Quake 2 will not launch

As the title says, Quake 2 wont launch. When I launch it through steam I get a message saying that quake2.exe has encountered a problem and then it closes. How do I solve this?

What OS are you running?

I had the same issue with Hexen 2… it seems id’s back catalogue dont agree with steam very well. I ended up going to a 3rd party website for a fix.

I’m running Windows 7

and what website might that be?

https://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/

not much use for q2 tho :stuck_out_tongue:
but you can still sublimate your q2 desires with juicy hexen goodness.

…oh yeah - so wat r ur specs etc?
latest drivers?

Are you sure the steam version of quake supports W7? You still get games realeased on steam that don’t fully support it, Beyond Good and Evil is a good example. It works, just, but if you look at the specs, it doesn’t say it supports W7

Use this: https://kmq2.quakedev.com/

Shit that’s nice

Great engine, second only to Quake 2 Evolved which unfortunately is no longer being worked on.

Which file do I download? Also, I’m not sure if Quake II supports windows 7 nor am I sure if I have the latest drivers.

https://kmq2.quakedev.com/files/kmquake2_020_b3_fixed.zip

I clicked on the exe file it nows says that it could not load pics/colormap.pcx

Did you unzip it in your Quake 2 folder?

it was a rar file. Do you mean I’m supposed to save it in the Quake 2 folder?

Just read the damn readme file.

just tried it on my quake2 folder, works great. Win7x64

although the original exe in software mode also worked fine.

Works great, problem solved

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