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In a more abstract sense, the Doom engine is the use of the Doom source code or the executable parts as a starting point for another game. This enumeration also contained the engine for Doom 3, known as id Tech 4, id Tech 6 which powers Doom (2016), and the newest id Tech 7 engine used by Doom Eternal. Note that id sometimes officially refers to the Doom engine as id Tech 1 in their new game engine naming scheme, which was established after work began on the engine known as id Tech 5, which powered Rage. The released source code, that includes some differences from the DOS incarnations to make the code more portable, is conveniently marked as version 1.10. The latest version of the engine released for the games is the one included with version 1.9 of each game, although slightly modified versions were later issued with The Ultimate Doom and then Final Doom ( John Carmack, the main programmer, was not really involved in those two releases, and they are marked as "v1.9" notwithstanding the differences).

Additionally, the engine includes a sound management system, of which, unlike the rendering and networking functionality, the sources were not fully released to the public, as they included proprietary code written by Paul Radek. The engine is composed of a rendering engine which structures game levels and handles movement, effects, and obstructions during play, and an auxiliary Doom networking component to connect computers during multiplayer games.
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Various versions of the engine were released by id Software for the PC games, one per release but often shared by both games, as the same executables are used for both, only renamed accordingly. In a strict sense, the engine is the executable elements of the games, based on the corresponding source code, as opposed to WAD and lump files. The name Doom engine refers to the parts of the software that power or run the Doom and Doom II games, as opposed to the assets and resources (data) of said games.
