d3Xt3r@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-211 months agoThe long-rumored 'Quake II' remaster is out now on PC and consoles | Engadgetwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1external-linkThe long-rumored 'Quake II' remaster is out now on PC and consoles | Engadgetwww.engadget.comd3Xt3r@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretimkenhan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI wonder if the use of open source engine remains…
minus-squareBuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agohttps://github.com/id-Software/quake2-rerelease-dll
minus-squaretimkenhan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoNow that’s what I’m talking about! Let’s fucking gooo
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoNo, it’s not. That’s just the game DLL, not the engine.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWhy wouldn’t it? Just load the levels into whatever engine you want to use.
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoAssuming they didn’t imcompatibly change the engine.
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s using Nightdive’s proprietary Kex engine that they made for remastering old games, so sadly no. The original Quake 2 engine (and all of idTech’s engines up to 4) remain open source though.
I wonder if the use of open source engine remains…
https://github.com/id-Software/quake2-rerelease-dll
Now that’s what I’m talking about!
Let’s fucking gooo
No, it’s not. That’s just the game DLL, not the engine.
Why wouldn’t it? Just load the levels into whatever engine you want to use.
Assuming they didn’t imcompatibly change the engine.
It’s using Nightdive’s proprietary Kex engine that they made for remastering old games, so sadly no. The original Quake 2 engine (and all of idTech’s engines up to 4) remain open source though.