Quake II engine explained

Quake II engine
Developer:id Software (John Carmack, John Cash, and Brian Hook)
Replaces:Quake engine
Replaced By:id Tech 3,GoldSrc
Latest Release Version:3.21
Repo:github.com/id-Software/Quake-2
Programming Language:C, Assembly (for software rendering & optimization)
Platform:Windows, Mac OS 8, Linux, PowerPC Macintosh, Amiga, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Xbox, PlayStation 2
Discontinued:yes
License:GNU GPL-2.0-or-later

The Quake II engine is a game engine developed by id Software for use in their 1997 first-person shooter Quake II.[1] It is the successor to the Quake engine. Since its release, the Quake II engine has been licensed for use in several other games.[2]

One of the engine's most notable features was out-of-the-box support for hardware-accelerated graphics, specifically OpenGL, along with the traditional software renderer. Another interesting feature was the subdivision of some of the components into dynamic-link libraries. This allowed both software and OpenGL renderers, which were selected by loading and unloading separate libraries. Libraries were also used for the game logic, with consequences including:

The level format, as with previous id Software engines, used binary space partitioning. The level environments were lit using lightmaps, a method in which light data for each surface is precalculated (this time, via a radiosity method) and stored as an image, which is then used to determine the lighting intensity each 3D model should receive, but not its direction.[5] [6]

id Software released the source code on December 22, 2001, under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.[7] [8]

Games using the Quake II engine

Games using a proprietary license

YearTitleDeveloper
1997Quake IIid Software
1998Xatrix Entertainment
Rogue Entertainment
Zaero (unofficial expansion for Quake II)[9] Team Evolve
(unofficial expansion for Quake II)[10] HeadGames Publishing
Heretic IIRaven Software
SiNRitual Entertainment
19992015, Inc.
Xatrix Entertainment
2000Soldier of FortuneRaven Software
DaikatanaIon Storm
2001Anachronox

Games based on the GPL source release

YearTitleDeveloper
2000D-Day: Normandy[11] [12] D-Day: Normandy Team
2003UFO: Alien Invasion Team
2008Gravity BoneBlendo Games
2012Warsow[13] [14] Warsow Team
Thirty Flights of LovingBlendo Games
2017COR Entertainment, LLC
Quetoo[15] Quetoo Team
2019Warfork[16] Warfork Team

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: id Software looking to shorten dev cycles, stop building new engines for every game . Christopher . Grant . August 9, 2011 . Joystiq . AOL . https://web.archive.org/web/20110828160010/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/09/id-software-looking-to-shorten-dev-cycles-stop-building-new-eng/ . August 28, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Technology Licensing: id Tech 2 . September 17, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091108191715/http://www.idsoftware.com/business/idtech2/ . November 8, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Quake 2 Source Code Review 2/4. Fabien. Sanglard. September 16, 2011. fabiensanglard.net. July 29, 2023. Dynamic linking provided numerous advantages: [...] Full native speed for mods, no need to rely on QuakeC and Quake Vitual machine..
  4. Web site: Quake 2 Source Code Review 2/4. Fabien. Sanglard. September 16, 2011. fabiensanglard.net. July 29, 2023. Dynamic linking provided numerous advantages: [...] More capabilities to mod makers, the entire game could be altered via game.dll..
  5. Web site: The making of Quake 2. Rory. Milne. March 1, 2019. pcgamer.com. July 29, 2023. We also had light bouncing—simulated radiosity—so every corner of the world had some lighting..
  6. Web site: Quake 2 Source Code Review 3/4. Fabien. Sanglard. September 16, 2011. fabiensanglard.net. July 29, 2023. Contrary to Quake1, Quake2 used radiosity and colored light during the precalculation..
  7. News: Quake 2 Source Code Released Under the GPL . Chris . DiBona . December 22, 2001 . Slashdot . September 4, 2016 .
  8. Web site: Quake 2 Sources Released. Eric. Foster-Johnson. January 24, 2002. July 15, 2024. Computerworld.
  9. Web site: Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 35: The New Stories. Hamish. Wilson. November 13, 2023. July 16, 2024. GamingOnLinux.
  10. Web site: Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 35: The New Stories. Hamish. Wilson. November 13, 2023. July 16, 2024. GamingOnLinux.
  11. Web site: D-Day: Normandy: Un Juego FPS para Linux basados en Quake2. Jose. Albert. 2024-08-18. Ubunlog.
  12. Web site: D-Day: Normandy: Un Juego FPS para Linux basados en Quake2. 2023-11-12. 2024-08-18. Laboratorio Linux.
  13. Dolinsky . Sergey . Открытые бета-тесты декабря . . 2008 . 250 . 142 . Gameland . Russian.
  14. Warsow . . April 2008 . 4/2008 . 7 . Romanian.
  15. Web site: Liam . Dawe . Quetoo, a free and open source FPS is looking to get on Steam . GamingOnLinux . February 8, 2017 . February 7, 2023.
  16. Web site: Liam . Dawe . Based on the classic FPS Warsow, the new Warfork is now live in Early Access . GamingOnLinux . August 19, 2019 . February 8, 2023.
  17. Web site: Sun Microsystems. JDK 6u10: Jake2: Quake II in Java. The Jake2 applet example shows the future of game distribution over the Internet. Jake2 is a port of id Software's Quake II to the Java platform developed by Bytonic Software. (...). With the new Java Plug-In, it is now possible to deploy the game directly into the web page with full hardware acceleration and rock-solid reliability.. July 27, 2023.
  18. Web site: Play with your eyes. Joystiq. Ross. Miller. August 3, 2006. July 18, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20080203110106/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/03/play-with-your-eyes/. February 3, 2008.
  19. Web site: O'Reilly Media. Q24j: Jake and Java-gaming Viability. November 28, 2005. This is a great show of 3D prowess. Things like this, as well as the Narya 2D open source engine from ThreeRings really are starting to at least show Java can serve as a first-class gaming platform. More than that, just having seen all the… *cough* horrible code in games before, having things like Java's threading model, network and database support might really make it a BETTER platform for a lot of forthcoming games than C.. July 18, 2009.
  20. Web site: Implementation of a service platform for online games. January 2004. July 15, 2024. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Network and System Support for Games. ResearchGate. Anees. Shaikh. Sambit. Sahu. Marcel-Catalin. Rosu. Michael. Shea.
  21. Web site: Quake2xp final 2018 version is available for download, adds lots of modern graphical features. August 19, 2018. July 15, 2024. John. Papadopoulos. DSOGaming.
  22. Web site: New features showcased for the Quake 2 HD graphical overhaul mod, q2xp. John. Papadopoulos. DSOGaming. April 24, 2022. July 16, 2024.
  23. Web site: How to run Quake II on Windows 7/8 . . Wes . Fenlon . October 9, 2014 . July 15, 2024.
  24. Web site: How to run Quake II on Windows 7/8 . . Wes . Fenlon . October 9, 2014 . July 15, 2024.
  25. Web site: Quake 4 in Quake 2 does exactly what it says on the tin. . . Rick . Lane . February 21, 2022 . July 15, 2024.
  26. Web site: Quake 4 in Quake 2 Demake is now available for download . DSOGaming . John . Papadopoulos . February 16, 2022 . July 15, 2024.
  27. Web site: Quake 2 Evolved Beta1. Marcel. Klum. December 10, 2002. July 16, 2024. Neowin.
  28. Web site: Quake II Evolved Doomed?. Steven. Parker. December 17, 2002. July 16, 2024. NeoWin.
  29. Web site: Quake 2 Evolved brings old-skool to new hardware. Wil. Harris. November 23, 2005. July 16, 2024. Bit-Tech.
  30. Web site: Quake II Evolved. Martin. Brinkmann. November 21, 2005. July 16, 2024. ghacks.net.
  31. Web site: Liam . Dawe . Quetoo, a free and open source FPS is looking to get on Steam . GamingOnLinux . February 8, 2017 . February 7, 2023.
  32. Web site: Quake2World Goes Into Beta With Nice Graphics. Michael. Larabel. 2012-04-01. 2024-08-09. Phoronix.
  33. Web site: A Quake 2 Game Might Get Ported To Linux. Michael. Larabel. Phoronix. January 7, 2016. July 16, 2024.
  34. Web site: Alternate Quake II game engine Yamagi Quake II adds optional Vulkan support . GamingOnLinux . Dawe . Liam . June 16, 2021 . July 15, 2024.
  35. Web site: Yamagi Quake II project page . Burmeister . Yamagi . July 29, 2023.
  36. Web site: Quake 2 - Source Ports . . March 27, 2022.
  37. Web site: Quake II: Quad Damage Review . August 18, 2017. Gaming Pastime . July 29, 2023.
  38. Web site: How to run Quake II on Windows 7/8 . . Wes . Fenlon . October 9, 2014. October 9, 2014.
  39. Web site: Quake 2 Gets A Vulkan Renderer 21 Years After Release . Larabel . Michael . December 20, 2018. . December 20, 2018.
  40. Web site: vkQuake2 on GitHub. GitHub. December 19, 2022.
  41. Web site: A Battle For Good Open-Source Game Graphics?. Michael. Larabel. April 26, 2009. July 16, 2024. Phoronix.
  42. Web site: Alien Arena 7.65 To Bring Huge Renderer Enhancements. Michael. Larabel. 2012-11-30. 2024-08-09. Phoronix.
  43. Web site: Alien Arena 2008 v7.0 released. March 7, 2008. July 16, 2024. Graymur. Game Watcher.
  44. Web site: Alien Arena – 'Quake' for Linux. Kev. Quirk. July 7, 2012. July 16, 2024. OMG Ubuntu.
  45. Web site: QFusion Game Engine Advanced With New Features. Michael. Larabel. 2013-06-15. 2024-08-09. Phoronix.
  46. Web site: Raytraced Quake II makes me want to buy a ludicrously expensive new graphics card. Alec. Meer. January 18, 2019. July 15, 2024. Rock Paper Shotgun.
  47. Web site: Quake 2 RTX – Official PC Minimum System Requirements + New Screenshots. May 4, 2019. July 15, 2024. John. Papadopoulos. DSOGaming.
  48. Web site: How to run Quake II on Windows 7/8 . . Wes . Fenlon . October 9, 2014 . July 15, 2024.
  49. Web site: Quake 2: First Person Shooters at Their Best. Simon. Royal. May 31, 2016. July 15, 2024. Low End Mac.
  50. Web site: Quake Gets Universal Binary. Brad. Cook. March 19, 2006. July 15, 2024. The Mac Observer.
  51. Web site: Classic Games: Quake. August 1, 2003. July 15, 2024. Neale. Monks. MyMac.com.
  52. Web site: Porting Quake II to MS-DOS pt1. Virtually Fun. neozeed. May 2, 2015. July 15, 2024.
  53. Web site: Q2DOS – Quake II pro DOS. Sledge. August 17, 2023. July 15, 2024. High Voltage.
  54. Web site: Meet the superfans who spent a decade bringing Daikatana back to life. Luke. Winkie. February 16, 2017. July 15, 2024. PC Gamer.

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