This is the most up to date version of this TC as 2/7/14
Description:
This mod convert the complex engine of Doom3 in the obsolete engine of
Doom2 (more frames per second = more enemies in screen).
added/changed in v0.3 :
-this mod use the "Classic Sounds Soundpack" by Revenant100 (www.nextdimension.org/other/doom3)
-all skins and textures of DOOM3 are changed
-new skins (DOOM RPG)
-cyberdemon can be killed by normal weapons
-removed "burning corpse effect" and "gibbing corpse effect"
-removed local and specular maps
-removed shadows
If you're like me, you're probably wondering -
WTF? WHY would someone want to DUMB DOWN Doom3? The simple answer is that there
are STILL alot of people who own computers that simply don't have the ability to
play the game. That's pretty much it. The author of this mod changed the
graphics so that they resemble Doom2 more than Doom3 and then removed shadowing
and alot of the other advanced engine stuff that Doom3 does so that it is
playable by machines created before they broke the 1 gig barrier in speed. I
know, hard to believe, but there are still alot of them out there.
Anyway, a quick glance at the mod tells me that
it DEFINITELY looks different - he used the skins from DoomRPG or something like
that. Anyway - take a look at the screenpics and you'll understand.
title - DOOM3toDOOM2 (version 0.3)
status- Public Beta
release date - 11 September, 2006
author - Santiago Rocha (from Uruguay)
email address - srs2@adinet.com.uy
description - This mod convert the complex engine of Doom3 in the
obsolete engine of Doom2 (more frames per second = more enemies in
screen).
This issue tries to help the Doom3 mapper community to recreate the
original Doom2 intense gameplay.
If you are a mapper, and you like this mod...please make any map in the
glorious DOOM2 style.
build time - 8 months
tool used - Adobe Photoshop 5.0
Extract the DOOM3toDOOM2_v0.3.zip into the doom 3 directory (not the
base folder!).
Run Doom 3, select the Mod DOOM3toDOOM2,
start a new game and select a difficulty.
Note: Resurrection of Evil comes with patch 1.2, but this mod
needs the newest patch 1.3 of DOOM3!
-this mod use the "Classic Sounds Soundpack" by Revenant100 (www.nextdimension.org/other/doom3)
-all skins and textures of DOOM3 are changed
-new skins (DOOM RPG)
-cyberdemon can be killed by normal weapons
-removed "burning corpse effect" and "gibbing corpse effect"
-removed local and specular maps
-removed shadows
-other things are changed...
-invis effect error
-errors in the burning corpse effect (cacodemon, cyberdemon, guardian
and sabaoth)
-errors in the gibbing corpse effect (zsecs and zombies)
-incoherences in "black textures" (player-arms, etc)
-no "twosided" in materials support
-no fog support
-no "vertex blend" transision support (in materials)
-invisible panels (!?)
-transparents helements (!?)
-error in the "poppyfx" transision (relative to "vertex blend")
-errors in the marine skins (in multiplayer)
-errors in cabinet legs (relative to "spigotcan.tga")
-any texts errors
-no painelemental support yet
-no DOOM RPG skins support yet (in materials)
-errors in the zsecs heads (relative to "black textures")
(To solve the problem in the heads of the zsecs in the Doom3, what you
have to do is rename the file pak000.pk4 in Doom3's "base" directory to
.zip. Then,
from Windows Explorer (if you don't have XP you'll need WinZip), select
the "def"
folder, which you'll have to extract from def_00.pk4 and drag it onto
"pak000.zip".
In Winzip, when adding the files, check that the "Replace" option is
checked. Then rename
"pak000.zip" back into "pak000.pk4" and you're set.
When you want to bring it back to normal, remember that there's a backup
of the original
"pak000.pk4" file in Doom3 CD#2 (in the "setup\data\base" folder).
http://moddb.com/ -Mod DB - Play something different
http://www.d3files.com/ -The Ultimate Doom 3 Download resource!
http://www.newdoom.com/ -NewDoom.com - Dedicated to the fans and
community of id Software's DOOM games
http://www.doomworld.com/ -Doomworld -- The definitive source for Doom
news, information and development
http://www.planetdoom.com/ -Planet Doom - Movies, Maps, News,
Resurrection of Evil, Cheats
http://www.doomwadstation.net/ -Doom Wad Station
I am not affiliated with Activision or id Software in any way, they do
not hold
responsibility for any technical issues that you may encouter through
the use of
this mod. Contact me at srs2@adinet.com.uy if you find any problems.
This file can be distributed freely, as long as you
keep the .zip, .pk4 & .txt file unaltered, and intact.
Any and all assets or code presented in this mod are not allowed to be
distributed as part of any other package, in whole or in part.
-Doom 3 is a registered trademark of id Software, Inc.-
