There are near-term plans to add DirectX 10/11, Vulkan, and maybe Metal render backends which should enable more GPUs to run the engine efficiently. For now only OpenGL is supported, which might limit the use of some older Intel integrated GPUs that would otherwise be capable. However, the minimum requirements for GPU Renderer support are here to stay. Note that there are plans to lower the requirements for using the classic software renderer in the future. GPU with OpenGL 3.3 or better compatibility.Windows 7, 64-bit or modern Linux distro.On the right side, click Optional features. If you get a message saying MFPlat.DLL was not found you may not have the Media Feature Pack installed, which is the default.

If TFE does not start, you may need to install the VC++ Redistributable Package. If you want to use custom sound fonts, copy the “sf2” files into the SoundFonts/ directory under TFE. A portable installation option, where all data is kept in the local directory, is planned for the future. Note that TFE stores saves, set up info, screenshots, log files, and similar items under Documents/TheForceEngine/. Then simply run TheForceEngine.exe and if you have Dark Forces installed using GOG or Steam it should automatically find it.

You can place mod zip files or directories into the Mods/ within the TFE directory. To “install” The Force Engine, unzip the archive into its own directory, such as C:/Games/TFE/.

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