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News Files and Mods 05 April 2022, 15:50

30-year-old Doom is Getting Beautiful Thanks to Ray Tracing Mod

Doom with ray tracing enabled looks really good. No, I'm not talking about Doom Eternal or Doom from 2016. We are talking about the very first installment of the series, released almost thirty years ago.

The web was recently flooded with a mass of more or less funny jokes and so-called fake news. To one of these categories - or both - we could also include the fact that Doom from 1993 received "unofficial support" for ray tracing. You could - if it weren't for the fact that thanks to the new mod ray tracing has really once again found its way into the first installment of this iconic FPS series. How does it look like? More than good. Anyway, see for yourself.

  1. PrBoom: Ray Traced - download page

If you want to play the first Doom with ray tracing, you can download the modification here. You will of course need your original copy of the game (in the .wad format). It is also worth noting that so far the mod supports the first three episodes - Knee-Deep in the Dead, The Shores of Hell and Inferno - so the whole original game from 1993without the Thy Flesh Consumed stage, which was added two years later in The Ultimate Doom. It is compatible with both FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) scaling technology from AMD, as well as Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) from Nvidia.

Source: ResetEra.com.

Source: ResetEra.com.

Above you can take a look at two sample screenshots from Doom with ray tracing. The mod is not, of course, the first such project that enable us to play with ray tracing (you can watch a video using another such mod here). However, we must admit that this new project makes a very good impression.

Who knows, maybe John Romero - co-creator of Doom, who recently released a new level for the original Doom 2 to support the victims of the war in Ukraine - will decide to introduce this solution permanently?.

Hubert Sledziewski

Hubert Sledziewski

Has been writing professionally since 2016. He joined Gamepressure.com five years later - although he has known the service since he had access to the internet - to combine his love for words and games. Deals mainly with news and journalism. A sociologist by education, a gamer by passion. He started his gaming adventure at the age of four - with a Pegasus. Currently, prefers PC and demanding RPGs, but does not shy away from consoles or other genres. When he's not playing or writing, he enjoys reading, watching series (less often movies) and Premier League matches, listening to heavy music, and also walking the dog. Almost uncritically loves the work of Stephen King. Does not abandon plans to follow in his footsteps. However, he keeps his first "literary achievements" locked away deep in a drawer.

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Doom (1993)

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