"Error during initialization" Vanilla Quake 2 (source)

Luca91 · Post by **Luca91** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:18 pm

Hi all,
this afternoon I've successfully compiled quake 2 source code. I was able to build the quake2.exe.
I've moved this file on my quake 2 game directory, but when I launch it, I got "Error during initialization"....

Has anybody experienced this ? What's the problem ?

Luca91 · Post by **Luca91** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:31 am

Solved by upgrading the game with the latest patch. After the upgrade I've copied my compiled quake2.exe to the game directory and it worked

Thanks anyway!

leileilol · Post by **leileilol** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:43 am

I do wonder what it would take to reverse Quake2's source to 3.05 compatibility....

Knightmare · Post by **Knightmare** » Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:45 am

The refresh API between the .exe ref_gl and ref_soft modules, as well as the game API undoubtedly are different. This will prevent a v3.21 .exe from working with the v3.05 renderer modules and game DLLs.

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