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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II

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Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II cover
Developers
LucasArts
Publishers
LucasArts
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
Sith
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1997
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II guide on StrategyWiki
Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II 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

Running the game on modern Windows may require multiple steps and workarounds. See Essential improvements and Issues fixed.
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
Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
JKDF2.COM - Extensive troubleshooting guide for Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith
Windows Essentials Mods Pack - Contains essential mods (fixes, tweaks, enhancements & patches) all in one pack with a video tutorial to install everything in the right order.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Disk check can be skipped with this
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Mysteries of the Sith
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Mysteries of the Sith Retail requires base game; digital distribution version is a standalone title.[1][2]
Windows

Version differences

The GOG.com and Steam versions have been patched for compatibility and include working music.[3][4]

Essential improvements

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

Alternate installer

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

Patches

Latest official patch

Updates the game to version 1.01 and fixes some joystick and lockup issues.
Only for retail (CD) release. Use the Unofficial Patch for digital re-releases.

Unofficial patch

Includes patch v1.01 and adds compatibility for modern Windows, mod support and team chat in multiplayer.
For digital releases, use the pre-patched executable.
For the original CD release, use the pre-patched executable or the original Unofficial Patch, which requires the original, installed-from-CD executable.[5]

Remove CD check

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Higher quality music

Replace the music tracks with higher quality ones ripped from the original CD.

Instructions
Requires the music wrapper (winmm.dll) to be in the game folder.
Can be combined with the wrapper to allow the retail CD release to play music without the CD.

Higher quality sound effects

Replace the low quality sound effects re-used from Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II with that game's high quality ones.

Instructions

Higher quality graphics

Before and after the High Detail Mod.
Before and after the High Detail Mod.

Make the game always use the highest quality textures and models, instead of using lower qualities the further away they are (and leading to unsightly transitions).

Instructions
Doesn't add or replace any textures or models.
Can be used alone or in conjunction with other texture/model mods.


Game data

In-game general settings.
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

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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 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
French
There is issue with the second disc of Retail release. It will switch to English voice-over in the cutscenes for no reason.
Italian
Spanish

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

Game crashes at launch

This issue is present in the original CD release and may also apply to re-releases patched with the Unofficial Patch.

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

3D acceleration issues

Running the game with 3D acceleration turned on may cause crashes or graphics problems (ex. black screens) on some modern machines.

Instructions
Instructions

Can't start a new game on AMD GPUs

This issue is present in the original CD release and may also apply to re-releases patched with the Unofficial Patch.

Instructions
Instructions

Black screen during menu

Instructions

Seemingly low framerate or stuttering

The game updates camera movement at only 30fps, even though the game runs at 60fps. This gives the appearance of poor performance and can be improved by capping the framerate below 48.

Instructions

HUD is missing or screen has black border

Instructions

Music issues

Music doesn't play (after exiting the bar) or loop or the volume can't be adjusted.

Instructions
Instructions

Miscellaneous fixes

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Smacker

Access advanced display settings menu

Instructions

Texture/model enhancements

Jedi Knight Enhanced

This mod replaces models with higher quality ones taken from Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast. It requires the Unofficial Patch to be installed.

Instructions

Jedi Knight Retexture Pack

This mod replaces textures with higher quality versions and can be used alone or with Jedi Knight Enhanced. It requires the Unofficial Patch to be installed.

Instructions

JK HUD Revamp

The original HUD is too small at high resolutions. This mod replaces the default GUI and HUD elements with larger, higher resolution alternatives.

Instructions
jkhud.zip affects the health and ammo readouts and jkgui.zip the force power and item icons.
The larger elements are very different from (and not faithful to) the original designs.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 53 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 5 compatible

Notes

  1. 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