Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion

Hexen II is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Raven Software, the third game in the Hexen/Heretic series, and the last in the Serpent Riders trilogy. Using a modified Quake engine, it features single player and multi player game modes, as well as four character classes to choose from, each with different abilities.

Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion includes many bugfixes, improved sound and video modes, OpenGL improvements and documentation.

Hexen II source, and the Hammer of Thyrion source port, are free but the game itself is not. You must have an original copy of the game released by Raven Software and Activision, else you can only play the demonstration version.

Features include:

• Support for Hexen II, Hexen II demo, Portal of Praevus mission pack and HexenWorld.
• Cross-platform code: Tested on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X and Windows. Also reported to build and run fine on QNX and Nokia N770, N800 and N810. Other unices should also work. Even DOS is supported for nostalgic purposes. There are seperate ports to MorphOS, PalmOS and GP2X.
• Tested on 32 bit and 64 bit platforms.
• In-game resolution changing for both opengl and software renderers. Instant fullscreen/windowed toggling on X11 (unix).
• OpenGL enhancements including multitexturing, glow effects, working brightness control, text and hud size changing on the fly, translucent console background, console background stretching, colored lights and support for external lit files, fixes for texture cache and model mesh cache mismatches.
• Fully network-compatible with Raven's 1.11 windows version as well as with other Hexen II ports. Can load and play games saved with Raven's 1.11 windows version.
• The same binary handles both original hexen2 and the mission pack.
• The same hexen2 binary transparently handles both v1.11 (hexen2) and v1.12 (mission pack) style progs.dat files.
• Fullscreen intermissions and help dialogs.
• MouseWheel support.
• Improvements and fixes to the HexenC game code.
• Improved sound support: A selection of three different sound drivers (ALSA, OSS and SDL) for Linux. FreeBSD is supported with OSS and SDL, OpenBSD and NetBSD are experimentally supported with sunaudio and SDL.
• Working music volume controls and on the fly selection of CD or MIDI music.
• Full user directories support under unix: all users have their own configuration files and game saves.
• Improved console functionality (inline editing and tab completion), and a maplist command.
• Ability to delete saved games from within the game.
• Several hexen2 utilities (hcc: the hexenc compiler, and other mapping tools) are maintained and are being kept up to date.
• Several hexenworld utilities (hwmaster: hexenworld master server, hwmquery: tool for querying hw master servers, hwrcon and hwterm: rcon tools) are maintained and are being kept up to date.
• Many bug fixes, security fixes and other improvements.

News from Hammer of Thyrion:

2009-08-03: Hammer of Thyrion, 1.4.4-pre7

Version 1.4.4-pre7 of Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion is released: Things have been slow for a while and this version is not a huge change since the previous one, but it does have several fixes all over the place. So here it is. Along with the full sources, we also posted win32, win64 and dos binary packages, as usual. We'd appreciate any feedback.

Downloads:
Latest Hammer of Thyrion version is 1.4.3

• All files for 1.4.3
• Source code
• Linux-x86 : tarballs, RPM.
• Linux-AMD64: tarballs, RPM.
• Linux-PPC : RPM.
• Linux installer: x86 + amd64.
• Demo for Linux
• Windows version (win32 x86)
• Windows 64 bit version (x64)
• DOS version
• Mac OS X (Universal dmg)
• Demo for Mac OS X (Universal dmg)
• Game Data
• Other Hexen II Data
• Downloads for Developers / Testers
• Support files
• Old Releases
• Historical sources
• All Downloadable Files

Sources for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2source-1.4.3.tgz : The main source tarball containing hexen2, hexenworld, game launcher, hexen2 utilities, hexenworld utilities, documentation, and even some extra patches.
• hexen2source-gamecode-1.4.3.tgz : Sources for the game hcode including hexen2, mission pack, hexenworld and siege.
• hexen2source-win32-1.4.3.tgz : Windows includes and link libraries for building win32 versions.
• hexen2source-unused-1.4.3.tgz : Several unused stuff for reference.
• hexen2-1.4.3-1.src.rpm : Sources in redhat rpm format.

Linux x86 rpm files for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-1.4.3-1.i586.rpm : The main rpm for x86 platforms. Contains documentation, the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for original Hexen II game and the Portal of Praevus mission pack.
• hexenworld-1.4.3-1.i586.rpm : Multiplayer rpm for x86 platforms: Includes documentation, client, server and data files for hexenworld multiplayer games.
• Note: The hexen2 and hexenworld utilities are not available in these rpms. Use the tarballs for them.

Linux x86 binary tarballs for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-1.4.3-linux-i586.tgz : The main binary tarball. Contains documentation, the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for Hexen II games including the mission pack.
• hexenworld-1.4.3-linux-i586.tgz : Includes documentation, client, server and data files for hexenworld multiplayer games.
• hexen2-utils-1.4.3-linux-i586.tgz : This contains standalone Hexen II utilities such as hcc (the hcode compiler), vis, light and qbsp (mapping tools), genmodel (the model grabber), and jsh2color (the colored light and lit file generator).
• hexenworld-utils-1.4.3-linux-i586.tgz : This contains standalone HexenWorld utilities: hwmaster (hexenworld master server), hwmquery (a tiny application for querying hexenworld master servers), hwrcon and hwterm (hexenworld rcon: remote administration tools).

Linux x86_64 rpm files for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-1.4.3-1.x86_64.rpm : The main rpm for x86_64 platform. Contains documentation, the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for original Hexen II game and the Portal of Praevus mission pack.
• hexenworld-1.4.3-1.x86_64.rpm : Multiplayer rpm for x86_64 platform: Includes documentation, client, server and data files for hexenworld multiplayer games.
• Note: The hexen2 and hexenworld utilities are not available in these rpms. Use the tarballs for them.

Linux x86_64 binary tarballs for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-1.4.3-linux-x86_64.tgz : The main binary tarball. Contains documentation, the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for Hexen II games including the mission pack.
• hexenworld-1.4.3-linux-x86_64.tgz : Includes documentation, client, server and data files for hexenworld multiplayer games.
• hexen2-utils-1.4.3-linux-x86_64.tgz : This contains standalone Hexen II utilities such as hcc (the hcode compiler), vis, light and qbsp (mapping tools), genmodel (the model grabber), and jsh2color (the colored light and lit file generator).
• hexenworld-utils-1.4.3-linux-x86_64.tgz : This contains standalone HexenWorld utilities: hwmaster (hexenworld master server), hwmquery (a tiny application for querying hexenworld master servers), hwrcon and hwterm (hexenworld rcon: remote administration tools).

Linux PPC rpm files for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-1.4.3-1.ppc.rpm : The main rpm for ppc platform. Contains documentation, the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for original Hexen II game and the Portal of Praevus mission pack.
• hexenworld-1.4.3-1.ppc.rpm : Multiplayer rpm for ppc platform: Includes documentation, client, server and data files for hexenworld multiplayer games.
• Notes: These PPC rpms are built on Yellow Dog Linux (YDL6). They were kindly provided by Bill Blake. Thanks Bill.

Linux x86 and x86_64 installer for the 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2-installer-1.4.3-linux.run : This is a graphical installer containing the game launcher, opengl and software renderer versions and data files for Hexen II games, client, server and data files for the hexenworld multiplayer games, and documentation, all in one package. It automatically handles the files to be retrieved from the cdroms. This installer supports both x86 and x86_64 platforms.
• Note: The hexen2 utilities are not available in this installer. Use the tarballs for them.

Hexen II demo for Linux, 1.4.3 version:

• hexen2demo-1.4.3-linux-i586.tgz : Hexen II demo version for Linux-X86 users.
• hexen2demo-1.4.3-linux-x86_64.tgz : Hexen II demo version for Linux-AMD64 users.

Screenshots.

Chase mode

Hexen II: Eidolon

Hexen II: Eidolon

Tome of Power

Hexen II FAQ

 

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