[Android Apps and Games] gebxda:
Instructions for using this port

TL;DR: Just some instructions and tips for using this port/launcher and playing the game(s).

Intro:

Let's start celebrating Doom and the possibility to port it almost everywhere, thanks to the original creators. Then, let's give a BIG THANK YOU to the original programmer of this series of ports/launchers of classic iD FPSs. And finally, other BIG THANK YOU to the modder/updater here.

Getting started (psyched):

- You will need the APK of this post and the possibility of installing standalone APKs (from "unknown sources" or similar configurations).

- Then you will need a Doom 3 installation (the old one, not the BFG edition), if you want too: "Resurrection of Evil" (RoE) expansion and the "Lost Mission" pack mod (LM), the last one is in the links from the OP.

Installation:

1) Install the APK from this thread.

2) Create in, your internal storage, the "diii4a" folder (the route must match the one in the launcher, for example: "sdcard/diii4a").

3) Copy the "base" (Doom3), "d3xp" (RoE) and "d3le" (LM) subfolders and its contents to the recently created "diii4a" folder.

The Launcher:

You can setup a lot of options regarding visuals and graphics that impact on the way the game looks and the performance. I recommend to not touch anything and try to run it, except if you are having problems. If you can't run the game again because of the options you have chosen, you can always delete the app data as in any app and delete the configuration files created from the game (look config files by date in the subfolder of each "game" corrupted that doesn't start or run), they should be recreated automatically and start over. Or as an extreme way you can delete the problematic subfolder entirely and copy it again from your source (you will lose your saves).

To launch the different variants, this port allows choosing individually if you want to run Doom3, RoE or LM (among other options).

About the controls:

They can be rearranged and there are more options at the bottom to add (below the grey line). You can change position, size and opacity.

Important: as in the original port, some inputs won't work if you don't configure them IN GAME OPTIONS (by selecting the action and the screen control you want to use for that, in the game “keyboard” keys configuration).

If you did everything correctly (remember you can anyway reset the controls, app data and game data if you messed things), you will be able to exit, quicksave, quickload, jump, crouch, use the flashlight, PDA, change guns (next and last gun and with 3 presets for you to choose), zoom and, of course, shoot, and so on. Even you can save “normally” using the keyboard icon (it will keep you from seeing what you are doing, but you can delete-guessing the name for the save entry, go back to screen to check, and then use the keyboard again and letter or a number (the idea is a SHORT name) for the save entry).

One thing to keep in mind is that the change-cycle guns (left and right) and quicksave and quickload (down and right, respectively) are SLIDING (with your finger) controls.

Launching the game(s):

The port is so great, that you can still change some in-game options that affect the game, apart from the launcher options that can override them, or beware that they may collide too! Again: if you messed things up, you can always reset everything manually.

You should stay away from graphics and sound options (in the game running I mean) and focus on controls and some other options available.

If you did all correctly, you should be able to run and play Doom3, RoE and LM in your Android, and even with cool graphics!

Some tips:

- LANGUAGE: In the original port (I didn't try on this one) you could change language (voice, text and even interface if I remember correctly) by replacing and renaming the language files that you want to use (previous backup, of course) with the names of the english ones and overwriting them. Even you can combine them to some level (keep some things in english and others in other language). There are two files that you must replace (backup first!). I don’t remember which ones right now, but nothing Mr. Google can’t solve. I didn't experimented with this update and language files, but in the old port I did change at least two different languages successfully.

- DIFFICULTY: You should stay away from harder difficulties, mainly because the battle against the guardian of the soul cube. If you use harder difficulties you could get stuck at that level because of the way the controls work, comparing to a PC.

- ABOUT THE WAY OF PLAYING DOOM 3: You may love it or hate it. I particularly LOVE IT. There are different ways of playing Doom 3, depending on your patience and if you want to get immersed in the atmosphere or not. If you really want the "full experience" you should talk to every NPC, read all the e-mails, listen to all the audios and see all the videos. You can download all of them on your PDA. It's an entirely different game if you learn about the experiments, labs malfunctions, Betruger personality and appearance changes, technicians’ jokes and relationships, etc. Of course it will be a longer experience, but awesome if you value the atmosphere of the game.

Closing lines:

That's it! It's totally playable and even better now with this update of the port, with the power and battery durability of nowadays cell phones and even comparing it to other actual games for Android that are very far from the quality of this one, even so many years later.

Enjoy! I'm right now doing it, AGAIN!

(I've played this game so many times with this possibility that I don't remember how many by now. Each phone I upgrade gets the Doom 3 "benchmark"...).

;)