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{{Non-valve engine|engine}}
{{Non-valve engine|engine}}


{{idtech2|4}}, also known as the '''Quake engine''', is an engine created by {{wiki|id Software}} for {{quake|2}}, and later modified with new features & improvements for {{quake2|2}}. It was used as the foundation for {{gldsrc|4}} and [[Source|all]] [[Source 2|subsequent]] {{valve|2}} engines.
{{idtech2|4}}, also known as the '''Quake engine''', is an engine created by {{wiki|id Software}} for {{quake|4}}, and later modified with new features & improvements for {{quake2|4}}. It was used as the foundation for {{gldsrc|4}} and [[Source|all]] [[Source 2|subsequent]] {{valve|2}} engines.


id Tech 2 consists of the following two "branches":
id Tech 2 consists of the following two "branches":
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* {{idtech3|4}}, the successor to id Tech 2 developed for {{quake3|3.1}}.
* {{idtech3|4}}, the successor to id Tech 2 developed for {{quake3|4}}.
* {{idtech4|4}}, developed for {{doom3|3.1}}
* {{idtech4|4}}, developed for {{doom3|4}}


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id Tech 2
Developer(s)
id Software
Release date(s)
21 December 1999 (Source code release)
Written in
C, Assembly (for software rendering & optimization)
Successor
Todo: Mention FTE FTE, a notable fork of the Quake I engine in relation to Valve's engines. See Quake#Source ports for more info.
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This page documents information about an engine not developed by Valve. This information is documented here because it has technical and/or historical relevance to Valve's engines.

id Tech 2 id Tech 2, also known as the Quake engine, is an engine created by Wikipedia icon id Software for Quake Quake, and later modified with new features & improvements for Quake II Quake II. It was used as the foundation for GoldSrc GoldSrc and all subsequent Valve Valve engines.

id Tech 2 consists of the following two "branches":

Both version of id Tech 2 engines were later made open-source under the GNU GPL 2.0 (or later) license.

See also