem is. It mostly exits when I do something like run through a door before it opens fully. I usually have to approach the door slowly, wait for it to open then walk in slowly and no problem. Sucks when you're being hunted by demons and zombies and are running for your life. [xx(]
     
    animekenji, Aug 9, 2004
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  5. DaGreek

    DaGreek Notebook Evangelist

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    if is your video drivers...it might be when going in to the room fast the video card has to render the entire scene quickly and it takes a lot of graphics power, so when you go in slow it has more time to work. I really don't understand the driver problem with these ATI though it seems to be a game problem. try the omega drivers or you can try to find a newer version of drivers from ATI


    Compaq R3000T (CTO)
    P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
    1 X 512MB RAM
    Radeon 9600 128MB
    60GB 5,400 RPM HD
    AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115
     
    DaGreek, Aug 9, 2004
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  6. gmenfan

    gmenfan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the suggestions, it appears that updating to the newest Omega drivers seems to have cured it. Thanks again. Now that it seems to be working OK, I'll try tweaking the cfg file a little.
     
    gmenfan, Aug 10, 2004
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  7. animekenji

    animekenji Notebook Guru

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    Yeah, the Omega drivers are working a lot better than the ones that came with the system. I have had good experience with Omega from converting my 9500NP to a 9700 with their softmod. I don't undertand, though, why Omegas drivers work with laptops and ATIs don't. Oh well.
     
    animekenji, Aug 10, 2004
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