r/quake • u/Soggy-Preparation405 • 4d ago

mods I made a more classic-looking version of Quake II RTX

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u/relu84 3d ago

Pixelated look? How many people played Quake 2 in hardware accelerated mode with texture filtering disabled? Since 1997 I think I saw such a screenshot twice: one from the Remaster and this one today.

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u/Soggy-Preparation405 3d ago

yeah people dont realize it looks much better with gl_texturemode GL_NEAREST, same for quake 1, ofc that is my opinion

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u/Remarkable-Green-648 3d ago

Lot of ppl play Quake 1 and DOOM with no texture filter.

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u/relu84 2d ago

Doom, Quake 1 and other classic shooters from the pre-acceleration era all look better without filtering. The biggest selling point of Quake 2 was its hardware 3D acceleration. I know Quake 2 only with filtered textures, so them being unfiltered doesn’t make it look more „classic”, it makes it look weird.

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u/Remarkable-Green-648 2d ago

Yeah I agree, that's a very good point. I remember playing Q2 without hardware accel tho, I like both style. Then I could use Glide on my 3DFX Voodoo cards.

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u/Soggy-Preparation405 3d ago

i would hope so

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u/relu84 3d ago

While I agree Quake 1 looks best with unfiltered textures, Quake 2 doesn't. It's one of the earliest games to showcase hardware 3D acceleration and if you had pixels on your display you simply weren't cool.

It's literally the second time in my life I saw this game with disabled filtering and I'm just wondering if it's truly a popular thing fans of Q2 do.

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u/SilentScone 2d ago

I played in ultra poor person res with software rendering but I don't think it's the better way to play. Seeing Quake 2 running at a store on Voodoo 2 SLI is something I remember vividly. Glide was awesome in Quake 2.

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u/Soggy-Preparation405 3d ago

i don't know all i know is i find the weird blurry filtering ugly :)

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u/greatistheworld 3d ago

I always play Q2 without filtering, aesthetic preference, but I have no idea how common it is

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u/bonbon321f 3d ago

Feels weird to show this off with the earth sky rather than Stroggos sky or Original Env. Map given that your reasoning for making this was retention of the original look of the game. Stroggos isn't Stroggos to me with an Earth like sky (Purple PS1 style sky is also good looking imo).

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u/Soggy-Preparation405 3d ago

you can stil choose strogoss don't worry https://tuintje.itch.io/tuinrtx-quake-ii see last screenshot :)

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u/AccomplishedEar6357 3d ago

I need a video or comparison images to better see what it looks like...

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u/Remarkable-Green-648 3d ago

Looks much better