Dark Forces Mod

[Kessno]

Greetings,

 

Due to the recent talk of the Dark Forces Mod going on in the News area, I thought I'd post this here to avoid hijacking a thread not really related to the topic. As the Dark Forces Mod website is no longer available, I did a quick search on Archive.org and found a pretty decent snapshot of the site saved from Sept. 2012, in-case anyone wants to grab anything off of it. Not sure if this is really news to anyone, but I thought I'd share it anyway.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20120922070741/http://darkforces.jediknight.net/

[Circa]

The downloads don't work though. Still, could be useful.

[The One and Only]

I'm assuming this hasn't been worked on properly in years?

[Corto]

Well... here goes the "keep it under the radar" idea. I know that all the assets and source files have been transferred from the original team to a new one who didn't get much done about it. I don't even know if I can get my hands on it, but even if I did I would have to play a very high level, managing, counseling type of role.

[Omicron]

Well I gust got a reply from Darth_Linux

sure, please upload it.  I haven't worked on the mod since 2006, so I was not aware that the download links were dead!  thanks for keeping it alive!
Dave

He has given me permission to upload it, but I won't have time to do it when I get home today, so I'll upload it when I get home from school on Friday.

[Corto]

What exactly are you uploading? The demo or the source files?

[Omicron]

The demo which has the first 6 levels. This was the final version which had got released.

[Corto]

The demo which has the first 6 levels. This was the final version which had got released.

 

I know, I was part of the core team . I'm going to ask around for the source files, at least to archive them.

[Omicron]

Well I can't be sacked going to the shooting range tonight, so I'll be just uploading it on the Hub now.

[Kessno]

I'm going to ask around for the source files, at least to archive them.

 

Hopefully everyone's kept a copy of the source files after this long.

 

Omicron, glad to hear you still have the 6 Level Demo & are uploading it. I thought I had backed it up but did a quick check and can't find my copy.

[Corto]

Omicron, what's Dave Turner's current email address?

[Omicron]

darth_linux(at)msn(dot)com

 

I can't upload it onto here, because it exceeds the maximum file size that is allowed. So I have uploaded it onto MEGA, and here is the link:

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!4gFFWAzK!YmoXihqddsnyW84CudDFIW9Hb5RVb-4V7gM2QOOOJdk

 

One of the Staff members may want to have a downloaded link for it on JKHub, but in the meantime, the one above will be sufficient. Enjoy the mod!

[Circa]

darth_linux(at)msn(dot)com

 

I can't upload it onto here, because it exceeds the maximum file size that is allowed. So I have uploaded it onto MEGA, and here is the link:

 

https://mega.co.nz/#!4gFFWAzK!YmoXihqddsnyW84CudDFIW9Hb5RVb-4V7gM2QOOOJdk

 

One of the Staff members may want to have a downloaded link for it on JKHub, but in the meantime, the one above will be sufficient. Enjoy the mod!

You can get a Dropbox account and link to the file when submitting on here. Or maybe link to any link.

[Syko]

You should ask Darth Linux for permission to upload it to ModDB. It's a lot more reliable than Mega.

[Kessno]

If you're going to take the time to reupload the mod again, might I recommend cleaning it up a bit first? (If you have permission to do that) Not sure if a lot of those .cfg files are necessary or not. Might also be nice to include a batch file already in there to load up the mod properly.

[Corto]

Just upload it, no need to ask permission. It is actually a favor to keep the mod alive.

[Szico VII]

@@Omicron - I'll get it up ASAP.

 

EDIT: What the f*ck is that crappy MEGAEXTENSION. Its absolutely bollocks! I'd advise against using that site in future if that extension is the only way to download files. On 3rd attempt now... first time it finished, but no file in the downloads folder. Second time it was there but called .mega or something... tried to rename it, file disappeared.

 

Attempting third and final attempt now...

[Kessno]

If that keeps up I'll upload it myself to Gamefront temporarily later today so you can grab it.

[Szico VII]

That wont work, it needs to be on our dropbox server. Never mind Ive got it, just waiting for upload to finish.

[Szico VII]

Your dropbox link should have been replaced with a dropbox link to the copy on our server. If it hasnt link me the file coz it needs changing!

[Circa]

 

Your dropbox link should have been replaced with a dropbox link to the copy on our server. If it hasnt link me the file coz it needs changing!

That's weird. What's the point of limiting the upload size and offering the ability to use a custom link?

[Szico VII]

We will host any file size as far as I'm aware, the upload system just doesn't like large files so requires an external link for us to get it. WE move em all to the JKHub dropb purely because user-based accounts are prone to going down, people ending subscriptions e.t.c and then the site link would go dead.Imagine if jk3files linked to personal webspace files how many would be gone by now?

[Circa]

We will host any file size as far as I'm aware, the upload system just doesn't like large files so requires an external link for us to get it. WE move em all to the JKHub dropb purely because user-based accounts are prone to going down, people ending subscriptions e.t.c and then the site link would go dead.Imagine if jk3files linked to personal webspace files how many would be gone by now?

Understandable. I hoped the system was like that but the whole external link thing had me puzzled. That makes sense now.

[Szico VII]

https://jkhub.org/files/file/1540-dark-forces-mod/

Done.

[minilogoguy18]

Are the menu's broken for anyone else? Could it be because I'm in widescreen?

 

Also, any of you get the shortcut working as stated in the readme? Every time I try to change the target it doesn't work, I'm probably doing something wrong.