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R1Q2
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'''''R1Q2''''' is a [[game engine]] modification of [[id Software]]'s [[open source]] ''[[Quake II]]'' computer game. R1Q2 is developed by ''[http://www.r1ch.net/ R1CH]'' and is presently the most widely used 3rd party engine modification on Quake II servers. The primary design goals are high speed, increased security and improved stability whilst not affecting compatibility.

==History==
R1Q2 development began the night of the Quake II source code released in 2001 - the name ''R1Q2'' comes from a combination of the developers nickname 'R1CH' and 'Q2' (short for Quake II). R1CH at the time was the maintainer of the [http://www.planetgloom.com/ Gloom] Quake II modification and had run into various bugs and other shortcomings within the previously closed source Quake II engine that he wished to fix. Initially, R1Q2 started out as a bugfix-only modification of the engine but soon evolved into addingxpanded with the addition of new features, most of them for the server portion of the game as R1CHthe author ran several Quake II servers at the time.

From 2001 through 2004, development continued and although no official release was made, many members of the Gloom community had received [[beta software|beta versions]] from R1CH and had begun circulating it. During the [[QuakeCon]] 2004 computer gaming event R1CH released, the first official version of R1Q2, build number 1 was released. It soon become one of the most widely used<ref name="stats">http://www.r1ch.net/forum/index.php?topic=1093.0</ref> modifications for Quake II servers due to the security and stability fixes and additional features that made server administration easier. The following year, R1Q2 was selected as the official client and server for the 'Retro Quake II tournament' at [[QuakeCon]] 2005 and again for the 'QUAKE Quad-Damage 1v1 Tournament' at QuakeCon 2007<ref name="quakecon">http://www.quakecon.org/tournaments/rules.php?tournament=quaddamage</ref>. R1Q2 continues to be developed, now up to build number 65577322 as of Junely 20067.

==Main features==
'''Security and bug fixes'''
: R1Q2 was one of the first Quake II modifications to provide security fixes for various bugs<ref name="bugtraq">http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/379603</ref><ref name="bugtraq2">http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4744</ref> that were discovered prior to and after the source code release. Many server admins were eager to update their servers to prevent any malicious users from expl(contracted; show full)*[http://www.r1ch.net/forum/index.php?board=8.0 R1Q2 forum]
*[http://www.quakedev.com/forums/index.php?topic=53.0 List of vulnerabilities in Quake II 3.20 (Server) by R1CH]
*[http://www.quakedev.com/forums/index.php?topic=18.0 Mod Authoring Best Practices by R1CH]

==References==
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[[Category:Quake]]