Heretic II - engine ports/mods?

[GiSWiG]

I've searched and I've seen mentions of an engine port and mentions of that the source is closed and no engine port can be made. I'm not sure which one to believe though I lean more to the second one.

I just want to play the game on Windows 7 64-bit (linux would be nice too) with ogg/mp3 soundtrack support and 1920x1080 resolution.

I've seen two ways to install it: install on XP and copy or use the demo32.exe on the CD and choose bin/H2_Setup.dbd. If need be, I can make an image of the disc for the audio using Daemon Tools but a rip to ogg/mp3 would be nice. I've also seen something about T-Mod, though I have not researched it thoroughly.

Any leads?
Thanks!

[Seven]

Hello GISWIG,

This is the thread for you.

The forum for all the Heretic 2 fans is here.

You will not find advanced engines for Heretic 2 (due to not released source), but you will find a custom .dll (made by -diVe-) which allows you to play with every resolution you want.

I wrote a small step-by-step instruction, in case you need it. Be sure to read this post, which mentiones high quality single player campaigns for Heretic 2.

T-Mod is the most popular Heretic 2 multiplayer mod (find details aboutit in above linked forum)

Have fun,
Seven

[golden_boy]

Unless I'm mistaken, only the demo will run under Linux, but the demo binary can't be used to run the complete game unless you unpack everything, or something like that.

Or maybe I'm thinking of SiN. It's been a long time.

Easiest to just use wine under Linux, should work fine.

[GiSWiG]

You're the best Seven. Heretic II running good now! I guess there is no 1920x1080. Tried via config and command line but no dice. eh, next size down is good. 1680x1050 at 22" is better than a 17" CRT at 1024x768.

Just do want to add that you will need the MSVBVM50.DLL for the No CD crack. It is provided by Visual Basic 5.0 runtime files which I THINK you can install it in Windows 7, however, after my Win7 install has been running without re-install for three years without ever needing VB 5, I went with just downloading the dll and putting it with it.

[Seven]

Hello GISWIG,

You maybe missed something...
Resolution 1920x1080 is a standard resolution nowadays, and -diVe-�s .dll can produce it.
Read more about it here (you will find 1920x1080 there)

Regarding the NoCD:
The resolution-modified quake2.dll is the same file that you have to edit for the "NoCD"-feature. No need for another .dll file.
But there are always different ways to rome
This is a german saying...

Most important is, that you are happy as it is now.

Best wishes,
Seven

[talisa]

yeah i was gonna say that too. cuz i can play heretic2 at 1920x1080 with that same dll

so you should be able to choose it, cuz i know you can, i could just pick it in the menu

[GiSWiG]

Thanks again. I didn't read far enough down and used the first DLL. (bad me)
All good now.

[WhiteMagicRaven]

http://heretics-hexens.ucoz.com/scrnshot.7z - screenshots
http://heretics-hexens.ucoz.com/ht2_ep_v1-07.7z - patch
http://heretics-hexens.ucoz.com/log107.txt - read what changed
Backup heretic2 after applying patch. Recommended to apply this patch to retail heretic2 1.0, fresh installed from cd =)

F2 and F3 switch between First Person and Third Person Camera View, F4 hold it for short period of time and release its helpful for fix lags.
Heretic II 1.07 patch - Raven-Games Forums

[Seven]

Thank you for your post WhiteMagicRaven.

Is it really necessary to install your patch over the original V1.0 Heretic2 ?
Can�t it be installed over the 1.06 ?
It is a little bit of an effort to reinstall it again...

Anyway, thank you for your effort.
Seven

[WhiteMagicRaven]

you can install over 1.06 then don't forget to backup game.

[Seven]

I tested 1.07 and it runs stable and has some neat updates.
It doesnt support multilanguage though (at least by default).
I also could not set my resolution to 1680x1050 (it always switched back to 1280x960 in-game, or flipped to window mode 1600x1200).
Thank you.
Seven

[WhiteMagicRaven]

for other language you need special *.pak file(s) placed in base folder i have some.

for other resolution you need to use H2Resolution.exe
and there you can use any resolution you manually enter.
it replace default 640x480 resolution (make sure your files not makred as read-only on file attributes)

P.S. did you play online heretic2?