Posted March 14, 2019
high rated
Hi. I've been working on an all-in-one utility for making it easier for people to play Dark Forces. First of all, it's a launcher that greatly simplifies loading custom/downloaded missions (like Dark Frontend, but in a Windows utility) and even loading any of the original missions directly. In addition, in the game, it allows vertical mouse look and weapon cycling with the mouse wheel (like Dark Forces Plus and other GlovePIE/FreePIE scripts). It also allows for superimposing a crosshair over the screen, which I've seen at least one person ask about. Also, when you start to type a cheat code, a list of all of them is displayed to help you find and the complete the one that you want. There is more, but those are the main features.
I'm at the stage now where I'm not aware of any bugs or areas for improvement and need help testing to reveal any of either. If you're interested, try it and please give any feedback that you can.
https://fastupload.io/bpriyXe83xlr8FD/file
There's a Readme included, but here's a quick and dirty guide to get you started:
* Copy it to your Dark Forces folder and run it from there.
* While it's open, either run Dark Forces, click the Launch Dark Forces button to launch the game with the chosen settings or click on Create Shortcut to create a shortcut that runs the utility and the game (with the chosen settings) simultaneously.
* Put any custom/downloaded missions (both .GOB and .LFD files) in either the root Dark Forces folder or, preferably (for neatness sake), in a DARK subfolder. The launcher will read and load them from either.
* In the game, press the ~ (tilde) key (or ^ on non-English keyboards) to turn on the crosshair and/or switch between the three included crosshairs. You can also replace Crosshair1.png with your own crosshair image.
* In the game, press F11 and F12 to, respectively, decrease and increase the vertical mouse sensitivity.
* In the game, press L and then quickly press A to display the list of cheat codes.
Anyways, please give it a try and any feedback that you can. If I'm missing any bugs, I want to hear about them so that I can fix them before updating the utility to the final version and calling it a day. Thanks a lot for the help.
I'm at the stage now where I'm not aware of any bugs or areas for improvement and need help testing to reveal any of either. If you're interested, try it and please give any feedback that you can.
https://fastupload.io/bpriyXe83xlr8FD/file
There's a Readme included, but here's a quick and dirty guide to get you started:
* Copy it to your Dark Forces folder and run it from there.
* While it's open, either run Dark Forces, click the Launch Dark Forces button to launch the game with the chosen settings or click on Create Shortcut to create a shortcut that runs the utility and the game (with the chosen settings) simultaneously.
* Put any custom/downloaded missions (both .GOB and .LFD files) in either the root Dark Forces folder or, preferably (for neatness sake), in a DARK subfolder. The launcher will read and load them from either.
* In the game, press the ~ (tilde) key (or ^ on non-English keyboards) to turn on the crosshair and/or switch between the three included crosshairs. You can also replace Crosshair1.png with your own crosshair image.
* In the game, press F11 and F12 to, respectively, decrease and increase the vertical mouse sensitivity.
* In the game, press L and then quickly press A to display the list of cheat codes.
Anyways, please give it a try and any feedback that you can. If I'm missing any bugs, I want to hear about them so that I can fix them before updating the utility to the final version and calling it a day. Thanks a lot for the help.
Post edited February 26, 2024 by jnisbet