Quake II Crashes my system by Berserker 20 years ago In reply to Quake II Crashes my syste. Your monitor maybe cannot support the resolution that you have selected in the game. It happens as soon as i start a new game or 'map demo1/2/3'. It loads for a few seconds and crashes. It does so with opengl and rtx. Sorry, don't have the logs accessible right now but they say pretty basic stuff. Try renaming refgl.dll in the game's folder, then start Quake 2. It will use the software renderer - refsoft.dll - and work just fine, hopefully. This was an instant fix for me. Just add a character to refgl.dll (mine now says not refgl.dll in case I need to change I back ) and from there all you have to do is change the resolution. Why does the game crash when submerging into any liquid? Game crashes to desktop when I go beneath the surface of any liquid in the game. On OpenGL driver setting the problem is solved but the lighting is horribly dark. I have the same issue. I am trying to run Quake 2 RTX Demo on newly bought Asus TUF FX505 with Ryzen 3750H and Geforce RTX2060. I just installed Steam, all Windows 10 updates and Quake RTX. All I get is 'Couldn't initialize Vulkan' Running 441.41-notebook-win10-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe drivers.
Black Screen and then Crash on running the game
Known Fix:
If you open the game and just get a black screen - this is usually caused by the game not recognizing your monitor/graphics cards native resolution properly;
Running the game from Steam
Go to the game in your Steam Library
Right Click and select ' Properties '
In the General tab, select ' Set Launch Options '
Add ' -windowed '
Running the game from the Native Installer/exe
Go to the game Shortcut (or find the .exe C:Program Files (x86)Eden Star Pre-AlphaEdenGameBinariesWin64**EdenGame.exe** and Right Click and then create a Shortcut)
Right Click on the Shortcut and select ' Properties '
In the ' Target ' line, after the quotation marks ( ' ) append the end with ' -windowed ' e.g.
'C:Program Files (x86)Eden Star Pre-AlphaEdenGameBinariesWin64**EdenGame.exe' -windowed
The game should run in windowed mode fine. While in game you can try setting the resolution via the options menu and after this, then set the game to fullscreen again.
Solution 2
Find the GameUserSettings.ini file located here...
C:Users*YourUserNameHere*AppDataLocalEdenGameSavedConfigWindowsNoEditor
Note* if the AppData folder isn't visible, follow the instruction here... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files=windows-7
2) Next copy and paste this file into another folder or your desktop, and delete the one inside the original folder. The Game should automatically generate a new one fresh for you when you next Play.
Remove the files from the 'Movies' folder
- Navigate to your Steam Eden Star install directory
Find the 'Movies' folder and delete the movies
C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonEden Star Pre-AlphaEdenGameContentMovies
if this fixes the issue it's a rare and difficult to reproduce issue and it would help us greatly if you could post us your system specs here or on the forums.
This is a priority issue for us and will implement a permanent solution as soon as possible, Thank you for your patience.
Play Quake II with Berserker@Quake2
Quake 2 was created for Windows 95/98 systems. Installation onto a 64 bits version of Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7 seems to be possible and the game also starts properly. However, getting the game going in full screen is a challenge. Resolutions higher than 1600x1200 are not available. And you can only look around with your mouse by pressing a key. All in all pretty 90s!
So you can head over to GOG.com and download the complete Quake II: Quad Damage game. It includes Quake II, The Reckoning and Ground Zero mission packs, AND the Extremities Netpack. Awesome.
But, as with almost all games on this website, there's also a source port available for Quake 2. And it's a good one. Only downside is that it's hosted on a Russian website. So you have to look carefully between all the Russian characters. Visit the project website at http://berserker.quakegate.ru if you like. Thankfully, you can also download full packages from moddb.com.
So, what do you need to get this thing going?
Stuff you need
- A decent graphics card
- The original Quake 2 game
- The Berserker@Quake2 program files (see below)
Install Quake 2
- Install Quake 2, in this example the game is installed in c:gamesquake2
- Choose full installation!
Download and install Berserker@Quake2 files
See Full List On Pcgamingwiki.com
- Download the 1.46 package at ModDB
- Copy the contents to the Quake 2 game folder, in this case c:gamesquake2
- If you want to use the high resolution pack (highly recommended!) you have to download an additional file of 500+ MB. Download the _BersPak1.pk2 file from the berserker website (scroll down) and copy it to the baseq2 folder of the Quake 2 installation folder, in this case c:gamesquake2baseq2
Quake 2 Crashes On Launch Respondus
Start and configure the game
- Start Quake 2 by double clicking the Berserker.exe file in the Quake 2 installation folder, in this case c:gamesquake2Berserker.exe
- Initial startup may take some time, because cache files need to be created. Be patient!
- Enter the menu by pressing the esc key
- Choose the video option
- Choose the appropriate video mode, wide screen variants start after the last 4:3 mode (2048x1536), press enter to do a video restart
- Set fullscreen to yes if you want to play the game in fullscreen mode
- Set anisotrophy to level 16
- Choose more options... and check if the settings are ok
- Press esc twice to return to the main menu
- Choose the options option
- Set crosshair to something more convenient
- Customize controls by checking settings at custom controls 1 and 2
- Press esc once or twice to return the main menu
- Choose the game option
- Choose the options option
- Choose the game flags option
- Set infinite ammo to no for a more intense game experience :-)
- Press esc twice and choose one of the difficulty levels to start the game!
Screen brightness
The Berserker@Quake2 application tends to increase the brightness of the screen. When the application is closed, these settings stay enabled. After a system restart with Windows 7, default brightness will be restored. In Windows 8, the brightness remains increased even after a restart until you set them to default with your video driver software. In Windows 10, brightness goes back to normal after the application closes.