Quake II

Quake II

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Easy Quake 2 Vanilla Build
By Sai'lanthresh
Quake 2 as "Vanilla" as possible on a modern setup, with Original Soundtrack, Widescreen and Upscaled Textures.
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Source Port
-Go to https://www.yamagi.org/quake2/, scroll down, and download the latest release of the "PRECOMPILED WINDOWS BINARIES" in the "OFFICIAL DOWNLOADS" (Currently 8.41).

-Extract it (7-zip), then paste the contents of "quake2- 8.41" in your "steamapps/common/Quake2" folder, this will replace existing files.

Music
The OST files are not included in the Steam release, here is the fix:

-Go to https://thathomestar.tumblr.com/post/175310498677/quake-and-quake-2-soundtrack-download-links.

-Download the "Quake 2 + Mission Packs Soundtrack", extract it, then paste the "music" folder into your "steamapps/common/Quake2/baseq2/" folder.

AI Upscaled Textures (Optional)
-Go to https://www.moddb.com/mods/quake-2-neural-upscale

-Download the latest release, extract it, then paste the ".pkz" files into your "steamapps/common/Quake2/baseq2/" folder.

-RENAME THE ".pkz" FILES TO ".zip", else they wont be detected.

Profit
-You can launch Quake 2 and the Mission Packs directly from your Steam Library.

-You need to set the video renderer to OpenGL, then configure your resolution.

-I advise to play without Vertical Synchronisation, the game will lock at 300FPS.

-I also advise 8x multisampling, wich is sufficient to get rid of any aliasing.

Good Luck and Have Fun.

Advanced
There is a .cfg file for the base game and another one for each Mission Pack, they are placed into your "Users/Username/Documents/YamagiQ2" folder.

The "baseq2" subfolder is for the base game, the "rogue" one (no pun intended) is for Ground Zero and the "xatrix" one is for The Reckoning.

74 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:
Sai'lanthresh  [author] 17 Feb @ 8:18am 
It works with both, but was made when enhanced was not a thing, honestly I'll advise to just play enhanced as is, it has updated models and the OST is playing as intended. GLHF man.
Lord Haart 17 Feb @ 3:37am 
Is this guide for Quake 2 or Quake 2 enhanced ?
Hurdor703 9 Mar, 2024 @ 3:59pm 
i'm a day late, but thank you for this!!! :steamhappy:
Cheesecake 6 Aug, 2023 @ 7:41pm 
Nice
exojjl2 5 Jul, 2023 @ 3:39am 
cool thanks I love you in a non gay kind of way
Nik2Ez 2 Jul, 2023 @ 10:06am 
Thanks alot this makes it so much better. Should have been like this fromn the start(on steam)
Wakaranai 1 Jul, 2023 @ 10:08pm 
this is how the game should be running from the begining, thanks you so much ! :HappyEshe: :steamthumbsup:
exXus 2 May, 2023 @ 1:14pm 
Thanks!
Musgrain 11 Mar, 2023 @ 7:30am 
Thankyou!