Did DOOM3 make it to Linux?

Nope and I don't think they have any plans yet to release to Linux.. from what I've heard and hearing the other Linux SysAdmins at work complain..

Damn.. I was really hoping that would be there... Oh well. I still have Quake 3 and Unreall04!!!

Hey, Doom3 will be available on linux ofcourse! It's still using opengl and I read somewhere on a doom3 forum that ID will make the binaries (or something...) avalaible so you can play it on unix/linux. This will be available some weeks after the official release. => it will be some setup like with Neverwinter Nights.
Mac users will have to wait some more months before it's available to them.
Besides: the original doom was developped on Unix!! (my colleages had it installed on their helpdesk machines back then not me, I'm not old enough to be working back then but ofcourse I played it at home (I was 13 I think))

Yes, this is true. The binary will be in the form of a Point Release just like Quake3, copy the main files off the Windows DOOM3 Install CD, install the PR, you're good to go. The Linux port has been in planning for a long time, and will be released soon--so hang in there.

Linux binaries are being worked on now: they will be out when they're ready (hopefully quite soon).

In the meantime, it is possible to run the windows version on linux using a patched version of cedega: see http://www.linux-militia.net/howtos/doom3/doom3.html

just a note.. this does not seem to work at all on slackware.. I installed Mandrake 10 and the above walkthrough worked the first time.

Will there be an official Linux release or will we simply buy the regular pc version and use the supplied binary's?

there will be no offcial linux release... you will have to download the biniaries.. TuxGames might have an offcial box set... but if you are in the US.. why wait 2-4 weeks for them to deliver?

I am looking forward to using Doom 3 in Linux. I just bought an Nvidia Asylum GeForce FX 5200 256 MB AGP. The only game I could find at Wal-Mart, and was sure I would be able to use it in Linux soon, was Doom 3. I will be getting Wolfenstein as soon as I can find it around here. I also Bought the Doom Trilogy. It has Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 and Final Doom(which you would think would be Doom 3???? lol.) I am using all these in Windows XP, for now, But I want to use them in Linux. Are there binaries for the games in the Doom Triligoy so I can use it in Linux? Where are they at if so. I looked and haven't found them yet. And Doom 3 is great. I think they did a good job on it and the fact they they keep us linux users in mind is great.



Webwolf

Doom 3 is actually Doom 1, but redone and reinterpreted so it has the same storyline as Doom 1. It's just totally souped up!

The linux binaries for Doom 3 will arrive "shortly". How long "shortly" means to ID, I have no idea but I'm guessing this week or next. Let us know if you hear of it.

I am unfamiliar with the Doom Trilogy linux binaries. Maybe try Wine/Cedega?

Cedega released a new version today that supports Doom3 untell the linux binaries come out.

I hate to break it to you, but it's not a great card, and it doesn't run doom 3 very well.
You were probably overcharged for it to.
Take it back and buy something better online for a much better price (i'm thinking 5900XT)

I have to get my hands on Doom3... Does anyone know if it's still in stock? . By the way, webwolf, I don't want to burst your bubble, but a Geforce 5200 isn't that great a card...

Geforce FX5200 = Geforce 4 MX-440 + DirectX 9 Support
Geforce 4 MX-440 = Geforce 2 MX-400 + DirectX 8 Support