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How to Play Star Wars: Dark Forces on Modern Systems with The Force Engine

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a classic first-person shooter that was released in 1995 and used the Jedi Engine. The game was praised for its immersive story, varied level design, and atmospheric sound effects. However, playing Dark Forces on modern systems can be challenging, as the game was designed for DOS and has compatibility issues with Windows. Fortunately, there is a solution: The Force Engine.

The Force Engine is a source port of the Jedi Engine that aims to recreate and enhance the original games that used it: Dark Forces and Outlaws. The Force Engine allows you to play Dark Forces on modern systems with ease of use and modern features such as higher resolutions, widescreen support, mouse-look, improved rendering, and more. The Force Engine also supports mods and custom levels, and includes a level editor for creating your own adventures.

In this article, we will show you how to install and use The Force Engine to have the best Dark Forces experience on your PC.

What You Need

To play Dark Forces with The Force Engine, you will need:

A purchased copy of the original game. You can buy it from Steam, GOG, or other online stores. The Force Engine does not provide the game data and you will need to legally own it.

The latest version of The Force Engine. You can download it from the official website. The current version is 1.09 and it supports Dark Forces fully. Outlaws support is coming in version 2.0.

A zip file extractor such as 7-Zip or WinZip.

How to Install The Force Engine

Installing The Force Engine is very simple. Just follow these steps:

Create a new folder on your PC where you want to install The Force Engine. For example, C:\\Games\\TheForceEngine.

Extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded from The Force Engine website into the folder you created.

Copy the DARK folder from your Dark Forces installation into the folder where you installed The Force Engine. For example, if you bought the game from Steam, you can find the DARK folder in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Dark Forces.

Run TheForceEngine.exe from the folder where you installed The Force Engine.

The first time you run the program, it will ask you to select your game data folder. Choose the DARK folder that you copied in step 3.

The program will also ask you to select your feature template. You can choose from Classic, Retro, or Modern. Classic is a recreation of the original software renderer, controls and gameplay. Retro is close to the original experience while being enhanced with modern controls and high resolution rendering. Modern features some modern enhancements such as proper perspective rendering, enhanced texture filtering, mipmapping, widescreen and more. You can change these settings later from the Options menu.

That's it! You are ready to play Dark Forces with The Force Engine!

How to Use The Force Engine

The Force Engine has a user-friendly interface that lets you access various features and options. Here are some tips on how to use it:

To start a new game or load a saved game, click on Play Game from the main menu.

To adjust your video settings, such as resolution, renderer, fullscreen mode, brightness, etc., click on Options -> Video from the main menu.

To adjust your audio settings, such as volume, sound effects, music type (OPL3 emulation or Sound Font 2 061ffe29dd