Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster

Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
Developers: LucasArts, Night Dive Studios Publisher: Night Dive Studios Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch Released internationally: February 28, 2024 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics.

The texture resolution is strong with this one.

To do: Let's see: Examine the music data files. Document sources.txt and the "original_file" metadata in vault.json Have someone more familiar with Dark Forces go over this with a fine-tooth comb!

Vault Rejects

The vault.kpf archive contains a folder labelled "To_Add", containing materials that, surprisingly enough, weren't added to the final ingame version of the Vault.

Image	Filename	Description
AGAGOOD.png		A very placeholder mission briefing in the default DeluxePaint font, written from Jan's perspective, for the mission "Talay: Tak City".
AVENGE.GMD	(todo)	Music data for the unreleased Avenger mission. Needs investigating.
CITYMUS2.GMD	(todo)	Music data. Needs investigating.
COVE0000.png		An unfinished promotional render featuring some Stormtroopers with dislocated hands and oddly bare feet.
CUT1.gif		A very early, unused cutscene consisting of flat, untextured polygons. Appears to be an early version of Kyle's ship docking somewhere in front of expectant humanoid shapes.
HANGER.gif		A very early, unused cutscene consisting of flat, untextured polygons. Appears to be a TIE Interceptor floating around aimlessly in the flat vacuum of a bluescreen for an extremely long time.
IMP_OF06.png		A very early pre-rendered sprite of the Imperial Officer enemy, ready to be drawn over by eager pixel artists.
J_CUTST.gif		A very early, unused cutscene consisting of flat, untextured polygons. Appears to be an early version of Kyle's ship (with an untextured A-Wing model used as a placeholder) landing somewhere and being buzzed by an X-Wing.
MOTHMA2.png		Work-in-progress pixel art for Mon Montha.
SECBASE-MSG.png		A very placeholder mission briefing using a generic san-serif font, for the mission "Secret Base".
ST-RNDR.gif		The very early Stormtrooper sprites from the Vault, running, shooting and dying from five different angles.
ST-TRN.gif		The very early Stormtrooper sprites from the Vault, performing an unused "turn on your heel" animation from five different angles.
ST-WALK.gif		The very early Stormtrooper sprites from the Vault, marching forwards from five different angles.
screenshots/DTENT1.png		A screenshot released as a promotional image leading up to the games release, but without the second Stormtrooper.
screenshots/DTENT2.png		The promotional image from above, revealing that the second Stormtrooper was Photoshopped (Deluxepainted?) in after-the-fact! A bullshot! The scandal!
screenshots/DTENT2A.png		That image again, but with the bridge texture and the sky altered in post. This one seemingly wasn't released, seemingly considered Perhaps A Bit Much for post-process massaging.
screenshots/MIDHALL1.png		An extremely early screenshot, depicting a corridor similar that seen in the box art with a Doom-style centered Stormtrooper Rifle.
screenshots/MIDHALL2.png		A different area of the same extremely-early build, with the early Stormtroopers lurking around.
screenshots/SCSHOT00.png		A different area of the same extremely-early build.
screenshots/STARD2.png		A publicly-released promotional image, oddly released alongside shots that more accurately depicted what the final game looked like!
screenshots/STARD.png		An earlier version of the shot, in which the player is firing their weapon and the Stormtrooper is not. More post-screenshot modification?