| 📰 Title: | STAR WARS: Dark Forces II (with OpenJKDF2 engine) | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Adventure & Action | 👁️ Visual: | 3D |
| 🏷️ Category: | Adventure & Action ➤ FPS ➤ Fantasy & Sci-fi ➤ Star wars | 🏝️ Perspective: | Third & First person |
| 🔖 Tags: | Action; Adventure; FPS; Shooter; Puzzle; Strategy; Sci-fi; Space; 1990s; Local Multi; Competitive; Co-op | ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2018-07-01 | 👫️ Played: | Single & Multi |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2024-09-22 | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: 💥️ 0.8.18➜0.9.1 / Dev: 9e2d8e8 | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 🕊️💰 Libre with Commercial assets | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | Code: MIT / Artwork: Commercial | ✨️ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2022-12-05 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2024-10-06 |
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| 📰 What's new?: | 🍎️ (Stable) Major release | 👔️ Already shown: | |
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| 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb | 👻️ Temporary: | |
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| 📜️[en]: | STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is the sequel to STAR WARS: Dark Forces I, and an FPS (released in 1997, by the LucasArts studio) set in the Star Wars universe, starting one year after the events of Return of the Jedi (and 4 years after Dark Forces). Players once again take on the role of Kyle Katarn, a mercenary in the Rebel Alliance. Kyle's father was one of the holders and protectors of the Sacred Valley of the Jedi, which contains the spirits of the Jedi. He had been executed by the Dark Jedi Jerec, who is searching for the Valley's location. Much later, Kyle, working for the Rebel Alliance, crosses paths with the 8t88 broker droid in Jerec's pay, who leads him to his father's murderer... OpenJKDF2 is a libre, multi-platform and enhanced compatible engine (support for modern hardware, improved rendering, etc.). | 📜️[fr]: | STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II est la suite de STAR WARS: Dark Forces I, et un FPS (publié en 1997, par le studio LucasArts) prenant place dans l'univers de Star Wars, démarrant un an après les évènements du Retour du Jedi (et 4 ans après Dark Forces). Le joueur incarne une nouvelle fois Kyle Katarn, un mercenaire de l'Alliance rebelle. Le père de Kyle était l'un des détenteurs et protecteur de la Vallée sacrée des Jedi qui renferme les esprits des Jedi. Il avait été exécuté par le Jedi noir Jerec qui recherche l'emplacement de cette Vallée. Bien plus tard, Kyle travaillant pour l'Alliance rebelle, croise le chemin du droïde courtier 8t88 à la solde de Jerec, qui le conduit malgré lui vers le meurtrier de son père... OpenJKDF2 est un moteur compatible libre, multi-plateforme et amélioré (support du matériel moderne, d'un rendu amélioré, ...). |
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🕶️ An FPS view of the lightsaber-wielding protagonist skirting a canyon on a narrow ledge.
📚️ STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is the sequel to STAR WARS: Dark Forces I, and an FPS (released in 1997, by the LucasArts studio) set in the Star Wars universe, starting one year after the events of Return of the Jedi (and 4 years after Dark Forces). Players once again take on the role of Kyle Katarn, a mercenary in the Rebel Alliance. Kyle's father was one of the holders and protectors of the Sacred Valley of the Jedi, which contains the spirits of the Jedi. He had been executed by the Dark Jedi Jerec, who is searching for the Valley's location. Much later, Kyle, working for the Rebel Alliance, crosses paths with the 8t88 broker droid in Jerec's pay, who leads him to his father's murderer... OpenJKDF2 is a libre, multi-platform and enhanced compatible engine (support for modern hardware, improved rendering, etc.).
📜️ "A FPS set in the Star Wars universe, and a libre and compatible engine" 📜️
A cross-platform reimplementation of JKDF2 in C
OpenJKDF2 is a function-by-function reimplementation of DF2 in C, with 64-bit ports to MacOS and Linux. Files are organized as closely to the original game as possible, based on symbols from the Grim Fandango Remaster Android/Linux/macOS port, as well as scattered assertions from various other games. It also contains the original versions of byacc and flex used for COG script parsing.
OpenJKDF2 does not include any original game assets; a valid copy of JKDF2 is required and can be purchased from GOG or Steam. The GOG version is recommended, since it is DRM-free and also includes the soundtrack in Ogg Vorbis format. If you'd like to try before you buy, a WebAssembly demo of OpenJKDF2 can be found at https://maxthomas.dev/openjkdf2/.
Support for playing the original soundtrack from Ogg Vorbis files is primarily supported for the GOG and Steam versions of the game assets. Original disk soundtracks can also be loaded from MUSIC/1/Track<1..11>.ogg and MUSIC/2/Track<1..11>.ogg for each disk's soundtrack. If files are missing, it will instead attempt to use a GOG track number from MUSIC/Track<12..32>.ogg. Dumping the soundtrack from disks at install time is planned for a future release of OpenJKDF2, but is not currently implemented.
🌍️ Wikipedia:
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. It was later re-released on Steam in September 2009, and again in 2015 on GOG.com. It is the sequel to 1995's Star Wars: Dark Forces, and the second installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. The story, set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe one year after the film Return of the Jedi, follows returning protagonist Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the New Republic, who discovers his connection to the Force and "The Valley of the Jedi", an ancient source of power. With his father having been murdered years prior by the Dark Jedi Jerec and his followers over the Valley's location, Katarn embarks on a quest to confront his father's killers and find the Valley before they do.
Jedi Knight makes some technical and gameplay improvements over its predecessor. It uses a more powerful game engine, the Sith engine, which supports 3D acceleration using Direct3D 5.0. The story features branching paths and cutscenes recorded with live actors as full motion videos. The game introduces the lightsaber and the Force as prominent gameplay elements in the series, as well as a multiplayer mode that allows players to compete over the internet or a local area network.
Upon release, Jedi Knight received critical acclaim for its gameplay additions, narrative, and improvements over Dark Forces, and has been cited as one of the best video games of all time. An expansion pack, Mysteries of the Sith, was released in 1998, and a sequel, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, in 2002.
Gameplay
Single-player
Jedi Knight is primarily a first-person shooter, although it does offer the choice of a third-person view. The game consists of twenty-one levels with objectives which the player must complete before being able to continue to the next level. There are weapons available in each level and after level three, the player has the use of a lightsaber, along with the Force. In addition to being an effective weapon, the lightsaber is also a useful tool for the player, providing light in dark areas, deflecting incoming blaster fire and cutting through some obstacles.
There are three types of Force powers; light, dark and neutral. Light Force powers provide nonviolent advantages such as being able to restore health or persuade enemies to ignore the player. Dark Force powers are violent and give the ability to throw objects or choke enemies. Neutral powers enhance athletic abilities such as being able to jump higher or run faster. There are fourteen powers in total, four of each type and a bonus power in each light and dark if the Jedi stays true to that path. Players earn stars to allocate toward Force powers by completing specific levels. By finding all the secrets in a level, players can also gain one bonus star to use. Between levels, the player can choose which Force powers to enhance by allocating stars to that power. Stars cannot be reclaimed from powers later on.
Some levels contain puzzles that may require use of the Force to overcome, or by locating certain objects in the level. There are a variety of hostile and non-hostile non-player characters (NPCs) within each level with whom the player can interact. Other enemies include monsters and vehicles. There are two endings to Jedi Knight, depending on how the player plays the game. If the player does not harm non-hostile NPCs and focuses on collecting light Force powers, the player will get the light side ending. Conversely if the player harms non-hostile NPCs and collects dark Force powers, the game will end with the dark side ending.
Multiplayer
Jedi Knight includes a multiplayer mode that allows up to eight people to compete with one another on a local area network and up to thirty two people online. Online gaming was hosted by the MSN Gaming Zone. The player creates an avatar within Jedi Knight and selects a ranking, with higher rankings having access to more Force powers. The player can also edit their avatar's "skin" and lightsaber color. There are two types of game in Jedi Knight's multiplayer mode, "Capture the flag" and "Jedi Training", similar to deathmatch. The players can customize the settings to play a deathmatch the way they desire; for example, by limiting the use of Force powers or playing on teams.
Plot
Jedi Knight takes place in the year 5 ABY, one year after Return of the Jedi and four years after Dark Forces. In the game's prologue, the Dark Jedi Jerec (Christopher Neame) and his followers capture Jedi Master Qu Rahn (Bennet Guillory), whom they interrogate over the location of the sacred Valley of the Jedi. After learning that Rahn's old friend Morgan Katarn (Jacob Witkin) knew the Valley's location, Jerec executes Rahn.
Meanwhile, Kyle Katarn (Jason Court), now working as a mercenary for the recently-established New Republic, meets with an information broker droid called 8t88 (Denny Delk) on Nar Shaddaa for information regarding his father's death. 8t88 explains that Jerec killed Morgan and plans to reform the Galactic Empire before double-crossing Kyle, revealing himself to be on Jerec's payroll. After questioning Kyle about a data disk from Morgan he can't decipher, 8t88 runs away, but Kyle chases him to his shuttle. Before 8t88 can escape, Kyle shoots off his right arm, sending it and the disk plummeting into Nar Shaddaa's lower levels. Kyle recovers the disk before reuniting with his partner Jan Ors (Angela Harry), who takes him to a medical frigate to recover. While asleep, Rahn's Force spirit visits Kyle and explains that the disk contains information to lead him to the Valley and on the path to become a Jedi.
On Sulon, Jerec's Dark Jedi remove the map to the Valley from Morgan's workshop just as Kyle and Jan arrive. While exploring the workshop, Kyle finds his family's droid, WeeGee, who decodes the disk, unlocking a message from Morgan. He reveals that the map to the Valley was carved into the ceiling tiles of the workshop and that he has left Rahn's old lightsaber for Kyle to use. Traveling to the city of Barons Hed, now a stronghold for the Imperial Remnant, Kyle fights his way to 8t88's chambers, where he finds the droid sending the deciphered map to Jerec. Before he can retrieve the map, Kyle is attacked by Yun (Rafer Weigel), the youngest of Jerec's Dark Jedi. Kyle defeats Yun, but chooses to spare his life.
Kyle and Jan follow 8t88 to Jerec's ship, the Sulon Star, where the droid was told to come to collect his payment. With the ship docked at a refueling station, Kyle infiltrates it through the fuel lines, only to find that Jerec has double-crossed and destroyed 8t88. After defeating two of Jerec's Dark Jedi, Pic (Denny Delk) and Gorc, Kyle retrieves 8t88's head, which still contains the map to the Valley. After WeeGee deciphers it, Kyle and Jan head to the Valley, finding the Sulon Star docked above. Kyle boards the ship again and battles another Dark Jedi, Maw (Morgan Hunter), killing him in anger. Jerec then arrives, holding Jan hostage, and orders Kyle to kill her. If the player has followed the Light Side up until this point, Kyle refuses to do so; otherwise, he executes Jan and declares his intentions to absorb the Valley's power himself. Either way, an enraged Jerec uses the Force to incapacitate Kyle and disable the Sulon Star. As the ship crashes into the canyon below and explodes, Kyle narrowly escapes in his ship, the Moldy Crow.
If Kyle has followed the Dark Side, he is again confronted by Yun, whom he defeats and executes, before heading off to find Jerec. If Kyle has followed the Light Side, he is captured by Jerec's remaining Dark Jedi: Yun, Sariss (Valerie Wildman), and Boc Aseca (Time Winters). After Boc destroys Kyle's lightsaber, a redeemed Yun tries to protect him, only to be killed by Sariss. Using Yun's lightsaber, Kyle defeats both Sariss and Boc before confronting Jerec. Partially empowered by the Valley, Jerec battles Kyle, but is ultimately defeated.
If Kyle has followed the Dark Side, he executes Jerec and takes over the new Empire with Sariss at his side. If Kyle has followed the Light Side, he spares Jerec, having overcome his desire for revenge, but the Dark Jedi tries to attack him from behind, forcing Kyle to kill him. He then reunites with Jan and builds monuments in the Valley to honour his father and Rahn.
Development
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Un FPS prenant place dans l'univers de Star Wars, et un moteur compatible et libre en développement, STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 par le studio LucasArts, OpenJKDF2 par l'OpenJKDF2 Team, initié par Max Thomas (shinyquagsire23).
En C.
STAR WARS Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II est la suite de STAR WARS: Dark Forces I, et un FPS (publié en 1997, par le studio LucasArts) prenant place dans l'univers de Star Wars, démarrant un an après les évènements du Retour du Jedi (et 4 ans après Dark Forces). Le joueur incarne une nouvelle fois Kyle Katarn, un mercenaire de l'Alliance rebelle. Le père de Kyle était l'un des détenteurs et protecteur de la Vallée sacrée des Jedi qui renferme les esprits des Jedi. Il avait été exécuté par le Jedi noir Jerec qui recherche l'emplacement de cette Vallée. Bien plus tard, Kyle travaillant pour l'Alliance rebelle, croise le chemin du droïde courtier 8t88 à la solde de Jerec, qui le conduit malgré lui vers le meurtrier de son père... OpenJKDF2 est un moteur compatible libre, multi-plateforme et amélioré (support du matériel moderne, d'un rendu amélioré, ...).
Une réimplémentation multiplateforme de JKDF2 en C
OpenJKDF2 est une réimplémentation fonction par fonction de DF2 en C, avec des ports 64-bit pour MacOS et Linux. Les fichiers sont organisés de manière aussi proche que possible du jeu original, en se basant sur les symboles du portage Android/Linux/macOS de Grim Fandango Remaster, ainsi que sur des assertions éparses de divers autres jeux. Il contient également les versions originales de byacc et flex utilisées pour l'analyse des scripts COG.
OpenJKDF2 n'inclut pas les ressources originales du jeu ; une copie valide de JKDF2 est nécessaire et peut être achetée sur GOG ou Steam. La version GOG est recommandée, car elle est sans DRM et inclut également la bande sonore au format Ogg Vorbis. Si vous souhaitez essayer avant d'acheter, une démo WebAssembly d'OpenJKDF2 est disponible sur https://maxthomas.dev/openjkdf2/.
La lecture de la bande sonore originale à partir de fichiers Ogg Vorbis est principalement prise en charge pour les versions GOG et Steam des données du jeu. Les bandes sonores originales des disques peuvent également être chargées depuis MUSIC/1/Track<1..11>.ogg et MUSIC/2/Track<1..11>.ogg pour la bande sonore de chaque disque. Si des fichiers sont manquants, il tentera d'utiliser un numéro de piste GOG à partir de MUSIC/Track<12..32>.ogg. Le transfert de la bande sonore des disques au moment de l'installation est prévu pour une future version d'OpenJKDF2, mais n'est pas actuellement implémenté.
🌍️ Wikipedia:
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II est un jeu vidéo de tir à la première personne et de combat à la troisième personne développé par LucasArts, sorti en 1997 sur PC. Deuxième opus de la série des Star Wars: Jedi Knight, il est la suite du jeu Star Wars: Dark Forces.
Le joueur incarne le personnage de Kyle Katarn, un chevalier Jedi en devenir dans l'univers étendu de Star Wars, un an après les évènements de Star Wars, le Retour du Jedi.
Depuis sa sortie, Jedi Knight a reçu un accueil critique enthousiaste pour ses améliorations par rapport à son prédécesseur Dark Forces. Le jeu a bénéficié d'une extension : Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith, sortie en 1998, suivie de : Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, en 2002.
Scénario
Au lendemain de la bataille d’Endor, Kyle Katarn apprend du droïde 8T88 que Jerec faisait partie de ceux qui avaient tué son père, Morgan Katarn, protecteur de la Vallée des Jedi aux côtés de Qu Rahn.
Malgré le désaccord du Conseil Jedi, Johun Othone a tout de même construit un monument en l'honneur des héros des Forces de la Lumière et de leur dirigeant, le Seigneur Hoth, près du site de la bataille de Ruusan. Le monument se compose entre autres d'un mausolée décorée d'immenses statues et d'une chambre de méditation possédant le cristal d'Adegan pour les Jedi. Les bâtiments sont faits de pierres provenant de diverses planètes.
La légende raconte que les esprits des Jedi y sont emprisonnés. Pour les habitants de Ruusan, les esprits seront libérés quand un Chevalier Jedi reviendra pour « détruire l'équilibre naturel ». Les bâtiments n'ayant pas été officialisés, le Conseil des Jedi oublia la Vallée qui devint par la suite un endroit légendaire.
Le Jedi Rahn, croyant que l'Empire galactique ou bien les Jedi Noirs essaieraient de tirer avantage du pouvoir enfermé dans la Vallée des Jedi, essaya de cacher son existence, jusqu'au jour où Morgan Katarn découvrit son emplacement. Ils furent tous les deux assassinés par le Jedi noir Jerec, qui cherchait la Vallée des Jedi pour son propre intérêt. Kyle Katarn, le fils de Morgan, suivit Jerec et atteint à son tour la Vallée. Par la suite, il vainquit Jerec et réussit à garder l'emplacement de la Vallée secret.
Des années plus tard, Desann, utilisant une ruse, fit retourner Kyle vers la Vallée pour le suivre et découvrir son emplacement. Il utilisa le pouvoir émanant de la Vallée afin de transmettre artificiellement la force à ses troupes appelées « Reborn Jedi » en anglais. Dessan et son armée attaquèrent l'Académie Jedi mais furent arrêtés par Luke Skywalker et Kyle Katarn.
Kyle partagea le secret de la Vallée avec Jan Ors et Luke Skywalker pour que le site soit étudié par les Jedi.
Personnages
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Système de jeu
La principale distinction entre Dark Forces et Jedi Knight est l'apparition de la Force. Au fur et à mesure que le personnage progresse dans le jeu, il apprend à s'en servir et doit faire le choix entre le côté obscur et le côté lumineux.
Le joueur incarne Kyle Katarn, un ex-agent d'espionnage de l'Empire passé contrebandier lorsqu'il appris l'implication des impériaux dans la mort de son père, avant qu'il ne rejoigne finalement l'Alliance rebelle. Il a fait ses preuves dans le premier opus de Dark Forces, au cours duquel il a volé les plans de la première Étoile noire. Au cours de sa quête, il apprend à devenir un Jedi pour venger la mort de son père, Morgan Katarn, tué par le Jedi Noir Jerec, et pour défendre la Vallée des Jedi, convoitée par ce dernier et ses acolytes.
Kyle est soutenu et assisté par Jan Ors, contrebandière, espionne rebelle, et surtout pilote de talent qui lui fait quitter l'Empire et le sauve à de nombreuses occasions.
Le jeu se joue comme un FPS, mais Kyle Katarn peut aussi être contrôlé en vue à la troisième personne. D'une manière générale, les joueurs s'accordent à dire que le personnage est plus maniable en vue à la première personne lorsqu'il s'agit d'utiliser des armes à feu (dû à une absence de viseur à la troisième personne), mais que la troisième personne offre une meilleure maniabilité du sabre laser.
Ainsi, la plupart des vidéos de ce jeu vidéo circulant sur Internet montrent Kyle à la troisième personne quand il tient un sabre.
Le jeu possède plusieurs manières de pointer les ennemis grâce aux pouvoirs de la Force.
Il est possible de personnaliser le personnage jouable en choisissant un nombre de points de compétences (4 au maximum par sort) à allouer à chaque pouvoir de la force. Ces points sont gagnés au fur et à mesure de l'aventure.
Les personnages du mode multijoueur sont caractérisés selon un fichier texte présent dans le dossier du jeu, qui regroupe les caractéristiques de base du personnage : modèle du personnage, couleur du sabre, nom et pouvoirs. Les pouvoirs sont exprimés en fonction du nombre de points de compétences associés à chacun, et les pouvoirs vides sont présents, mais associés du chiffre zéro. S'il est impossible d'avoir un personnage ayant plus du nombre maximum de points attribuables (localement, ou en totalité), il est en revanche possible, en éditant le fichier texte, d'avoir des pouvoirs à la fois dans le côté obscur et le côté lumineux, et de faire coexister l'étranglement, la destruction, les soins, et la cécité, par exemple.
Postérité
Un roman de William C. Dietz, inspiré du jeu vidéo, est le dernier volume de la série « Dark Forces ».
Roman non-traduit en France