BooJaka Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 I'm trying to play DF2 on a Win2000 machine. It installs without a problem but when I go to play it, it asks if I want to install DirectX5. It then tells me that it has completed successfully and tells me if I want to install DirectX5 and so on so I go round in endless circles. How do I play it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Try running the exe file from C:\Program Files\Lucas\JK2 or wherever you installed it; that's what I have to do with CMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooJaka Posted March 20, 2003 Author Share Posted March 20, 2003 I do that but it comes up with the message "ERR_CANNOT_LOAD_FILE". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabb Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Bleh, moved to JK2 help forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Is the Dark Forces for JKII? If not, what's it doing here? I'll try to help with your problem anyway. Since you can't run the executable, I would presume the installation failed. Did it install DirectX 5? You can check by hitting: Start > Run > Type dxdiag (DirectX Diagnostics) Maybe uninstall (if you can, if not remove all the DF files manually) Download, install and run RegCleaner (should clean up the DF registry settings) Install the game again. If skipping DirectX installation fails, try installing it. Then at a later date, you can install the latest version. (9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooJaka Posted March 22, 2003 Author Share Posted March 22, 2003 OK, I found out I've got DirectX 9 and, by uninstalling it and installing it in another CD drive on the same computer, it somehow works. Or at least it works for a little while. I get past the Nar Shadaa cutscene with 8t88 but it says it cannot load the first level. Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted March 22, 2003 Share Posted March 22, 2003 Do you have all the neccesairy files in the right folders? I'm not familar with the DF setup, but can you 'load' the map seperately via console command? map ns_streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooJaka Posted March 22, 2003 Author Share Posted March 22, 2003 I can't find a map ns_street file. I'll reinstall to see if it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Since I have only played Jedi Outcast, I do not know the list of maps for the others. That was just an example. I think reinstalling may solve the problems. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 DF2 (Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight) comes with DX5 (the current version of DirectX at the time of the games release in October '97) but will still work with later versions. For reference, I installed Jedi Knight last year on my machine (DirectX 8.1) and it ran fine. I just chose NOT to install DX5 when I installed the game (just tell it no, uncheck it whatever, and you should be fine). Get the latest drivers for your video card, and check the setup options to make sure the buffer in video memory is unchecked and the game should run fine. If not, try uninstalling then reinstalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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