DOOM is one of my favorite games of all time. Brutal Doom is a mod for DOOM that kicks up the intensity with a LOT more violence.
Pre-requisites
- Install gzdoom:
sudo xbps-install -S gzdoom
- Download Brutal Doom
- You'll need a copy of DOOM. I would recommend grabbing a copy from GOG, but you can also get it from Steam.
- If you choose to purchase from GOG, you will need Wine to install the game and get the .WAD file:
sudo xbps-install -S wine
Setting everything up
- If you purchased from GOG, install the game using
wine
. If you purchased from Steam, just navigate to where you installed the game (usually.steam/steam/steamapps/common
).
Inside of the game folder you will see DOOM.WAD
. Copy this into ~/.config/gzdoom/
(if the gzdoom
folder does not exist, create it).
Now you can run the game when you launch gzdoom
.
Extract Brutal Doom from when you downloaded it earlier. Copy the .pk3
file into ~/.config/gzdoom/
.
Now edit (launch gzdoom if it doesn't exist) ~/.config/gzdoom.ini
. Under the line [doom.id.Autoload]
add Path=$HOME/.config/gzdoom/[FILENAME].pk3
. This will load brutal doom by default.
My Brutal Doom settings
- In Display Options > Set Video Mode, I'm using Vulkan.
- In Display Options > Dynamic Light Options, I've bumped up my shadowmap quality to 1024.
- I rebind the keys to use the standard WASD / mouse to aim.
My texture options are below.
Bonus: Adding Doom Metal
Doom Metal is a soundtrack mod that replaces most of the music with, well, metal versions.
Personally I prefer this repack that resamples all tracks to 44.1 kHz.
Just like before, extract it and copy the .wad
file to ~/.config/gzdoom/
.
Edit ~/.config/gzdoom.ini
and add Path=$HOME/.config/gzdoom/[FILENAME].wad
underneath the path to Brutal Doom.