How To Install Berserker Mod Quake 2

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Play Quake II with Berserker@Quake2

Quake 2 was created for Windows 95/98 systems. Installation onto a 64 bits version of Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7 seems to be possible and the game also starts properly. However, getting the game going in full screen is a challenge. Resolutions higher than 1600x1200 are not available. And you can only look around with your mouse by pressing a key. All in all pretty 90s!

So you can head over to GOG.com and download the complete Quake II: Quad Damage game. It includes Quake II, The Reckoning and Ground Zero mission packs, AND the Extremities Netpack. Awesome.

But, as with almost all games on this website, there's also a source port available for Quake 2. And it's a good one. Only downside is that it's hosted on a Russian website. So you have to look carefully between all the Russian characters. Visit the project website at http://berserker.quakegate.ru if you like. Thankfully, you can also download full packages from moddb.com.

  1. —Quake 2 Manual The Berserker is a fast humanoid Strogg that only uses melee attacks. It appears to have been created from captured humans, which is both visually apparent from the human torso and head with drastic cybernetic augmentations, and also based on the fact that a Berserker will utter the English word 'Trespasser' on visual contact.
  2. Download quake2xp for free. QuakeIIxp is a multi-platform (windows, linux and freeBSD (experemental)) graphics port of the game Quake II developed by Id Software. Completely updated rendering takes full advantage of the latest graphics cards to get the perfect picture, preserving the original style of the game.

So, what do you need to get this thing going?

Stuff you need

  • A decent graphics card
  • The original Quake 2 game
  • The Berserker@Quake2 program files (see below)

How To Install Berserker Mod Quake 2 Mod

How To Install Berserker Mod Quake 2

Quake and Quake 2 HD. This is an overview video for the enhanced graphics mods Quake Epsilon and Quake 2 Berserker. Always wanted to play the Quake games wit. Install Steam login. Berserker Mod / Texture Pack. Extract the files to Steam steamapps common Quake 2 and run berserker.exe. I am using v1.45 on Slackware linux v14.2 64 bit. Built easily enough and runs great, even online. I had a lot of problems with quake2xp online with linux, plus berserker is much more scalable and possesses a lustre no other engine mod has, and I can run it to the max.

Install Quake 2

  • Install Quake 2, in this example the game is installed in c:gamesquake2
  • Choose full installation!

Download and install Berserker@Quake2 files

  • Download the 1.46 package at ModDB
  • Copy the contents to the Quake 2 game folder, in this case c:gamesquake2
  • If you want to use the high resolution pack (highly recommended!) you have to download an additional file of 500+ MB. Download the _BersPak1.pk2 file from the berserker website (scroll down) and copy it to the baseq2 folder of the Quake 2 installation folder, in this case c:gamesquake2baseq2

Start and configure the game

  • Start Quake 2 by double clicking the Berserker.exe file in the Quake 2 installation folder, in this case c:gamesquake2Berserker.exe
  • Initial startup may take some time, because cache files need to be created. Be patient!
  • Enter the menu by pressing the esc key
  • Choose the video option
    • Choose the appropriate video mode, wide screen variants start after the last 4:3 mode (2048x1536), press enter to do a video restart
    • Set fullscreen to yes if you want to play the game in fullscreen mode
    • Set anisotrophy to level 16
    • Choose more options... and check if the settings are ok
    • Press esc twice to return to the main menu
  • Choose the options option
    • Set crosshair to something more convenient
    • Customize controls by checking settings at custom controls 1 and 2
    • Press esc once or twice to return the main menu
  • Choose the game option
    • Choose the options option
    • Choose the game flags option
    • Set infinite ammo to no for a more intense game experience :-)
    • Press esc twice and choose one of the difficulty levels to start the game!

Screen brightness

Mod

The Berserker@Quake2 application tends to increase the brightness of the screen. When the application is closed, these settings stay enabled. After a system restart with Windows 7, default brightness will be restored. In Windows 8, the brightness remains increased even after a restart until you set them to default with your video driver software. In Windows 10, brightness goes back to normal after the application closes.

Yamagi Quake II is an alternative client for id Softwares Quake II. Ourgoal is to provide the best Quake II experience possible, we strive topreserve the game play as it was back in 1997. Thus we aim mostly forbug fixes, stability and gentle enhancements were appropriate.

Features

Yamagi Quake II has a lot of unique features. The most notables onesare:

  • A modern OpenGL 3.2 renderer, providing a greatly enhanced look andfeel. The original OpenGL 1.4 and even the Software renderers arestill supported. Both 3D accelerated renderers support anisotropicfiltering and multisampling anti aliasing.
  • Full support for widescreen displays and arbitrary resolutions. TheHUD can be scaled to be readable on HiDPI displays.
  • Support for surround sound, from stereo up to 7.1 channels and evenHRTF. The background music can be played from OGG/Vorbis files, a CDdrive is no longer necessary.
  • A rewritten savegame system. Yamagi Quake II savegames are completelyreliable and backward compatible between releases.
  • Highly precise timings. For example, on a flat panel display with a59.95 hertz refresh rate and vertical synchronisation (vsync) enabledYamagi Quake II is running at exactly 59.95 frames per second.
  • In comparison with the original client over 1.500 bugs were fixed. TheYamagi Quake II client is very well tested and stable. The dedicatedserver is able to run for weeks without a single restart. Last but notleast the code is fully 64 bit clean and highly portable.

Yamagi Quake II supports the following platforms:

  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • OpenBSD
  • Windows

Some additional platforms are supported by the community. Yamagi QuakeII works on them, but there may be bugs. The Yamagi Quake II developersmay not be able to fix these bugs due to the lack of required hardwareor software:

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  • Haiku
  • Mac OS
  • NetBSD
  • Solaris

News

On 2020-10-17 Yamagi Quake II version 7.45 was released. Changesare:

  • Fix some input option not getting saved.
  • Limit busywaits to the full client. This lowers the cpu consumptionof q2ded considerably.
  • Rework the build system to be more distribution friendly. The baseCFLAGS and LDFLAGS can now be overridden by the environment and byoptions passed to make. (by Simon McVittie)
  • Fix some corner cases of broken IPv6 connectivity.
  • Fix qport colliding between several Yamagi Quake II clients.
  • Keyboard keys unknown to Yamagi Quake II can now be bound.
  • Adaptive vsync is now supported by setting r_vsync to 1.
  • Implement coop_pickup_weapons. When set to 1, a weapon may bepicked up by coop players if the player doesn`t have the weapon intheir inventory or no other player has already picked it up.
  • In coop elevators wait for coop_elevator_delay seconds.
  • If cl_anglekick is set 1 angle kicks are ignored. This breaksthe gameplay a little bit, but helps against motion sickness. Thiscvar is cheat protected.
  • Add listmaps command and autocompletion for maps. (by JBerg)
  • Make wait in scripts wait for 17 ms. This fixes some movementmakros.
  • Support for Haiku. (by David Carlier)
  • Add a mods submenu. (by earth-metal)
  • Add the vstr command and nextdemo cvar. Ported from ioquake3.(by Denis Pauk)

Note: The Windows binaries were repacked on 2020-11-27 to include anewer opengl32.dll working around abug causingcrashed in some situations.

On 2020-02-24 Three Wave Capture The Flag version 1.07 wasreleased. Changes are:

  • Small bugfixes.

On 2020-02-24 The Reckoning version 2.08 was released. Changesare:

  • Several fixes for subtle bugs (by BjossiAlfreds)

On 2020-02-24 Ground Zero version 2.07 and was released. Changesare:

  • Several fixes for subtle bugs (by BjossiAlfreds)
Mods

Downloads

Source code archives for the official releases. Instructions forcompiling the source into binaries are included:

  • Yamagi Quake II Client and Dedicated Server: Yamagi Quake II, Version7.45
  • Three Wave Capture the Flag: Three Wave Capture the Flag, Version1.07
  • The Reckoning: The Reckoning, Version2.08
  • Ground Zero: Ground Zero, Version2.07

Precompiled Windows binaries: Yamagi Quake II forWindowsPrecompiled Mac OS binaries (unofficial): Yamagi Quake II forMacArchive with all code and binaries ever released: Yamagi Quake IIArchive

Precompiled Windows testbuilds: Yamagi Quake II for WindowsTestbuilds

Vulkan test builds

Denis ‘0lvin’ Pauk did a wonderfull job in porting the vkQuake2 Vulkanrenderer to Yamagi Quake II. It’ll likely part of the upcoming 8.00release. Until then feedback is needed to find the remaining problems.We’re publishing test builds at a regular intervall. Please reportproblems through Github:Bug tracker

Current build (2020-12-12):

Documentation

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The documentation is included in the source archives and with theprebuild Windows binaries. An online version can be found here:Yamagi Quake IIDocumentation

Contribution and Bugreports

The development of Yamagi Quake II is hosted on Github. If you want toreport a bug or send some nice patches please open an issue or a pullrequest in the appropriate subproject. You can find our organizationat: github.com/yquake2

If you’re planing to work on a bigger feature, please do yourself afavor and ask if we’re interested before spending time onto it. Wedon’t merge every feature that’s submitted to us just because the codeis already there. Maintainability, integration with the existing codeand our general focus are of great concern, too.