The fan remake comes from a developer named Ruppertle, who mostly tinkers with Arma mods when they aren't remaking '90s PC classics from scratch, and you can currently play through two levels from the original game in it. Thankfully, someone's decided to remake the whole thing in Unreal Engine 4. But there's no getting around it, Dark Forces 2 is an ugly game by today's standards, which you'll only notice if you actually manage to get the thing running on modern machines. It's so good, in fact, that we were still singing its praises(opens in new tab) as recently as 2020, praising its lightsaber-swinging and movement. * Still no music in either game: Replace the music wrapper according to the following instructions.It might be 26 years old, but Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 is still a banger. * No music in either game: Rename JK.EXE or JKM.EXE to something else (like JediKnight.exe). * Black screen in either game: Use a DirectDraw wrapper like dgVoodoo 2 according to the following instructions. Most common issues and their usual solutions The following pages aggregate the best solutions for each game: For most users, those issues can be overcome with further file supplementation and tweaking. The unofficial patches help these games to launch on modern Windows, but there are a host of other issues that you may encounter once the games are running, especially related to 3D acceleration and music. In other words, copy JK.EXE, JK-Extension.dll and the Resource folder from the 'Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II' folder and/or JKM.exe from the 'Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith' folder to your game folder(s). Simply copy the contents of the appropriate included folder to your game folder, overwriting any files.

This makes them compatible with digital releases like those from Steam and GOG, which have already been patched to remove CD checks (and, therefore, would cause the the original unofficial patches to either fail or introduce CD checks). These are the pre-patched versions, meaning that the original executables have already been patched. Most users choosing to play these games on modern Windows will want to use these.

The unofficial patches improve compatibility with modern Windows, add team chat in multiplayer and are required for some mods (particularly Jedi Knight Enhanced and Jedi Knight Retexture Pack).

This is a bundle and re-upload of the 'Unofficial Patch' executables for Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and its expansion, Mysteries of the Sith. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II & Mysteries of the Sith (1997-98) by LucasArts

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