Weapons reference

This is a reference page for Dark Forces weapons.

The data here was obtained from inspecting the source code of The Force Engine, which was created by reverse engineering the original Dark Forces executable. The values are hardcoded in Dark Forces.

Projectiles

Damage corresponds to player and NPC hitpoints.

Force reflects how much the player or NPC is "pushed" backwards when he is hit by the projectile. It is multiplied by the speed of the projectile.

Player Projectiles

Projectile	Damage	Force	Speed	Falloff
Punch	6	0.02	230	0
Pistol bolt	10	0.01	250	1
Rifle bolt	10	0.01	250	0.8
Thermal Det	0	0.1	80
Repeater bullet	10	0.03	270	0.3
Fusion plasma	15	0.05	100	0.6
Mine	0	0.2
Mortar	0	0.2	110
Concussion	0	0.06	190
Cannon missile	0	1	74
Cannon plasma	30	0.06	100	0

Enemy Projectiles

Note: The actual speed of Mohc's homing missiles is affected by CPU cycles. 58 is the hardcoded value.

Projectile	Damage	Force	Speed	Falloff
Turret bolt	17	0.03	300	1
Remote bolt	1	0.01	300	1
Homing missile	0	1	58
Interrogator shot	10	0.04	100	1
Boba missile	0	1	90

Explosions

	Damage	Range	Force
Thermal detonator	60	30	50
Mortar	50	40	35
Concussion	30	25	30
Mine	90	45	80
Missile	70	40	70
Weak missile (not used?)	25	40	50
Barrell	60	40	120
Probe droid death	35	30	30
Boba missile	25	20	20