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Revision as of 05:32, 17 January 2018
Developers | |
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LucasArts | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Engines | |
Jedi | |
iMUSE | |
Release dates | |
DOS | February 15, 1995 |
Mac OS (Classic) | June 1995 |
Windows | September 16, 2009 |
Linux | January 20, 2015[1] |
General information
- Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
- DF-21 - Modding site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | See Run retail version without the CD on how to bypass the disc check. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Can be played without Steam. Pre-packaged with DOSBox 0.73.[3] Update to 0.74 for better performance and some color issue fixes. |
- Demo is available
Essential improvements
Patches
- The DOS version has no patches (the
Install.exe
listed on the support page is not for this game). - The 1.2 Update patch fixes some issues with the Classic version of Dark Forces.
DarkXL
- Enables playing the game in modern Windows. Supports high resolutions, with enhanced visuals and proper mouselook.
- Sadly however, the project no-longer appears to be in active development, and the most-recent alpha version has some issues such as missing cutscenes, no music in cutscenes, and other issues that require workarounds to correct, though the game can still be completed in this form (see Getting started with XL Engine).
- Requires original game assets
Run in DOSBox
To improve DOSBox performance make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:
- Change
fulldouble=false
tofulldouble=true
- Change
memsize=16
tomemsize=32
- Change
blocksize
to4096
andprebuffer
to30
Dark Frontend
Dark Frontend is a utility that allows easier launching of mods and levels. Installation (of both the launcher and the mods you intend to use with it) isn't exactly the most straight forward; includes a digital manual (readme.exe), reading it is recommended before using.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32400/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Config file is not human readable. A partial explanation on how to edit it can be found here.
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32400/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
DOSBox mouse sensitivity
Set mouse sensitivity in dosbox.conf[citation needed] |
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|
Modern control scheme + v-look for mouse (DOSBox)
- Use Dark Forces Plus, compilation of DOSBox keymapper files and GlovePIE script.[4]
- Could use FreePIE as alternative to GlovePIE.
- GlovePIE and FreePIE are Windows programs, they do not work on Mac or Linux.
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Italian |
Issues fixed
Game randomly changes colors
Change output method to DirectDraw or OpenGL[citation needed] |
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Game appears stretched horizontally
Fix incorrect aspect ratio[citation needed] |
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|
Run retail version without the CD
Run without the CD[5] |
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Create a dummy folder[citation needed] |
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Update Steam DOSBox version/Run without Steam
Run without Steam[citation needed] |
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Enable Steam overlay
Change output method to OpenGL[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | See DarkXL |
Software renderer | ||
DOS video modes | MCGA, VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386DX 33 MHz | Intel 486DX 33 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | MCGA, VGA |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/32400/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (32400) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ LUCASFILM ON GOG.COM: Wave II continues. - GOG.com
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Star Wars: Dark Forces · AppID: 32400 · Steam Database
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/dark_forces_plus_basically_vanilla_mouse_look_an_alternative_to_darkxl/page1
- ↑ https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES:Star_Wars:_Dark_Forces
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