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So what does one do with a faster Doom, besides bragging, larger maps and more simultaneous players?

by hinkley 2y ago

kridsdale1 2y ago
Run it on more obscure hardware?
- dvhh 2y ago
  Considering that the code is mostly x86 assembly, the gains from such optimization are quite unlikely.
pixelpoet 2y ago
Does it always have to be for practical benefit? What about pure learning and intellectual enjoyment? Where are the true limits? In the end absolutely nothing we do matters :) These dudes are living their best lives, and having done Quake-style asm texture mapping loops in the 90s (Mike Abrash, fastmap, Chris Hecker, PC Game Programming Encyclopedia, ...), I can definitely appreciate it <3
fabiensanglard 2y ago
You can play on vintage hardware with a decent refresh rate. It makes it more enjoyable.
- pixelpoet 2y ago
  Thanks for your awesome articles, esp the path tracing postcard[0] :) I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Andrew Kensler at a conference dinner (EGSR 2019?), amazing guy! He scribbled a bunch of great quasi Monte Carlo notes into my notebook and even signed it on request :") [0] https://fabiensanglard.net/revisiting_the_pathtracer/index.html https://fabiensanglard.net/revisiting_the_pathtracer/index.h...
  - fabiensanglard 2y ago
    > He scribbled a bunch of great quasi Monte Carlo notes into my notebook and even signed it on request :" Show me a photo of that beauty. +1 on Andrew Kensler's awesomeness. After I published these article, he took the time to send me a package with Pixar goodies. Deeply moving gesture.
- ForOldHack 2y ago
  I was thinking modern hardware with multiple windows, and RT. I upgraded from a 970m to a 1080m just to see... beauty... wish I had my old PC around.
Narishma 2y ago
Run on slow hardware or save power if you're on a battery.
FartyMcFarter 2y ago
People enjoy learning about old software. Fabien Slangard who wrote this article built a whole website and wrote several books based on that.
- ForOldHack 2y ago
  Two books on Doom, and a book on Wolfenstien. Three books? That rocks!
pak9rabid 2y ago
Impress chicks
account42 2y ago
> more simultaneous players? You don't get to do that according to the article.
ChrisRR 2y ago
Geek cred

So what does one do with a faster Doom, besides bragging, larger maps and more simultaneous players?

kridsdale1 2y ago

Run it on more obscure hardware?

dvhh 2y ago
Considering that the code is mostly x86 assembly, the gains from such optimization are quite unlikely.

pixelpoet 2y ago

Does it always have to be for practical benefit? What about pure learning and intellectual enjoyment? Where are the true limits? In the end absolutely nothing we do matters :) These dudes are living their best lives, and having done Quake-style asm texture mapping loops in the 90s (Mike Abrash, fastmap, Chris Hecker, PC Game Programming Encyclopedia, ...), I can definitely appreciate it <3

fabiensanglard 2y ago

You can play on vintage hardware with a decent refresh rate. It makes it more enjoyable.

pixelpoet 2y ago
Thanks for your awesome articles, esp the path tracing postcard[0] :) I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Andrew Kensler at a conference dinner (EGSR 2019?), amazing guy! He scribbled a bunch of great quasi Monte Carlo notes into my notebook and even signed it on request :") [0] https://fabiensanglard.net/revisiting_the_pathtracer/index.html https://fabiensanglard.net/revisiting_the_pathtracer/index.h...
- fabiensanglard 2y ago
  > He scribbled a bunch of great quasi Monte Carlo notes into my notebook and even signed it on request :" Show me a photo of that beauty. +1 on Andrew Kensler's awesomeness. After I published these article, he took the time to send me a package with Pixar goodies. Deeply moving gesture.
ForOldHack 2y ago
I was thinking modern hardware with multiple windows, and RT. I upgraded from a 970m to a 1080m just to see... beauty... wish I had my old PC around.

Narishma 2y ago

Run on slow hardware or save power if you're on a battery.

FartyMcFarter 2y ago

People enjoy learning about old software. Fabien Slangard who wrote this article built a whole website and wrote several books based on that.

ForOldHack 2y ago
Two books on Doom, and a book on Wolfenstien. Three books? That rocks!

pak9rabid 2y ago

Impress chicks

account42 2y ago

> more simultaneous players? You don't get to do that according to the article.

ChrisRR 2y ago

Geek cred