Doom 3:2553 is a simple mod with the goal of putting the events of DOOM 3 in the Halo Universe. This means Halo weapons, character models, and lore. Weapons have been completely updated with new stats and models.
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The mod has finally been released!
- The download includes a readme that details how to install the mod and fixes for AMD users.
- Mod is complete. Only updates after this will be bug fixes and expansions.
Hope you guys enjoy it.
Status Update
News 3 commentsA status update regarding the mod, when it may release and What needs to be done.
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First Article
Feature 7 commentsThe First Article. This mod replaces weapons, character models, sounds, items and props. And also updates in-game dates to align with the Halo timeline...
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DOOM 2553 - RELEASE - V1.1
Full Version 7 commentsFirst release of DOOM 2553. This is released with the intention of being the complete version, any updates that are to follow will be bug fixes and expansion...
DOOM 2553 Patch 1
PatchTHIS PATCH IS NOT REQUIRED IF YOU'RE INSTALLING THE MOD FOR THE FIRST TIME. This is a simple patch fixing the the muzzle flash light on the guns (so now...
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it doesn't even start the first cutscene, it says it fails to spawn player_doommarine or something
Make sure you don't have any possibly conflicting mods within the doom_2553 folder, and of course make sure you installed it correctly.
Your mod doesn't work. Cause after I start the game, the cutscene with spaceship approaching the UAC base is not playing and then during the game I can't see anything, only HUD. Like the image is pitch black. I press movement buttons and hear the sound but I don't see anything. And yes, I removed sickmod from the game as you stated in your comments but still, I don't see anything during the gameplay. Everything is pure darkness.
UPDATE: I removed few more sickmod related files and it worked, but then I had to mess with settings a lot to make your mod actually work. Like, I have to change aspect ratio via editing config files to have proper ratio, because I'm playing on big square monitor and seeing image been squashed from the sides is not nice.
But the problems didn't ended there. Cause despite the fact that I am able to play actual Doom 3 on ultra settings, your mod does not wanted to work on ultra settings. Thus I had to lower my graphics to high or even medium, cause it was constantly loading something every time when I move. And just right after when I solved this problem, I have another one.
And that another one is new visuals. You see, original Doom 3 graphics made in the way that, despite how dark the game is, you still are able to see everything around you. But in your mod the image is so sharp that I can't even see enemies that shows up right in front of my face. And I'm not kidding. Your new visuals make game so dark that I hardly can see enemies right in front of me, and since you can't hold a gun and a flashlight at the same time to shine the light on enemies, I had to pull up the flashlight to see who to shoot and then shoot the enemies. And then also when I shoot from some guns or getting shot back at by enemies, I have a huge FPS drop from stable 30 - 60 to 15 - 10. I don't know what you did to your mod but, for me at least it is unplayable.
So in conclusion, here are all pros and cons of your mod.
Pros:
Improved gameplay.
New guns to play with.
Changed characters here and there.
A bit changed HUD.
Cons:
New visuals that makes the game even darker than before.
Shotgun does not allow you to shoot it right after the first shot like in vanilla Doom 3.
No flashlight attached to your suit or gun to allow you to see in new darker visuals.
Performance issues.
If you remove the sickmod then you don't get to use new abilities, like built-in to your suit flashlight and other stuff.
Sickmod that doesn't allow you to even start the game.
Thus what I would recommend you to do to improve your mod and make it better is:
Remove sickmod by default.
Improve performance.
Stick to default Doom 3 graphics, outside of new Halo based graphic elements.
Add attached flashlight option, so that players can use the flashlight however they like.
Add visual settings from Doom 3 Enhanced Edition mod, so that it could be possible to set any screen resolution with any aspect ratio.
Every issue you've described hasn't been reported by anyone else, or are just normal doom 3 config trickery.
I'm really not sure how the mod was completely screwed on your setup, notably the darkness thing, because if anything the game should be brighter.
I don't know what was the problem with the lights. Cause, in vanilla Doom 3 without any mods everything is fine. But when I put your mod in, it suddenly becomes darker. And then, when I shoot any gun, the game lags very hard. Especially when I shoot SMG. You know, that black one.
And then I decided to test the game with some other mods. I downloaded mod called "Weapons of Mars Destruction", installed it and everything worked fine.
So maybe you can release just the gameplay aspect of your mod, without any graphical changes? Just the gameplay part of it, with guns and Halo gear for the marines in the game? Please?? I mean, I would even pay you if I had that much money.
What are you trying to play this on?
Go ahead and try this for me:
Remove all of the pk4s besides Doom 2553.pk4, then go into your main doom 3 folder and copy the "game" pk4s, and then paste them into the doom 2553 folder.
This should completely remove sikkmod.
I know you're currently working on the Quake 4 mod, but from what I read on Twitter, it sounds like this mod could potentially be remade in the future. Would a remake include the expansions, or are those no longer planned to be covered?
Yeah, hopefully. I complete remake would make doing the expansions much easier
is this compatible with the pc game pass version?
Only compatible with the original release of Doom 3. Doesn't work with BFG Edition