Hexen 2 for the MacOS
®1997-2000 Raven Software

Requirements
- MacOS 8.5 or higher
- 32 MB RAM (48 recommended)
- A video card that supports OpenGL with at least 4MB of VRAM.
A Rage 128, Voodoo3 or higher are strongly recommended.

What is this?
Back in 1997, Raven Software released Hexen 2 for Windows 95, but the
game never made it to the Mac. They have since released the source code,
so we are able to bring you a MacOS version of Hexen 2 at last!

Hexen 2 is the 3rd in a series of games by Raven Software. The first was
Heretic, followed by Hexen, and this entry: Hexen 2. Hexen 2 was followed
on the PC by Heretic 2, which to date has not been ported to the Mac. For
details on gameplay and some background on the game itself, please see the
"Help" folder on the Hexen 2 CD.

How do I use this?
1. If you want to play the retail version of Hexen 2, you will need to buy
the PC version to use on the Mac. Some suggested online stores: www.activision.com,
www.outpost.com. We have no affiliation with any online retailer.

2. Once you have the PC CD in hand, copy the "data1" folder from the "Install->Hexen2"
directory on the PC CD to the same location as the "GLHexen 2" application on your Mac.

3. Optional: if you have access to a PC, you should run the 1.11 updater on
the PC data before you copy the Mac progs.dat file that comes with this application.
This isn't strictly necessary, but it helps.

4. Take the "progs.dat" file from within the 'place into "data1"' folder that
comes with the Mac application and copy it into the data1 folder that you just
copied from the CD. Now you're ready to play!

Mac-specific notes
Since Hexen 2 was ported to the Mac for free based on open-source code, we cannot
promise support of any kind. The Mac version is completely unsupported by both
Raven and id Software, so please do not e-mail them with any problems - they will
most likely ignore you.

You can configure most of the Mac settings by holding down the Command key when
double-clicking on the application to start it up. If you are using a mod and need
to pass some "command line" parameters to Hexen 2, you can type those commands in a
text file, then drag that text file onto the application to treat those commands as
if they were typed on a terminal-based command line.

The Mac conversion was done by Brad Oliver (bradman@pobox.com) and
Frank Condello (pox@planetquake.com), based on the work done on GLQuake
by David Caldwell and others. Although the conversion was done for free by
volunteers in their spare time, we are striving towards a commercial-quality
app and we believe it is almost to that level.

Need further help?
If you are having trouble or would like to report a bug, please send an e-mail
to either pox@planetquake.com or bradman@pobox.com with as many details as you
can provide, and we'll try to help you out.

The Hexen 2 for Mac homepage is here: http://www.planetquake.com/paroxysm/

Known Issues
- The code is based off the open-source Hexen 2 Mission Pack code. That codebase
has no explicit support for the regular Hexen 2 release or the demo, but we were
able to make it work with a little bit of hacking. You may encounter some minor
scripting errors or possibly get dumped back to the Hexen console during a game.
In the event this happens, please let us know and try to provide a saved game if possible.

Future Plans
- Add GameRanger support

Version History
0.8 - 25 November 2000
- First release, in sync with the 1.12 Hexen 2 Mission Pack codebase.

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