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by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 16, 2004 4:59pm PDT

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DOOM 3 multiplayer networking info is a GameSpy Q&A, asking id's Robert Duffy about multiplayer networking architecture, player limit, and network upgrades down the road. TIME.com has brief hands-on impressions of the game. And lastly the official DOOM 3 site has been relaunched with more content, offering an overview of the game and a clip from the theme song among other things.

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Man, a 4 player limit sucks. Hopefully OSP will come out and address this as soon as possible.

Jul 16, 2004 6:00pm PDT

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Man, a 4 player limit sucks. Hopefully OSP will come out and address this as soon as possible. : Cpt. Baseballbat
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  maybe its cuz of the advanced graphics that the game can only handle 4? : manlyman
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    Yea, especially since each gun fire is a light source, if your in a room with a dozen people firing your ... : The-Shadow-TS
    - But not all 4 guns will be blazing at the same time, so there may be another reason. : bbq gibs
    - its probabaly only really a problem when the light sources from the gun overlap eachother and are lightin... : ease_one
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  in deathmatch, i always search for servers with less players, because i find those matches more strategic... : jet-poop
  - Yeah I actually fear for my life MORE in those situations, because when there are 30 players it doesn't l... : bbq gibs
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  I don't mind the 4 player limit at all... in fact, I welcome it. I long for the days of playing 1v1s or m... : DKo5
  - I for one welcome our new 4 player overlords. : Silent Bob
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  We at OSP do not usually have access to engine code in Id games, especially not networking code. I dou... : derean
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    'RD: DOOM 3 multiplayer is based around 4 players; however, internally it is not limited to that. Mod teams will be able to support more. '
    
    Jul 16, 2004 7:08pm PDT
    
    'RD: DOOM 3 multiplayer is based around 4 players; however, internally it is not limited to that. Mod tea... : Pneum0
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    Uhh... Duffy says in the interview mentioned in this article that mod makers can change it all they want.... : Silent Bob
  - I really think it is a rendering issue more than netcode. But I imagine the Doom3 engine is quite scalab... : jake
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  Oh you would be able to. I think it you wanted 4 other people, you'd have to dumb down the graphics to a ... : Leroy Da Playa
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    good luck. PC Gamer indicates that there's very little you can turn off. they basically say if you're not... : jet-poop
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      I haven't read the PC Gamer review but I'm having a hard time believing that. Even if there aren't that ... : vestax
      
      I wouldn't bet on it... That stuff has been the norm for quite a while, but the competitive advantage th... : jason e