The Force Engine

The Force Engine

Zygmunt Krynicki (zygoon) Publisher

Install latest/stable of The Force Engine

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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Install using the command line

sudo snap install the-force-engine

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Channel Version Published

Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement for Dark Forces

Usage Instructions

  1. Install the snap
  2. Purchase the original Dark Forces from GOG
  3. Download an offline installer for Dark Forces for Windows
  4. Open terminal and run: the-force-engine.import-gog-data ~/Downloads/setup_star_warstm_dark_forces_1.0.2_\(20338\).exe
  5. Run The Force Engine from the the graphical shell.

Relevant Directories

The game will look for a copy of Dark Forces in the directory ~/snap/the-force-engine/common/DarkForces. If you have a physical copy of the came, please copy all the game files there. The directory is auto-detected if DARK.GOB is present there.

Enjoy!

Details for The Force Engine

License
  • GPL-2.0-only
Last updated
  • 6 April 2024 - latest/stable
  • 9 March 2024 - latest/stable
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