Doom 3 on Steam

coldasicedrummer

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I've got 64-bit Vista on my computer, and certain games aren't compatible with it (like FarCry, among others). According to Microsoft's website, Doom 3 isn't compatible with Vista 64, so I was wondering if downloading it via Steam was any different? I got Psychonauts off Steam and there are no compatibility issues, so I was wondering if anyone with 64-bit Vista bought Doom 3 from Steam, and if it worked ok.
 

Save us.A7X

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It doesn't, I was looking Doom 3 up on Steam myself lately and it specifically says in the specs that it does not run on Vista.
 

oliveira8

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I don't think it will work. But maybe you can find some compatibility mod for Doom 3 that works with steam?
 

xitel

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Um, I have Vista and it runs fine... Although I have 32 bit, not 64 bit.
 

oliveira8

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Found this on Steam forums:

Doom 3 demo was based off an older version of the code. Retail patch 1.3.1304 was primarily released for Vista and subsequently also works with win 7 since its based off Vista. Doom 3 demo was based off 1.0 or 1.1(can't remember exactly), and still several years before Vista even came out. That's why it doesn't work.

They really need to document this or something. Seems like a thread every month about it.


http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1138917&highlight=vista