org.zdoom.UZDoom

Game engine for Classic Doom
 
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UZDoom is a source port for the modern era, supporting current hardware and operating systems and sporting a vast array of user options. Make Doom your own again!

In addition to Doom, UZDoom supports Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Chex Quest, and fan-created games like Harmony and Hacx. Meet the entire idTech 1 family!

Experience mind-bending user-created mods, made possible by ZDoom's advanced mapping features and the ZScript language for complex game mechanics and behaviors. Or make a mod of your own!

  • Can play all Doom engine games, including Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, and more
  • Supports all the editing features of Hexen. (ACS, hubs, new map format, etc.)
  • Supports most of the Boom editing features
  • Features complete translations of Doom, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and other games into over ten different languages with Unicode support for Latin, Cyrillic, and Hangul so far
  • All Doom limits are gone
  • Several softsynths for MUS and MIDI playback, including an OPL softsynth for an authentic "oldschool" flavor
  • High resolutions
  • Quake-style console and key bindings
  • Crosshairs
  • Free look (look up/down)
  • Jumping, crouching, swimming, and flying
  • Network games for up to 64 players, including team-based gameplay
  • Support for the Bloodbath announcer from the classic Monolith game Blood
  • Walk over/under monsters and other things

Commercial data files are required to run the supported games. For more info about all supported games and their data files, see Help -> List of supported games.

For the Flatpak distribution of UZDoom, all file access is restricted to <code>~/.var/app/org.zdoom.UZDoom/</code> by default for security reasons. You will need to place your IWADs and PWADS there, or use an application like Flatseal to give UZDoom additional permissions.

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Lukitik 5 days ago

I love uzdoom and am so happy it has finally come to flathub