Jazz2Online News

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 second Community Patch released

Violet CLM — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:01:18 +0000

GOG.com’s distribution of Jazz Jackrabbit 1 has been updated with a new patch:

Jazz Jackrabbit CD

Fixed incorrect thresholds for 100% items and enemies in Diamondus Secret, Tubelectric 2, Medivo Guardian, Letni 2, Technoir 1 & Secret, Orbitus 1 & Guardian, Nippius 2, Jungrock Guardian, Sluggion 2, Dreempipes 1 & 2, Pezrock 1, 2 & Guardian, Chrysilis 1 & 2, Battleships 1 & Guardian, Muckamok 1, Exoticus 1 & 2, Deckstar 1 & 2, and Lagunicus 1.
Fixed incorrect sprite for time pickup in Technoir 1.
Fixed the incorrect sound playing when you pick up the spring shoes pickup in Exoticus 1 & 2 and Deserto Secret.
Fixed missing sound effects in Marbelara 2 and Ceramicus 1 & 2.
Fixed a slightly wrong sound playing when you fire the toaster weapon in every episode past the first one.
Fixed incorrect movement speed for launcher bullets in Megaairbase and Jungrock Guardians.
Fixed minor sprite issue with Hip Hop’s attacks in post-E6 levels

Holiday Hare ’95

Fixed “explosive” effect when you pick up carrots in all Candion levels.
Fixed the moving platforms in Bloxonius 1 & 2 not moving Jazz correctly.
Fixed incorrect sprite for hoverboard pickup in Bloxonius 1.
Fixed the incorrect sound playing when you pick up the spring shoes pickup in Candion 1 & 2.
Fixed minor sprite issue with Hip Hop’s attacks.

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 turns 30 years old on August 1st, and with these new fixes, it’s in better shape than ever!

Like the last Jazz 1 patch, this was crafted by community members rsgdbfevx and Love & Thunder.

This patch is currently exclusively available through GOG, either through its website or through the GOG Galaxy client. If you haven’t already bought Jazz 1, it’s 82% off for the next twelve hours…

Meanwhile, GOG’s distribution of Jazz 2 has been updated (only on the website currently, not in Galaxy) to include an “Extra” download of the manual from the MAC version. This is the full-color HTML manual with Epic’s own images of the comic, not scans.

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Anniversary Bash is THIS WEEKEND

Violet CLM — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 08:23:42 +0000

🥕 Anniversary Bash 26 🥕

Friday April 5th – Sunday April 7th, 2024

To celebrate the upcoming 26th anniversary of Jazz Jackrabbit 2’s (shareware) release, the latest Anniversary Bash event is happening this weekend, featuring a mix of new levels and old. All are welcome (though you’ll need the August 2023 version of JJ2+), especially community veterans!

We’re going to try experimenting with the format a little this year, with the Battle and CTF packs swapping more frequently in the first couple days, rather than entire days dedicated to specific gamemodes. On Sunday we’ll delve more into mutators and such, and potentially continue that on Monday depending on how active/excited people are on Sunday.

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All Elections to be held in Jazz 2

Violet CLM — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:13:21 +0000

In an unprecedented development announced globally via Fortnite video, all elections at all levels in all countries will now be held entirely within Jazz Jackrabbit 2. Votes may be cast by scoring points for the blue or red teams.

To aid in identifying which party, candidate, position, etc. corresponds to which team, the following tests have been proposed:

Who is more associated with blue, and who with red?
Whose positions are more ideologically associated with the left side of the level, and whose with the right?
Who prefers bouncer powerups, and who prefers toaster powerups?

Certain elections may limit use of the !swap command to up to a certain number of days in advance. Please consult your local laws for details.

Certain precautionary measures are being put in place to ensure high quality voters. For example, players on the opposition team in One Silver Penny will have to pay more coins to access the carrot. Meanwhile, players with certain fur colors are more likely to get automatically kicked for Hacking/Cheating.

Scoring points in the Bank Robbery gamemode will cause players to be arrested for voter fraud. Other non-CTF gamemodes are not recommended at this time, as the legal details are still being worked out; however, election officials stress that this limitation should have zero impact on current players.

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JCS Awards; Anniversary Bash

Violet CLM — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:53:31 +0000

The 2023 JCS Awards have concluded, our annual get-together to honor and vote for the best levels (and other creations) of the last year in our cozy Jazz Jackrabbit 2 community. Here’s a preview of the results, but click through for vote totals, runners-up, and commentary:

Best Battle Level of 2023
🥇 Freeport – Loon
🥈 Bad LSD Trip – Loon
🥉 Lake Party – Dragusela

Best CTF Level of 2023
🥇 Scarlet Weald – PurpleJazz
🥈 Blast Concussion – Violet CLM
🥉 Land of the Sn00zE – SuperJazz

Best Single Player Release of 2023
🥇 Threed Realms – Violet CLM
🥈 Jingle Jumble – Primpy
🥉 Burrowsville? – Slaz

Best Eyecandy of 2023
🥇 Scarlet Weald – PurpleJazz
🥈 Threed Realms – Violet CLM
🥉 Blast Concussion – Violet CLM

Best Mutator of 2023
🥇 Death Circle – Smoke
🥈 Multiflag – Violet CLM
🥉 True Fur – Violet CLM
🥉 Condemned – Violet CLM

Best JCS’er of 2023
🥇 Loon
🥈 Violet CLM
🥉 Dragusela

Congratulations to all! Remember to check out the winners and runners-up and write some positive reviews—there’s nothing else like that to encourage people to keep contributing to the community!

And coming soon, the Anniversary Bash 26 has just been announced for April 5 – 8. Stay tuned for details!

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User registration fixed

Stijn — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:34:41 +0000

User registration was broken for a while. It’s fixed now! If you encountered issues registering an account, try again and it should work.

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Melk the Game discovered

Violet CLM — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:30:00 +0000

We’re all familiar with the other two games using the Jazz 2 engine: Battery Check and Animaniacs: A Gigantic Adventure. But it’s been easy to forget about the other other two games, because there’s so little reference to them online.

But that changes today: Stijn has just unearthed the installer for Melk the Game, an online multiplayer game made for the Dutch Dairy Association. Head on over to the JCF for how to run the game, and for emerging research on all the files.

The next challenge is for someone to find Orion Software Systems’ sidescroller RPG…

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JCS Awards 2023

Violet CLM — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:08:09 +0000

The 2023 JCS Awards are now open! Vote for your favorite levels, scripts, etc. of 2023 either in a JCF post or submitting a google form. Marvel at how long ago January 2023 feels.

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jazzjackrabbit.net temporarily taken down

Violet CLM — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 03:50:53 +0000

One of the other major Jazz Jackrabbit websites, jazzjackrabbit.net, has currently been disabled due to hackers. There is not currently a timeline for when it will be restored. According to SuperJazz, if you visited that site and were “told to download and update your Chrome browser, then you have most likely encountered malicious content. In case you happened to click any links or download anything from there, be sure to run a full virus scan on your computer.”

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JJ2+ 5.12 now on GOG Galaxy too

Violet CLM — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:41:00 +0000

Download JJ2+ from GOG Galaxy
or Mod DB

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JJ2+ updated with Packet Interval code

Violet CLM — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:25:00 +0000

Download here

JJ2+ version 5.12 is released through the above installer link, the manual zip, GOG Galaxy and the GOG website, and Mod DB.

The packet exchange interval code from the last news post has been incorporated into JJ2+, so that movement packets are now sent between server and clients at the maximum possible speed, unless you edit plus.ini. Check out the changelog for full information on that and a dozen or so other improvements!

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