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DOOM 3 at QuakeCon
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DOOM 3 Deathmatch Playable at QuakeCon 2003 is the press release announcing that id Software's upcoming shooter will be on display at the upcoming LAN extravaganza (thanks Tim Kraemer). Here are a couple of bits:

Prepare for DOOM 3(TM)! id Software(TM) and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - News) are bringing DOOM 3 to QuakeCon 2003. The world's most legendary multiplayer gaming event will host the first-ever opportunity for fans to play DOOM 3 multiplayer. In Dallas at the Adam's Mark Hotel from Aug. 14 - 17, QuakeCon attendees will go toe-to-toe at the Activision/id Software booth in the ultimate sneak preview of the most anticipated game ever.
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QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to play DOOM 3's four-player Deathmatch on a level co-developed by id Software and U.K.-based developer Splash Damage, Ltd. Splash Damage has most recently worked with id Software on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and will be co-developing DOOM 3's multiplayer levels.

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Re: Hmmm
Jul 25, 2003, 06:21

World war 3

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Re: Hmmm Jul 25, 2003, 06:21

Jul 25, 2003, 06:21

World war 3

I believe there's a minimum of something like 5 pieces of artwork that go into making just a single texture or skin in the Doom 3 engine. Texture map, bump map, normal map, specular map... can't remember the last one. Point is, creating content for this game is a LOT of work.

I think those will be generated when you make a 3d version of the texture in a modelling program. That's how Id makes them.

It's not going to be harder to mod the game, but it will be a lot more work to create new content.
Mappers will be depending much more on what textures and models are supplied with the game, and what moddellers and texture artist create, instead of making the models and textures themselves.
I wonder how much the interface of Radiant (the mapeditor) has evolved to make creating so much detail a bit easier than it would in the Quake3 version (GtkR 1.3).

DOOM 3(TM) is going to be yet another step back from fast and furious gameplay, I wonder how many people will still be playing Quake3 in a year.

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Betcha ...

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Jul 24, 2003Jul 24 2003

Demo

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