dhewm3 VS DOOM-3-BFG

The installation is different from what you might be used to from your typical mod. Download dhewm3_1.5.2_win32.zip from the githup page, unzip it, then copy, as instructed by the WHAT_TO_DO.txt files in the base and d3xp directories of the unzipped mod the .pk4 files from the game directory over (d3xp is only there if you installed the Resurrection of Evil add-on first). You can then uninstall the game from Steam.

I played through it with dhewm3 recently. Really enjoyed it.

There is a source port of Doom 3 if you want to play it on Linux or macOS.

if you are going to play it on PC, then get the original 2004 release, with the dhewm3 source port since it can get to widescreen easily and is friendlier on modern devices.

Why do you want to run old, buggy code through wine when you could use native dhewm3 to play the original (non-BFG) version of doom3 with Bugfixes, OpenAL audio and proper widescreen support? https://dhewm3.org/

for me go for the original Doom 3 + dhewm3 source port since the source port can get to widescreen easily and is friendlier on modern devices. BFG Edition aint that bad but its very easy and lacking other content that the original Doom 3 had (especially ROE) and it has less enemy count.

The Bethesda representative said that they do not publish which OSS libraries they use but that they comply with any notice requirements. I admit, the claim on my side is somewhat thin, but there is one third party library (Base64.cpp) in DOOM 3 BFG that requires notice and states:

Even idTech 3 used third party components as listed in the description here: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3-BFG. Newer versions of idTech use Vulkan for rendering. For that, they are basically forced to included the header files of Vulkan which are licensed under Apache 2. So it has to be mentioned somewhere.

I guess you can still write valuable software, even more complex than most people can write, with simple (03) C++. Like Doom 3: https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3-BFG

> What you are describing

On the other hand, I believe what you are describing is the exact meaning of FUD. In that precise order: "in C++ they have serious consequences" is fear, "There are bugs in the code--probably in your code--right now" is uncertainty, and "Some might be CVEs" is doubt.

According to https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3-BFG

Doom 3 was released in 2004. The engine has come to be known as "Id Tech 4", and it's open source. Written mostly in C++, looks like.

Id Tech 4 is currently Open Source (GPL licensed)

I believe doom 3 source is published on github so people can have a look for themselves if they want.

Doom 3 is a perennial favorite for "most beautiful C++ codebase" lists [0]

[0] https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM-3-BFG