best source port for d3 multiplayer?

[mmx]

What Doom 3 source port would you guys recommend for playing with friends in 2024? Is Hamachi still needed? dhew3 or rbdoom?

Edited April 9, 2024 by mmx
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[Edward850]

Base Doom3, arguably. dhewm3 might work but I'm unsure how it interacts with standard servers given the CD key auth check.

Hamachi is not and never was needed. I suspect someone has given you horribly bad advice on that.

[mmx]

Gotcha. Is BFG any better for MP?

 

I usually need Hamachi so I can find my friends and we can all join my server or any of theirs.

[Edward850]

12 minutes ago, mmx said:

Gotcha. Is BFG any better for MP?

That's really up to you, but it's a completely different protocol and with no support for the original Doom 3 mods.

12 minutes ago, mmx said:

I usually need Hamachi so I can find my friends and we can all join my server or any of theirs.

Not at all. The host simply needs to open/forward 27666 UDP to their PC (only the host, clients do not need to do this). Hamachi is always going to be a slower connection than this.