This is the real deal: the complete experience. Sound FX AND music. Rock hard with some truly powerful guitar riffs or immerse yourself in the dystopian
futuristic ambiance with dark electronic soundscapes as you blast Strogg
legions into the stratosphere. This, is the definitive way to play Quake 2.
HOW TO USE THE MOD (KMQuake2 sourceport required!):
1) Extract the archive.
2) Rename the file Q2HM_2.0.pak to pak9.pak and place it into the 'baseq2' directory,
which is inside your Quake II folder. That's it. You're all set for the SFX part of
the mod. Play the game!
If so happens, that you already have a pak9.pak inside your 'baseq2' folder - then
use any other number between 9 and 99 - but it has to be higher than whatever you have
inside 'baseq2'. If you have a previous version of Q2HM there, - just overwrite it, or
delete prior to. You won't need that one anymore, it is thoroughly obsolete.
FOR THE MUSIC PART:
1) Download the FULL VERSION of the mod. NOT the lite SFX-only version.
2) Extract archive. There will be a folder called "music". Copy it (and everything in it)
to your "baseq2" folder inside your Quake II directory. The tracks will NOT(!) play yet,
because they are in separate subfolders.
3) Inside the "music" folder, there are two subfolders: "electronic" and "rock". Go into
either one of these (whatever you desire to hear in-game) and copy (or move) all ten
tracks directly to "baseq2\music". NOW, you're all set.
4) Play the game! Should you want to switch the soundtrack to the other style - just put
back the tracks (or delete, depending whether you copied or moved them previously),
and copy or move the other ten tracks from the respective folder to "baseq2\music".
***Make sure you also enable OGG Vorbis music playback in the game options.
Enjoy the game!
Congrats! I've never played Quake 2, but will do due to your mod.
Incredible! I guess that's the highest honor one can achieve: turning a game others don't play - into a one that they do. Can't get any better than that.
I stand in humble awe and a bow.
Though I haven't even launched Q2HM 2.0 properly yet, but i'll let you in on a secret: ANOTHER balance/gameplay/soundscape mod is coming at ya: i fixed Wrath: Aeon of Ruin!!! And now it's absolutely fantastic. The vanilla Wrath: Aeon of Ruin is a deeply flawed oddity, but UN-Wrath: Aeon of Fun (modded and fixed by yours truly, lol) - is terrific! The mod is very similar to Doom-3-Bravo, only smaller and it's all about action-action, not survival horror. (more details when i announce the mod) Expect me to rid the game of all the design blunders and similar nonsense. It's going back to 1993 Doom! Ask me for ETA?! Version 1.0 is already completed - i just need a few more days of testing and upload the thing to Moddb!!!
P.S. i am not done with Q2HM either... \m/
I got enhanced quake. Now I will take a look if I should revert to vanilla to play with this mod :P
Well, I played Quake 2 and I regret the purchase. I don't find it a good game.
Hexen, doom and the others at least have a distinct graphic, memorable enemies and their sprites are pretty cool. And levels don't seem to be always the same.
Quake 2, on the other hand, seems to be an industrial complex with the same textures over and over and no distinct location. Doom 3 has closed buildings, but at least I have a few locations in my mind that were pretty great.
I'll see if Wrath is worth it :P
(By the way, I had thought you were talking about the heretic mod for a moment. But no :P, sadly...)
In the end, we all have different tastes. I happen to like Quake2 to the extent of it being my top favorite FPS of all time. The textures and the level style, the enemies and the precision-paced combat -
is exactly what i love about it. And today, as a designer - i also praise it for masterfully achieving the maximum effect with a rather minimalistic art-direction. Even though i'd certainly improve that too, if i could. Although, that was not always the case. Many years ago - i was of a similar opinion to yours. Back then i was known for criticizing Quake2 for "not being fantasy enough" and such. And i came to play (and like it) only after the appearance of Quake2MAX engine (currently obsolete). My guess is, spurred by the impotence of the most FPS games that were to come.
That, and my own design preferences as they evolved.
If anything, the "enhanced" Quake2 was not a good idea to begin with, since it absolutely DOES NOT play like Quake2. It plays like a mod, and a bad mod at that. Besides, the visual effects are much prettier in KMQuake2, explosions, water, tracers and all that. Your best option was Quake2 Quad Damage edition, if that ever becomes relevant.
As for Heretic, sadly, it got pushed further away from the further
away that is was sitting in. Even my Doom project will most likely be limited too.