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Once the runtime files for Quake II .NET have been installed, you need just one
more file, pak0.pak, to run the .NET version. The PAK file contains id
Software’s copy written 3-D models and images and they’d prefer that you get
that file from them:
All of the Q2 data files remain copyrighted and licensed under the original
terms, so you cannot redistribute data from the original game… -John Carmack,
id Software, from the readme.txt in the GPL’d source code
Therefore, you need to get the PAK file from the official Quake II demo. Here’s
what you need to do:
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Download and open the Quake II demo from
ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake2/q2-314-demo-x86.exe. This
unpacks files to your system (default folder is c:\windows\desktop\Quake2
Demo).
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Copy the pak0.pak file from the Quake2 Demo\Install\Data\baseq2 folder to the
%ProgramFiles%\Quake II .NET\managed\baseq2 and %ProgramFiles%\Quake
II.NET\native\baseq2 folders. This file is big - about 48MB and you’re making
two copies. If you uninstall Quake II .NET, you have to remove these two copies
by hand.
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Run the managed or native version by clicking the shortcut in the Start menu.
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