How to use GZDoom in my windows 7 pc

[Skelly The Rizzler]

I only have LZDoom and i cant play the cool kid mods such as myhouse.pk3 or, Treasure Tech Land, please, help me

[Graf Zahl]

Post your specs. Windows 7 by itself should not be a blocker.

 

[Redneckerz]

10 hours ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

I only have LZDoom and i cant play the cool kid mods such as myhouse.pk3 or, Treasure Tech Land, please, help me

What kind of specs does your machine have?

[Skelly The Rizzler]

22 hours ago, Graf Zahl said:

Post your specs. Windows 7 by itself should not be a blocker.

 

Its in spanish btw 

[Skelly The Rizzler]

11 hours ago, Redneckerz said:

What kind of specs does your machine have?

its in spanish but i think you know what it means

[D4NUK1]

Do you have a graphic card?//

 

Si no tienes, estoy 100% seguro de que es el chip del procesador gráfico Intel no tiene Open GL actual así que te tocará usar una versión vieja de GZDoom o LZDoom con sus respectivas problema de compatibilidad con cosas nuevas.

[Redneckerz]

31 minutes ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

its in spanish but i think you know what it means

Most Intel processors include a integrated graphics card or IGP.

 

This Pentium E5500 is from 2010 and doesn't have a IGP. What is your graphics card? You can find out with GPU-Z.

 

[Skelly The Rizzler]

2 hours ago, D4NUK1 said:

Do you have a graphic card?//

 

Si no tienes, estoy 100% seguro de que es el chip del procesador gráfico Intel no tiene Open GL actual así que te tocará usar una versión vieja de GZDoom o LZDoom con sus respectivas problema de compatibilidad con cosas nuevas.

 

[Skelly The Rizzler]

1 hour ago, Redneckerz said:

Most Intel processors include a integrated graphics card or IGP.

 

This Pentium E5500 is from 2010 and doesn't have a IGP. What is your graphics card? You can find out with GPU-Z.

 

 

[Redneckerz]

11 minutes ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

 

That's a Intel GMA X4500. That IGP only has OpenGL 2.0 support which is why only LZDoom runs on it (Because it has a OpenGL 2.0 render path)

 

However, the latest GZDoom might run on that using the OpenGLES 2.0 renderer, which is a subset of OpenGL 2.0.

 

By any means however, this hardware combination is incredibly dated and more demanding GZDoom mods or maps likely won't work.

 

Not to hardware shame or anything but why are you using such antiquated hardware?

[Dark Pulse]

That's not gonna cut it for GZDoom, which needs OpenGL 3. You would need an (actual) video card in order to run it, or to run a very old (and outdated) version of GZDoom (the last version with OpenGL 2.x support was 3.7.2). Alternatively, GZDoom 4.8.0 can supposedly render in Software via Direct3D 9, but I don't know about newer ones.

 

You'd probably be best off running LZDoom, which should still work with OpenGL 2.1 hardware, I think. The latest version of that is 3.88b.

 

You could also try the OpenGLES renderers, but I have no clue if they'd work or not, and either way, it'd be very suboptimal.

Edited May 14, 2023 by Dark Pulse

[D4NUK1]

8 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

That's a Intel GMA X4500. That IGP only has OpenGL 2.0 support which is why only LZDoom runs on it (Because it has a OpenGL 2.0 render path)

 

However, the latest GZDoom might run on that using the OpenGLES 2.0 renderer, which is a subset of OpenGL 2.0.

 

By any means however, this hardware combination is incredibly dated and more demanding GZDoom mods or maps likely won't work.

 

Not to hardware shame or anything but why are you using such antiquated hardware?

Well, not for OP but here in Latin america, many of the computers that stores STILL sell by somewhat a cheap price are combos (PC-K&M, Monitor) of Dual Core with 4 or 8 GB DDR2 (from 75$ to 110$) ,  or single CPU with I3 or I5 with 4 or 8 DDR3 GB. (from 100$ to 150$), in some of my locals online stores. They sell newer hardware but for a price mostly of 250$ or more. Second hand it's different because there a lot of good deals but with used hardware.

 

I had the same Video Chipset like from 2013 to 2019, because of the prices and not so good exportantion at the time. 

 

 

Edited May 14, 2023 by D4NUK1
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[Shakariki Heisenberg]

3 hours ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

Its in spanish btw 

damnnn the pentium what a fukin throwback lol

[Skelly The Rizzler]

3 hours ago, Redneckerz said:

That's a Intel GMA X4500. That IGP only has OpenGL 2.0 support which is why only LZDoom runs on it (Because it has a OpenGL 2.0 render path)

 

However, the latest GZDoom might run on that using the OpenGLES 2.0 renderer, which is a subset of OpenGL 2.0.

 

By any means however, this hardware combination is incredibly dated and more demanding GZDoom mods or maps likely won't work.

 

Not to hardware shame or anything but why are you using such antiquated hardware?

this is my older bro's pc :vvv

[Skelly The Rizzler]

Just now, Skelly The Rizzler said:

this is my older bro's pc :vvv

he just gave me it scince i dont got moneh to buy my own one

[Redneckerz]

6 hours ago, D4NUK1 said:

Well, not for OP but here in Latin america, many of the computers that stores STILL sell by somewhat a cheap price are combos (PC-K&M, Monitor) of Dual Core with 4 or 8 GB DDR2 (from 75$ to 110$) ,  or single CPU with I3 or I5 with 4 or 8 DDR3 GB. (from 100$ to 150$), in some of my locals online stores. They sell newer hardware but for a price mostly of 250$ or more. Second hand it's different because there a lot of good deals but with used hardware.

 

I had the same Video Chipset like from 2013 to 2019, because of the prices and not so good exportantion at the time. 

 

 

That I3 with DDR3 likely has a less outdated IGP than a E5500.

2 hours ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

this is my older bro's pc :vvv

 

2 hours ago, Skelly The Rizzler said:

he just gave me it scince i dont got moneh to buy my own one

Well now you know what it can do. Good luck!

[Professor Hastig]

6 hours ago, D4NUK1 said:

Well, not for OP but here in Latin america, many of the computers that stores STILL sell by somewhat a cheap price are combos (PC-K&M, Monitor) of Dual Core with 4 or 8 GB DDR2 (from 75$ to 110$) ,  or single CPU with I3 or I5 with 4 or 8 DDR3 GB. (from 100$ to 150$), in some of my locals online stores. They sell newer hardware but for a price mostly of 250$ or more. Second hand it's different because there a lot of good deals but with used hardware.

 

 

 

We shouldn't forget that the oldest Intel iGPU to support OpenGL 3.3 is the HD4000 from 2012. Yes, that's 11 years old now.

Although I can understand that some people are short on money to afford a modern computer, the systems that cannot run OpenGL 3.3 are so old by now that even as used hardware it is often a bad deal. GZDoom would not be the only software to be affected by this extreme age.

 

Edited May 15, 2023 by Professor Hastig