noob question

[DooMMooD]

this is a noob question i know, but ive played Doom for a while and ive never heard of zDoom, zDaemon, or jDoom. so someone please, tell me what they are?
*confused*

[Wicked Anime Kid]

Ok, it's ok to ask these things because we all once where n00bs;)

OK those are sourceports and each of them are known for they're own specific speciality:D

Legacy is known because of realy 3d floors
jDoom is known because of it's eyecandy for doom:D

And all of them have expansion wads and stuff to make it better:)
jDoom for instance has 3d mdoel capabilty (that look darn good), soon real-time rendered shadows and stuff like that
Legacy has 3d floors which makes mapping for doom more attractive:D

site's:
www.doomsdayhq.com
http://legacy.newdoom.com
www.zdoom.org

[Player_of_Doom]

If you have a nice graphics card and processor, get JDoom. If you prefer nice levels, ZDoom has tons of them. Nimrod for Legacy is a great Doom Conversion as well.

[Exl]

A "source port" is, in the meaning of Doom, an enhanced version of the original Doom engine. And when I say enhanced I mean really enhanced. They only require the doom IWAD (data) file to run. They also have the ability to run Doom 1, The Ultimate Doom, Doom 2 and any of the final Dooms. Some even have the ability to run Heretic or Hexen.

[The Mastermind]

Sourceports are fantastic. If you want to play online, use ZDaemon. It uses the ZDoom engine I believe :D

[Exl]

ZDoom 1.23 to be precise. Skulltag on the other hand uses ZDoom 2.0.43 or 47i or something.

[The Mastermind]

Interesting. Do you think they'll update ZDaemon with a higher ZDoom soon?

[Exl]

From what I've heard\read, no. They're keeping it really old-skool.