Quake II RTX builds on the work of Christoph Schied and the team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, who added ray tracing to Quake II to create Q2VKPT (in turn building upon the Q2PRO code base). It is fully ray-traced, and includes 3 levels of the original shareware distribution. Quake II RTX is a FREE ray-traced remastering of the 1997 classic game – Quake II. In this article, we will share with you what they improved, as well as 13 image comparisons of Quake II RTX 1.2 versus Quake II RTX 1.1! On June 6, you will be able to download Quake II RTX here.NVIDIA just released Quake II RTX version 1.2, which delivers greatly improved image quality and new graphics options over version 1.1. ![]() Cylindrical projection mode for wide-angle field of view on widescreen displays.Support for the old OpenGL renderer, enabling you to switch between RTX ON and RTX OFF.High-quality screenshot mode that makes your screenshots look even better.Caustics approximation to improve water lighting effects.Dynamic lighting for items such as blinking lights, signs, switches, elevators and moving objects.Updated effects with new sprites and particle animations.All 3,000+ original game textures have been updated with a mix of Q2XP mod-pack textures and our own enhancements.Improved ray tracing denoising technology.Real-time reflectivity of the player and weapon model on water and glass surfaces, and player model shadows, for owners of the complete game (the original Shareware release does not include player models).Better physically based atmospheric scattering, including settings for Stroggos sky.New dynamic environments (Stroggos surface, and space).Time of day options that radically change the appearance of some levels.Improved Global Illumination rendering, with three selectable quality presets, including two-bounce GI.If your computer is up to the job, you will be able to enjoy: Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or higher. ![]() Processor: Intel Core i3-3220, or AMD equivalent.OS: Windows 7 64-bit or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit.You'll need a pretty decent system to enjoy Quake II RTX, with NVIDIA recommending the following minimum specs: The trailer for the game gives you an idea of what you can expect: Quake II RTX demonstrates the possibilities of ray tracing, and offers a glimpse at the future of gaming, with realistic real-time lighting, shadows and effects. We're massive fans of the original, and even-bigger fans of technology, so when presented with the opportunity to remaster a classic game with all that ray tracing can offer, we jumped at the chance. Quake II RTX is a joint project between NVIDIA and Bethesda, and the graphics card company says: NVIDIA explains that "if you own a copy of Quake II, you can play the campaign in its entirety, and play against others in online multiplayer". There's even better news for anyone who already has a copy of Quake II. Once the game is launched, anyone with a GeForce RTX graphics card - or other hardware up to the task - will be able to play the first three levels of the game for free. Next Thursday, June 6, NVIDIA is releasing the remastered version of the game on both Windows and Linux - and you can play it for free.
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