Multiplayer Quake II

Quake II's "Multiplayer" allows multiple players to enter a game together, over the Internet or on your local area network.

The most popular way to play Quake II Multiplayer is a Deathmatch, which has no monsters, just player versus player! The goal of the game is to kill your opponents more often than they kill you. Each kill counts for one "frag", and if you kill yourself then you loose a frag, thus it's not a great idea to go swimming in the lava or juggle your own grenades.

After you die, press the Space Bar to reappear, or "respawn", in the game. You’ll be brought back at one of several random respawn locations. Throughout the map you will find different artifacts, such as weapons, ammo, health and powerups, that are needed to be successful at destroying your enemy.

Multiplayer Menu JOIN NETWORK SERVER - Allows you to search for and join a game. PLAYER SETUP - Allows you to customize your appearance.

Join Network Server

Under the JOIN SERVER menu are two options that will help you locate and join in network games. The first is "address book", which is used to store and recall the IP addresses or Host addresses of Internet servers. To connect directly to a Known server addresss, just bring down the console and type in: "connect" "server address", example: connect pctechie.redirectme.net. Then Hit Enter to connect to the Server. The second option you have is "search for servers", which will display a list of servers running on your local area network as well as any you have entered into your address book.

To add servers to your address book, simply move down to an available spot and type in the hostname address or IP address of the server. To join a server that is listed in your address book highlight that server and hit ENTER.

To search for and connect to a server on your local area network simply select SEARCH FOR SERVERS, then press ENTER on any of the servers that appear under "connect to...".

Player Setup These options will allow you to personalize your player character, thus changing how other players see you in the game. Once you are satisfied with your player settings hitting ESC will move you back up a level to the Multiplayer Menu, saving your player setup.

NAME: This sets the name of your player. This way when you frag someone, they'll know who did it!

MODEL: This allows you to select whether your player is a male or female.

SKIN: Skins give your player a unique look. Quake II provides 10 female and 15 male player skins to choose from. For team play, all team mates should select the same skin.

HANDEDNESS: Switches your weapon between right and left hand views. Also allows a center aligned mode where no weapon is drawn. Center is often easier to aim, and because no weapon is drawn the game will run faster.

A note on SERVERINFO: If you pull down the console (hit the ~ key) and type SERVERINFO you will get back a list of the current settings for the server you are connected to. This list includes such things as map name, server name, time and frag limits.

NOTE: There is no cooperative multiplayer in Quake II. This may be implemented at a later date.