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Revision as of 02:06, 10 May 2020

Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Hexen: Beyond Heretic cover
Developers
Raven Software
Publishers
id Software
Engines
id Tech 1
Release dates
DOS October 1, 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1996
Windows 1997
Windows (DOSBox) August 3, 2007
Taxonomy
Monetization Expansion pack
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Themes Fantasy
Series Heretic
Hexen: Beyond Heretic guide on StrategyWiki
Hexen: Beyond Heretic on MobyGames
Hexen: Beyond Heretic on Wikipedia
Heretic
Heretic 1994
Hexen: Beyond Heretic 1995
Hexen II 1997
Heretic II 1998

Key points

The game's graphics engine was made open source in 2008, making the game very mod-friendly
The CD soundtrack lacks some songs from the MIDI soundtrack and repeats tracks

General information

Doom Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS
Steam
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Base game only. The Deathkings of the Dark Citadel expansion is only available in the Heretic + Hexen Collection and comes with v1.0. Configured to run under DOSBox.
Windows
A demo is available here
Not available for sale in Germany due to German censorship laws.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
DOS
Mac OS
Windows

Essential improvements

Mouse-look hack

Disable mouse in settings then run this. Source for hack available here.[1]

Patches

v1.1 patch for Hexen updates the game to the latest version.
v1.1 patch for Deathkings of the Dark Citadel adds support for MIDI music.
Patch Deathkings of the Dark Citadel to v1.1 (Steam release)[2]
  1. Download the v1.1 patch and extract dkpatch.zip into <path-to-game>\base.
  2. Drag PATCH.EXE over dosbox.exe and let it run until the message "100% Completed" is displayed.
  3. Close DOSBox and HEXDD.WAD will be patched to v1.1.

Source ports

Since the release of the engine's source code, various source ports have been released. See the link above for details and recommendations.

Roland SC-D70 music packs

Soundtrack for Hexen recorded on an authentic Roland SC-D70 for use with a ZDoom based engine. Choose either OGG or FLAC; MP3 does not support proper looping.

Deathkings of the Dark Citadel uses the same tracks as Hexen and doesn't require another music pack.

Useful wads

The following wads are designed to fix some sort of game data bug or a feature short coming of the game. They do not add any levels/change play style and thus are generally compatible with most user addons.

Widescreen fix - Repairs sprite cutoffs that occur when using certain weapons. Ideal for source ports.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\base[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2360/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2360/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
The expansion is also supported.

Video settings

In-game video/audio settings.
In-game video/audio settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Depending on your choice of source port, you can usually change the field of view with a console command, or even in the options. Try fov <1-179> or gr_fov <1-179>.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Nintendo 64 version only.
LAN play
4 Co-op, Versus
Online play
4 Co-op, Versus
A source port is recommended for online play as it adds modern networking support and simplifies the process of finding games. Most major source ports (like Zandronum) also increase the max player limit (for Zandronum, the limit is 64)

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Requires source port.
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Possible in source ports.

VR support

Issues fixed

Hangs on title screen (DOSBox)

Modify the hexen.conf file[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\base\
  2. Open hexen.conf with a text editor (ex. Notepad).
  3. Set the fulldouble variable to false.
  4. Save the changes made to the file.
  5. Launch the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D
A source port is required. See Source ports.
OpenGL
A source port is required. See Source ports.
Software renderer
Vulkan
See Source ports.
DOS video modes VGA
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
A source port is required. See Source ports.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 6.2
Processor (CPU) Intel 386
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA graphics card

Notes

  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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2360/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2360) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References