Know of any good Quake 2 engines?

[ShawnD1]

I bought the ID Software megapack on Steam, and I'm getting into downloading a lot of custom content. NewWolf is an engine that runs Wolfenstein3D in OpenGL, ZDoomGL runs Doom, Heretic, and Hexen in OpenGL, and ZQuakeGL makes Quake 1 look better than Crysis. I assume someone has made something like ZQuake for Quake 2, but I can't find anything.

Does anyone remember using a user-made engine to run Quake 2?

 

[xtabi]

I remember trying the ZQuakeGL a while back. That was really cool because I grew up playing Quake World waaayy back when it first came out . So the GL lighting effects that were added with the MOD were pretty cool to see.

Sorry I have never tried anything like that for Q2.

GL in your search.

 

[BlueWeasel]

While the Q1 engines are still being updated, the Q2 ones seem to have died. Here's a couple that I have tried.

EGL
Quake 2 Evolved
Q2 High Resolution Texture Packs (good overall source)

 

[Fenriss]

ZQuakeGL? i'm guessing it's like a high texture/Lighting patch for quake? gotta try this. quake is one of my favs. wouldn't mind playing it again.

 

[Robert Munch]

Originally posted by: Fenriss
ZQuakeGL? i'm guessing it's like a high texture/Lighting patch for quake? gotta try this. quake is one of my favs. wouldn't mind playing it again.

there's also co-op servers available for the reg maps and expansion packs that are free.

 

[ShawnD1]

Thanks Blue!

Fenriss, ZQuakeGL doesn't include any new textures or lighting files or anything. It uses the same textures that were used 13 years ago, but renders them differently. The most noticeable difference is that motion has a lot more frames, so things look a lot smoother. Quake is notoriously bad for things jerking and warping around when they move (Quake Wars is by far the worst), but ZQuake fixes that. If only those guys at ZQuake could re-make the Quake Wars engine, that game would look a hell of a lot better.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Fenriss
ZQuakeGL? i'm guessing it's like a high texture/Lighting patch for quake? gotta try this. quake is one of my favs. wouldn't mind playing it again.

Development of Q1 engines is still going strong. Be sure to check out:

Quake Retexturing Project
nQuake
ezQuake
QRack
DarkPlaces

If any is up for some casual Q1 online play, please send me a PM. I enjoy 1-on-1 or Co-Op, and those matchups are getting hard to find these days.