Download Full Release from Spacefarer Retro Remasters Mirror (2.1GB ZIP, Win64)
This link contains the full archive of Heretic II Remastered. The base.pak file is our team's original files that contain all the HD assets. It does not include the original game, you'll need to provide that.
The game will automatically try to find an installed copy of Heretic II on your system (Steam, GOG, Original PC Release) and extract the two needed PAKs files from it to run. If it doesnt find them, it will then check for the CD version, or finally, it is down to yourself to provide the two PAK files from the original release and place in the 'base' folder in order to run. See Installation on the README FOR INFO.
Patches to this release and Minimal builds (without the HD PAK) are attached to Assets of this release.
Heretic II Remastered — Release Notes R7_03
Going forward, the prefix 2.0.x is dropped for release names, we will simply be refering to R7, R8 etc for friendly revision names. So R7_03 would Revision 7, Update 3.
Menu / UI
• Full Widescreen Book UI — The Book UI now supports full widescreen rendering (excluding Maps), with the ability to toggle between 4:3 and Widescreen.
• Improved Update Check — The main menu update check has been improved; the GitHub page now only opens when an update is actually available.
• Online Portal Link — Added a link to the Heretic II online website (Spacefarer Retro Remasters Portal).
• Version Info Display — Version information is now shown in the bottom-right corner of the menu.
• Quit to Main Menu — Quitting while in-game now returns you to the main menu instead of closing directly to the desktop.
• Anti-Aliasing Options — Added menu options to toggle MSAA and FXAA anti-aliasing modes.
Video
• MSAA / FXAA Support — Anti-aliasing via MSAA and FXAA is now available.
• Reduced Texture Warping — Reduced texture warping on Flex Models.
Graphics
• Fixed Untextured Segments — Chains, ropes, and vine segments are no longer rendered white with leftover placeholder textures. This was a bug present in the original release.
• Water Reflections & Probes — Water reflections and reflection probes now work correctly; water properly reflects the skybox (most noticeable in the Swamps).
Sound
• Aureal A3D Processing Emulation — Added an Aureal A3D processing emulation extension to the SDL3 audio backend.
Bug Fixes
• Reflection Probes — Fixed light probes for reflections not activating.