Quake 2 Total Conversions (original source)

[XDelusion]

What are some of the best Quake 2 total conversions or MODs that you have played, and where can you get them (non-fileplanet links prefered).

Please, do not mention any TC's or MODs that require a specific source port. I want to be able to play these on my XBOX which only has a basic Quake 2 port.

[CheapAlert]

http://www.planetquake.com/dday

:D

[ToXiCFLUFF]

Singleplayer or multiplayer?

[Nomad]

AirQuake (http://www.planetquake.com/ikq/airquake/airquake.htm) might prove interesting on the XBox...

[XDelusion]

Single Player please.

[iori]

A really neat one was called Dawn of Darkness that I got off an old Pcgamer cd. I have been unable to find a website for it, and do not know if it was finished or not :/.

It was a really cool, medival themed TC, with a good story.

[Nomad]

AirQuake has a singleplayer mode. It's still a work in progress, so I think there's only one level. But it's there.

[CheapAlert]

A really neat one was called Dawn of Darkness that I got off an old Pcgamer cd. I have been unable to find a website for it, and do not know if it was finished or not :/.

It was a really cool, medival themed TC, with a good story.

http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?dawnofdarkness/dod1_10.exe

It has gargoyles in the intro even :D

[iori]

Isnt that just the demo though? Or was the demo the only thing ever released?

Props anyways for the gargoyles :p

[XDelusion]

Man EVERY link on planet quake that makes the mere mention of Quake 2 Single Player maps is dead.

It seems that the Quake 2 sceen consists of Death Match fanatics only. :(

[CheapAlert]

Yeah, and q2 dm'ing aint' even fun. Where's the fun of the slowass rocket launcher which is mainly designed to show off the large amount of particles being messy and going up? Shouldn't that rocket fall if it's traveling at that speed?

[ToXiCFLUFF]

Q2 was what got me hooked on online gaming. It was the first playable online game for me. I always preferred Q1 DM, but even with Quakeworld it never felt right. Also, some of Q2's deathmatch levels were incredible.

Off the top of my head, Escape (http://www.planetquake.com/lm/) was an excellent Q2SP mod. Awaken had some excellent SP maps as well, although mainly a DM mod.

[XDelusion]

Ya I got hooked on DMing with Quake 2 as well, we had a network of over 30 computers in the basement of the local library where we would meet every now and then for a match...

...but that has been years and I have grown a bit tired of DMing since then.

[XDelusion]

Escape seems to run great.

I'm think I'll try Air Quake next...

...if I can find a working download link.

If it is worth while, I "may" consider some single player maps for this DM puppy.

[Nomad]

Ack. I dont' know what I was thinking when I posted about AirQuake. It's for Quake1, not 2. Sorry. :-/

[XDelusion]

We got Quake on the XBOX as well, infact it just received an update.

[XDelusion]

I've started a reference guide here:

http://www.lantus-x.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=994

In case any of you feel inspired to dig up Quake 2 and shaking the dust off it. :)

[iori]

Many conversions for Quake 2 use only gamex86.dll it seems for the coding involved. Does anyone know how to edit the things in this file? I heard that a hex editor could do this, but I dont know where to find one.
Heh, i guess I just hijacked the thread.

[Exl]

I;m no Quake 2 expert, but I think that DLL file contains only the actual game code, not the engine\rendering. Just like they did with the Quake 3 engine. So all you'd need is the source code to that and a compiler.

But of course I'm not 100% sure about that.

[XDelusion]

Oh yes, BTW, if DOOM Legacy ever finds its way to the XBOX, it is going to be from this page and this guy. So if you own an XBOX, please stop into the DOOMX section of the forums and give him your support & children.

[iori]

/me gives DOOMX his and Exl's children

[XDelusion]

You guys breed??!?!?!?!


Eeewwww

[iori]

Only on wednesdays.

[Nomad]

Yes, because horses do not fly backwards on Tuesdays.

[iori]

Horses? Im talking about Exl :p

[XDelusion]

Exl, all lubed up.... ewwwwww