Running Hexen 2 in the Hammer of Thyrion Source Port:
1) Go to the
Hammer of Thyrion site and click on
Downloads on the left hand side of the page.
2) On the
Downloads page, click on either
Windows version (32 bit) or
Windows 64 bit version, then download either
hexen2-1.5.9-win32.zip or
hexen2-1.5.9-win64.zip. Of course, if you are using Linux or another operating system, choose the relevant link for your system from the choices listed on the
Downloads page.
3) Extract to your folder of choice the contents of
hexen2-1.5.9-win32.zip,
hexen2-1.5.9-win64.zip, or its equivalent for your operating system.
4) Copy the Hexen II game files
pak0.pak and
pak1.pak into Hammer of Thyrion's
data1 folder.
*
pak0.pak and
pak1.pak can be found in the
data1 folder of your existing Hexen II GOG installation if you already installed Hexen II via the GOG offline backup game installer.
OR
* Alternatively,
pak0.pak and
pak1.pak can also be found and then extracted from the
data1 folder of the Hexen II GOG offline backup game installer
without installing the entire game. You can extract these two files from the Hexen II GOG offline backup game installer by using the Windows and Linux commandline tool
Inno Extract with the following syntax, pressing
enter after each command:
inno-extract -I data1\pak0.pak \path\to\gog-hexen-ii-offline-installer
inno-extract -I data1\pak1.pak \path\to\gog-hexen-ii-offline-installer
(If you are running Linux, use forward slashes, instead of backslashes).
* Please note the above commandline parameter's letter is the upper-case letter
I, which stands for the word
Include. For further information, read the
Inno-Extract Man Page.
5) In the Hammer of Thyrion source port folder, update the game files to version 1.11 if necessary by running
h2patch.exe.
6) Start the game by running
glh2.exe.
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Running Portal of Praevus in the Hammer of Thyrion Source Port:
Note: GOG does not currently sell Portal of Praevus due to legal issues that may or may not be eventually resolved between the two companies Microsoft (which owns Bethesda / ID / Zenimax) and Activision, so the only legal way to get this game's physical CD release is through Amazon, Ebay, etc. 1) Copy the
pak3.pak file from the CD:\Install\Data\portals\ folder of the original installation CD, into the
portals folder located in your Hammer of Thyrion source port folder. If the
portals folder does not already exist there, create it now.
2) Create a shortcut to the
glh2.exe file, add the
-portals command line argument to the shortcut, then start the game.
*
How to Create a Shortcut to a File or Folder *
How to Create Shortcuts with Parameters in Windows 10 3)
To play Portal of Praevus, choose New Game.
4) To play the original Hexen II game, choose Old Game.
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To configure Hexen 2's and Portal of Praevus' music in Hammer of Thyrion, please also read:
How to Set Up Hexen 2's and Portal of Praevus' Music in the Hammer of Thyrion Source Port
