DVR
- THIS IS AN ENGINE PORT ONLY ~~
Due to copyright/EULA restrictions no game assets are included; they will need to be downloaded separately.
THE APP CAN DOWNLOAD & UNPACK FREEDOOM PHASES 1 AND 2 SEPARATELY FOR YOUTHE FREEDOOM WADS DO NOT CONSTITUTE PART OF THIS APPLICATION AS THIS IS AN ENGINE PORT ONLY
You will be offered the option to download freedoom (https://freedoom.github.io/) at first start-up. If you already own the full version of Doom or Doom 2, you can copy the WAD files to your phone to play.
YOU CANNOT USE THIS APP WITHOUT THE FOLLOWING:
* A control pad (buttons are re-mappable in the game)
* Cardboard or equivalent with head-straps to play in VR-mode (as you need hands to hold game-pad)
The fun stuff:
This cardboard port of the Doom engine features the following:
* Based on the PrBoom engine Android port wrapped in the Cardboard SDK
* Configurable resolution (for lower spec phones)
- If you find your phone is struggling to draw at an acceptable frame-rate, you can edit the DVR.cfg file (found in the DVR folder on your phone) and reduce the resolution
* Supports WADS that are compatible with PrBoom/Boom/MBF
* Command line params using a text file
- there is a text file in the DVR directory called extraparams.txt insert any command line params you may wish to use (for example: -nosound)
Known Issues:
- The Doom 2 WAD that can be found in the Doom 3: BFG edition doesn't work with this port. The original Doom 2 WAD works fine
- This port doesn't use an opengl renderer, but uses (an improved version of) the original Doom engine 100% software renderer. Because of this, it is quite CPU intensive so you may find you need to reduce the resolution a bit if you experience performance problems unless you have a high-end phone.
- The original engine code only allows you to look left and right, not up and down, I have worked around this to some extent by shifting the view up/down when you look up and down, but it isn't as natural. Unfortunately this is unavoidable without an opengl es 2.0 renderer.
- FOV: Again because of the use of the original Doom software renderer FOV cannot be changed. On some phones it will mean it is a bit like looking through a large window at the game, I am afraid this is unavoidable without an opengl es 2.0 renderer which could take me months to write.
- Only certain WADs have thumbnails, if you would like a wad to have a thumbnail added in the WAD chooser screen, then please let me know the name of the WAD and the thumbnail image and I will add it in a future release
Legal Stuff:
As the original Doom engine sourcecode is now GPL licensed, the full source for DVR is available in an archive found in the assets folder contained in the apk.
If you have issues, please send mail to the following address and I will endeavour to resolve them as soon as I can, within reason: [email protected]
Doom is a registered trademark of id Software / ZeniMax Media Inc.DVR is not endorsed by, associated with, or in any way affiliated with id software or ZeniMax Media Inc.
Screenshots are all taken from DVR running the Freedoom WADs. I don't believe there are any copyright infringements in this application or listing, if you think I have accidentally infringed any copyright, please let me know immediately at the contact email addressAny images (icons etc) not part of the FREEDOOM screenshots are all of my own making and I own the entire copyright on them.
Category : Arcade
Reviews (27)
Use google cardboard or similar vr smartphone headset and play doom! Its compatible with the onn vr headset that is now $1 @ walmart! You might need to change the settings on your android to allow or force full screen. I am using a bluetooth xbox one controller and a wireless keyboard and mouse and it works great! You can get a adapter for USBc to regular USB(a) and then plug in a wireless dongle for a logitech keyboard and mouse. If you love doom, go buy a $1 onn vr set from Walmart now!!!!!!
not exactly the best thing you could have put together, but it's fine enough to play without getting a headache, I'd probably give it 5 stars if it was a gzdoom port (I think 3.7.2 legacy or earlier vintage versions would work best with that) and had easier mod loading
Fantastic app! The name is self-explanatory: It's Classic Doom (provided that you have the .wad file, otherwise you have to use freedoom or some other clone or mod), But in VR! One question: do you think that you could add multiplayer?
Really loved it but crashes constantly on s7 showing errors on screen that stop gameplay. Worked fine on my old note 4
horrible controls (mouse and keyboard support needed pls)
make it so there is a joystick thing to move I don't wanna buy a controller
It is good!!!
Like many other VR things, camera is rotated 90deg ccw, causing menus to act weird. Otherwise awesome
Prety cool. Shame it doesn't work with MBF, PrBoom or Boom compatible wads although advertised as such. I tried different ones and all of them crashed.
Works well, using a ps3 controller and sixaxis app. Stereoscopic 3D DOOM is awesome
I have no control via of head set or gamepad. Hoping update will help. Update did'nt help. Please help.I am using a samsung s5 and a eleglant wireless bluetooth gamepad..
Same as pascal, except even if I delete and uninstall everything it keeps the config to something I don't want by default...
I like love this app, it really brings my favourite game to life! One thing, is there anyway you could make it so you can look around with your head and not the sticks? Thanks!
I love this game! The only thing i dont like is that it not save my settings. Every time I start the game i have to change the settings to my settings. Is this a bug? Even when i change the DVR.cfg manualy it did nothing. QVR works good! I love that to.
So, the 2 main wads for Freedom are great and everything works amazingly, but one question is where is the folder to install your own wads? In the app it says 'phonestorage\DVR' but I can't find that anywhere. Any help from devs would be great :) Edit: Found it! Review updated to 5 star rating :)
Does not work with ps4 controller but works perfectly with mad catz ctrl. A dream come true !!!
Holy heck! So much love for this!
Plays great.
Good port, but pause function acts strangely. When you press it, the screen goes black and you have to turn around until you find where the pause menu has appeared. Lots of fun and developer quickly fixed the upside-down glitch I mentioned in a previous review.
I'm very excited to give this a whirl, and it looks fantastic, but my game pad doesn't seem to work correctly or let me set it up. When I booted the game it just spun in circles regardless of where I turned my head or what button I press so I couldn't give it a proper experience.
I would like to have the source code please, so I can tweak it. You will probably benefit from it anyway.
Super game brought to life in vr. Hope to see more like this. Check out QVR too as that is even better!
Great game, everything works good. 1. Is there any way to disable emulation of vertical rotation? 2. How can I increase horizontal rotation sensitivity for gamepad? (in-game sliders don't do anything)
One of my all time favorite games, now in VR! This will download the Freedoom WADs which are new to me! You can also turn on OpenGL rendering, which makes it look so much better. Like QVR, I hope it gets a forum or bulletin board so users can share what mods work with this and how they got them working. Overall, great fun!
I absolutely loved QVR. I blundered in not knowing how to set it up properly though and wonder if maybe that is also the case here. This game does not take up the full available fov for me but instead appears in a constrained square shaped screen floating before me. This is hugely inferior to how QVR displays. I searched the menu but could find no options for changing it. I hope I'm just overlooking the option because if this is really just how it displays, I can't accept it.
Love this, can't believe it works so well. Great job.
This drove my gamepad nuts. Even when I exited the app, the curspr kept dancing all over the screen. I have no idea why. Using LG Rebel 4 with Evo VR gamepad. I also have QVR, which has never given me any issues and works fine.