GZDOOM, LZDOOM or ZDOOM?

[Reinhard]

For any ZDOOM users, which of the ZDOOM ports do you prefer and why?

[Captain Ventris]

GZDoom. Fanciest features. I’m easy.

[Redneckerz]

5 minutes ago, Reinhard said:

For any ZDOOM users, which of the ZDOOM ports do you prefer and why?

I loved this one.

 

But really GZDoom, as it now has a GLES version that targets lower end hardware. Then LZDoom, and then ZDoom 2.8.1 since its an outdated but fixed release whose feature set remains the same.

[forgettable pyromaniac]

When I want to play mods that only run on GZ, I try running it on LZ first for performance reasons.

[BaileyTW]

I know little about the ZDooms really. All I know is I got a shitty laptop that's only getting shittier and if it comes into question whether it can run something the answer is no. Got LZDoom just in case there is something I want to play that only it can do, and from what little I do know it's better on performance. So far only used it to get screenshots of the end of chapter text for Valiant.

Edited September 29, 2021 by BaileyTW

[ReaperAA]

GZDoom. Especially since it now (4.7.0 onwards) has the GLES renderer option which is made for low end hardware and gives even better performance than LZDoom

[Arrowhead]

GZDOOM for general Doom playing needs.

 

LZDOOM for local splitscreen co-op / deathmatch.

 

and ZDOOM, I don't really use that much anymore...

[thiccyosh]

GZdoom because certain mappers make certain mistakes that this port ignores like infinite height and ML_sector (or reject) lumps missing inside the wad.

 

And because this port is the all-rounder of wads and mods, though I refuse to use it as I'm a semi-purist.

[MFG38]

GZDoom because it's the most up-to-date one.

[Hawk of The Crystals]

Gzdoom; although I have been getting into PRBOOM more recently.

[CBM]

GZDoom, but for older systems I need to stay vanilla or use a port that is vanilla and performance optimized...

[doomguykiller69]

LZ DOOM! WITHOUT DOUBT, WITHOUT EXPLAINING. ONLY LZDOOM!

[Yumheart]

LZDoom cause purple looks better than blue.

[ducon]

GZDoom if I want OpenGL.

ZDoom if I want fat pixels.

LZDoom is installed but I just discovered that it was.

[BerserkerNoir]

I used LZDOOM before because of older hardware.
but now the GLES renderer in the latest releases made change my choice since I can play with max performance with the latest features.

[Bri0che]

LZDoom because my computer is a f**king toaster

[xdude_gamer]

GZDoom: Everything
LZDoom: Testing compatibility
ZDoom: Testing old engines

[Rakuen]

3 hours ago, ReaperAA said:

GZDoom. Especially since it now (4.7.0 onwards) has the GLES renderer option which is made for low end hardware and gives even better performance than LZDoom

Didn't know this was in the latest release! Thanks.

[spineapple tea]

I mainly use ZDoom because I'm a fucking loser who doesn't want to use GZDoom but is also a bit tired of Prboom+.

[Astronomical]

I like zdoom because the other 2 feel like the levels are bigger but that might be an fov thing, if i need to though I use GZDoom

[Murdoch]

I am a semi-purist so I only use ZDoom or GZDoom when the mod specifically requires it. Never had cause to use LZDoom.

 

11 minutes ago, Spineapple tea said:

because I'm a fucking loser

 

Uh... what? I really do not fathom how a choice of one particular port due to preference or circumstance makes you a loser.

[Yandere_Doomer]

Gzdoom for the majority of things. I only really use zoom or zandronum for highly detailed maps (since I use a potato.)

Or if a wad requires it, like lilith.pk3 

[SMG_Man]

was originally put off by GZDoom since it had the texture filtering on by default and thought it looked really bad.

 

now that ZDoom's out of development tho I've basically moved over to GZDoom now.

[Kyka]

1 minute ago, SMG_Man said:

was originally put off by GZDoom since it had the texture filtering on by default and thought it looked really bad.

 

now that ZDoom's out of development tho I've basically moved over to GZDoom now.

 

Exactly this for me too. I do like Vanilla essence, which is obviously a vanilla emulator for GZDoom.

 

 

In other news, dafuq is LZDoom?

Edited September 29, 2021 by Kyka

[Yandere_Doomer]

16 minutes ago, SMG_Man said:

was originally put off by GZDoom since it had the texture filtering on by default and thought it looked really bad.

 

now that ZDoom's out of development tho I've basically moved over to GZDoom now.

I actually like the texture filtering, I made a few custom sprites and the filter smoothed out the edges.

I Don't really Like staring at raw pixels

[Stupid Bunny]

I use GZDoom because I'm kinda weird about using no-longer-maintained sourceports (with special exception to Skulltag, long live Skulltag) and because the two computers I use for Dooming seem to be able to handle it okay.  Might give LZDoom a try sometime just for shits and to see if the performance on my laptop is any better.

[garu32]

I use LZDoom in my laptop and GZDoom in other good computers.

[thegibuspyro]

i prefer gzdoom 

[xX_Lol6_Xx]

I've using LZDoom until like a month ago, because I wanted to try out the GZDoom gles version, both are quite good for shitty computers

Edited September 30, 2021 by Lol 6
Wrote the without the e, lmao

[Okej5722]

I'm more of a crispy doom kind of person. But I decided to bite the bullet and start using GZDOOM as well, not only because of UDMF format, but also since it allows me to make more lazy maps without having to fix map errors within the editor.