Little update on this. So BTSX doesn't seem to run on the last DOS version of Vavoom (which is a few years old.) It crashes with a "level name too long" error or something like that. I don't know enough about Doom modding to do anything about it, but it sounds fixable.
No matter, because I have a new favorite engine port: Doomsday! It doesn't run under DOS but it does run on both my Linux and MacOSX laptops and supports all the modern features you'd expect. It's way less finicky than GZDoom and has really nice lighting and graphics options. It also supports the Oculus Rift but I haven't had time to dig mine out and try it yet. 😎
So as much as I liked the idea of playing on my DOS machine, I can always use Old Doom if I want to do that. Shame Doomsday doesn't run Strife.
Anyway, enjoy some BTSX E1L1 scenery porn:
"Vanilla" rendering
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"Amplified" rendering
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(I left the framerate counter on so you guys can laugh at my wimpy laptop GPU. It does run at full framerate with all the features on on the Macbook though.)
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