NVIDIA has announced that Quake 2 RTX will officially release on June 6th. In order to celebrate this announcement, the green team has also released a brand new trailer for this special version of id Software’s classic shooter that you can view below. Continue reading Quake 2 RTX will be available on June 6th, gets an official trailer, key features detailed
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Quake 2 Retexture Project will improve more than 200 textures, will feature fake Global Illumination effects
Back in March 2019, we informed you about a new Texture Pack for Quake 2 called Quake 2 Retexture Project. And today, the modder has revealed some new details about his project and released some new screenshots. Continue reading Quake 2 Retexture Project will improve more than 200 textures, will feature fake Global Illumination effects
NVIDIA announces Quake 2 RTX, first official screenshots and details
Back in January, we informed you about a mod for Quake 2 that added real-time ray tracing effects. Created by former NVIDIA intern Christoph Schied, a Ph.D. student at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, Q2VKPT was the first playable game that is entirely raytraced and efficiently simulates fully dynamic lighting in real-time. And today, NVIDIA has announced a new version that will be based on it. Continue reading NVIDIA announces Quake 2 RTX, first official screenshots and details
This mod aims to bring high quality 2K textures to Quake 2, first comparison screenshots released
The Quake 2 RP Team is currently working on a promising high quality texture pack for id Software’s classic shooter, Quake 2. This pack aims to introduce new textures as much as possible close to original but with new shaders and 2K resolution (textures are made from scratch using Zbrush and Substance Painter). Continue reading This mod aims to bring high quality 2K textures to Quake 2, first comparison screenshots released
Mod enables real-time ray tracing RTX effects in Quake 2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs
Back in October 2018, we informed you about the Path Tracing mod for Quake 2 that could run on the new high-end gaming graphics card from NVIDIA, the GeForce RTX2080Ti. Unfortunately, though, that Path Tracing renderer could not take advantage of the RT cores, resulting in really low performance. Thankfully though, a group of people has released a new special version that takes advantage of the RTX GPUs. Continue reading Mod enables real-time ray tracing RTX effects in Quake 2 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs
vkQuake 2, Quake 2 on Vulkan API, is available for download
Quake 2 fans, here is something for you today. Krzysztof Kondrak has released vkQuake 2; a fully functional vanilla Quake 2 experience with the Vulkan API. As its title suggests, instead of OpenGL this version of Quake 2 is simply using the newer Vulkan API. Continue reading vkQuake 2, Quake 2 on Vulkan API, is available for download
Here is Quake 2 Path Tracing running on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti at 1920×1080
YouTube’s ‘Thavex’ has shared a video, showing Quake 2 Path Tracing running on the latest high-end GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti. In case you weren’t aware of, this real-time path tracing is possible thanks to Amietia; a from-scratch GPU-based pathtracer created specifically for Quake 2. Continue reading Here is Quake 2 Path Tracing running on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti at 1920×1080
Quake2xp final 2018 version is available for download, adds lots of modern graphical features
Yesterday, we shared some screenshots from some new high quality weapons for Quake 2. And today, we are presenting you the final 2018 version of Quake2xp, perhaps the best mod for id Software’s classic title, that is available for download. Continue reading Quake2xp final 2018 version is available for download, adds lots of modern graphical features
New Quake 2 screenshots showcase improved high quality 3D weapon models
Modder ‘Turic’ has released some new screenshots from his Quake 2 Weapons Remodel mod for id Software’s classic shooter. These new screenshots showcase some tweaked/improved models for the rail gun, the shotgun and the rocker launcher. Continue reading New Quake 2 screenshots showcase improved high quality 3D weapon models
quake2xp is a Quake 2 graphics overhaul mod that supports real-time per-pixel lighting & shadowing
Modder ‘KirkBarnes’ has shared some new screenshots for his graphics overhaul mod for id Software’s classic shooter, Quake 2. These screenshots showcase Relief Mapping with self shadowing that will most probably be supported in the next version of quake2xp. Continue reading quake2xp is a Quake 2 graphics overhaul mod that supports real-time per-pixel lighting & shadowing