DOOM 3
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Doom 3 resolution fix
By Ethanol
Over all I prefer the original version of doom 3 in terms of gameplay and lighting however it does not support widescreen. Here is how you can fix the resolution.

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1. Open the "DoomConfig.cfg" file. (usualy found under "C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\base")

2. Then you have to put it in custom mode.
Find were it says "r_mode" and change it to "r_mode -1".

3. Find "r_customHeight" and "r_customWidth".
Change it to your resolution.

Mine is:
"r_customHeight 1080"
"r_customWidth 1920"

4. Start the game
64 Comments
meatspace 5 Aug @ 9:00am 
3840x2160 is working for me setting the highlighted values in OP's picture.

r_mode -1 is essential for this to work, since that tells the game you're loading custom values. I also noticed that if I change something in the setting menu in the running game, that value gets disabled, so I had to go back into the file a second time and set r_mode -1 again after I upped the game to Ultra.

You can verify that it's running at a higher resolution by checking the Steam overlay, or enabling the new "Overlay Performance Monitor" which will render crisply if you're at an HD resolution. The Steam overlay will look very blurry at lower resolutions.
นักปั่น 26 Jul @ 5:25am 
Thank you very much!
this is simply fix, Why ID software won't make it to default?
this Time is 2025 already! why still not widescreen?
DoomQuake95 5 Jul @ 9:39am 
I have a couple configs set for 1080p or 4k that also help if you are having issues with texture resolution. even on ultra.

This sets the texture resolution to full.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3517096527
Neon Archon 7 Jun @ 2:20am 
I tried these changes and now the scree goes black and message telling me "Entry signal out of limits" appears in center. I tried changing to other resolution but it reverts to the original... I'll just play BFG instead...
AymericTheNightmare 16 May @ 3:40am 
Thanks for the guide! :csgo_crown:
DiABLO 12 May @ 4:06am 
You should defiantly try REDUX 25th Anniversary mod! Once you tried it- you cannot live without! ;)
Darkor 7 Feb @ 1:02pm 
set r_useTrilinearFiltering "1"
set r_maxAnisotropicFiltering "8"
set r_useSRGB "0"
set r_windowHeight "1080"
set r_windowWidth "1920"
set r_windowY "0"
set r_windowX "0"
set r_customHeight "1080"
set r_customWidth "1920"
set r_fullscreen "-1"
set r_MegansFinalForm "0"
set r_DisplayDeviceID "0"
set r_vidMode "0"
set r_multiSamples "8

it's work on my Samsung odyssey G4 27" FHD 240hz, but when i close the game and restart the screen resolution back like before... can i do something for let 1920x1080 permanently???
gamr.jph 29 Dec, 2024 @ 5:44pm 
whenever my game is at full screen it blinks constantly which results to it being unplayable unless i exit full screen and put it in bordered mode. any suggestion to fix?
Majenko 5 Oct, 2024 @ 3:45am 
This *does* work.

I read a lot of "This works" and "This doesn't work", pretty much alternating. However I can assure you it *does* work, with caveats:

* A lot of UI assets are LOW RESOLUTION

This includes menus, mouse pointer, and such like. So you do the change and load the game, and it doesn't *look* like it worked, because the menus are still low res and stretched out. However once you actually start the game the 3D environment is high resolution.

It confused me at first, because I was convinced it wasn't working - but it was just the menus that couldn't cope with being resized cleanly.
Christopher Alan Gohm 13 Sep, 2024 @ 11:16pm 
Well it worked for me to get the game running properly without having toe run the BFG edition of the game on Microsoft Windows 11 Home Edition and it worked perfectly for me unlike some of the others on here But thanks anyways for the information and the fix for this particular problem with this game
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