[Written by Hellraiser]
Welcome to Heretic II! You'll find this is one
of the most immersive and exciting gaming experiences ever created. If you've
played through the singleplayer experience, but are having trouble getting
started in Heretic II's multiplayer realm, this guide is meant
for you!
[Multiplayer | Links | Community]
Heretic II Multiplayer
Heretic II not only delivers a fun single player experience, but
really shines in the multiplayer environment.
To play online you first need to patch your game to version 1.06. Go to
Raven-Games.com.
Download the EP 1.06 (14 megs) from the
Heretic
II Essential Files Section along with the DM Maps zip:
• Heretic
II Enhancement Pack v1.06 (14445.3 KB)
• Official
Heretic II DM Maps Archive (5866.8 KB)
Included with the installation of
Heretic II is Gamespy Lite.
Look for an icon or the gamespy folder within your installation of
Heretic
II and run gspylite.exe. You can also get a new version of Gamespy from
Gamespy.com and set it
up to list
Heretic II servers.
There are 2 primary modes of game play for
Heretic II online (not
including mods). Death Match and 1 on 1 Blading. Most servers listed in Gamespy
will indicate which mode of play they support in the title of the server. When
in doubt, join a server and ask the other players if the server is FFA (free
for all) or 1 on 1. 1 on 1 Blading is a unique experience that many Heretics
enjoy. 1 on 1 Blading uses a code of honor system so be sure to ask for the
rules before engaging in battle.
Something you will no doubt notice the first time you play online is that
Heretic
II will download skins and maps not on your system that are in use on
the server when you join. The download speeds while in game are quite slow.
Due to the large number of user made skins and maps, you may want to download
them seperately before playing
Heretic II online. One of our
Heretic
II server admins (thanks Grimlock!) has set up an FTP site which contains
just about every map, skin and model ever made along with lots of other goodies.
If you know exactly what you need you can use your browser to grab files one
by one here:
•
ftp://h2files:irondoom@server1.thefourwinds.net/
However, if you have a high speed connection (or a dialup connection and the
patience to let downloads run overnight) you can get all the maps and skins
and stuff using an FTP program like WS_FTP (
download.com).
Using an FTP program will allow you download large groups of files without having
to manually grab items one by one using your browser. Log on to the FTP server
using the following values:
• hostname: server1.thefourwinds.net
• username: h2files
• password: irondoom
Once logged on, download the desired folders as described below.
| FTP Server Directory |
Contents |
Approx. Size |
Download to Directory |
| maps |
user made maps |
600 megabytes |
base;\maps |
| textures |
required by the above maps |
80 megabytes |
base\textures |
| pics |
various graphics
(skies for the above maps, etc.) |
5 megabytes |
base\pics |
| skins |
user made skins |
130 megabytes |
base\players |
| models |
user made models |
TBD |
base\players |
| zipped-files |
original zip files for many of the
user made maps, models and skins |
TBD |
depends on zip file content |
Heretic II Links
Other great sites for
Heretic II information, mods, maps, etc.
including
Raven
Games Hosted Sites:
• John
Zuk's HereticII Entity List
• HereticII
Console Commands
• HereticII.com
- Walkthru, FAQ, Modeling and Skinning Tutorials, etc.
• The
Heretic Fortress - Class based team play
• Heretic
II Siege - Class based team play mod with a few twists
• Grins
Place for Heretic II Goodies - Bots, Instagib, skins, maps, etc
• Abode
of Golgotha - Abode of Golgotha Saga (2 single player add-ons for Heretic
2)
• Skull
Hunters and Nochit Mods + Misc. - collect the skulls of your enemies to
score points
• Findals'
Heretic II Bind Emporium
• The
Construct - HereticII Levels Designed by KREE
• The
Mappers Shrine II
• DrGargor's Skin
Laboratory
• Talon's Heretic
II Hideout
• CheetaH's
Heretic II Castle
Heretic II Community
The primary forum used by most players of
Heretic II:
•
Raven-Games.com Forums
See
Heretic II players:
•
Raven-Games
Forums Members List (Registration required.)
