– 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 Remastering 1997’s Quake II with Ray Tracing Quake II RTX will be available on Windows and Linux and requires a RTX 2060 or higher (RTX 2070 or RTX 2080). Quake II RTX will also support OpenGL, enabling the player to switch between RTX ON and RTX OFF.
Quake II RTX is based on Q2VKPT (Quake2 revisited with Realtime Raytracing in Vulkan using VK_NV_ray_tracing). And if you own a copy of Quake II, you can play the campaign in its entirety, and play against others in online multiplayer. Quake II RTX will include the first 3 levels of the game for free fully remastered with path-traced graphics and a variety of other enhancements. Quake II RTX is a serious refresh of the popular Quake II game launched by id Software in 1997! NVIDIA is planning to release Quake II RTX as a free download on June 6th 2019. – reflection on the control panel (we can see the player for the first time!) (1920×1080): – environment reflection on the gun (3840×2160): Just a quick test on Win10 v1809 + GeForce RTX 2080 (driver 430.86). As promised by NVIDIA, Quake II RTX is now available on Steam or directly at NVIDIA:
