Tutorial "How to play Doom 3 in widescreen and custom resolutions"

Some people are still having some issues with resolutions in Doom 3... It's simple, just with some commands you can play with any resolution.

*First, start the game
*Put your desired graphical settings (Low, High, Ultra...)
*Open the console pressing Ctrl+Alt+' (or ^, for some keyboards)
*Type in the console these commands:

r_mode -1
r_aspectRatio 2
r_customHeight XXXX (or your desired Height resolution)
r_customWidth XXXX (your desired Widht resolution)
vid_restart

*It will be aplied immediately, these two r_customHeight and Width commands you can change to your custom resolution like r_customHeight 1050 and r_customWidth 1680

Tip: After choose the graphical settings, put any resolution, but in window mode. In that mode, you can just copy and paste de comands on the console!

OBS¹: The r_aspectRatio command you can change to fit you screen, just put the numer according your screen:

r_aspectRatio 0 = 4:3
r_aspectRatio 1 = 16:9
r_aspectRatio 2 = 16:10

OBS²: The r_mode is -1 because it's the number of the custom resolution, see how works:

r_mode = -1 enables customs resolutions
r_mode 0 = 320x240
r_mode 1 = 400x300
r_mode 2 = 512x384
r_mode 3 = 640x480
r_mode 4 = 800x600
r_mode 5 = 1024x768
r_mode 6 = 1152x864
r_mode 7 = 1280x1024
r_mode 8 = 1600x1200

If there's any mistake in the text, just warn me, i'm brazilian.

[wazups 2x]

Just create an autoexec.cfg, it's much easier because your setting will always stay.



C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\doom 3\base

Create an autoexec.cfg

seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectRatio 1 (0 = 4:3, 1 = 16:9, 2 = 16:10)
seta r_customHeight 768 (Your screen height)
seta r_customWidth 1360 (Your screen width)
com_allowconsole 1

And DONE. Simple as that.

[ERADEEJAY]

very usefull, Sticky please.

This is the right way for the autoexec.cfg

seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectRatio 1 //(0 = 4:3, 1 = 16:9, 2 = 16:10)
seta r_customHeight 768 //(Your screen height)
seta r_customWidth 1360 //(Your screen width)
com_allowconsole 1

And for Doom 3 SoE, the same thing but in this folder

...\Steam\steamapps\common\doom 3\d3xp\

[DOOMJESUS]

try the doomconfig file first, it worked fine for me.

[wazups 2x]

Originally Posted by DOOMJESUS

try the doomconfig file first, it worked fine for me.

No, you don't want to edit the doomconfig or your settings wont stay. You need to create a autoexex.cfg.

[DOOMJESUS]

Originally Posted by wazups 2x

No, you don't want to edit the doomconfig or your settings wont stay. You need to create a autoexex.cfg.

as i said it works fine for me, game after game.

you folks are wrong to think it's going to be the same for everybody.

the ONLY time steam will screw it up is if you check the file cache. even leaving it set to auto update does not effect this on my system.

[wazups 2x]

Originally Posted by DOOMJESUS

as i said it works fine for me, game after game.

you folks are wrong to think it's going to be the same for everybody.

the ONLY time steam will screw it up is if you check the file cache. even leaving it set to auto update does not effect this on my system.

I'm talking if you change any of your video settings in-game than it will remove the resolution you set in the doomconfig. It is that way for everyone, it's not some random thing, it's a fact.

Creating an autoexec is always the better solution because your settings will not ever change.

[DOOMJESUS]

Originally Posted by wazups 2x

I'm talking if you change any of your video settings in-game than it will remove the resolution you set in the doomconfig. It is that way for everyone, it's not some random thing, it's a fact.

Creating an autoexec is always the better solution because your settings will not ever change.

why then, if it isn't necessary?

that just means you will have to re-edit that file if, for any reason you want to drop back a res. so it's not necessarily a better route, if the setting is kept using the doomconfig file then that is the preferred method.

[wazups 2x]

Originally Posted by DOOMJESUS

why then, if it isn't necessary?

that just means you will have to re-edit that file if, for any reason you want to drop back a res. so it's not necessarily a better route, if the setting is kept using the doomconfig file then that is the preferred method.

Uh, I don't think you get it. The autoexec is permanent, the doomconfig is not. If you want to tone down some graphics or change some setting around in-game your resolution setting will be lost with the doomconfig. However, if you do it with the autoexec they will still be saved.

And saying you have to edit the autoexec to drop the res make no sense. You have to do the same thing for the doomconfig.

You should only be using the autoexec, using the doomconfig make absolutely no sense.

I prefer to put in console, because it's aplied direcly in the own game, not by a external file that forces the .exe to load that setting...

[ERADEEJAY]

lol.....lol.... and.... lol....

best way autoexec.cfg, but if you want to search specific lines in the file its ok...

Do you have more games?, bcause if the game have steam cloud you can´t edit the config.cfg, you know what is a script?...

how autoexec.cfg work?... simple... Run the game, the game reads autoextec.cfg and put that settings in the config.cfg, then the game loads, and not forces any .exe... lol

And in the future if you lost your config and don´t remember what lines to edit you don´t have to google again

[derpburp]

This does not work for me. I also have retail. Should I apply patches and then this should work. Also with the patches I have Doom 3 doesn't start. I am running Win7 64, are there special patches I should use?

[Dubsteptonic]

Originally Posted by ERADEEJAY

very usefull, Sticky please.

This is the right way for the autoexec.cfg

seta r_mode -1
seta r_aspectRatio 1 //(0 = 4:3, 1 = 16:9, 2 = 16:10)
seta r_customHeight 768 //(Your screen height)
seta r_customWidth 1360 //(Your screen width)
com_allowconsole 1

And for Doom 3 SoE, the same thing but in this folder

...\Steam\steamapps\common\doom 3\d3xp\

So I've made the autoexec but the main menu stays in 640x800ish, in game it looks like a higher resolution, not sure if it's 1680x1050 or not. Is this normal? Also is the fov adjustable at all?

[derpburp]

Originally Posted by Dubsteptonic

So I've made the autoexec but the main menu stays in 640x800ish, in game it looks like a higher resolution, not sure if it's 1680x1050 or not. Is this normal? Also is the fov adjustable at all?

This.

[QUOTE=wazups 2x;16583317]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\doom 3\base
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For ♥♥♥♥'s sake! Thank you. How is it that none of the other guides I found on the net mentioned the dir? I just wasted 20 min screwing around with the ROE cfg, wondering why nothing worked.