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  slipkord on 21/12/2022 - 07:28

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  This Fanatical sale of Star Wars franchise games is timely, because aside from potentially grabbing some discounted Star Wars games that you don't already possess in your game library, the long-awaited v1.0 release of The Force Engine (TFE) just came out yesterday, free for anyone to download and install/set-up on their purchased/owned copy of the 1995 classic FPS game Star Wars: Dark Forces (currently on sale standalone for A$1.78 (-79%) and also included in a couple of discounted bundles on Fanatical).

  The Force Engine Version 1 Trailer video

  TFE Current Features

  • Full Dark Forces support, including mods. Outlaws support is coming in version 2.0.
  • Mod Loader - simply place your mods in the Mods/ directory as zip files or directories.
  • High Resolution and Widescreen support - when using 320x200 you get the original software renderer. TFE also includes a floating-point software renderer which supports widescreen, including ultrawide, and much higher resolutions.
  • GPU Renderer with perspective correct pitch - play at much higher resolutions with improved performance.
  • Extended Limits - TFE, by default, will support much higher limits than the original game which removes most of the HOM (Hall of Mirrors) issues in advanced mods.
  • Full input binding, mouse sensitivity adjustment, and controller support. Note, however, that menus currently require the mouse.
  • Optional Quality of Life improvements, such as full mouselook, aiming reticle, improved Boba Fett AI, autorun, and more.
  • A new save system that works seamlessly with the existing checkpoint and lives system. You can ignore it entirely, use it just as an exit save so you don’t have to play long user levels in one sitting, or full save and load with quicksaves like Doom or Duke Nukem 3D.
  • Optional and quality of life features, even mouselook, can be disabled if you want the original experience. Play in 320x200, turn the mouse mode (Input menu) to Menus only or horizontal, and enable the Classic (software) renderer - and it will look and play just like DOS, but with a higher framerate and without needing to adjust cycles in DosBox.

  Current State

  Full support for Dark Forces has been completed. You can play through the entire game, with all AI, weapons, items, and functionality working as expected. While the project shares a legacy with DarkXL, it is a complete rewrite - rebuilt from the ground up with a much greater focus on accuracy. It is much more focused than the XL Engine, focused on being a Jedi Engine replacement/port only.

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  slipkord on 24/12/2022 - 09:52

  UPDATE (Dec 24th): I belatedly noticed that Fanatical's Winter Sale not only has the Star Wars-specific games on sale, but many publisher-specific sales, including Disney Interactive Games. Therefore I have amended the deal post's table:

  • Added several Disney/LucasArts published titles, which encompasses not just the Star Wars franchise, but LucasArts adventure games (e.g. Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, LOOM, The Dig), LEGO Indiana Jones, TRON 2.0 and more.
  • Added Steam listing prices where available for comparison purposes
  • Many of these Disney Interactive Games-published titles have their promotion discounts ending on Wednesday January 4th 2023 11:00am AEDT. NOTE: some of the Star Wars games/bundles will have their promotions end on Wednesday December 28th 2022 7:00pm AEDT.