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Star Wars: Dark Forces

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Template:Infobox Star Wars: Jedi Knight (series)

Windows

Availability

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Issues fixed

Game randomly changes colors

Instructions

Game appears stretched horizontally/black bars on top and bottom

Instructions

Run retail version without the CD

Instructions

Update Steam DOSBox version/Run without Steam

Instructions

The original retail version included a manual, Coded Transmissions. In addition to installation instructions and gameplay information, it also provided some background information about the game's plot. Much of this information has since been retconned. The Steam version does not include the manual, but you can download it from ReplacementDocs.

Enable Steam overlay

Instructions

Run on Mac OS or Linux

Instructions

XL Engine port

XL Engine (formerly DarkXL and DaggerXL) is a fan project aimed at porting the Jedi, XnGine and Build engines to modern systems with additional features. Support for Dark Forces is currently in alpha stage.

Jedi Academy mod remake

Dark Forces: A Mod For Jedi Academy was a fan remake for Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. A demo version containing the first six levels was released in January 2008. Progress then stalled, and the project was cancelled on January 27, 2012.

Video settings

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Input settings

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Remapping

You can change these controls using INSTALL.EXE (KEYCONFI.EXE in the demo) (Or SETUP.EXE)

To access this in the Steam version, open your DOSBox configuration file and change dark.exe to install.exe (change it back once you are done configuring). You can also use DOSBox's built-in keymapper (Ctrl+F1).

Mouse settings cannot be changed in the demo.

Mouse sensitivity

Instructions

System requirements

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Mac OS

Playing on Mac OS X

The original Mac OS version is a Classic app and cannot run on modern Mac OS X systems. Use the DOS version instead (see Run on Mac OS or Linux).

1.2 Update patch

The 1.2 Update patch fixes some issues with the Classic version of Dark Forces (this does not work with the DOS version).

External links