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What! Why is Stephen Howe <sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> here?? All these
interruptions are enough to make one insane!!
>>> 1. Is there a "nightmare mode" like Quake 1 ?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> If so, how do you start it?
>>>
>>
>> Go to the console, type 'skill 3' and then 'map base1' to start the
>> game
>
> Okay. Thank you. Is Quake 2 in Nightmare mode like Doom/Doom2 (where
> monsters come back to life after 30 seconds and were faster and more
> aggressive) or more like Quake 1 (where monsters did not come back to
> life and more aggressive)????
>

More like Quake 1.

> What are the characteristics of monsters in NM mode for Quake 2 ??? I
> guess I can find out :-)
>

They don't go into their pain animation when you shoot them and they
attack faster.

> Quake 1 was playable in NM mode. I managed to do both Quake and the 2
> mission packs in NM mode.
>

I've played through Q2 on NM (hard+ as it's called) and survived, but it
is significantly harder than on Hard. Which is a good thing since I can
breeze through Hard :D

>>
>>> (i) It seems that while loading saved games, the clock ticks by for
>>> monsters. So they could have wiped me out by the time it has
>>> _really_ loaded. Doom, Doom2 and Quake 1 did not do this. Saved
>>> games loaded on these would resume _exactly_ at the point of save.
>>
>> I've never noticed this. What are your computer's specs?
>
> Not great on the video department :-(
> It is a Dell Optiplex SX270
>
> It has
>
> Pentium 4 3.20GHz
> 1Gb of memory
> 56 Gb hard disk
> Intel 82865G Graphics chip
> 96.0 MB of Graphics memory
>
> But even so, this is definitely a game problem with Q2. It is not a
> video problem
>
> Cheers
>
> SH

Hmm. I haven't had problems like that since I had a Cyrix 150. Can't
really help you there :(

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