Quake 2 in Windows XP?

[Gigantopithecus]

The imminent release of Quake 4 made me remember how much fun Quake 2 was. The only question is, can you run it reliably/smoothly in Windows XP?

From the id website:
A 100% Windows 95/98/ME/NT 4.0/2000-compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for CD-ROM drive , video card, sound card and input devices).

Am I correct in assuming since it will run in 2000 it will run in XP?

(Note, my system meets the 90mhz Pentium cpu & 24mb ram requirements. )

 

[Whitecloak]

yes

 

[xtknight]

Yes.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Yes.

Just say no when it wants to install some really old DirectX.

 

[yourdeardaniel]

yep.
was more fun when there was lotsa players and they were on dialup though and before hacks

 

[Powermoloch]

Si senior

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Yes.

 

[blurredvision]

Can it be downloaded for free somewhere?

 

[jazzboy]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
Can it be downloaded for free somewhere?

Don't think so. As a matter of fact I don't think you can even download quake 1 for free yet.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: jazzboy

Originally posted by: blurredvision
Can it be downloaded for free somewhere?

Don't think so. As a matter of fact I don't think you can even download quake 1 for free yet.

you can't download doom or wolf3d

 

[SonicIce]

the cd installer works fine in xp for me. get latest patch if your cd is old.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Works fine in XP - I play it all the time.

Quake 2 source code has been released for, but it obviously doesn't include all the content (textures, maps, sounds, etc.)

 

[shortylickens]

Almost perfect with the Original CD. No Patches.
But the CD music doesnt always work correctly. Sometimes I have to go outside and use Windows Media Player.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Almost perfect with the Original CD. No Patches.
But the CD music doesnt always work correctly. Sometimes I have to go outside and use Windows Media Player.

Try this in console:
s_primary 0
snd_restart

or s_primary 1 if 0 doesn't work. I can't remember which one you need to use.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Try this in console:
s_primary 0
snd_restart
or s_primary 1 if 0 doesn't work. I can't remember which one you need to use.

DUDE!
You are my new best friend

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
DUDE!
You are my new best friend

Which was it, s_primary 0? Also you may have to modify your config.cfg (use Wordpad) if Quake 2 doesn't save it. But you don't need to put snd_restart in config.cfg. Just search for the variable and replace that 1 with a 0 or whichever.

There's a few more secrets of q2 too:

Seen this? q2advance: http://www.q2players.org/show_news.php?id=247

Makes your q2 look like...damn good graphics-wise. Also if you think XP makes your mouse feel weird in q2 there's a command called m_xp in that q2advance I believe.

 

[ZoSo]

Sure does, I also have Quake on my system