Released the source code for DooM 3, here's how to install it on Linux

News that will make happy all lovers of free software, John Carmack Technical Director of id Software has finally announced the long-awaited release of source code DooM III indicating:

"... This release does not contain data from the original game because they are covered by the EULA that requires to follow the usual procedure ..."

In the coming months we will then play "freely" in DooM 3 Furthermore, we can find versions revised or new games based on this source.
For those not familiar with DooM III is a first-person shooter released in 2004 by id Software proposing a revolutionary new graphics engine which allows gestire real-time shadows and lighting We can also monitor and provide very detailed graphic panels and interactive interfaces. Through the Multiplayer We challenge our friends online up to a maximum of 4 players.

We can play DooM 3 in our Linux Distribution (Demo version) by simply typing in a terminal:

cd

wget ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom3/linux/doom3-linux-1.1.1286-demo.x86.run

./doom3-linux*.x86.run

and confirm

to start the game type from terminal:

doom3

and we will have our DooM 3 started.