Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Retail |
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- The game is not available digitally.
- A demo is available, but the single-player portion cannot initially be played due to a date delimiter that does not allow it to run after November 1, 1998;[1] there is a patch that fixes this.
- Owners of the Loki Software Linux port of the game should consider using the installer from LIfLG, if you wish to run the game on a newer system. It is currently in beta.
- An Amiga version is also confirmed to exist, released in 2000.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Enhancement Pack v1.06 is the latest official patch of the game, with changes to gameplay and several fixes. However, the framerate is capped at 30 FPS with this patch.
- Enhancement Pack v1.07 is a community patch that includes Enhancement Pack v1.06, restores the framerate to 60 FPS, includes support for widescreen resolutions and other changes.
- A custom launcher that adds contrast adaptive sharpening, widescreen and OpenAL support, EAX reverb, and positional audio.
- Requires Enhancement Pack v1.06.
- In very early development; framerate is capped at 30 FPS, and crashes will occur.
Heretic II Portals Player Client settings:
How to set "cl_maxfps 60" and "rate" in "Heretic2 Portals"
In order to "set cl_maxfps 60" and "set rate 5000/7000" etc... and keep it at these settings each time you start the game you need to do the following:
Create a "user.cfg" in this directory below if none exist:
H2 Portals/poruser/user.cfg and input those settings into the user.cfg so that it starts the game at those settings and keeps it that way.
set "cl_maxfps 60"
set rate 5000 or 7000
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename Bumper.smk[2]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\base\VIDEO\ .
- Delete or rename
Bumper.smk .
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- Heretic II CAS:
<path-to-game>\poruser\
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
- Heretic II CAS:
<path-to-game>\poruser\save\
Video
Use H2Resolution.exe[2]
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- Install Enhancement Pack v1.07 into
<path-to-game> .
- Open
H2Resolution.exe .
- Enter your resolution into the Width and Height fields and press OK.
- Launch the game.
- Either open the console with ~ and type in
set vid_mode 3 , or select the 640 x 480 resolution in the Video Settings menu.
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Change resolution manually through a config file[2]
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- Install Heretic II CAS into
<path-to-game> .
- Start the game through
Heretic2Portals.exe .
- Go to Heretic II CAS's configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.cfg with a text editor.
- Enter your resolution into the r_vidWidth and r_vidHeight fields and press OK.
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Change FOV manually[2]
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- Install Enhancement Pack v1.07 or Heretic II CAS into
<path-to-game> .
- Launch the game.
- Open the console with ~.
- Type in either
fov X in Enhancement Pack v1.07 or r_fov X in Heretic II CAS and enter, with X being your FOV of choice.
Alternatively, with Enhancement Pack v1.07 installed:
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
config.cfg with a text editor.
- Find
set fov and enter your chosen FOV.
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Input
General settings, including categorised inputs.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Only a sound slider and a music toggle option. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Under setting "Captioning" in Options > More Options; only toggles in-game cutscene captions. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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A3D 2.0,[3] EAX 1.0 (patch 1.04 or higher is required). |
Red Book CD audio |
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On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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OpenGL |
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Glide |
2.5.3 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Linux | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | Linux |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
95, 98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166 MHz with 3D hardware accelerator
| Intel Pentium 233 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
250 MB |
350 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
SVGA DirectX-compatible video card 2 MB of VRAM | |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
8.6 |
9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC 7xx 233 MHz PowerPC G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2.2.x Linux kernel | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 233 MHz
| Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
260 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
| 3dfx Compatible |
Other |
OSS compatible sound and glibc-2.1 | |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
- ↑ Setting a cap higher than 60 FPS has an affect on the jumping animations.
References