The installer that comes with JK is not needed. Just follow the steps below. Except for one step, all files are copied from the first CD.
1. Create a folder to place the game files. The default with the installer is
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Jedi Knight.
2. Copy both files from the
gamedata\exe folder to the folder created in step 1.
3. Copy the
controls, episode, and
resource folders (in
gamedata folder) to the folder created in step 1.
4. Copy the
gamedata\mininstall\res1hi.gob file to the resource folder created in step 3.
5. From the second CD, copy all files from the video folder (in
gamedata\resource folder) to the resource folder created in step 3.
6. Verify that all the files copied from CD do not have the
Read-only attribute set. To verify: select all the files in each folder, right-click on them, select
Properties, and make sure the
Read-only checkbox is clear (i.e. white with no checkmark).
Now, you can run
jk.exe directly, or setup a shortcut that can be placed on the Start menu or a taskbar toolbar.
NOTE: Any registry settings needed by JK are created when JK is run, except for the lobby launching registry settings; those can be created by using the
DirectPlay Registry Key for Jedi Knight.
To make managing mods and finding multiplayer games online easier, check out
JKLauncher.