Download and usage

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Useful console commands

give plasma rifle - Gives you the weapon use plasma rifle - Equips the weapon drop plasma rifle - Drops the weapon in front of you give cells x - Gives you x amount of ammo plasma_alpha 0 - Sets the plasma sprites opaque plasma_alpha 1 - Sets the plasma sprites translucent plasma_alpha 2 - Sets the plasma balls translucent and explosions opaque

gl_texturemode gl_nearest_mipmap_linear - pixelated look with smooth far filtering gl_texturemode gl_nearest_mipmap_nearest - pixelated look with pixelated far filtering gl_texturemode gl_linear_mipmap_linear - default smooth texture filtering

Extract the zip file to your Quake 2 game folder. The baseq2 overwrite is optional. It only contains the third-person view weapon.For steam, right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties. Click on the "LOCAL FILES" tab and there click "BROWSE LOCAL FILES..." button.The plasma folder should be in the same forder as quake2 exe and baseq2 folder.Create a shortcut for quake2.exe. Edit shortcut preferences and add "+set game plasma" at the target field after the exe path.For steam, right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties.Under the General tab click the "Set launch options..." button. Add "+set game plasma" at the target fieldTranslucent sprite setting can appear buggy in some lighting situations.I personally prefer the pixelated look for the game. There's some really great pixel art hidden under all that filtering.Change opengl texture filtering modeMod is tested with Steam release (3.20), original quake 2 version 3.20, unofficial 3.24 patch and Quake 2 Pro source port.