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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith

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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith cover
Developers
LucasArts
Engines
Sith
Release dates
Windows February 24, 1998
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith on Wikipedia
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

Shares many similarities with Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II in terms of its engine and performance.
Can run on low end hardware
Installer is 16-bit only; use the Alternate installer for 64-bit versions of Windows.

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
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GamersGate
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Music is not included. Run with -windowGUI switch by default[1]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Version differences

The retail version requires Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II; digital distribution versions are standalone.[2][3]
The GOG.com version has been patched for compatibility and includes working music.[4]

Essential improvements

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Alternate installer

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

Unofficial Mysteries of the Sith patch

Required for many mods.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32390/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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

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Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game keyboard settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game joystick settings.
In-game joystick settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32
Online play
32

Connection types

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

Game runs in a window even when game is set to fullscreen (Steam)

Instructions

Black screen during menu

Instructions

HUD does not appear, or screen has black border

Instructions

Missing music (Steam)

Instructions
Instructions

Wrong or missing music (with CD)

Instructions

Music does not loop

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

Instructions

Miscellaneous fixes

Instructions

Other information

Access advanced display settings menu

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References