TheForceEngine
Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws. (by luciusDXL)
Open-Shell-Menu
Classic Shell Reborn. (by Open-Shell)
| TheForceEngine | Open-Shell-Menu | |
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| 8 | 255 | |
| 927 | 6,419 | |
| - | 4.8% | |
| 9.6 | 6.5 | |
| 20 days ago | 24 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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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.
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
Open-Shell-Menu
Posts with mentions or reviews of Open-Shell-Menu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
I've been very happy happy with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu as a Start Menu replacement. If ads have rolled out to my Windows install, I wouldn't even notice.
- Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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Window Manager / DWM replacement?
There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.
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I turned the Windows start icon into Elysia's signet!
Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.
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How do I remove the recommended thing in the start menu, or add more space for pinned apps?
There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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I missed the old windows so i tried to recreate it
Looks like you're going for an XP theme. May I suggest using open-shell to skin the taskbar, start menu, and start button if you wanna take that extra step? You can also find the taskbar skin and start button here. Also, I would remove the search bar, task view button, and news & interest area of the taskbar just to bring things together. This is all just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't want to.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing TheForceEngine and Open-Shell-Menu you can also consider the following projects:
DarkForces - Dark Forces Library for .NET and Unity
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
OpenJKDF2 - A cross-platform reimplementation of JKDF2 in C
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
ubuntu.com - The official website for the Ubuntu operating system
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
luxtorpeda - Steam Play compatibility tool to run games using native Linux engines
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons
TheForceEngine vs DarkForces
Open-Shell-Menu vs ExplorerPatcher
TheForceEngine vs Pi-hole
Open-Shell-Menu vs RetroBar
TheForceEngine vs OpenJKDF2
Open-Shell-Menu vs ThisIsWin11
TheForceEngine vs ubuntu.com
Open-Shell-Menu vs TaskbarX
TheForceEngine vs luxtorpeda
Open-Shell-Menu vs Fluent-Metro
TheForceEngine vs ExplorerPatcher
Open-Shell-Menu vs TileIconifier