Guess what I opened up today...

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:15 am

:icon25:

So, around 7, maybe 8 years ago, my friend bought

for me for my birthday. Well, at the time, the PC I had was absolute shit, and I couldn't even run it, so it stayed in the shrinkwrap. I thought I'd either return it, or get a better computer eventually and could run it then.

Well, I stayed with my Mac(s) for a few years. I'm not sure if

was ever released on Mac, but I never bothered installing it.

Then about 18 months ago I built this PC. By now, I had long forgotten that I owned a copy of

. Until recently when visiting my mom, I found it in my old closet. Still shrinkwrapped. So I brought it back, and today I opened and installed it.

I've briefly played parts of the game, only the first 1/2 or so. So this weekend will be my virgin

experience. Wish me luck.

P.S. Any

levels, add-ons, etc. I should check out once I play through it?

Post by **feedback** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:17 am

gl_shadows 1

Post by **U4EA** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:18 am

It's like a mini time capsule. I've heard Ground Zero (commercial expansion) is great :icon14:

Post by **Duhard** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:19 am

I suggest you check out this thread mate

oh and congratulations...you just opened up the greatest game ever.

Post by **Duhard** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:22 am

U4EA wrote:It's like a mini time capsule. I've heard Ground Zero (commercial expansion) is great :icon14:

I bought extremities a long time ago and it's dynamite...you get the eraser bot mod and many many popular mods plus a 64 map pack of the greatest maps ever done for q2...

Post by **Canis** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:30 am

You'll notice that after playing Q3 and other online FPS games of high-action, Q2 will be a piece of cake, especially once you know the levels. It's a lot harder if you try to be cautious....just go in guns blazing and you'll win no problem.

...actually never mind all that. Revel in the game experience for a classic game times.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:27 am

Check out ztn's maps for some quality DM. Q2 CTF kicks ass too, probably the best of the Quake series.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 3:33 am

Still one of my all time favorites. Guaranteed to always be installed.

Post by **U4EA** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 4:13 am

Duhard wrote:you get the eraser bot mod ..

Oh man, I played VQ2 with the Eraser bot religiously for like a year before Q3 came out. Rarely got to play Q2 on LAN, but I smoked all my friends when I did get the chance.

edit: Or was it the Gladiator bot?

Post by **inphlict** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:43 pm

I wanted to try quake2 again...

I downloaded Quake II Advanced http://www.q2players.org/q2advance/ and installed it but when I try to start it up I get a whitish grey screen that doesn't go away just hangs there and I have to ctrl + alt + del to get out of quake2.

It's a fresh install of quake2 full game with 3.20, I really want to try Quake II Advanced.

Quake2 runs fine but Quake II Advanced doesn't start up!

I have a 9700 PRO with 128Mb & 4.12 drivers but I'm sure that's not the problem because every other game I have runs with no flaws. Doom3, Resurrection of Evil, Steam HL2 / CSS, Pariah, Second Sight, etc..

Any suggestions?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:49 pm

If you had kept it shrink wrapped you might have been able to get a good price for it from some crazy collector

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:55 pm

Quake 2 Advance:

Quake II Evolved:

HMMM.

Post by **inphlict** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:58 pm

I already commented on how sweet it looks, I'll definitely get it when you guys release it but for now I want to try advance..

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:19 pm

o'dium, I've been using

Evolved, but that looks different. Upcoming conversion? Entirely new textures it looks like. Neat.

BTW, I really do like the movement in

. It feels very free. The last time I played it was at nVidia. I had a friend in high school whose dad worked there. Went in with them one day and got to play on some testing machines on one of the earlier nVidia cards. The game fucking blew me away. I just sat in the dark for like 5 minutes fireing the blaster away and watching it illuminate the walls. Good times.

Post by **o'dium** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:21 pm

Quake II Evolved is now using a Per Pixel Renderer, alowing us to have per pixel lighting and shadowing on everything in the world. The whole lighting system is unified, from the shadows of a brush, down to the angles of a normal mapped texture.

ATM, this version of Quake II Evolved is not released, its still work in progress, but everything is being remade now to take advantage of this technology. Even the barrels

http://www.quake2evolved.com/blurforum/ ... stid=11351

Post by **random name** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:46 pm

Quake II sucked when it was new, I can't for the life of me imagine it's been getting any better with time.

Post by **Scourge** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:52 pm

random name wrote:Quake II sucked when it was new, I can't for the life of me imagine it's been getting any better with time.

Well, not everyone has to like it.

Post by **random name** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:58 pm

The original Quake on the other hand, now there was a game worth it's money.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:16 pm

Quake 2 is my favourite game of all time.

There. I said it.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:25 pm

Kracus wrote:If you had kept it shrink wrapped you might have been able to get a good price for it from some crazy collector

i dont know how much money it would have fetched but its cool having something shrink wrapped. i would have just gotten another copy of q2 and played that instead.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:27 pm

Oh well. Too late now.

BTW, leaving Warehouse 2, I keep dieing on the convater belt. I tried to duck, but I still seem to die. Do I not go through that?

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:33 pm

i can't remeber, but i'm guessing if you can't get inside the containers (if there are any) it's not the way out.

Usually exits are lifts or buttons.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:02 am

phantasmagoria wrote:i can't remeber, but i'm guessing if you can't get inside the containers (if there are any) it's not the way out.

Usually exits are lifts or buttons.

Or double doors.

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:30 am

I don't know wtf was going on, I went through it again and the level ended.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:46 am

indeed, that is the way to end that level
weird that you kept dying though