Plugins are automatically detected by Doomsday. Each plugin is given a chance to hook onto tasks to perform various functions, including audio playback, translation of data/definition resources and provide game mechanics/simulations.

Official plugins

The following plugins are distributed along with Doomsday:

===== Games ===== * [[libdoom]] * [[libheretic]] * [[libhexen]] ===== Audio ===== * [[direct_sound]] * [[fluid_synth]] * [[fmod_ex]] * [[open_al]] | ===== Miscellaneous ===== * [[deh_read]] * [[id_tech_1_converter]] * [[savegame_converter]]