DOOM 3 Forum

I installed Steam version of Doom 3 on Crossover Games 10 for Mac and it works well.

My problem is video memory, which Doom 3 reports to be 64 Mb. I have 512 Mb of video memory and I have added HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Wine > Direct3D > VideoMemorySize and set it to 512.

Any ideas?

Out of curiosity, is it causing any problems with the game? My advice would be, if it's not causing any noticeable problems, don't worry about it. I didn't even look at that and I played the game all the way to the end with no trouble.

If it is a problem, perhaps you should try assigning that registry key
to the actual doom3 executable (rather than for the entire bottle)

Thank you for your reply! I did this modification to user.reg file but Doom 3 still thinks I have 64 Mb of memory. I also tried replacing 512 with 256.

[Software\Wine\AppDefaults\Doom3.exe\Direct3D] 1298539545
"VideoMemorySize"="512"

So the thing is that Doom 3 runs extremely well, constantly over 60 fps with 1680x1050 without any lag or any problems so far. Crossover is aboslutely great! The problem is 64 Mb of memory forces to use lowest resolution in textures which is a pity.

What machine is this you have there? ...ie; model, video card/chipset type?

Machine I am using is mid-2010 MacBook Pro (http://support.apple.com/kb/SP582)

Crossover Games Version 10.0.1
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2,66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0a29
Revision ID: 0x00a2
ROM Revision: 3560
gMux Version: 1.9.21
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

Intel HD Graphics:
Chipset Model: Intel HD Graphics
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
VRAM (Total): 288 MB
Vendor: Intel (0x8086)
Device ID: 0x0046
Revision ID: 0x0018
gMux Version: 1.9.21
Displays:
Color LCD:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes

Hi again,

I had a chat with Ken about this -- the doom3.exe should be asking
wine how much videoram you have, and, considering you tried the registry
key and it didn't work, the suspicion is Doom3 isn't even asking =)

Ken found a reference to to the console-command "com_videoRam" setting which
is documented on the following page;

http://www.tweakguides.com/Doom3_8.html

[apparently there's some docs on the previous page on the site about
automating said tweak]

You might want to give this a try and let us know how it goes?

Cheers!

It works!

I put this line into DoomConfig.cfg:
seta com_videoRam "512"

And now I can choose ultra high textures and the game runs perfectly. Thank you very much, wohoo!