🚀 go-pugleaf

>> 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)????

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

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

> There are plenty of source ports and so forth - www.planetquake.com is
> probably a good starting point, although it does mean having to use
> FilePlanet for downloads...
>
>> (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