Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion
Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion is a cross-platform port of Hexen
II.
Hexen II is a first-person shooter computer game developed by
Raven Software, the third game in the
Hexen/Heretic series, and the last in the Serpent Riders trilogy. Using
a modified Quake engine, it features single player and multi player
game modes, as well as four character classes to choose from, each with
different abilities.
Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion includes many bugfixes, improved
sound and video modes, OpenGL improvements and documentation.
Hexen II source, and the Hammer of Thyrion source port, are
free but the game itself is not. You must have an original copy of the
game released by Raven Software and Activision, else you can only play
the demonstration version.
Features include:
- Support for Hexen II, Hexen II demo, Portal of Praevus
mission pack and HexenWorld
- In-game resolution changing for both OpenGL and software
renderers. Instant fullscreen/windowed toggling
- OpenGL enhancements including multitexturing, glow effects,
working brightness control, text and hud size changing on the fly,
translucent console background, console background stretching, colored
lights and support for external lit files, fixes for texture cache and
model mesh cache mismatches
- Fully network-compatible with Raven's 1.11 windows version
as well as with other Hexen II ports. Can load and play games saved
with Raven's 1.11 windows version
- Fullscreen intermissions and help dialogs
- MouseWheel support
- Improvements and fixes to the HexenC game code
- Improved sound support: A selection of three different
sound drivers (ALSA, OSS and SDL)
- Working music volume controls and on the fly selection of
CD or MIDI music
- Full user directories support: all users have their own
configuration files and game saves
- Improved console functionality (inline editing and tab
completion), and a maplist command
- Ability to delete saved games from within the game
- Several hexen2 utilities (hcc: the hexenc compiler, and
other mapping tools) are maintained
- Several hexenworld utilities (hwmaster: hexenworld master
server, hwmquery: tool for querying hw master servers, hwrcon and
hwterm: rcon tools) are maintained and are being kept up to date
- Many bug fixes, security fixes and other improvements
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