OpenJKDF2
A cross-platform reimplementation of JKDF2 in C (by shinyquagsire23)
TheForceEngine
Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws. (by luciusDXL)
| OpenJKDF2 | TheForceEngine | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 8 | |
| 466 | 927 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.4 | 9.6 | |
| about 1 month ago | 19 days ago | |
| C | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
OpenJKDF2
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenJKDF2.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.
- OpenJKDF2: Cross-Platform Reimplementation of Jedi Knight Dark Forces II in C
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Has anyone up here ever beat Dark Forces 2 on Hard? It looks borderline impossible..
just extract these files into your install directory: https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2/releases/download/v0.9.0/win64-debug.zip
- Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app | Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
- Dark Forces 2 - Jedi Knight essential fixes?
- Rg505 old pc ports.
- Getting SW Dark Forces II Jedi Knight & Mysteries of the Sith to run on a Raspberry Pi 3B+
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Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Unreal Engine remake (first two levels and more) is out
https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2/releases For anyone trying to revisit the game these days, this is what I use.
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Help with the latest version of OPENJKDF2?
You don't really have to compile it, shinyquagsire is pushing new releases all the time. The latest has basically 100% MOTS support by this point: https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2/releases
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Most enjoyable way to play Dark Forces 2?
Play Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith using this source port: https://github.com/shinyquagsire23/OpenJKDF2/releases
- Star Wars Dark Forces lives on again with The Force Engine
TheForceEngine
Posts with mentions or reviews of TheForceEngine.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.
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Dosbox dark forces settings?
Maybe one day we have a port of the force engine (https://github.com/luciusDXL/TheForceEngine) for the miyoo but at the current state it requires opengl
- TheForceEngine – Modern Jedi Engine Replacement Supporting Dark Forces and Mods
- Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app | Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
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Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight Unreal Engine remake (first two levels and more) is out
The Force Engine is only for the original Dark Forces (DF1) and eventually Outlaws.
- The Force Engine - Free & open-source game engine reimplementation for Star Wars Dark Forces, with upcoming support of Outlaws
- Official Linux support for "The Force Engine" is coming! [Dark Forces reimplementation]
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Does anyone recognise this game? (1997)
A developer has built an open source engine source port for Dark Forces that they plan on updating to include Outlaws. It can be found here: https://github.com/luciusDXL/TheForceEngine
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90s Nostalgia
This Force Engine “mod” looks promising: https://github.com/luciusDXL/TheForceEngine
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenJKDF2 and TheForceEngine you can also consider the following projects:
devilutionX - Diablo build for modern operating systems
DarkForces - Dark Forces Library for .NET and Unity
Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller - Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
reshade - A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.
ubuntu.com - The official website for the Ubuntu operating system
jkgfxmod - Graphics enhancement and compatibility tool for Dark Forces II
luxtorpeda - Steam Play compatibility tool to run games using native Linux engines
re3 - GTA III, Vice City
Open-Shell-Menu - Classic Shell Reborn.
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
OpenJKDF2 vs devilutionX
TheForceEngine vs DarkForces
OpenJKDF2 vs Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller
TheForceEngine vs Pi-hole
OpenJKDF2 vs reshade
TheForceEngine vs ubuntu.com
OpenJKDF2 vs jkgfxmod
TheForceEngine vs luxtorpeda
OpenJKDF2 vs re3
TheForceEngine vs Open-Shell-Menu
OpenJKDF2 vs ubuntu.com
TheForceEngine vs ExplorerPatcher