Jedi Knight (Dark Forces) hitting Steam & D2D Sept 16

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: TridenT

Originally posted by: PingSpike
This is worse then the retail copy, since it doesn't even include the CD music.

Yeppers.

It's kinda what I expected from steam. They did the same shit with other games.

On a side note: if any of you get it up and running well, let me know. I would love to play.

Examples of the shitstorm this game is: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7984/roughly.png http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4043/53704072.png http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1089/26813079.png

Is that Windows 7 or the Windows XP Virtual Box?

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: pennylane

Originally posted by: TridenT

Originally posted by: PingSpike
This is worse then the retail copy, since it doesn't even include the CD music.

Yeppers.

It's kinda what I expected from steam. They did the same shit with other games.

On a side note: if any of you get it up and running well, let me know. I would love to play.

Examples of the shitstorm this game is: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7984/roughly.png http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4043/53704072.png http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1089/26813079.png

Is that Windows 7 or the Windows XP Virtual Box?

Windows 7 64-bit with ATI Radeon HD 4850.

It works fine, no 3d acceleration option though, on the virtual box. It's only 8bit in the virtual box for some reason. I guess it has no acceleration options.. :/ I is in trubble I guezz

 

[pennylane]

Hmm. I have XP 32-bit with an ATI Radeon 4670. I hope it can run okay.

BTW, if it doesn't have the CD sound, what does it have? MIDI?

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: pennylane
Hmm. I have XP 32-bit with an ATI Radeon 4670. I hope it can run okay.

BTW, if it doesn't have the CD sound, what does it have? MIDI?

No clue.

It seems if you want the sound and all that you'll have to torrent the game or buy it in a store if they even sell it. :/

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: TridenT

Originally posted by: PingSpike
This is worse then the retail copy, since it doesn't even include the CD music.

Yeppers.

It's kinda what I expected from steam. They did the same shit with other games.

On a side note: if any of you get it up and running well, let me know. I would love to play.

Examples of the shitstorm this game is: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7984/roughly.png http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4043/53704072.png http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1089/26813079.png

LOL...typing "I can't see" into a HOM mess.

Yes, this is what happens on all HD series ATI cards with 3d acceleration on.

 

[KeithP]

I don't care if the games can be made to work myself. It seems to me if they are releasing these titles now the least they can do is to make sure it installs and runs normally on current hardware. Heck, they can't even be bothered to update the keyboard controls to modern mapping? F them.

-KeithP

 

[TridenT]

Hrmrmrm... Anyone want to play? I really do.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

I want to play, but I don't want to spend ten bucks just to end up pissed off. Why oh why couldn't this be on GOG?

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: Jesusthewererabbit
I want to play, but I don't want to spend ten bucks just to end up pissed off. Why oh why couldn't this be on GOG?

Why don't you just use the original CD to install? There are ways of installing the game.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

If i can ever figure out who stole mine, I will. I've still got the expansion, but no original. Someone got away with my Jedi Knight and Interstate 76 games one night. It would cost me more now to replace those two than it did to buy them new. Of course, they were both so full of awesome it's probably worth it.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

For those with problems, try this mod for Jedi Academy.
http://darkforces.jediknight.n...wsitem1244838551,45400,

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: GundamSonicZeroX
For those with problems, try this mod for Jedi Academy.
http://darkforces.jediknight.n...wsitem1244838551,45400,

These total conversion mods are never ever done...

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Originally posted by: coloumb
"Note: Due to the age of the title, users may run into a few compatibility issues from use of current hardware."

This is why I haven't bought any of the old stuff that LA has shoveled onto Steam over the last month or so. Even with all their claims that they had someone working on compatibility issues prior to release, they're just putting the same buggy, problematic titles out on Steam and leaving it to chance whether or not they'll work for people on current operating systems and hardware.

Shame on you LucasArts. Shame.

 

[PingSpike]

Great news! NO THANKS WHATSOEVER to the lack of effort from of LEC, a directX wrapper has been developed through the efforts ZeqMacCaw and Emon of Massassi/JKhub fame that according to early reports fixes the broken 3D acceleration on DX10 radeons and apparently allows the use of newer nvidia drivers as well.

So if you have issues, give it a shot, it works around a broken DX5 call that JK uses to clear the z-buffer. Fixed Link

This should work with the steam version since it just is a replacement ddraw.dll file.

 

[pennylane]

I'll try this this weekend. Thanks!

 

[Chaotic42]

I really wish that Steam would either get these games to work properly on modern systems or not bother selling them in the first place. I got burned by Commandos and I won't be buying any older games from Steam in the future. It's a pretty shitty thing to do.

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
Great news! NO THANKS WHATSOEVER to the lack of effort from of LEC, a directX wrapper has been developed through the efforts ZeqMacCaw and Emon of Massassi/JKhub fame that according to early reports fixes the broken 3D acceleration on DX10 radeons and apparently allows the use of newer nvidia drivers as well.

So if you have issues, give it a shot, it works around a broken DX5 call that JK uses to clear the z-buffer. Text

This should work with the steam version since it just is a replacement ddraw.dll file.

What am I supposed to do with the file? Are there instructions anywhere?

NVM. Here's the actual download page with instructions: download page

It worked for me. ATI 4670x2 crossfire. When it loads the menu screen still doesn't pop up. I have to alt-tab out and then alt-tab back in for the menu screen to show up. It's playable at least.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I really wish that Steam would either get these games to work properly on modern systems or not bother selling them in the first place. I got burned by Commandos and I won't be buying any older games from Steam in the future. It's a pretty shitty thing to do.

Yeah, I agree. I mean, these games all had affordable prices...but I would have preferred to have paid more and had the titles updated. (For the record I didn't buy them, I just loaded my retail copies because frankly...they're better then steam)

Notice that while they were unable to fix horrible rendering errors on any ATI card released in the last 3-4 years they did find time to inject the steam exe encryption system into the exe breaking the unofficial patches and generally just presenting a roadblock to people trying to fix the game on their own.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: pennylane

Originally posted by: PingSpike
Great news! NO THANKS WHATSOEVER to the lack of effort from of LEC, a directX wrapper has been developed through the efforts ZeqMacCaw and Emon of Massassi/JKhub fame that according to early reports fixes the broken 3D acceleration on DX10 radeons and apparently allows the use of newer nvidia drivers as well.

So if you have issues, give it a shot, it works around a broken DX5 call that JK uses to clear the z-buffer. Text

This should work with the steam version since it just is a replacement ddraw.dll file.

What am I supposed to do with the file? Are there instructions anywhere?

NVM. Here's the actual download page with instructions: download page

It worked for me. ATI 4670x2 crossfire. When it loads the menu screen still doesn't pop up. I have to alt-tab out and then alt-tab back in for the menu screen to show up. It's playable at least.

Sorry about that. Yes, you just drop the ddraw.dll into the JK game folder, windows will look their first and load that one instead.

 

[1LordEmperor1]

Looking at my original copies of all the Jedi Knight games and wondering how I get them into Steam when they don't even have CD key protection...

Or does the built-in server browser work with Steam?