The Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster was released by Nightdive Studios in February 2024.
It uses the base game files of Dark Forces but adds high resolution, true colour assets.
GOBS
The GOB container file is still used to contain maps and assets that are used by the game engine.
The Dark Forces Remaster uses the same four GOBs as the original game (DARK.GOB, SPRITES.GOB, TEXTURES.GOB, SOUNDS.GOB) and these are unchanged.
Three new GOBs have been added.
- ENHANCED.GOB - this contains all the new (high resolution) textures and sprites
- EXTRAS.GOB - this contains the bonus Avenger level for the Vault
- OVERRIDE.GOB - this contains alternatives for the ashtray and medkit sprites
LFD
All of the original game's LFDs are found, unchanged, in the LFD directory.
The enhanced subdirectory contains the high resolution images, in PNG format, that replace the original PDA.
See Enhanced PDA Specs.
DARKEX.KPF
DarkEx.KPF is a ZIP file containing various files used by the game's menu interface. There are several subdirectories.
| cutscene_scripts | Scripts for the enhanced cutscenes (DCSS files) |
| fonts | Fonts, which appear to be in a standard .TTF format |
| gfx | Graphics for the game's menu interface (mostly in PNG format) |
| localization | Text files containing UI text and subtitles in different languages |
| midi | ? |
| progs | This appears to contain shader scripts |
| tactile | This appears to contain files that control force-feedback (vibration) on controllers; the format is unknown |
There are also several .CFG text files which appear to contain the default control bindings.
LOCALIZED directory
This contains versions of SOUNDS.GOB providing speech for different languages (French, German, Italian, Spanish).
MOVIES directory
This contains the game's enhanced cutscenes. The cutscenes are in .OGV format with subtitles in text files with the .SRT extension.