Overview
Despite that the Internet is already “full” of the similar methods to fix the Dark Forces 2 game and its DLCs, like Mysteries of the Sith, I’d like to share my simple instructions for Windows 10 users and not only, probably. Even my grandma was able to understand all of the steps, so, I hope, you will too!
Get and setup dgVoodoo 2
It’s a free wrapper for old graphics API’s made predominantly for W7/8/10 OS, also works with games and will help you to get the game working.
You can get dgVoodoo 2 from this website[dege.freeweb.hu]. Some users say that only several specific versions of dgVoodoo are fully compatible with JK MotS, but the latest worked fine for me, so you can look for the latest version too. Move to downloads page and look a little lower to find the latest version (currently it’s 2.54).
After download, you will see the similar content of the zip archive:
Extract everything except html files (which are not needed) and launch dgVoodooCpl.exe. And this is what you will see:
To be pretty sure I did some changes in General tab. For Output API choose feature level 10.1, as it should be most optimal to run the game with less issues. For Adapter choose your primary graphics card (for laptops choose the external adapter as it provides better performance). In Full Screen Output list you will see the only display to choose (I’m not sure about multi-screen users).
Now switch to DirectX tab. You will see this:
There’s no actually any option to be adjusted, but at the end make sure that Disable and passthru to real DirectX is UNCHECKED.
Hit OK and close the setup. Now let’s get to the next step.
Make the game work
Go in to the MS folder inside the dgVoodoo 2. You will see three .dll files. We need two of them, these are D3Dlmm and DDraw. Copy them and head to the game’s folder located in Steam Library. The path should look like:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonJedi Knight Mysteries of the Sith (for x64 users, otherwise you can see only Program Files folder in system volume).
Paste copied files into game’s folder along with .exe files.
To be sure here is the screenshot explained how the game’s folder should look after the changes:
That’s it, nothing is left to do. Let’s start the game.
Run the game
Before starting the campaign make sure that 3D Acceleration is Enabled.
Now the game should run perfectly.
In the end…
These methods also work for the original JKDF2 game which you can see here:
[link]
I hope these methods were quite clear and helped you to run the game without any problem.
Thanks for attention! 🙂
Guide updates
6/28/2017:
- dgVoodoo2 has been updated to 2.54
- dgVoodoo2’s .exe file is now dgVoodooCpl.exe instead of dgVoodooSetup.exe
- Since the game’s folder is also updated (for whatever reason), there’s no Sith.exe to take care of, so the instructions got a little easier to follow
- Since Backbuffer in System Memory does not impact to game’s performance and gameplay, this text was removed
- Pictures updated according to new dgVoodoo2 version and the game’s folder content
- Minor text corrections