id Software to release Doom 3 source code
John Carmack has confirmed that id Software will soon release the source code for Doom 3.
id Software traditionally releases source code for old games whenever it releases a new one, with 2004's Doom 3 next to have it's source code released once Rage is released in October.
Carmack said that he still needed to do some polishing work on the Doom 3 source code and that legal still had to approve the release, but said parent company Zenimax Media had approved the move.
As part of his speech at QuakeCon, where id Software fans gather once a year to celebrate the company that gave us Quake and Doom, Carmack called on other developers to release old code too. Carmack, a long-time supporter of modding and fan-made content, said that it would help the next generation of developers start learning how games are currently made.
id Software's next game, Rage, is due for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 4. We recently sat down to play the opening hours of the game and will be bringing you our thoughts on Monday. Until then, check out the trailer below and let us know your thoughts in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyUnless someone develops a real-time light reflection/diffraction engine for it of course.
Rage is a game where u have to go through towns and residential areas looking for chavs and kill them. It also has porn elements as well because it has naked women. It also has unusual enemies like the spoon people (spoons with weapons).
A remake of a vintage game using a vintage engine?
You made me snigger out loud in the office damn you!
Seriously though, it seems to be a cross between Borderlands, Fallout 3 and Doom 3, with a bit of Motorstorm thrown in. More FPS than RPG it would appear too.
In terms of freely available engines, the Doom 3 engine I imagine would be the most up-to-date available. Plus, with today's PCs and a bit of tweaking, it has a huge amount of potential - Brink looked pretty good for an eight year old engine.
Yup, agree. Borderlands/Fallout 3. I hope the driving part has 1st person view also or else I will give it a miss.
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Yeah why not, I have very fond memories of ET, I'm sure it could be given a lick of paint and some real time lighting.
I'd like to see remake of Quake and Q3A and Doom and Doom 2 and first Castle Wolfenstein using said engine.
Can't wait to see what people are going to be able to create with this.
The previews on Eurogamer have all been quite positive. Old school ID shooter, great level design, great action, good range of weapons with mods and different ammo types and you can carry them all at the same time too. The driving parts are apparently quite good and complement the rest of the gamer quite well.
I'm looking forward to it.
Maybe then I could actually finish the game without it crashing inexorably.
semi'ing, careful!
Hasn't Quake already being re-made on a more recent engine? I'm sure I saw it on moddb
Source would be a better choice.
Source is still closed an proprietary. This is makes games based on Doom 3 source code totally free, you have to pay to use The Source engine.
lol... steady on fella!
Wasn't that GLQuake?
There is a Doom mod for Doom3 already available. You can play through Doom with Doom 3 graphics.
That would be bad - for my free time :p I spent way too many hours playing that game.