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Rad-Therapy II

The original port of Half-Life 2 (2004) to Quake(World).

The game is not playable from start to finish. You can play deathmatch and other odd modes.

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Requires both hl2 and hl2dm directories in order to function. Any copy will do fine. If you're on a case-insensitive filesystem and you're running pre .vpk data files you might want to put them in a .zip and name it 'pak0.pk3'. It's generally easier to just use the latest data from Steam.

Playing/Installing

Run FTE like so:

fteqw.exe -halflife2

It will then automatically attempt to install Rad-Therapy II - when run from within your Half-Life 2: Deathmatch directory.

Building

Git clone Nuclide first, run make update and make fteqcc, then clone the repository inside the Nuclide-SDK:

git clone https://code.idtech.space/fn/hl2 hl2
make game GAME=hl2
make plugins GAME=hl2

The last command will build the plugins required for the engine to load the data files. The one before it will build the game-logic. Make sure that Nuclide-SDK has fteqcc and fteqw present for building and running, respectively. It will also respect versions installed by the package manager, just make sure it's up to date.

Community

Matrix

If you're a fellow Matrix user, join the Nuclide Space. Where you can ask questions, or prod devs about what they're up to. https://matrix.to/#/#nuclide:matrix.org

IRC

You can also join us on #nuclide via irc.libera.chat. It's bridged with the main room of the Matrix space.

License

ISC License

Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Marco "eukara" Cawthorne marco@icculus.org

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF MIND, USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Content Copyright Notice

Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch belong to Valve Corporation. Original licensed assets from Steam or a disc are required in order to experience Rad-Therapy II.