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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| | {{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| | * {{idtech3|4}}, the successor to id Tech 2 developed for {{quake3|4}}. | ||
* {{idtech4|4}}, developed for {{doom3| | * {{idtech4|4}}, developed for {{doom3|4}} | ||
[[Category:Id Tech]] | [[Category:Id Tech]] | ||
[[Category:Game engines]] | [[Category:Game engines]] |
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id Tech 2
Developer(s)
id Software
Release date(s)
21 December 1999 (Source code release)
Platform(s)
License
Todo: Mention
FTE, a notable fork of the Quake I engine in relation to Valve's engines. See Quake#Source ports for more info.


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, also known as the Quake engine, is an engine created by
id Software for
Quake, and later modified with new features & improvements for
Quake II. It was used as the foundation for
GoldSrc and all subsequent
Valve engines.
id Tech 2 consists of the following two "branches":
- The
Quake Engine, developed for Quake and used by several other games
- The
Quake II Engine (colloquially id Tech 2.5), developed for Quake II and used by several other games
Both version of id Tech 2 engines were later made open-source under the GNU GPL 2.0 (or later) license.