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Posted January 27, 2015
You get a lightsaber!

Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, in which you master weapons of the Jedi and face the very real temptations of the dark side, is now available for Windows, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 20% launch discount.

Dark Forces revolutionised the early days of first person shooting. Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II improved on the experience in almost every imaginable regard, as the series once again established a significant milestone in 3D action gaming. If the words "You get a lightsaber" weren't enough to get you hyped about this title back in the day, then the truly-3D environments and models, RPG elements, and unprecedented freedom of movement complemented by a varied arsenal of weapons and Force powers would have done it.

Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is a must-play for gamers looking to experience or relive gaming history, and the GOG.com treatment now makes this easier than ever. At the end of the day, it's a game that allows you to discover the Force entirely on your own - to walk the light path of a Jedi hero, or to unlock the sheer destructive power of the dark side - and that is just plain awesome.

Get your lightsaber and master the Force in Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 20% launch discount will last for 72 hours, until Friday, January 30 at 1:59 PM GMT.
Posted January 27, 2015
I can't install Dark Forces II! Avira blocks it because auf Trojan "TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen" found in JK.EXE.
Posted January 27, 2015
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mattymuc: I can't install Dark Forces II! Avira blocks it because auf Trojan "TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen" found in JK.EXE.
Disable you antivirus.
Posted January 27, 2015
Aw, man. Hardware mode doesn't work for me. Just getting a black screen. Oh well. I knew the dangers going in, but it's actually still a pretty good looking game in software mode, even if I can't get 16bit graphics! *shakes fist violently* =P At least I'm able to play it in full widescreen, so that's very nice, and working music is a big plus. But that hammy acting. Oh my. I forgot all about that.

Some of those graphic options are hilarious. Affine textures makes it look like I'm swimming rather than moving through the game, and then you have solid and wireframe geometry. How incredibly odd. The latter seems great for cheating as enemies can be seen behind what are supposed to be solid objects. It's fun to see for a moment, but that's about it. I can't quite fathom why LA thought anybody would want these options, but hey! Old games! ;)

Anyway, the game is very much a blast from the past and still a lot of fun, though some of the odd controls had to be changed. Inverted mouse look? Weird. The automatic reload when you die is quite nice though as it's pretty much instantaneous.
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Post edited January 27, 2015 by mistermumbles
Posted January 27, 2015
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Grargar: It is. :P
Regarding your account screenshot:

How come you have a colored logo and green notification button in your GOG and I don't, what sorcery is this?
Mine's all grey and dreary :/
Post edited January 27, 2015 by awalterj
Posted January 27, 2015
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awalterj: How come you have a colored logo and green notification button in your GOG and I don't, what sorcery is this?
Mine's all grey and dreary :/
Barefoot Essentials I'd guess.
Posted January 27, 2015
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Grargar: It is. :P
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awalterj: Regarding your account screenshot:

How come you have a colored logo and green notification button in your GOG and I don't, what sorcery is this?
Mine's all grey and dreary :/
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/barefoot_essentials_2_gogcom_enhancement
Posted January 27, 2015
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JMich: Barefoot Essentials I'd guess.
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yyahoo: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/barefoot_essentials_2_gogcom_enhancement
Thanks guys!
Posted January 27, 2015
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OK, finally got it working!

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JEDI KNIGHT ENHANCHED MOD - installation tutorial

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1.) Install the patch you can find in the first post:
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/jedi_knight_mots_hardware_acceleration_graphic_patches_for_all/page1

2.) Then do the following:

Download JKE Mod from here:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=242§ion=downloads

Choose
JK_Enhanced.zip - 1.0 - 39,988 KB - 2007-01-31 19:58:47

3.) open with you favorite extractor (mine is the free/opensource 7zip) and extract/copy the JKE.gob from the JKE folder to you game installation folder, but before that make a folder, let's say ... Mod

default is:
C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

4.) Now make an shortcut from JK.EXE and put it on you desktop (if you like, you can later choose the GOG icon, so that it will look nice)

5.) now right click on you alias and choose "shortcut" tab and find the first line, where it says the following:
"C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2\JK.EXE"

add -path Mod at the end

Press Apply and OK.

6.) now, try to run the game and change the resolution to whatever you want, but don't forget to turn on 3D acceleration if it isn't already turned on.

7.) If you want even better textures, download this mod:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=345§ion=downloads

jkr.zip 0.4 - 26,581 KB - 2009-03-09 08:39:59

... extract JKR.gob to the Mod folder and just run you shortcut on the desktop.

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If you will do everything as I did wrote, you will get this (look at my attachements).

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H.A.V.E...A...N.I.C.E...P.L.A.Y!
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jshot009.jpg (385 Kb)
Post edited January 27, 2015 by opeter2
Posted January 27, 2015
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opeter2: OK, finally got it working!

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JEDI KNIGHT ENHANCHED MOD - installation tutorial

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------

1.) Install the patch you can find in the first post:
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/jedi_knight_mots_hardware_acceleration_graphic_patches_for_all/page1

2.) Then do the following:

Download JKE Mod from here:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=242§ion=downloads

Choose
JK_Enhanced.zip - 1.0 - 39,988 KB - 2007-01-31 19:58:47

3.) open with you favorite extractor (mine is the free/opensource 7zip) and extract/copy the JKE.gob from the JKE folder to you game installation folder, but before that make a folder, let's say ... Mod

default is:
C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

4.) Now make an shortcut from JK.EXE and put it on you desktop (if you like, you can later choose the GOG icon, so that it will look nice)

5.) now right click on you alias and choose "shortcut" tab and find the first line, where it says the following:
"C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2\JK.EXE"

add -path Mod at the end

Press Apply and OK.

6.) now, try to run the game and change the resolution to whatever you want, but don't forget to turn on 3D acceleration if it isn't already turned on.

7.) If you want even better textures, download this mod:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=345§ion=downloads

jkr.zip 0.4 - 26,581 KB - 2009-03-09 08:39:59

... extract JKR.gob to the Mod folder and just run you shortcut on the desktop.

* * * * *

If you will do everything as I did wrote, you will get this (look at my attachements).

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H.A.V.E...A...N.I.C.E...P.L.A.Y!
You should probably post this in the Dark Forces game specific forum as well.

http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series
Posted January 27, 2015
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vv221: Waiting for your report ;)
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Daliz: Crashes on launch with a clean prefix at least. Might need some tricks. There's gold & platinum reports on WineHQ though.
Okay.
When I’ll have some spare cash I might take my turn on this, notifying you if I get better results.
Post edited January 27, 2015 by vv221
Posted January 27, 2015
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opeter2: OK, finally got it working!

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------

JEDI KNIGHT ENHANCHED MOD - installation tutorial

---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------*---------

1.) Install the patch you can find in the first post:
http://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_dark_forces_series/jedi_knight_mots_hardware_acceleration_graphic_patches_for_all/page1

2.) Then do the following:

Download JKE Mod from here:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=242§ion=downloads

Choose
JK_Enhanced.zip - 1.0 - 39,988 KB - 2007-01-31 19:58:47

3.) open with you favorite extractor (mine is the free/opensource 7zip) and extract/copy the JKE.gob from the JKE folder to you game installation folder, but before that make a folder, let's say ... Mod

default is:
C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

4.) Now make an shortcut from JK.EXE and put it on you desktop (if you like, you can later choose the GOG icon, so that it will look nice)

5.) now right click on you alias and choose "shortcut" tab and find the first line, where it says the following:
"C:\GOG Games\Star Wars Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2\JK.EXE"

add -path Mod at the end

Press Apply and OK.

6.) now, try to run the game and change the resolution to whatever you want, but don't forget to turn on 3D acceleration if it isn't already turned on.

7.) If you want even better textures, download this mod:
http://www.jkhub.net/project/show.php?projid=345§ion=downloads

jkr.zip 0.4 - 26,581 KB - 2009-03-09 08:39:59

... extract JKR.gob to the Mod folder and just run you shortcut on the desktop.

* * * * *

If you will do everything as I did wrote, you will get this (look at my attachements).

* * * * *

H.A.V.E...A...N.I.C.E...P.L.A.Y!
I will try this immediately! Do I do the same with other mods (like hud enhancers)? Just put them in mod folder and run the game normally!
Posted January 27, 2015
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opeter2: OK, finally got it working!

JEDI KNIGHT ENHANCHED MOD - installation tutorial
Thank you very much for this, but perhaps it could be made clearer what is actually enhancing?
Posted January 27, 2015
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opeter2: OK, finally got it working!

JEDI KNIGHT ENHANCHED MOD - installation tutorial
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madth3: Thank you very much for this, but perhaps it could be made clearer what is actually enhancing?
Look at the attachments in my post. It enhanches the graphics by a mile/kilometer.
Posted January 27, 2015
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madth3: Thank you very much for this, but perhaps it could be made clearer what is actually enhancing?
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opeter2: Look at the attachments in my post. It enhanches the graphics by a mile/kilometer.
For some reason this step : add -path Mod doesn't work....
Posted January 27, 2015
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opeter2: Look at the attachments in my post. It enhanches the graphics by a mile/kilometer.
I saw the attachments previously but I have not downloaded the game and my memories of it are hazy (and mixed with JK II)

Thanks!
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