Doom 3 source ports - Which one i should use?

[Dr. DiegO]

Well, now I'm playing Doom 3 and realize that there are Source Ports for this game, dhewm³ and fhDOOM but I'm not so sure about which one should use.

Any suggestions? 

[Lippeth]

You can't go wrong with any one of them, honestly. Even the original exe is viable.

 

dhewm3 updates the sound at a quicker rate by default so rapid fire weapons don't cut out when firing. It's editors also seem to be more stable than the original. Gibbon's fork of dhewm3 is the most up-to-date version, though the editors have been removed.

 

I haven't messed around much with fhDoom but its main draw seems to be ambient lighting, I'll have to play through it again.

 

But again, even good ol' regular ol' Doom3.exe is perfectly functional. If you've already started a game with that one then I say finish it so you can better appreciate what the ports do differently later on.

[Dr. DiegO]

9 minutes ago, Lippeth said:

You can't go wrong with any one of them, honestly. Even the original exe is viable.

 

dhewm3 updates the sound at a quicker rate by default so rapid fire weapons don't cut out when firing. It's editors also seem to be more stable than the original. Gibbon's fork of dhewm3 is the most up-to-date version, though the editors have been removed.

 

I haven't messed around much with fhDoom but its main draw seems to be ambient lighting, I'll have to play through it again.

 

But again, even good ol' regular ol' Doom3.exe is perfectly functional. If you've already started a game with that one then I say finish it so you can better appreciate what the ports do differently later on.

Thanks for clearing out.