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This page is for the ray-tracing capable version. For the original 1997 game, see Quake II.

Quake II RTX
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Release dates
WindowsJune 6, 2019
LinuxJune 6, 2019

Quake Epsilon is a graphically enhanced build of shareware Quake 1 for Windows/Linux/Mac, which can be upgraded to the full version of Quake along with it's mission packs Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity by copying the full-version.pak files into the correct folders. Quake II is a first-person shooter video game released in December 1997. It was developed by id Software and published by Activision.It is not a direct sequel to Quake; id decided to revert to an existing trademark when the game's fast-paced, tactile feel felt closer to a Quake game than a new franchise. The game's storyline is continued in its expansions and Quake 4. Quake 2 RTX Demo Crashing on Start #39 opened Jul 23, 2019 by deltamish. Announcement: SIGGRAPH presentation on lighting in Q2RTX #38. I'm Having trouble to play Quake 2 and Rayman 2 for the playstation. Both games start ok, but after some gameplay, about 10 - 15 minutes the game crashes and goes to the game list selection on retropie menu. I'm using Lr-Pcsx- ReARMed 1.7.6 r22. Berzerk2002: Place the Yamagi files into your Quake 2 game folder, then start the game using 'yquake2.exe' and then change the resolution to whatever you want in the games video options. I don't see that file name in my Quake 2 folder.

  • 1Availability
  • 2Game data
  • 3Video settings
    • 3.1Renderer differences
  • 5Audio settings
  • 6Network
  • 7Other information
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General information

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Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Official website
Steam Can be played without Steam running.

Version differences[edit]

When launching the game for the first time, you have the option to play the free shareware version of the game. To get access to the full game, files from original Quake II need to be located during initial installation process.[1]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>baseq2q2config.cfg[Note 1]
Linux $HOME/.quake2rtx/baseq2/q2config.cfg
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>baseq2save[Note 1]
Linux $HOME/.quake2rtx/baseq2/save/

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.
Resolution scaling settings.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolutionVert- or Hor+, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)80-120
WindowedFreely resizeable.
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)16x (not configurable) in RTX mode; 8x (configurable with the gl_anisotropy console variable) in OpenGL mode.
Anti-aliasing (AA)Resolution scale up to 200% and TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPSThe framerate is capped at 1000 FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracingOnly available on Nvidia hardware.

Renderer differences[edit]

RTX[edit]

Uses hardware path tracing, and as such requires graphics card and driver capable of VK_NV_ray_tracing Vulkan extension.
New high resolution models of weapons and items, updated textures and lighting.
Exposes a wide number of sun position and environment lighting settings.

OpenGL[edit]

Uses OpenGL engine of Q2PRO source port.
Does not require special hardware.
On non-RTX hardware can be set via command line, see API section.
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Widescreen resolution[edit]

Older versions of the program are Vert-. For proper weapon appearance and Hor+ support cl_adjustfov variable must be set to 1. See gallery below.
Fix is unnecessary on latest up-to-date version of program.
Fix weapon appearance, enable Hor+[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open or create text file autoexec.cfg using Notepad or other text editor.
  3. Paste seta cl_adjustfov '1' line there.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Launch the game.
  • Ultra-widescreen
    FOV 90
    cl_ajdustfov 0

  • Ultra-widescreen
    FOV 90
    cl_ajdustfov 1

  • 4:3
    FOV 90

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingTwo keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversionOpen the console(~), type seta m_pitch -0.022.[3]
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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  • Keyboard rebinding.

  • Keyboard legacy key rebinding.

  • Keyboard weapon key rebinding.

Audio settings[edit]

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Audio settings.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controlsMaster only. Ambient sound mute.
Surround soundOnly with OpenAL
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

TypeNativeNotes
Local play
LAN play
Online play[1]

Other information[edit]

Launch

API[edit]

Quake
Technical specsSupportedNotes
OpenGLDisable RTX in video settings, or use +set vid_rtx 0command line argument.[4]
VulkanVK_NV_ray_tracing extension is required.

Middleware[edit]

MiddlewareNotes
AudioOpenALOption to toggle to software.

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System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)7
Processor (CPU)Intel Core i3-3220
AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS)Ubuntu 16.04.6
Processor (CPU)Intel Core i3-3220
AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

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A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

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  1. 1.01.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

  1. 1.01.1Quake II RTX :: Quake II RTX Installation guide + Multiplayer + FAQ - last accessed on 2019-06-06
  2. Steam Community - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-07
  3. Steam Discussions - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-06
  4. Steam Community - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-06