Most older games were not created to take advantage of the Internet and the low latency, high bandwidth Internet connections available to computer gamers today. Several source ports have been created for various games specifically to address online multiplayer support. Common examples of additions include support for higher video resolutions and different aspect ratios, hardware accelerated renderers ( OpenGL and/or Direct3D), enhanced input support (including the ability to map controls onto additional input devices), 3D character models (in case of 2.5D games), higher resolution textures, support to replace MIDI with digital audio ( MP3, Ogg Vorbis, etc.), and enhanced multiplayer support using the Internet. While the primary goal of any source port is compatibility with newer hardware, many projects support other enhancements.
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DarkPlaces consists of a source port engine and a gameplay mod that are even distributed separately ). However many source ports add support for gameplay mods, which is usually optional (e.g. Source ports share the similarity with unofficial patches that both don't change the original gameplay as such projects are by definition mods.
Source ports are in no way meant to encourage copyright infringement of software. A legitimate source port includes only the engine portion of the game and requires that the data files of the game in question already be present on users' systems.
Since the majority of Doom players were DOS users the first step for a fan project was to port the Linux source code to DOS. Due to copyright issues concerning the sound library used by the original DOS version, id Software released only the source code to the Linux version of the game. The term was coined after the release of the source code to Doom. Source ports are often created by fans after the original developer hands over the maintenance support for a game by releasing its source code to the public (see List of commercial video games with later released source code).
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