i need a new wallpaper, and want it to look like it could be a wall in doom, but i don't know how to do that.

[shroomie]

i've been using a pretty terrible wallpaper for a while now, and i figure that it's time for a change, but my idea of a cool new wallpaper is making something with Doom textures that could possibly display in game, however i don't know enough about the engine to really make this like, as authentic as desired. does anyone have any advice?

[Major Arlene]

depends on what you're attempting to make as your wallpaper. I make Doom maps custom for the Romero Discord banners each season/holiday, which are then screenshotted in-game in a diorama-like fashion. I then go into photoshop and add the logo.

see below examples:
 

Spoiler

 

Snow effect added in post

 

Actually just exported a bunch of monster sprites and copied them over top

 

 

 

 

If you need custom props, etc you can always trawl through some of the resources threads here but pretty much everything I use is done in game, including lighting, with a little enhancement in post.

[NoWits]

Take a wall texture from the IWAD and tile it

[DoomGater]

Is this just an random example, or really a selection of your favourite software on the desktop?

[shroomie]

15 hours ago, Major Arlene said:

depends on what you're attempting to make as your wallpaper. I make Doom maps custom for the Romero Discord banners each season/holiday, which are then screenshotted in-game in a diorama-like fashion. I then go into photoshop and add the logo.

oh i was looking for something more like this

[shroomie]

but like, with more variety

[Clippy]

How much more variety were you thinking?

[Naarok0fkor]

Try Nightcafe...

[Maximum Matt]

[shroomie]

20 hours ago, Maximum Matt said:

ironically enough this was the troublesome wallpaper in the first place, though i don't have animated wallpaper support so it was just FIREBLU2

[shroomie]

22 hours ago, Clippy said:

How much more variety were you thinking?

idk just something that looks like a wall in MAP01 But it's Hell

[Shepardus]

Just take a texture and tile it? If you want it to look "authentic" you'll need to stretch it vertically by 20% to correct the aspect ratio, but aside from that there isn't really much to making something that "could possibly display in game."

[shroomie]

1 hour ago, Shepardus said:

Just take a texture and tile it? If you want it to look "authentic" you'll need to stretch it vertically by 20% to correct the aspect ratio, but aside from that there isn't really much to making something that "could possibly display in game."

is there not shit like sidedefs that limit what walls can look like?

[NoOne]

On 1/24/2024 at 6:04 PM, NoWits said:

Take a wall texture from the IWAD and tile it

rofl looks like a desktop from the early 90's