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MGRza

Dec 29, 2019 @ 11:27pm

Resolution Settings

My apologies if this is a already fixed issue; i have very limited internet at this stage.

When i run this Doom 3 or the standalone expansion of it, it starts up in the lowest possible resolution setting and everything on low. When i change the settings to Ultra and the resolution to a higher version it says that the settings will be applied once the game is restarted.

When i restart the game nothing changed and its all the same.
Someone gave em a solution regarding going to the games settings and change how it launches. That didn't work. And i have a fresh install now too and i have the same issues.

Running Windows 10 64 bit
Ryzen 7 1700
B350 Tomahawk
Radeon RX 580 8GB OC
32GB Hyper Ram

Any solutions will be much appreciated.

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BlackRayPlayer has DOOM 3

Dec 31, 2019 @ 4:38pm

This isn't a hardware issue. It is software related. Any newer hardware than that of what the game originally existed or new about reads as -1MB of VRAM.

You need to go to your games directory "Doom 3",
Go into the folder "base",
there will be a *.cfg file that looks like a paper called "DoomConfig",
double left-click and tell windows to make "Notepad" read these files as default,

Copy & Paste this into the notepad:

__________________________________________________________

unbindall
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ENTER" "_button2"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveUp"
bind "0" "_impulse10"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "\" "_mlook"
bind "a" "_moveleft"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "f" "_impulse11"
bind "q" "_impulse9"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "s" "_back"
bind "t" "clientMessageMode"
bind "w" "_forward"
bind "y" "clientMessageMode 1"
bind "z" "_zoom"
bind "BACKSPACE" "clientDropWeapon"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_left"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_right"
bind "ALT" "_strafe"
bind "CTRL" "_attack"
bind "SHIFT" "_moveDown"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_speed"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
seta radiant_entityMode "0"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta s_decompressionLimit "6"
seta s_useEAXReverb "0"
seta s_useOpenAL "0"
seta s_libOpenAL "openal32.dll"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_subFraction "0.75"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_volume_dB "0"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"
seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"
seta r_forceLoadImages "0"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "1080"
seta r_customWidth "1920"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_multiSamples "8"
seta image_downSizeLimit "0"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "0"
seta image_downSizeBump "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "0"
seta image_useCache "0"
seta image_cacheMegs "20"
seta image_cacheMinK "200"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "0"
seta image_preload "1"
seta image_roundDown "1"
seta image_forceDownSize "0"
seta image_downSize "0"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "16"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta gui_filter_game "0"
seta gui_filter_idle "0"
seta gui_filter_gameType "0"
seta gui_filter_players "0"
seta gui_filter_password "0"
seta net_clientDownload "1"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "16000"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "1"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta in_toggleZoom "0"
seta in_toggleCrouch "0"
seta in_toggleRun "0"
seta in_alwaysRun "0"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_guid "z3Kc8InAFa0"
seta com_preloadDemos "0"
seta com_compressDemos "1"
seta com_product_lang_ext "1"
seta sv_punkbuster "0"
seta cl_punkbuster "0"
seta com_videoRam "512"
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "0"
seta com_machineSpec "3"
seta net_serverDlTable ""
seta net_serverDlBaseURL ""
seta net_serverDownload "0"
seta mod_validSkins "skins/characters/player/marine_mp;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_green;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_red;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_yellow"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "10"
seta g_countDown "10"
seta g_password ""
seta g_showBrass "1"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.6"
seta g_armorProtection "0.3"
seta g_damageScale "1"
seta g_nightmare "1"
seta g_decals "1"
seta g_doubleVision "1"
seta g_bloodEffects "1"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
seta r_aspectRatio "2"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_team "Red"
seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp"
seta ui_name "Random Player"
seta si_serverURL ""
seta si_spectators "0"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "1"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_timeLimit "10"
seta si_fragLimit "100"
seta si_maxPlayers "2"
seta si_map "game/mp/d3dm3"
seta si_gameType "deathmatch"
seta si_name "Doom 3 (2004) id Software"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
seta net_clientLagOMeter "1"

__________________________________________________________

After pasting, save the configuration file and go back to it,
right mouse-click the configuration file, and make it "read-only".
This will fix your graphical issues only.

To get whatever resolution you want, you need to make a config file yourself.
Go to empty space with the same "base" folder,
right mouse-click the empty space and go to "New" in the drop-down menu,
select a text document, open the newly created file,
Select "File" at the top left corner, Select "Save As" in it's drop-down menu,
Below the text box to give it a file name save, change "Text Documents (*.txt) to "All Files",
Then go back to the text box, and create a file name along with ".cfg" at the end (don't use the quotations) example:

I use to use a sharp HDTV to play Doom 3 so I created the file:

SHARP.cfg

I recommend no spaces. All one word, and make sure ".cfg" is at the end or this will not work.

If you did this correctly, you will now see a file with the name you gave as a *.cfg file.
This does not need to be read-only. Now for the guts of what you need for this to work.
_______________________________________________________________

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth <Your Resolution Width Here>;
r_customheight <Your Resolution Height Here>;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart

Example:

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth 1360;
r_customheight 768;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart

For 1080p:

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth 1920;
r_customheight 1080;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart
_______________________________________________________________

Save the *.cfg, and your done with this part.

The last thing to do is launch the game and execute the *.cfg used for the resolution.
Go into the game, and at the menu with the splash screen of Mars,
click-hold "Ctrl + Alt + Tilde ` " key (Tilde, under escape on most keyboards),
The Developer console should drop down, type:

exec YOURFILENAME.cfg

After that, you done, you don't need to repeat this again unless you erase the game or whatever.

MGRza

Dec 31, 2019 @ 10:16pm

Thanks a million bud, it is working properly now.

Brash Candicoot has DOOM 3

Jan 20 @ 10:17pm

Originally posted by BlackRayPlayer:
This isn't a hardware issue. It is software related. Any newer hardware than that of what the game originally existed or new about reads as -1MB of VRAM.

You need to go to your games directory "Doom 3",
Go into the folder "base",
there will be a *.cfg file that looks like a paper called "DoomConfig",
double left-click and tell windows to make "Notepad" read these files as default,

Copy & Paste this into the notepad:

__________________________________________________________

unbindall
bind "TAB" "_impulse19"
bind "ENTER" "_button2"
bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu"
bind "SPACE" "_moveUp"
bind "0" "_impulse10"
bind "1" "_impulse0"
bind "2" "_impulse1"
bind "3" "_impulse2"
bind "4" "_impulse3"
bind "5" "_impulse4"
bind "6" "_impulse5"
bind "7" "_impulse6"
bind "8" "_impulse7"
bind "9" "_impulse8"
bind "\" "_mlook"
bind "a" "_moveleft"
bind "d" "_moveright"
bind "f" "_impulse11"
bind "q" "_impulse9"
bind "r" "_impulse13"
bind "s" "_back"
bind "t" "clientMessageMode"
bind "w" "_forward"
bind "y" "clientMessageMode 1"
bind "z" "_zoom"
bind "BACKSPACE" "clientDropWeapon"
bind "PAUSE" "pause"
bind "LEFTARROW" "_left"
bind "RIGHTARROW" "_right"
bind "ALT" "_strafe"
bind "CTRL" "_attack"
bind "SHIFT" "_moveDown"
bind "DEL" "_lookdown"
bind "PGDN" "_lookup"
bind "END" "_impulse18"
bind "F1" "_impulse28"
bind "F2" "_impulse29"
bind "F3" "_impulse17"
bind "F5" "savegame quick"
bind "F6" "_impulse20"
bind "F7" "_impulse22"
bind "F9" "loadgame quick"
bind "F12" "screenshot"
bind "MOUSE1" "_attack"
bind "MOUSE2" "_speed"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"
seta radiant_entityMode "0"
seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.60"
seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.30"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta win_ypos "22"
seta win_xpos "3"
seta sys_lang "english"
seta s_decompressionLimit "6"
seta s_useEAXReverb "0"
seta s_useOpenAL "0"
seta s_libOpenAL "openal32.dll"
seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2"
seta s_doorDistanceAdd "150"
seta s_globalFraction "0.8"
seta s_subFraction "0.75"
seta s_playDefaultSound "1"
seta s_volume_dB "0"
seta s_meterTopTime "2000"
seta s_reverse "0"
seta s_spatializationDecay "2"
seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0"
seta r_debugArrowStep "120"
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0"
seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best"
seta r_cgVertexProfile "best"
seta r_forceLoadImages "0"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta r_skipBump "0"
seta r_skipSpecular "0"
seta r_skipNewAmbient "0"
seta r_renderer "best"
seta r_brightness "1"
seta r_gamma "1"
seta r_swapInterval "0"
seta r_useIndexBuffers "0"
seta r_customHeight "1080"
seta r_customWidth "1920"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_multiSamples "8"
seta image_downSizeLimit "0"
seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0"
seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "0"
seta image_downSizeBump "0"
seta image_downSizeSpecular "0"
seta image_useCache "0"
seta image_cacheMegs "20"
seta image_cacheMinK "200"
seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "0"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta image_useAllFormats "1"
seta image_useCompression "0"
seta image_preload "1"
seta image_roundDown "1"
seta image_forceDownSize "0"
seta image_downSize "0"
seta image_lodbias "0"
seta image_anisotropy "16"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta gui_filter_game "0"
seta gui_filter_idle "0"
seta gui_filter_gameType "0"
seta gui_filter_players "0"
seta gui_filter_password "0"
seta net_clientDownload "1"
seta net_master4 ""
seta net_master3 ""
seta net_master2 ""
seta net_master1 ""
seta net_clientMaxRate "16000"
seta net_serverMaxClientRate "16000"
seta m_strafeSmooth "4"
seta m_smooth "1"
seta m_strafeScale "6.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta in_toggleZoom "0"
seta in_toggleCrouch "0"
seta in_toggleRun "0"
seta in_alwaysRun "0"
seta in_freeLook "1"
seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5"
seta in_pitchspeed "140"
seta in_yawspeed "140"
seta gui_configServerRate "0"
seta com_guid "z3Kc8InAFa0"
seta com_preloadDemos "0"
seta com_compressDemos "1"
seta com_product_lang_ext "1"
seta sv_punkbuster "0"
seta cl_punkbuster "0"
seta com_videoRam "512"
seta com_showFPS "0"
seta com_purgeAll "0"
seta com_machineSpec "3"
seta net_serverDlTable ""
seta net_serverDlBaseURL ""
seta net_serverDownload "0"
seta mod_validSkins "skins/characters/player/marine_mp;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_green;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_red;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_yellow"
seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle"
seta g_voteFlags "0"
seta g_gameReviewPause "10"
seta g_countDown "10"
seta g_password ""
seta g_showBrass "1"
seta g_showProjectilePct "0"
seta g_showHud "1"
seta g_showPlayerShadow "0"
seta g_showcamerainfo "0"
seta g_healthTakeLimit "25"
seta g_healthTakeAmt "5"
seta g_healthTakeTime "5"
seta g_useDynamicProtection "1"
seta g_armorProtectionMP "0.6"
seta g_armorProtection "0.3"
seta g_damageScale "1"
seta g_nightmare "1"
seta g_decals "1"
seta g_doubleVision "1"
seta g_bloodEffects "1"
seta g_projectileLights "1"
seta g_muzzleFlash "1"
seta r_aspectRatio "2"
seta ui_showGun "1"
seta ui_autoReload "1"
seta ui_autoSwitch "1"
seta ui_team "Red"
seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp"
seta ui_name "Random Player"
seta si_serverURL ""
seta si_spectators "0"
seta si_usePass "0"
seta si_warmup "1"
seta si_teamDamage "0"
seta si_timeLimit "10"
seta si_fragLimit "100"
seta si_maxPlayers "2"
seta si_map "game/mp/d3dm3"
seta si_gameType "deathmatch"
seta si_name "Doom 3 (2004) id Software"
seta g_spectatorChat "0"
seta net_clientLagOMeter "1"

__________________________________________________________

After pasting, save the configuration file and go back to it,
right mouse-click the configuration file, and make it "read-only".
This will fix your graphical issues only.

To get whatever resolution you want, you need to make a config file yourself.
Go to empty space with the same "base" folder,
right mouse-click the empty space and go to "New" in the drop-down menu,
select a text document, open the newly created file,
Select "File" at the top left corner, Select "Save As" in it's drop-down menu,
Below the text box to give it a file name save, change "Text Documents (*.txt) to "All Files",
Then go back to the text box, and create a file name along with ".cfg" at the end (don't use the quotations) example:

I use to use a sharp HDTV to play Doom 3 so I created the file:

SHARP.cfg

I recommend no spaces. All one word, and make sure ".cfg" is at the end or this will not work.

If you did this correctly, you will now see a file with the name you gave as a *.cfg file.
This does not need to be read-only. Now for the guts of what you need for this to work.
_______________________________________________________________

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth <Your Resolution Width Here>;
r_customheight <Your Resolution Height Here>;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart

Example:

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth 1360;
r_customheight 768;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart

For 1080p:

r_fullscreen 1
r_customwidth 1920;
r_customheight 1080;
r_mode -1;
r_aspectratio 2;
vid_restart
_______________________________________________________________

Save the *.cfg, and your done with this part.

The last thing to do is launch the game and execute the *.cfg used for the resolution.
Go into the game, and at the menu with the splash screen of Mars,
click-hold "Ctrl + Alt + Tilde ` " key (Tilde, under escape on most keyboards),
The Developer console should drop down, type:

exec YOURFILENAME.cfg

After that, you done, you don't need to repeat this again unless you erase the game or whatever.