Quake II RTX
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This page is for the ray-tracing capable version. For the original version, see Quake II. For 2023's Nightdive remaster, see Quake II Enhanced.
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| Developers | |
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| Lightspeed Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Nvidia | |
| Engines | |
| id Tech 2 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 6, 2019 |
| Linux | June 6, 2019 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | FPS |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Quake |
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| Quake | |
|---|---|
| Quake | 1996 |
| Quake II | 1997 |
| Quake III Arena | 1999 |
| Quake 4 | 2005 |
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars | 2007 |
| Quake Live | 2010 |
| Quake II RTX | 2019 |
| Quake Enhanced | 2021 |
| Quake Champions | 2022 |
| Quake II Enhanced | 2023 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Official website | |
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| Official website | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Steam | |
Can be played without Steam running. | |
Version differences
- 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]
- If you don't have original Quake II at the moment of installation and are wishing to switch to original later, just copy (with replacement) all the
.pakfiles from original'sbaseq2directory to the RTXbaseq2directory.
Essential improvements
Enable original soundtrack
- RTX version doesn't include music from original CD version. It can be restored using this guide.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\baseq2\q2config.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
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\baseq2\save\[Note 1] |
| Linux | $HOME/.quake2rtx/baseq2/save/ |
- 14 manual save slots + 1 autosave slot + 1 quicksave slot available.
- Patch 1.6 invalidates all save files from previous versions.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud | Linux and Windows cloud saves are independent. |
Video
Graphics settings for RTX
Graphics settings for OpenGL
Resolution scaling settings
HDR settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Vert- or Hor+, see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | 80-120 | ||
| Windowed | Freely resizeable. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See 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. |
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| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Resolution scale up to 200%, TAA. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | FSR 1.0, TAAU |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | The framerate is capped at 1000 FPS | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | Since 1.6.0 update. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Both multivendor and Nvidia-specific Vulkan raytracing extensions are supported. | ||
Effects settings
Screen settings
Enviroment settings
Photo Mode settings
Renderer differences
RTX
- Uses hardware path tracing, and as such requires graphics card and driver capable of
VK_KHR_ray_queryorVK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipelineVulkan extension. - This means that you an RTX GPU and DX12 DXR ar not needed. For Nvidia, raytracing Vulkan extensions are supported starting from Pascal (10-series) 6 GB cards and work on Windows 7 and up.[2]
- New high resolution models of weapons and items, updated textures and lighting.
- Exposes a wide number of sun position and environment lighting settings.
OpenGL
- Uses OpenGL engine of Q2PRO source port.
- Does not require special hardware.
- On non-RTX hardware, it can be set via command line, see API section.
Widescreen resolution
- Older versions of the program are Vert-. For proper weapon appearance and Hor+ support
cl_adjustfovvariable must be set to 1. See gallery below. - Fix is unnecessary on latest up-to-date version of program.
| Fix weapon appearance, enable Hor+[3] |
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Ultra-widescreen
FOV 90
cl_ajdustfov 0
Ultra-widescreen
FOV 90
cl_ajdustfov 1
4:3
FOV 90
Input
Input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Two keys per action. | |
| Mouse acceleration | No mouse accel present. Mouse filtering available in settings. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Now natively supported in Menu. For old versions: Open the console(~), type seta m_pitch -0.022.[4] |
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| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard legacy key rebinding.
Keyboard weapon key rebinding.
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Semi supported, Music is adjustable separate from master, but no sound effects slider. Ambient sound mute. | |
| Surround sound | Only with OpenAL | |
| Subtitles | No voiceovers. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Use Special K. Does work on the Vulkan RTX version, but can't render a UI, so switch to OpenGL temporarily to adjust options. Global inject works best here. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | [1] | ||
Other information
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| Nvidia 3D Vision | Quake 2 VR RTX and Vk3DVision | ||
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| OpenGL | Disable RTX in video settings, or use +set vid_rtx 0 command line argument.[5] |
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| Vulkan | VK_KHR_ray_query or VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline extension is required. |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| Linux |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL | Option to toggle to software. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3220 AMD equivalent |
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| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon 6800 (Requires Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.12.2 or newer) |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-3220 AMD equivalent |
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| 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.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quake II RTX :: Quake II RTX Installation guide + Multiplayer + FAQ - last accessed on 2019-06-06
- ↑ Vulkan Driver Support - last accessed on 2021-09-14
- ↑ Steam Community - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-07
- ↑ Steam Discussions - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-06
- ↑ Steam Community - Quake II RTX - last accessed on 2019-06-06