Heretic is the classic FPS made by RavenSoft in 1994 after ID Software had so much success with Doom. Now you can play Heretic with a new graphics engine sporting high resolutions, new sound effects, animations and RPG elements. Brutal Heretic truly revives the nostalgia of the 90's and breathes some new life into slaying Gargoyles and Golems.



Tips & Specs:

Mint 18.3 64-bit
GZDoom 3.3.1 64-bit
BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3

Go to: https://zdoom.org/downloads
Download Ubuntu (64-bit)


Save gzdoom_3.3.1_amd64.deb to your desktop


Double-click gzdoom_3.3.1_amd64.deb
Click "Install Package"


Run GZDoom at least once
Error explains where your .wad files need to reside
Click Exit


Download the original Heretic
Make the zipped download hs "heretic.wad"

Note: Heretic is not abandonware, but is still provided on some websites for free

Open the zipped Heretic download
Select "heretic.wad"
Click Extract


Navigate to: /home/username/.config/gzdoom
Click Extract


Note: replace username with your Linux login

Success
Click Quit


Downloading Brutal Heretic

Go to: https://www.dropbox.com/s/34ioe26n7861d5o/BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3?dl=0
Click "Download"
Click "Direct Download"
Save BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3 to /home/username/.config/gzdoom



Open Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T)
Test Brutal Heretic with this command:

Code:

gzdoom -file BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3

When Heretic launches, press ESC to see the Brutal Heretic RPG menu


Click Options


Go to "Set video mode"
Set widescreen and resolution modes


Note: Go to Display Options to set lighting, effects, etc

Brutal Heretic shortcut

Open a text editor
type:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
gzdoom -file BrutalHereticRPG_V2.pk3

Save and close


Right-click the shortcut
Click Properties
Click the thumbnail


Navigate to the thumbnail of your choice
Open the thumbnail
Click Close


Double-click your shortcut to run Brutal Heretic


Conclusion:
Brutal Heretic runs perfectly in Linux with GZDoom. Its very optimized and bundles a whole lot of new features that make Heretic more intense. Co-op works as well with some GZDoom commands in your script.

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