The Kharaa presence has been detected. Repeat: the Kharaa presence has been detected. Somewhere onboard the aliens have already begun to breed. We have just received notice that a Frontiersmen response craft will be docking in moments. They represent the height of small squad technology, and the peak of modern military training -- but even so, the outcome cannot be predicted. We expect the fighting to be intense, and the casualties high.

Luck and victory to us all.

Content Usage:

To install, run the ns_install_v20.exe executable. If you have a previous version of NS installed, the 2.0 installer will offer to make a backup copy for you. If you decline to backup your previous version, this installer will delete the previous NS version before installing NS 2.0. This is by design.

NS 2.0 requires Half-Life Retail 1.1.1.0, CounterStrike Retail 1.5, or Day of Defeat Retail 1.0.

NS 2.0 requires an OpenGL or DirectX-compliant video card, and does not support software rendering.

Suggested Minimum System Specs:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP.
350Mhz CPU (Pentium-equivalent)
16MB 3D video adapter
32MB RAM
200MB free hard drive space
28.8 modem

Any issues with this installer or the 2.0 client can be reported on the NS Forums here . Note that there is definitely a small patch coming in the very near future, if only to support VAC as previously planned.