Darkness Falls

The Online Magazine for Dark Forces, Jedi Knight & Star Wars fans.
NOVEMBER 1997 - Volume 1, Number 4.


Features

Jedi Knight Revisited
As most of you probably know, Mike Rajotte and I have begun a project to convert the best of the single player JK levels, to multiplayer. This article will tell you all you need to know to do the same...


    Departments

On The Soap Box
The magazine's editorial section. This is where I get to talk about the latest news in the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight community. This month there is a new competition to partake in....
Making The Force Be With You
You can't help but have noticed all the COG patches that have been flooding onto the net. What you may not know is that editing COG is incredibly easy. To highlight this, Brian Taylor brings us a beginners guide to creating a COG patch.
Interogation Room C
Once a month, we drag a poor unsuspecting innocent into Interogation Room C and force the truth out of them. This month the man behind the future JK Level Editor, JED - Alexei Novikov - has been detained for questioning.
JED vs Force Builder
There are currently two JK level editors known to be in construction, JED and Force Builder. Despite the fact that JK was only released a month ago, construction of these two programs is rapidly approaching completion... 		Class is in! - Tutorial
Thinking of creating a new enemy for Dark Forces, but the first few frames just don't look right? Well, read on, cause this month Ajay Huff presents a tutorial on the use of shading in DF art and it's importance...
Archangel 3 Interview
Lionel Fouillen's Dark Forces epic - Archangel - is about to reach it's thrilling conclusion. The first two levels included some of the best level design seen in DF. Now, Lionel talks to us about the project... and ..oh... there's a demo here for it too :)


 Front & Centre

Mr Movie
Last month, I was in search of an experienced movie fan to take up a monthly column in this section of Darkness Falls. Geoffrey Elliott was just the person I was looking for and has become our Mr Movie!
JK Orders - Buyers Guide
Many of you out there have already joined an Order (or Clan as they are otherwise known as), but there are more that have not. This month John "Jumbo" Santos presents us with a guide for beginners on choosing which Order to join...
L.A. Exceptional
Despite a heavy university workload this month, I have made it to the movies several times and have expereinced one of the best movies I've ever seen. L.A. Confidential has certainly boosted my opinion of this years crop of movies...
Jungle Fever - Pt 2
This mulit-part article series by Jungles of Caldoun author, Mark Haidekker, takes us through the various aspects of creating a successful level. This month he takes a look at creating your own custom VOCs...


Fiction

Ashalaa
The story of the making of a Jedi. Last month a new group appeared on the scene, bent on tracking Kira down...but what are their intentions and who is the mysterious man called - Solo? 		Interactive Story
This is where you, the readers, can write the next chapter of a continuing saga, Darkness Falls- The Story. Simply write it, email me it, and the best one I receive will be printed next issue. This month Kyle must escape from a no-win situation. . .


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Darkness Falls - Volume 1, Number 4. Published monthly. Articles and any original artwork copyright © 1997 by the editor and contributors to this magazine. This document may not be reproduced in whole or in part at any time without the express written consent of the editor.
Publisher/Editor: Jeff Walters. Graphical Director: Clayton Cameron.Contributors: Jeff Walters, Matt Bender, Clayton Cameron, Geoffrey Elliott, David Erlenbusch, Mark Haidekker, Ajay Huff, jj, Mike Rajotte, John "Jumbo" Santos. Brian Taylor and the Tyner (for new Darkness Falls graphic at top of page). We love reader input. Email addresses can be found at the start of each contributor's article.
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