What Source Port Should You Use For Duke Nukem 3D?

Don't know what Source Port, you should use for Duke Nukem 3D? Well no worries, because in this video, I'll explain which these Source Ports do and should you use them?
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - DOSBOX
3:10 - EDuke32
6:21 - RedNukem
7:58 - BuildGDX
10:20 - RAZE
11:59 - Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions
13:26 - Conclusion
Link for the Source Ports
EDuke32:
www.eduke32.com/
RedNukem:
github.com/nukeykt/NBlood
BuildGDX:
m210.duke4.net/
RAZE:
raze.zdoom.org/about
NetDuke32:
forums.duke4.net/topic/11826-...

[@MrJohnReviews]

QOTD: Which Source Port of Duke Nukem 3D is your favorite? Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/MrJohnReviews Link for the Source Ports EDuke32: www.eduke32.com/ RedNukem: github.com/nukeykt/NBlood BuildGDX: m210.duke4.net/ RAZE: raze.zdoom.org/about NetDuke32 forums.duke4.net/topic/11826-netduke32-enhanced-duke3d-netplay/

[@DualBackdrop]

wasn't raze renamed to zeta few years ago?

[@MrJohnReviews]

@@DualBackdrop no that was for the android port

[@CMONCMON007]

I use Build GDX. I didn't know about being able to play the 5th World Tour episode. How do I access it? Do I need to buy World Tour again? I have it on my PS4 though. I got Duke 3D on my PC from Zoom.

[@MrJohnReviews]

As for the 5th Episode, you have to buy the World Tour Edition.​@@CMONCMON007

[@CMONCMON007]

@MrJohnReviews hmm thanks for that. I'll see if they have it on gog maybe?

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

Probably just eDuke because getting crushed by doors sucks.

[@colleagueriley860]

I like it because it supports Duke 64

[@jedziej]

@PeterLawrenceYT Man, thats obviously is truly iconic & classy Build engine feature ever.

[@ladams391]

Idk, personally whenever this actually happens I end up just laughing out loud because it catches me off guard and I feel ridiculous, in a good way, for letting it happen

[@ErdrickHero]

DOSBox isn't a source port. It's an x86 PC emulator with an included version of DOS designed to be compatible with MS-DOS applications. You aren't running a source port, you're running the original version inside the emulator.

[@BobExcalibur]

Eduke has the biggest modding and total conversion support as far as I'm aware, so it's my brand. If you want huge new experiences that are completely free like AMC Squad, WGR: Demon Throne or rad overhauls for Duke3d like Alien Armageddon, eduke all the way. Very glad we have the authenticity targeting alternatives of course.

[@beemersp]

GT4, DBZ and NFS music on a Duke Nukem video is making me feel some way I can't explain...

[@kave980]

Glad someone else noticed it!

[@somesassybrat305]

resolution upscaling is one of the most important points of these ports (as well as for doom etc.) for the mere fact that screens nowadays are almost double the size of our old CRT's back then.

[@coleshores]

Polymer needs to be used in conjunction with the HRP in order to apply normal mapping and displacement mapping

[@MulekeTrairao]

8:20 Actually, there was BloodCM before BloodGDX/BuildGDX, so it wasn't the only way to play Blood apart from the DOS version. The Blood Wiki has a lot of well-documented information on everything about the game, including its source ports. Would be cool if you could make a video about Blood source ports. :)

[@robertfilomeo346]

you're commentary about these source ports would make civvie proud

[@MrJohnReviews]

Thanks

[@ecayazzo]

Coming from someone that used to play GZDoom a ton, Raze is the best option.

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

I've heard Eduke was the most supported and is in general more popular for modding

[@ecayazzo]

@@vibemasterkorosu2469 I don't really know how much support has, but it definitely is more popular. Anyway, what I meant is that I'm extremely familiar with both GZDoom and Raze configuration and command lines. That's the main reason Raze is my choice :)

[@vibemasterkorosu2469]

@@ecayazzo Very respectable. Im also a massive GZDoom enthusiast, it’s just such an awesome port. PrBoom+ is also really dope.

[@ecayazzo]

@@vibemasterkorosu2469 PrBoom+ is an excellent source port! I'm testing it these last few days. Thanks for your politeness. Rare perk these days. :)

[@texanarchy666]

i just wanna be able to play redneck rampage with fancy graphics

[@thelegendofdevon]

eDuke32 is my go-to because of familiarity, but they should add a toggle to let doors kill us again. ;)

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Now that Blood and the other Build Engine games can be playable without DOSBox, the only game left that is powered by the engine that's impossible to play right now on modern systems is Extreme Paintbrawl, due to its use of both a Windows 95-based launcher and a MS-DOS-based executable which both won't run properly on any modern versions of Windows. Unless one wants to reverse-engineer that awful game and make a source port that uses a unique launcher to replace the Windows 95-based one, its probably going to be left in the Windows 9x/MS-DOS realm of the Build Engine.

[@Phredreeke]

8:55 EDuke32 and Rednukem (and the greasy port as well) has the advantage of the software renderer running in native code while BuildGDX runs in a Java virtual machine 11:05 Raze's post-processing isn't really comparable to Polymer though. hopefully one day Raze will have support for Polymer lights though 12:13 EDuke32 is forked off jfDuke (and the OG EDuke for DOS), and Raze and BuildGDX takes their Duke code from jfDuke as well

[@ThermalLance-hg4rd]

I just use Raze. It does the job just fine and supports what I need it to.

[@majamystic256]

Raze and EDuke32 are my favs

[@AvoozlPlays]

EDuke32 for regular DN3D and mission packs, Red Nukem for DN64.

[@TheSwiftFX]

Honestly don't get the hate for 20th Anniversary. Sure, there are better options, but there are loads of accessibility features, the new episode is great, and the ambient occlusion adds some extra atmosphere. It plays really well right out of the box, and it's only real major detraction is lack of expansions (which, let's be honest, are a bit rough).

[@notturok7841]

Too bad none of the source ports have splitscreen support.

[@TheRetroRaven]

Your comparison on DOSBox vs. EDuke3D when it comes to graphics is wrong. Run the setup in DOSBox and you can choose to run Duke3D at hi-res VESA and it'll look as good as EDuke. The default is regular 320x200, but running it in 640x480 will already make it look a lot sharper.

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Given that Night Dive Studios is now capable of remastering many old FPS games from the 1990s, were going to see less games being re-released with DOSBox bundled in the next few years.

[@In_The_Base]

@@wadmodderschalton5763not unless you get them on gog (blood does come with the dos collection)

[@DeadPixel1105]

After messing around with several Build source ports, I settled with Raze. That's my favorite of the bunch.

[@spicydeath82]

well the reason winxp and on had no dos support was due it being a different kernel than what was in windows 1 - 3, 95, 98 and me. xp is based off of the windows nt kernel, which was their server kernel. windows 2000 would be the first main stream os that was built on that kernel, though it was still mainly a server os. drivers for win 2K are mostly compatible with xp. since the original windows kernel was built on top of dos, it made sense to have dos be accessible. but for the nt kernel it would had to have been emulated since nt was not built on dos.

[@DualBackdrop]

hmm for some reason software rendering in eduke32, rednukem and gdx has better performance than other modes plus it looks way more vanilla

[@KillerQ13]

10:20 Oooo... Rom Di Prisco - Romulus 3 (Need For Speed 3 soundtrack) Imma subscribe for that

[@MetalSonic420]

Great video!

[@SynthLizard8]

Raze has to be my top pick, user-friendly and it's able to emulate other build engine games, not just DN.

[@SneakyGreninja]

eDuke32, Raze, and even the world tour edition on steam, are the ones I like

[@michaelbuehler3897]

I use BuildGDX for the most part, it supports multiple games and has a custom difficulty option (although not as good as the one in Fresh Supply).

[@NoiseBoulderRecords]

Awesome video, keep the good work!

[@MrJohnReviews]

Thanks, your soundtrack for Duke3D is AMAZING

[@knightmaremedia7795]

Gdx I absolutely love. But I use both gdx and eduke32 for duke nukem. I actually prefer gdx for blood over even blood fresh supply. It's that good for me.

[@Walterbennet3697]

The one thing we can agree on is that you should never play the curse Randy version.

[@jayd1os400]

When i try to download eduke32, McAfee says that the file is 'dangerous', can anyone help?

[@coldnessinmyheart.]

I will always avoid anything related to Graf Zahl, knowing what an idiot he is and that it will probably take him 10 years to add a feature that would take 2 minutes to add... Well, I'll stick with BuildGDX and Rednukem because, well, I don't know of any Duke Nukem mod that catches my attention and as long as Blood also runs, it works for me.

[@impairedtrout6917]

I just got the World Tour Edition for a few bucks on Xbox while on sale. I'm new to Duke Nukem and I had lots of fun, what's so wrong with it?

[@Lips106]

In consoles is good, but in PC... It's a piece of shit (bad optimization and bugs), it's better use the source ports or the old Megaton Edition

[@NebLleb]

Either Raze or EDuke32.

[@BSzili]

JFDuke3D is also among EDuke32's ancestors along with EDuke 2.

[@AngelloProduct]

I wanted to ask if the atomic edition of duke nukem 3d was a non DOS sourced port because my version of it came with some enhanced version of it.

[@MrJohnReviews]

i think the atomic edition is a dos game, i don't know what version came with stuff that you've mentioned

[@AngelloProduct]

@@MrJohnReviews yea it makes more sense or I had a Mandela effect that atomic came with a new source port

[@MrJohnReviews]

@@AngelloProduct either it was a bootleg copy or did you pirate it?

[@AngelloProduct]

@@MrJohnReviews I got a CD filled with different games as a kid. So most likely since it came with some emulators

[@NEZLeader]

I remember using one called Hduke playing multiplayer with it. I liked it better than ED32 myself

[@enrott8560]

Hduke was xduke with lots of improvements and an anti cheat cuz xduke didn't stop anyone from just changing some values/files inside the .grp

[@jedziej]

Shhhhhiaaaa.... t, i don't know now which intro song is better.

[@pankartofel5021]

0:40 as i can remember Windows XP had ms-dos compatibility

[@johnroscoe2406]

I love GZDoom and I bet RAZE is just as good but... Graf Zahl as a person is a total fcking lunatic.

[@cURLybOi]

but duke has quite advanced setup utility where you can setup higher VESA resolutions, so playing at the native 320x200 is kind of not really utilizing its full power

[@agenerichuman]

I believe you could always turn autoaim off by editing the game's CONs. I know because I used to do it. Always hated autoaim except when the game first came out and was keyboard only. But I get why this might be too technical for most people and why people have largely forgotten it. I mostly use EDuke32 and Raze. Raze I use more for other Build games. EDuke32 is just great for most other cases (though you do mention a few use cases the other ports are better). I just hate that EDuke32 has some consistency issues. For instance the last time I installed it, one version would crash when attempting to load HRP. Another could load HRP but couldn't find other GRPs. I've always had weird issues like that with EDuke32 over the years. Raze has its own issues too. For instance, I can't figure out how to load other GRPs in that and had to use something else to play the Deadly Kiss GRP that was posted to the internet years ago. I wish there was a solution that just worked and did everything you'd want right out of the box. Though at least they're all better than the old Windows Shadow Warrior port that would randomly glitch and rotate the screen.

[@smileygabe22]

Hi, can someone help me? I am trying to play Duke Nukem 3D Legacy multiplayer, how do I do this?

[@thatradiogeek]

Legacy? You're gonna have to set up your own server, which might not be worth it for you. There is a source port that lets you play multiplayer called NetDuke32 though.

[@dukkemonterier3429]

Oh god I know this background music but I can't remember exactly where it is from. A racing game or something? Source? Played at the DOSBOX part.

[@MrJohnReviews]

Gran Turismo 4

[@dukkemonterier3429]

@@MrJohnReviews Oh yeah, indeed! I remember now. Thanks.

[@NEZLeader]

One track is from Need for Speed 3 made by Rom Di Prisco.

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

EDuke32 is my favorite however I think Duke 64 is a Better game than vanilla Duke 3D... Also I really want the texture resize modes from GZDooM/Raze added to Eduke32 as well as being able to look directly up and down.

[@davidagiel8130]

Me, which one can I emulate on my phone

[@atifarshad7624]

Personally speaking, I lile Raze the most because all others seem to give me some micro-stutter/jitter whereas Raze seems smoothest to me. That said, EDuke32 is the obvious choice if you want to play Duke mods. RedNukem is the choice if you want demo compatibility

[@StefanMewa]

Raze

[@Konrad-z9w]

Off-topic: I wish the Black Mesa team remade Duke Nukem 3d too

[@thatradiogeek]

no source port. DOSBox.

[@NoldorRanzou]

For multiplayer, NetDuke32 is the way to go. You can even play the Duke64 mod online with it.

[@Thunderwolf666]

Why do you need 15 minutes to say "eDuke"?

[@GAG091186]

I prefer BuildGDX for build engine games (Duke3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior), mainly because of the included multiplayer support.

[@Spat856]

If you wanna aim straight up and down. RAZE is what you want. if not EDuke32 and RedNukem.

[@vendetta6088]

i use raze for the build engine games nowadays. supports 'em all. even powerslave.

[@Orbzy-vt8bu]

Raze plays the best in my opinion

[@apothos666]

When is someone going to make a Duke 3D editor akin to Ultimate Doom Builder? Been waiting for years.

[@thatradiogeek]

it's called Mapster32.

[@Quiver333_real]

Bild Egine

[@justmoritz]

Idk, I hate the high res look of old games. Dosbox ftw

[@dogwaterdrinker1406]

Dosbox no questions asked

[@DinnerForkTongue]

My man on that Chocolate Doom grind.

[@carmelosgro6413]

E duke 32