Doom Eternal felt like it was missing something from the beginning. Where was the pistol? The pistol was cut from DOOM Eternal before release, and a lot of players missed having one available to them. But it looks like the data for the pistol ended up in the final cut of the game, so PC players can actually get it and use it.
The Pistol
Several DOOM games have had pistols; even the last DOOM, released in 2016 had one. So loads of fans had pistol-sized holes in their hearts, and were psyched to hear that it actually was possible to play with it, even after it had been scrapped.
The pistol had both single-shot and burst-shot modes, which makes it appealing to different types of players. It was originally removed from the game because ID thought the gun didn't mesh with the combat flow of the rest of the game. The pistol isn't the strongest weapon in the game, certainly not strong enough to kill Marauders in DOOM Eternal.
How to Do It
Like most mods, including the Animal Crossing/DOOM 2 crossover mod, players will have to have DOOM Eternal for PC. Twitter user Dave Oshry, who is a senior director at RocketWerkz, tweeted that he used a command in the dev console to be able to play with the pistol. To get it, players will have to download Cheat Engine on their PC. Then, they will have to download the associated file for DOOM Eternal.
While players are waiting for those to dowload, they can check out DOOM 1 and DOOM 2, which are both hidden in DOOM Eternal. Once those are both downloaded, players will have to open up DOOM Eternal, then open the associated DOOM Eternal file in Cheat Engine. Click Select Process to Open in Cheat Engine, and select DOOM Eternal. Click the box to the left of the purple text that ends in ‘release-pc-hotfix2.' It will open a sub menu and cross the boxes next to both the console command and the noclip command.
Hop back into DOOM Eternal, hit the Tilde button to open the dev console. In the console, type give weapon/player/pistol, and then hit enter. The pistol should spawn in the Doom Slayer's hands. It's certainly not the best or worst weapon in DOOM Eternal but it certainly is fun to play with.
DOOM Eternal is available for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, IBM PC compatible, Google Stadia, and Microsoft Windows.
Source: IGN