Doom 3 (Mod-Mappack) Crash After loading save

[Meyland12]

Hello i just downloaded old mappack for doom 3 called DeimosPanic from moddb. Loading saves from first level works well but on them on second thrid map for whatever reason game crash after loading saves from these levels whatever it's quicksave or autosave. You know what cause that problem? 🤔

[Tetzlaff]

Some older mods don't work with the latest patch, maybe that's the reason? There is this fix if that is the case.

 

Though the readme for Deimos Panic says it already is for Doom 3 v1.3.1 ...

[Meyland12]

On 5/4/2024 at 10:46 AM, Tetzlaff said:

Some older mods don't work with the latest patch, maybe that's the reason? There is this fix if that is the case.

 

Though the readme for Deimos Panic says it already is for Doom 3 v1.3.1 ...

 

For whatever reason that fix patch seem to work but my game dosen't crash anymore. I can finally enjoy some old Doom 3 mods. Thank you very much for help. 😊

[Tetzlaff]

You're welcome!

 

I yet have to play those Russian bootleg addons (Deimos Panic seems to be part of a series) myself. Is it any good?

[Meyland12]

On 5/5/2024 at 7:10 PM, Tetzlaff said:

You're welcome!

 

I yet have to play those Russian bootleg addons (Deimos Panic seems to be part of a series) myself. Is it any good?

 

What can i say? 🤔

 

Well for first Demios Panic came out in 2005 so 1 year after doom 3 so don't expect anything epic. This mod was part of unoffical Russian addon for doom 3 which was (maybe) sold commercially belive it or not. I mean I'm sure The Orbital Collapse which was made by same team was sold commercially  but i am not sure about Deimos Panic but Image on moddb shows cover art so it's very possible giving fact The Orbital Collpase was sold in Russia so why not Demois Panic and rest of these addons.

 

Anyway backing to mod it's really up to you. Be Ready for poor level design in some levels (tiny room, fullbright room, poor textures etc) and some questionable monster enocuters such as cyberdemon in not so big room in one of the maps. Some levels has rooms with fullbright which remind why the only reason doom 3 looks good was great use of light, dark and shadow in doom 3 game itself. Without those elements monsters, weapons etc look just ugly.

 

First level of Deimos Panic looks great and it even has cutscenes and custom monsters but that's only becuase first level was stolen (i dobut authors even asked guy who made that map to use his map in thier mapack). Name of that "stolen" map is Obiwan Map01.

 

Also get used to russian becuase this addon and many other addons made by same team use russian insteed of english but i think you shouldn't have any problems if you know where are basic buttons such as quit game etc. Lucky gameplay is typical doom gameplay: Go to room, kill monsters, find key/item and repeat so knowing of russian language isn't really needed becuase even story isn't that great. You can pretty much read story already at moddb mod info page.

 

Also don't feel shame about using cheats not only in Demois Panic but also other addons like Phobos Anomaly if you either find some enocuters or you get problem to get somewhere.

 

I mean There are only few reasons if you want play Deimos Panic and other russian addons from that time:

 

- If you want play more doom 3 but you run out of mods/mappacks to play.

- If you curious about history of doom 3 modding, russian mods/addons or just curious.

- If you feel any kind of nostagic feeling either for doom 3 mods or early 2000s.

 

As i said it's really up to you if you want play Deimos and other russian addons. However i recommend check out New Star (i didn't played it yet but it said that mod team tried recreate the atmosphere of the Doom movie so there will be a lot of zombie fights if you like these fights).

Edited May 6 by Meyland12

[Tetzlaff]

On 5/7/2024 at 12:12 AM, Meyland12 said:

- If you curious about history of doom 3 modding, russian mods/addons or just curious.

- If you feel any kind of nostagic feeling either for doom 3 mods or early 2000s.

 

Mainly these two reasons. Thanks for your summary!