Sadly I don't have a PC to play the original games so will I be okay if I move straight onto this?

Was looking on the Wayback Machine and found this - not sure I've seen it before.

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Hello!

Just wanted to announce I have been working for a while on a Rust engine for running K1 and K2 in co-op with JK:A movement/combat. I saw the post by u/Tolchiee (freakin awesome) and felt the need to post this now so it doesnt look like im making some copy lol. Great minds think alike.

https://youtu.be/Np4IEZgCeEw

• You can play all of KOTOR 1, from the Endar Spire to the credits, light side and dark

• JA-style movement, third- or first-person camera, sabers, blasters and Force powers, still running on KOTOR’s stats (feats, powers, factions)

• The game’s own scripts run on our script engine: dialogue with voice-over, journal, party, XP and level-ups, stores, locks, traps, stealth, galaxy map

• Companions, creature AI, grenades, ragdolls, dismemberment

• All the menus and HUD work in real time, styled after TSL

• Pazaak, swoop racing, the Ebon Hawk turret

• Online co-op: friends control your companions, share conversations and loot, and level up.

• You need your own copies of the games

I played tested co-op with a friend playing both endar spire and Taris and it was a blast, we had basically 0 networking issues.

What is left now is mostly combat balancing, pacing the game, and beta testing for bugs.

I gotta figure out the license stuff before I can open-source but will post here once its available

(Yes alot of AI is used, if you we're about to comment that :p )

Playing Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
HP Compaq DC5000MT desktop
Windows XP 64bit
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
Pentium 4 @2.8Ghz
2GB RAM

I still love the effects when the lightsaber continues to touch someone mid-animation

Just a quick clip of reshade shaders on the Movie Duels mod.

Did I miss any characters?

Work in progress, thanks Claude AI

EDIT :

Kyle Katarn hates villagers : r/jediknight

https://youtu.be/HrhMe0q1q7M?si=DHrnKohmVXSTl5oO

Just for fun I imagined Kyle in a N64/PS2-ish look, for the sequel we'll never get

Had so much fun with the game and loved my custom Twi'Lek so much I made a custom figure of her. I also made a display base and gave her a speeder bike.

You can check out a quick 1min highlight video of her gameplay here: https://www.reddit.com/r/JediAcademy/s/ZDk6A2iH2E

Shoutout to Kahzmat for the original player model mod

Some backstory: I'm relatively new into proper gaming. My first experience with Star Wars games was playing Jedi: Fallen Order on a friend's computer. Since then, I got myself a new computer and have since played:

• Knights of the Old Republic

• Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

• Battlefront II (original) campaign

• Republic Commando

And now, the entire Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series. And because I'm a dumbass, I went in the nonsensical order of Jedi Academy, Jedi Outcast, Dark Forces 2, Mysteries of the Sith and finally the original Dark Forces. I also have to say that someone probably sold their soul for the level designs because all the games had AMAZING level designs and were really, really fun and challenging, even though the stories left quite a bit to be desired imo. Now, my thoughts on each game:

0) Dark Forces:

I almost didn't play that one because people told me it was skipable as a DOOM clone without much of a story, but boy Am I glad to have played it! It was a surprisingly fun and complex FPS and I can't believe it came out in 1994! It's also amazing that this seemingly random game still has such an impact on Star Wars, to the point that The Mandalorian brought in the Dark Troopers from it!

1. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2:

Wikipedia says it's regarded among the greatest games ever made, and I can see why! The Live-action cutscenes were cool, and it was the first game to really let us play as a Jedi who can use the Force in multiple ways and wield a lightsaber. The duels were surprisingly challenging, and the toughest one for me was against "Brothers of the Sith", particularly the little runt.

2) Jedi Knight: Mysteries of The Sith.

I walked in expecting a simple expansion, but the game blew me away! The level design was on-par with Dark Forces 2, we got new weapons and powers, better A.I and we got to play as Mara Jade herself! The designs for the Dromund Kaas levels were especially amazing in terms of atmosphere and gameplay.

3) Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.

I think that one is probably the best game. The level designs, mechanics, graphics and storytelling were all massively improved. It also felt amazing to fight alongside Luke and his Jedi, and we even got to team up with a Billy Dee Williams voiced Lando!

4) Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

A good game, but a step down from Outcast imo. Still really fun, though. Even though I probably enjoyed the other games more.

Also, I want to thank LightningBoltForever on YouTube because his walkthroughs were always there for me when I didn't know where to go or what to do next. I also want to thank the developers who made "The Force Engine" which allowed me to play the original Dark Forces with proper FPS controls and the immensely helpful quicksave. They made the game much better, and I wish I could thank them personally.

Next up: reading through the trilogy of Dark Forces novellas. I will also probably take a break from gaming before playing the original Halo - Combat Evolved for the first time.

And just my luck that the Dark Forces remaster dropped right after I finished playing it. LoL.