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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Doomsday Engine," which is cross-platform and has the slickest modernization of Doom (I and II), Hexen, and Heretic that
by westoncb 5y ago
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "Doomsday Engine," which is cross-platform and has the slickest modernization of Doom (I and II), Hexen, and Heretic that I've come across.
How much fidelity to the original to maintain is certainly a matter of taste, but imo they've done an excellent job of maintaining the essence while translating the basic feel and appearance to something slick and modern(ish): upscaled and better filtered textures, dynamic lighting, mouse look + strafing + jumping, UI for multiplayer match-making + game-playing, etc.
They've got videos and downloads here: https://dengine.net/ https://dengine.net/
- theevilsharpie 5y agoDoomsday doesn't get much mention these days because the community has largely embraced GZDoom for Doom with "modern" enhancements, and many modern maps and mods are designed for for he GZDoom engine.
- westoncb 5y agoI just tried out GZDoom to see how it compares. I think the rendering is nice, and far more performant than Doomsday on my M1 mac. I do miss the dynamic lights and particle effects and nicer UI from Doomsday though (e.g. GZDoom won't start until you move your WAD files to a specific directory or edit a .ini file; Doomsday launches with an optional quick tutorial through the UI, then allows you to use a filechooser and point to a directory, after which the games corresponding to WADs show up in a nice visual selector). It's nice to know there is a backup if support falls off for Doomsday in the future though (my sister and I have been using it to play co-op multiplayer for > 15yrs :)