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Key points
- Engine is open source with modern multi-platform ports available; see Recommended engines
- Original installer may not work on modern systems; see Play the game on modern systems.
General information
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Availability
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DRM |
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Retail |
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DRM: Game must be installed from CD, otherwise disc not required. Expansion pack requires disc in drive. |
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Bethesda.net |
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GOG.com |
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Steam |
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- Not available for sale in Germany due to German censorship laws.
Version differences
Hexen II: Continent of Blackmarsh is an extremely rare demo version of the game that was bundled with Matrox M3D series video cards. It includes the entire first chapter of the game.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
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Mission Pack: Portal of Praevus |
The expansion is not available digitally. |
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Essential improvements
Recommended engines
Hammer of Thyrion
- Hammer of Thyrion is a source port based on the source code release of the HeXen II engine. Many new improvements and features include OpenGL and Widescreen support.
Play the game on modern systems
- Hexen II was originally made for Windows 95, but it is difficult to get the game working on modern systems.[1]
Play Hexen II with the Hammer of Thyrion source port[1]
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- Download Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion .
- Copy the content of the archive to a folder of choice.
- Copy the Hexen II game files
pak0.pak and pak1.pak into the data1 folder.
- If you have the original CD, the game files are in
CD:\INSTALL\HEXEN2\data1\ .
- If you have an installed game, the game files are in
<path-to-game>\data1\ .
- Update the game files to version 1.11 if necessary by running
h2patch.exe in the Hammer of Thyrion folder.
- Start the game by running
glh2.exe .
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Play Portal of Praevus with the Hammer of Thyrion source port[1]
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- Install Hexen II and Hammer of Thyrion files as described above.
- Copy the
pak3.pak file from the CD:\Install\Data\portals\ folder of the original installation CD, into the portals folder of your Hammer of Thyrion installation folder.
- Create a shortcut to the
glh2.exe file.
- Add the
-portals command line argument to the shortcut and start the game.
- To play Portal of Praevus, choose New game.
- To play the original Hexen II game, choose Old game.
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game screen resolution settings.
Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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No spoken text |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
26900 |
UDP |
26900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
- This is the default port used. It can be changed in-game by the user
Issues fixed
Problems on modern systems
Delete included OpenGL wrapper
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As the included opengl32.dll is a 3dfx-specific MiniGL wrapper, it should be deleted on systems not using 3dfx cards.
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OpenGL extension string issue
Check OpenGL extension limit
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This is one of the few games that have problems with long OpenGL extension strings. Regarding Nvidia, older drivers had the option to toggle extension string limit, but current drivers omit this option and instead have all problematic games hardcoded to limit the string. Therefore, the game should start up fine with up-to-date drivers. This can be verified and altered via Nvidia Inspector.
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Set XP SP3 compatibility mode
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XP SP3 compatibility mode fixes this issue.
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"You need to re-install Hexen 2 on this computer!"
Reinstall or use Hammer of Thyrion
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This is a type of copy-protection, activates if you reinstalled the OS or moved the game to a different computer.
You can reinstall the game from the CD, install Hammer of Thyrion, or ensure that you also copy registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName\RAID .
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Black lines in dialog box textures (Hammer of Thyrion)
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
NT 4.0, 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 90 MHz
| Intel Pentium 120 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
24 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
120 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 3a compatible
| DirectX 5 compatible |
Notes
References