Posted May 23, 2020
With the latest version of -=CHE@TER=-'s DeHacker tool mouse controls in Dark Forces are finally implemented as though they were always fully featured in the game. Full mouselook, secondary fire on right mouse button, customizable crosshair and also optionally disabled auto-aim, making it control more like other 90's first-person shooters.
Other optional features include a No-CD hack for the disc version of the game, "always run", "auto-jump", and more.
Here's a video to see it fully in action (The setup is outdated as it shows version 1.3):
https://youtu.be/pD2wvUF1oy4
Installation:
Download the zip-file below and extract the contents into your Dark Forces game folder. You can also extract them to a different folder if you installed the game via Steam or GOG and have it detect the game folder automatically. Only the DFORCEDH.EXE included in the zip-file is needed to run it, but especially the included documentation is definitely worth a read. Then run DFORCEDH.EXE and make all changes you would like, or use the "Set Modern Controls" option to automatically change controls to use WASD, full mouselook, right mouse button and crosshair. Lastly use "Save settings and Exit" and play the game as you normally would.
Alternatively, you can also run DFORCEDH.EXE on a native DOS system or run it via DOSBox, for example by opening the DOSBox configuration file (e.g. for the GOG version it is "C:\GOG Games\Star Wars - Dark Forces\dosbox_DF.conf", for the Steam version "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dark Forces\dosbox.conf", or similar) and in it change "DARK.EXE" to "DFORCEDH.EXE". Then launch the game shortcut and set up the DeHacker as you like. I recommend the settings shown in the video. After saving the changes just change the configuration file back to "DARK.EXE" and you're good to go. As of version 1.4 this is not necessary on Windows anymore, though.
Download link:
http://ctpax-cheater.losthost.org/htmldocs/trouble.htm#df (direct download)
[Update]
With the release of version 1.4, this post has been updated to reflect the changes. Full changelog in the posts below.
Other optional features include a No-CD hack for the disc version of the game, "always run", "auto-jump", and more.
Here's a video to see it fully in action (The setup is outdated as it shows version 1.3):
https://youtu.be/pD2wvUF1oy4
Installation:
Download the zip-file below and extract the contents into your Dark Forces game folder. You can also extract them to a different folder if you installed the game via Steam or GOG and have it detect the game folder automatically. Only the DFORCEDH.EXE included in the zip-file is needed to run it, but especially the included documentation is definitely worth a read. Then run DFORCEDH.EXE and make all changes you would like, or use the "Set Modern Controls" option to automatically change controls to use WASD, full mouselook, right mouse button and crosshair. Lastly use "Save settings and Exit" and play the game as you normally would.
Alternatively, you can also run DFORCEDH.EXE on a native DOS system or run it via DOSBox, for example by opening the DOSBox configuration file (e.g. for the GOG version it is "C:\GOG Games\Star Wars - Dark Forces\dosbox_DF.conf", for the Steam version "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dark Forces\dosbox.conf", or similar) and in it change "DARK.EXE" to "DFORCEDH.EXE". Then launch the game shortcut and set up the DeHacker as you like. I recommend the settings shown in the video. After saving the changes just change the configuration file back to "DARK.EXE" and you're good to go. As of version 1.4 this is not necessary on Windows anymore, though.
Download link:
http://ctpax-cheater.losthost.org/htmldocs/trouble.htm#df (direct download)
[Update]
With the release of version 1.4, this post has been updated to reflect the changes. Full changelog in the posts below.
Post edited January 13, 2021 by Syrion
