Quake II

Quake II

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Vanilla Quake 2 / 3.24 Unofficial Patch / Music
By Stohgee™
An easy way to enjoy Quake 2 without using a major source port, but rather the "3.24 Unofficial" patch by Knightmare with more.
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Update 2023/08/10
I got steam cards for Quake 2 and when I decided to check the store page, it was updated like the original Quake! This guide is probably going to be useless for the future, but I will keep it here for the stubborn few.

Thanks for all the kindness, notes and ratings over the years.
Intro
Warning
Before asking questions, please familiarize yourself with Quake 2 information and how the game works. I do not know everything there is about Quake 2, but if I truly do not know an answer, someone else may be able to chime in. If the question is related to basic file management, I'm afraid you're gonna have to relocate to the nearest help center.
Yes, this is originally from 2013 and the executable has a title with a typo of an old handle of mine. Its embarrassing but live and learn. The window title of the `installer` includes: ShamHawe's Lazy 3.24 Quake II Patcher
Purpose
The provided file is currently a self extracting '.RAR' that currently extracts to the specified folder (in this case, the 'Quake 2' folder itself. Notable Changes: • Update Quake 2 to Knightmare's Unofficial v3.24 Quake 2 • Set Default Resolution to 1280x720 (720p) • Allow other Widescreen modes • Setup no-CD music • Support for Mission Packs (provided base and both expansions already downloaded)

Credits
Download / Usage
Downloads

Applying Package
Back up your config if you hate your controls being messed with. The game is now set for basic controls. If you are a fan of the game and love custom controls, you should already know to manage this, and it is not very difficult to learn. The current controls included are not meant for the experienced users, so I am not concerned about complaints about them. Install path should be similar to: '\steamapps\common\quake 2' folder. Example: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\quake 2'

Integrity / VirusTotal
File Integrity
Quake II 3.24 Vanilla Patch + Music.exe 71.0 MB / 72,761 KB / 74,506,301 bytes SHA1 1ec626d0b1c4534b6695fdf68b6d8e88e4852bb6 SHA-256 e83b2df19e2555aa5ed5722dac963f5a2bb9431b487b440474416c9fb218f898 SHA-512 77a957c590d2b3b768c9ed40d6a38b942546f9d57cdcc6010a09df40907170943dc419cc3edc22f7a282a339993c4962cbaf12733f07e05fabc86aab4acbe080 SHA-384 c277f7c0bbd708089a376e6d124e611127ecbf2b40fa22a1fa082e0762b2e03620add72af93dabe6b6e47c0344ca7f4b

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Notes
I do not plan on answering too many questions going forward. Do not be offended if I do not get back to you.
159 Comments
fdgewrhrqewr 6 Jun @ 6:14pm 
大神,请问如何才能关闭游戏中武器开火时枪口产生的环境光照效果,游戏中开火的时候(尤其在暗处),周围环境会有强烈的光照,特别是霰弹枪类,火箭筒导弹也会在飞行中产生环境光照,这个特效太刺眼了,而我无法在游戏设置中找到关闭这个效果的选项,请问是否有办法关闭游戏中的特效:steamsad:

Great God, may I ask how to turn off the ambient lighting effect generated by the muzzle of weapons when firing in the game? When firing in the game (especially in the dark), there will be strong lighting in the surrounding environment, especially for shotguns. Rocket launchers also generate ambient lighting during flight, which is too dazzling. I cannot find the option to turn off this effect in the game settings. Is there a way to turn off the special effects in the game
Please help me:steamsad:
roberto.silva80050 5 Aug, 2024 @ 9:14am 
não tou conseguindo colocar em tela cheia
Stohgee™  [author] 27 Mar, 2024 @ 9:22pm 
@activa44 this was more or less a way to dump a patch on top of the original release, so it was easier to play on modern platforms with very few fixes to keep the feeling vanilla. It was a lot of work done by Knightmare to do an "unofficial" update to the game that didn't turn it into a source port.

With the re-release on Steam, I will be honest I never dumped the contents of this patch on top of the game yet, I've been having a lot of fun with the remaster.

If you'd like to still apply it, you can simply point the installer to where your Quake 2 installation is after all the game is downloaded and its DLC's (if you have them) and just simply launch quake2 as they keep the remaster stuff in its own folder.

Does the remaster still give you issues? Best of luck!
:cigar:
activa44 26 Mar, 2024 @ 5:15pm 
Hey! What does all this do?
I've been wanting to play this game for 10 years but could never find any solution to play it basically vanilla (as intended when it came out) on a modern system + without the annoying mouse acceleration
Waffle 27 Jun, 2023 @ 11:39pm 
Commander i think you should press F1
Asgth 4 Apr, 2023 @ 10:42am 
Can't get it to do 1920X1080, just 1600X900 and 1920X1440 and when i try to run in fullscreen the game just puts it into windowed anyways.
D0 A BAR3L R011 12 Dec, 2022 @ 2:45am 
thank you i wish i came here first fast easy and from what i can tell there were no viruses thank god
taffer 24 Sep, 2022 @ 5:38am 
Thanks for this patch!
But I have a problem with 1920x1080 resolution. At this setting I can only see part of the screen, it's just cropped. Does anyone else have this ussie?
LIVOS 10 Apr, 2022 @ 4:27am 
Thank you for uploading this, finally a simple patch that let's you play with music and texture filtering off! KMQuake for example can't do both.
Captain Gimli 5 Feb, 2022 @ 9:31am 
Simple and effective, thanks for linking this patch to the nostalgia experience =)