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{{--}} EAX support suffers from [[#Visual twitch bug with OpenAL/EAX|frequent visual glitches]].
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{{--}} The game does not properly recognize the available VRAM on modern graphics cards, and as such forces the game to use lower image quality settings. See [[#Textures are low-resolution, even on Ultra quality|Textures are low-resolution, even on Ultra quality]] to resolve.
 
  
 
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'''General information'''

Revision as of 10:32, 22 January 2021

Doom 3
Doom 3 cover
Developers
id Software
Splash Damage
Resurrection of Evil Nerve Software
macOS Aspyr Media
Publishers
Activision
Japan CYBERFRONT Corporation
macOS Aspyr Media
Engines
id Tech 4
Release dates
macOS March 14, 2005
Reception
Metacritic 87
IGDB 86
Taxonomy
Series Doom
Doom 3 on IGDB
Doom 3 guide on StrategyWiki
Doom 3 on MobyGames
Doom 3 on Wikipedia

This page is for the original release. For the BFG Edition, see Doom 3: BFG Edition.

Key points

Use dhewm3 source port.[1]

General information

Doom Wiki
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions for Resurrection of Evil expansion pack

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
App Store (unavailable) Updated for Intel Mac compatibility. Removed in 2019.[2]
macOS
A faithful higher resolution icon for Windows can be downloaded from the Files section.
DOOM 3 demo

References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc73z5CjSRo
  2. What is left for FPS on macOS? - Inside Mac Games Forum - last accessed on 2020-11-28
    "Games like Doom 3, Prey, Quake 4, Rage and Duke Nukem: Forever have all been pulled from the Mac App Store last year."