Commander Genius source port – Launching through Steam

Overview

This will show you a way to launch all the episodes through Steam with Commander Genius source port to use Steam overlay and track your game time.

Introduction

This guide will show you how to launch Commander Keen episodes through Steam using Commander Genius source port to take advantage of Steam overlay and game time tracking.

Getting started

Firstly download Commander Genius here
Download[clonekeenplus.sourceforge.net]
I advise you to get ZIP package as it’ll be easier to just extract the files.

Unpack the ZIP package
Copy the files to base1 folder in Commander Keen folder
Rename/Delete dosbox.exe
Rename CGenius.exe to dosbox.exe
End result shoud look like the image >>>>>>>

Optionally

Open games folder and delete everything there if you aren’t interested in
the fan-made episodes.

Moving the game files

Now we need to do lot of file moving. Remember the games folder? Well we have to move all the games files there.

Episode 1

Create folder keen1 in games folder
Go to base1 folder
Select all files with extension *.CK1 and KEEN1.EXE
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen1 folder

Episode 2

Create folder keen2 in games folder
Go to base2 folder
Select all files with extension *.CK2 and KEEN2.EXE
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen2 folder

Episode 3

Create folder keen3 in games folder
Go to base3 folder
Select all files with extension *.CK3 and KEEN3.EXE
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen3 folder

Episode 4

Create folder keen4 in games folder
Go to base4 folder
Select all files with extension *.CK4 and Keen4e.exe
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen4 folder

Episode 5

Create folder keen5 in games folder
Go to base5 folder
Select all files with extension *.CK5 and Keen5e.exe
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen5 folder

Episode 6

EPISODE 6 IS NOT INCLUDED IN STEAM RELEASE

Get Keen 6 1.4 EGA which is only one supported now
Select all files with extension *.CK6 and KEEN6.exe
Either Copy/Paste them or Cut/Paste them into gameskeen6 folder

Final touches

Now after doing all this launch the game through Steam either from desktop icon or in Steam select Complete pack option.

You should see this dialog.

Select your desired episode and Press Start.

Go to Configure>Video in main menu and set OpenGL to on for Steam overlay to work properly.

Enjoy the games!!!

Optional stuff

HD Pack

If you want your game to be prettier and have better sound effects/music you might want to get this pack
Download[sourceforge.net]

Simply unpack the file and copy games and global folders to base1 folder.

Commander Keen Guide