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Star Wars: Jedi Knight
Subseries of Star Wars
Star Wars: Dark Forces	1995
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II	1997
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith	1998
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast	2002
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy	2003
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster	2024

Key points

Installer is 16-bit only, but a workaround is available. See Alternate installer

Is not compatible with AMD GPUs using Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 or newer

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe

JKDF2.NET - A fan site for the game

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
GOG.com
Steam		Does not have working music; see Missing music (Steam).
Retail		Disk check can be skipped with this

Version differences

The GOG.com version has been patched for compatibility and includes working music.^[1]

The Steam version does not have working music; see Missing music (Steam) for a fix.

Essential improvements

In-game gameplay settings.

Alternate installer

Allows the game to be installed on 64-bit systems.

Patches

Unofficial Jedi Knight patch

Adds team chat to multiplayer and is required for many mods. Comes with official patch

Unofficial Mysteries of the Sith patch

Required for many mods.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32380/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

In-game advanced video settings (only accessible via the -displayconfig command line argument).

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game general control settings.

In-game keyboard settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game joystick settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400, 47624-47625
UDP	2300-2400, 47624-47625

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

3D Acceleration problems

Running the game with 3D acceleration turned on may cause crashes or graphics problems on some modern machines. If you experience problems, try the following steps (you may have to do this every time you launch the game):

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Unable to set video mode

Instructions

Menu/cutscenes run in a window even when game is set to fullscreen

If you run the game with the -windowgui command line parameter, or if you have the Steam version, all menus and cutscenes will run in a window, even if the game is set to fullscreen. This is normal.

Black screen during menu

If you get a black screen instead of the menu, Alt+Tab ↹ away from the game and back. Alternatively, run the game with the -windowgui command line parameter.

Resolution issues

Running the game in a widescreen resolution is not recommended. The horizontal FOV is locked to a 4:3 aspect ratio, so running the game in widescreen will make everything look stretched horizontally.

The game's HUD and on-screen messages do not scale based on resolution; running the game at high resolutions may make them too small to see.

Changing the resolution in mid-mission is not recommended.

HUD does not appear, or screen has black border

Press - and = to adjust the screen size. Ideally it should be 9.

Miscellaneous fixes

On Windows Vista and 7, try setting JK.exe (JKM.exe for MOTS) to run in XP SP2 compatibility mode, with visual themes and desktop composition disabled.

If you are using an nVidia graphics card and the game crashes, try disabling Antialiasing, Texture Antialiasing, and Conformant Texture Clamp for JK.exe (JKM.exe for MOTS) in your graphics card settings.

Missing music (Steam)

Instructions

Instructions

Wrong or missing music (with CD)

Instructions

Instructions

Music does not loop

This is a known issue on some Windows Vista and 7 machines

Instructions

Other information

Access advanced display settings menu

Instructions

Texture/model enhancement

Jedi Knight Enhanced

Jedi Knight Enhanced is a model enhancement pack for Jedi Knight. It requires the unofficial patch to be installed; an older version of the patch is included in the download.

To install it, do the following:

Instructions

Jedi Knight Retexture Pack

Jedi Knight Retexture Pack is a texture enhancement pack for Jedi Knight, which can be used alone or in conjunction with Jedi Knight Enhanced. It requires the unofficial patch to be installed.

To install it, download jkr.zip version 0.4 from JKHub. If you are using Jedi Knight Enhanced, extract JKR.gob into the JKE folder in your Jedi Knight install folder. Otherwise, extract it into the Resource folder in your Jedi Knight install folder.

Mods and Steam version

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 90
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.2 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32380/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Release: Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32380/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (32380) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Release: Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, page 3 - Forum - GOG.com

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[Note 1]

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 # Select your desired resolution.
 # Click "OK" to return to the main menu.
-# Another fix is available for the GOG version for modern PC's [[#Access jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/jkultimate15.zip|jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/jkultimate15.zip]] and Mysteries of the sith GOG version [[#Access jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/motsultimate15.zip|jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/motsultimate15.zip]], Basically its a DDraw wrapper that emulates a older version of Direct3D providing a smooth experience for all users with all graphics cards, This release has been tested on 7/8/10 Preview with AMD & Nvidia cards and is working. This Fix Does Require a card that supports DirectX 10.1 or higher
+}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|DirectX 10.1+: |ref=<ref>[http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/possible_solution_for_hardware_acceleration/post2 Possible solution for hardware acceleration - GOG.com Forum]</ref>}}
+# Download DDraw wrapper
+:* [http://jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/jkultimate15.zip%20 Dark Forces II]
+:* [http://jkdf2.net/JKBot/JKArchive/JKDF2/Game%20Files/tools/PATCH/motsultimate15.zip Mysteries of the Sith]
+# Extract everything in {{p|game}}
+}}
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|Others: |ref=<ref>[http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/do_not_buy_this_game_open_letter_to_gogdevelopers/post14 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME - OPEN LETTER TO GOG/DEVELOPERS - GOG.com Forum]</ref>}}
+# Download latest version of [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wined3d4win/ WineD3D For Windows]
+# Unpack archive content in {{p|game}}
+}}
+===Unable to set video mode===
+{{Fixbox|1=
+{{Fixbox/fix|AMD graphics cards users |ref=<ref>[( AMD FIX ) |- "Unable to Set Video Mode" Error -| :: Steam Community Discussions]</ref>}}
+# Check [http://steamcommunity.com/app/32380/discussions/0/846957366680893679 JK_AMD_FIX]
 }}

Developers
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	LucasArts
Engines
	Sith
Release dates
Windows	September 30, 1997