Quake II (KMQuake2 engine)

Quake II is a shooter from id Software and Activision, and the follow-up to. Unrelated to Quake plotwise, you play as a nameless space marine sent on an assault to the alien planet Stroggos, only to be shot down and separated from your squad. You must carry out the assault alone and destroy the Stroggos leader, therefore plunging Stroggos into a civil war in which Earth doesn't get hurt.

Because Quake II is now open source, several user-made versions of Quake II have been released. KMQuake2 is by far the best Quake II engine we have tested.KMQuake2 can be downloaded here:http://kmq2.quakedev.com/If you have the Id Super Pack, please read that article for notes on how to make it work with KMQuake2.KMQuake2's developer also offers a "Quake2 Unofficial v3.23 Patch," available from the same site, which offers a minimal set of enhancements and fixes, including widescreen support.

Because KMQuake2 is a superset of this patch, and offers lots of exclusive features (especially OGG music support which Steam users will absolutely want to have), we haven't tested or certified this patch, but it remains a lightweight alternative to KMQuake2.

The default crosshair is misaligned in KMQuake2 0.20, and is pretty much useless. This is not related to widescreen, and can be fixed by changing the crosshair, which I strongly advise you do. The crosshair is in Options->Screen. Crosshairs 4 through 11 work just fine, but the first three are broken.

Support summary

Grades:-

Widescreen: A
Multi-Monitor: B

Tested Version:

KMQuake2 version 0.20

Screen change:

Hor+

Widescreen Method:

Native

Hud Stretch:

None

Multi-monitor Method:

.ini edit

Multi-monitor HUD:

Optimized

Rendered cut-scenes:

FMV cut-scenes:

Pillarboxed

Additional WSGF Links: Quake II Software Page

Game information

Release Date:

Tuesday, 9 December, 1997

Game status:

Released

Setting:

Sci-Fi

Genre:

FPS

Play styles:

Single player, Competitive, Co-Op

Developer:

id Software, Activision

Developer feedback:

Links:

⋅ ⋅ ⋅ Metacritic ⋅ ⋅ Wikipedia ⋅

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Solutions & Anomalies

Solution

Widescreen resolutions are supported natively, and the FOV autoscaling setting (by default on) adjusts the FOV for you.

Please note - the default crosshair is misaligned in KMQuake2 0.20, and is pretty much useless. This is not related to widescreen, and can be fixed by changing the crosshair, which I strongly advise you do. The crosshair is in Options->Screen. Crosshairs 4 through 11 work just fine, but the first three are broken.

FOV autoscaling makes it hor +. The algorithm used isn't perfect, but at 16:10 and 16:9 you're extremely unlikely to tell the difference. It's very very slightly vert - at 16:10 and 16:9.

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution

Surround resolutions are supported through a .ini edit. The FOV auto-adjust falls apart here - I get noticably too much FOV in Ben-Hur mode. In faux-triplehead, the FOV goes past the internal limit and KMQuake2 refuses to load the maps.
Fortunately, the FOV auto-adjust can be disabled, and the FOV can be adjusted manually through a .ini edit too.
Run the game and each expansion at least once. Go into the folder "baseq2" and edit the file "kmq2config.cfg."
Find these lines:
set r_customheight "xxx"
set r_customwidth "xxxx"

Change them to set the custom resolution, and be careful not to mix up the height and width.

Find this line:
set r_mode "x"
Set it to "-1" to enable your custom resolution.

Find this line:
set cl_widescreen_fov "x"
Set it to "0" to disable the FOV auto-adjust.

Find this line
set fov "xx"
Change it to set your FOV. To find the proper FOV, you can use Delphium's Field of View & Aspect Ratio Calculator (default is 90).

3D Solution

Single player anomalies

The HUD does not stretch. GUI elements like the Help Computer are centered.

Multiplayer anomalies

None

3D anomalies

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