JJ2+ v5.12 (last updated 20 August, 2023)

[Violet CLM]

Reading the error is a good place to start. What does it say?

[luke11685]

I have no idea why I have jj2 1.24 version what does it mean?
http://i.imgur.com/uTPjOXc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mgHMXT8.jpg how to fix it? Btw I non plus jj2 at least I can play more custom maps thanks to this.

[Stijn]

Note that in order to use JJ2+, you will need a registered copy of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, version 1.23 or 1.24. If one of the splash screens shown when starting up the game says "LK Avalon," that is additionally not a compatible version of the game.

Do you have the LK Avalon version of the game?

[luke11685]

VioletCLM I have the same version of jazz jackrabbit 2 like you.

[Stijn]

Do you have the LK Avalon version or not?

[luke11685]

Yes I do.

[Stijn]

Then you can't install JJ2+.

You can buy a version of JJ2 that is compatible with JJ2+ at GOG (https://buy.jazz2online.com).

[luke11685]

Do gog.com digital version of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection includes The Secret Files+Christmas Chronicles including jj2+? Same for Jazz Jackrabbit 1 Collection are there Epic Pinball+Holiday Hare '94 and Holiday Hare '95.

[Stijn]

Yes

[luke11685]

Stijn do you have gog.com account? I have so can you share with me I mean can you buy me this game as gift, please?

[Stijn]

No<!>

[luke11685]

Btw I was trying to find current version of jazz jackrabbit 2 plus, but I didn't find it even on moddb.

[Violet CLM]

It's on moddb, linked to multiple times from the first post of this thread. If you have the installer, as in your screenshot above, you have the current version of jazz jackrabbit 2 plus.

[luke11685]

Well I already installed jazz jackrabbit 2 plus and I already played Holiday Hare '17 really amazing I was enjoyed of this chapter,but some error message popped up and ruined everything and jazz jackrabbit 2.exe stopped responding you should fix it.
http://i.imgur.com/d0NxGtJ.jpg

[Slaz]

In what level did it crash? At what point in time did you download HH17?

Just try redownloading the episode anyway.

[luke11685]

I don't remember the time of when I was playinformed Holiday Hare,but I will check first what's the version and then I will at least tell you time and date when I downloaded Holiday Hare '17.

[Violet CLM]

This thread&mdash;and by extension, <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/#lc012813">JJ2+ version 4.0</a>&mdash;has been around for five years now.

How about that.

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.6)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="http://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/february-27th-2018-release">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://www.gog.com/downloads/jazz_jackrabbit_2_secret_files/79894">Download from GOG</a> (or use GOG Galaxy)

<a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/plus-readme.html#lc022718">The full list of changes can be found over here.</a>

[Violet CLM]

If JJ2+'s improved support for .j2s files has you interested in making your own translation, here's an updated version of DJazz's j2s tool that lets you translate the strings from TSF levels too. When you're done making your translation, upload it to J2O, and if it looks good we'll include it in later releases of JJ2+. :)

(also stay tuned for more news about translations)

[Stijn]

(A bug report (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=20207) about §-based spacing not working in some situations, notably the in-game pause menu, has been moved to its own thread)

[Violet CLM]

Public Service Announcement
If you experience a problem with JJ2+ (or even vanilla JJ2) where a controller (or similar device) seems to constantly be moving your character or mouse without your intent, please visit this thread for information about how you can help diagnose this problem.

[DennisKainz]

There is a problem: I downloaded HH18 and started the game, and the JJ2+ theme changed to Christmas Chronicles. I removed all the HH18 files, uninstalled and reinstalled JJ2+, and the theme is still that of Christmas Chronicles. It's the JJ2+ version from February 2018, so I'm sure it's not part of the patch. How do I revert the JJ2+ theme to the regular JJ2+ theme (the one where 1.23 got a picture of Jazz, Spaz and Devan in a cute style and 1.24 got one of Jazz, Spaz and Lori in an action movie style)?

[Violet CLM]

Try changing the [General]TitleScreen setting in your plus.ini file/s, which accepts the values "1.23", "1.23+", "TSF+", "XMAS", "vanilla" and "random" (default).

[DennisKainz]

That helped. Thanks!
However, only the title screen is fixed. The game menu is still holiday hare themed.
Oh, well...
Better than nothing.

[Violet CLM]

That's because it's winter and J2O's background is snowing.

[DennisKainz]

So you're saying it will revert to normal when the spring season begins?
Good.

[Safir]

Hi Guys,
I know it could sounds really lame, but Im trying really hard to find some way to play coop with someone. What I must do fort hosting online (could be even just LAN) coop game?

[Jelly Jam]

JJ2+ supports coop mode for online servers. Just host your own game, type the "/coop" command, and cycle to the level of choice with "/c filename".

[Safir]

JJ2+ supports coop mode for online servers. Just host your own game, type the "/coop" command, and cycle to the level of choice with "/c filename".

Could you please be more specific? I only learned how to host "classical" game as battle (to be fair this thing is pretty user friendly), but how do I get to type commands. Where? Thanks in advance!

[Seren]

Hello. Commands are typed into chat, which you can open by pressing T, and send using the enter key. When you're still getting started, it may be a better idea to instead use windowed mode for hosting a server. That way you gain access to the window menu, which provides you with a lot of options you can use for changing game settings. You can also switch between windowed and fullscreen mode as needed using alt+enter. The screenshot below shows how to change game mode to cooperative this way.

https://i.imgur.com/QHHPIV8.png

[Safir]

Hello. Commands are typed into chat, which you can open by pressing T, and send using the enter key. When you're still getting started, it may be a better idea to instead use windowed mode for hosting a server. That way you gain access to the window menu, which provides you with a lot of options you can use for changing game settings. You can also switch between windowed and fullscreen mode as needed using alt+enter. The screenshot below shows how to change game mode to cooperative this way.

https://i.imgur.com/QHHPIV8.png

Unfortunately I cannot see such menu, I see only this:

[Safir]

Hello. Commands are typed into chat, which you can open by pressing T, and send using the enter key. When you're still getting started, it may be a better idea to instead use windowed mode for hosting a server. That way you gain access to the window menu, which provides you with a lot of options you can use for changing game settings. You can also switch between windowed and fullscreen mode as needed using alt+enter. The screenshot below shows how to change game mode to cooperative this way.

https://i.imgur.com/QHHPIV8.png

And just to be clear I have version from GOG - secret files (with JJ2+).
Thanks a lot for trying to help me!

[Jelly Jam]

Did you download JJ2 and the Plus patch separately? That might be the issue since Plus is not directly compatible with the unpatched version from GOG, but in the Extras bar on the game's download page there's a version of JJ2 which has Plus preinstalled. Try installing again with that one, it shouldn't have any problem working.

[Safir]

Did you download JJ2 and the Plus patch separately? That might be the issue since Plus is not directly compatible with the unpatched version from GOG, but in the Extras bar on the game's download page there's a version of JJ2 which has Plus preinstalled. Try installing again with that one, it shouldn't have any problem working.

Installed it directly from gog with JJ plus. But I will try it again.

[Safir]

Did you download JJ2 and the Plus patch separately? That might be the issue since Plus is not directly compatible with the unpatched version from GOG, but in the Extras bar on the game's download page there's a version of JJ2 which has Plus preinstalled. Try installing again with that one, it shouldn't have any problem working.

OMG it worked!!! Thanks a lot! Who would have thought that 21 years old game would have such living community!

[SAMI]

The new automated installer can only detect my non TSFexe. It doesn't plusify TSF exe. How will I get around this issue?

Also, whats with the downgrade on the splash screen?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/150468177216667648/597843615326404608/Jazz_Jackrabbit_2_Sf_Screenshot_2019.07.08_-_23.26.15.12.png


Original one:
https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fp%2Fdxwnd%2Fdis cussion%2Fgeneral%2Fthread%2Fdef41176%2Fbb1c%2Fatt achment%2Fsplash.png&f=1

[Slaz]

The new automated installer can only detect my non TSFexe. It doesn't plusify TSF exe. How will I get around this issue?

Also, whats with the downgrade on the splash screen?

Is the TSF exe in a folder together with the dependant TSF data files? Are you sure it isn’t LK Avalon TSF?

As for the splash screen, the top one is apparently a partial redraw by Noogy of Nick’s original splash screen, and was likely meant to be the TSF splash screen before that airboard scene came into play. JJ2+ offers it as an option, and by default will pick a random splash screen each time you start the game. You can override this with a setting in Plus.ini :cool:

[SAMI]

Is the TSF exe in a folder together with the dependant TSF data files? Are you sure it isn’t LK Avalon TSF?

As for the splash screen, the top one is apparently a partial redraw by Noogy of Nick’s original splash screen, and was likely meant to be the TSF splash screen before that airboard scene came into play. JJ2+ offers it as an option, and by default will pick a random splash screen each time you start the game. You can override this with a setting in Plus.ini :cool:
Not LK Avalon. I used this same files back when I played in 2014.
Anyway I managed to manually plusify using plusifier. Don't know why the automatic setup wont plusify both TSF and non TSF.


Which one is the ID for original JJ2 splash screen then?

I know JJ+ randomly shows a splash screen but I don't think the original detailed on is among them. That doesn't show up at all.

Is there a way to replace the splash screen? I hate that low detailed one by Noogy. Looks so off.

[Seren]

The original JJ2 splash screen you're speaking of is accessed using the value "1.23" in JJ2 1.23+ and is completely unavailable in JJ2 1.24+. This is because the only file that contains it is Data.j2d from version 1.23 and earlier.

If your JJ2 1.23 displays the TSF version of the splash screen, that would strongly suggest you're running the game using data files from a mismatched version of the game. This is not supported and discouraged. Please run JJ2 using data files created by the corresponding installer.

[SAMI]

The original JJ2 splash screen you're speaking of is accessed using the value "1.23" in JJ2 1.23+ and is completely unavailable in JJ2 1.24+. This is because the only file that contains it is Data.j2d from version 1.23 and earlier.

If your JJ2 1.23 displays the TSF version of the splash screen, that would strongly suggest you're running the game using data files from a mismatched version of the game. This is not supported and discouraged. Please run JJ2 using data files created by the corresponding installer.

Yeah I just pasted 1.23 exe on my installation of TSF. That explains even why 1.23+ had TSF splash screen.

So now I will try to replace the 1.24 "Data.j2d" with the "data.j2d" from my 1.23 installation. That should fix the bad splash screen.

[Ragnarok!]

Dunno if we can make requests here but...

Might be nice if there was an optional feature for team games, to enable a sound that plays when a team scores? It would be overkill in modes like TB etc, but I think quite fitting in modes like JB, AN, CTF...

[Violet CLM]

That would be pretty easy to do with a mutator by comparing <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/plus-angelscript.html#jjTeamScore">jjTeamScore</a> values each tick to their values from the previous tick... a mutator would not be the ideal solution in the long run, but it would be a good way to try the idea out and see how it feels in action, as well as experimenting with different sounds to find the best one.

[Splat]

On the current plus version, there seems to be a spectator bug, where if you spectate on, the sound effect for Spaz standing on the edge of a platform is looping nonstop. I'm not sure of what are the exact variables to reproduce this bug.

[Violet CLM]

Remember to use our issue tracker for non-urgent problems. (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49)

[proud2beamerican]

Is there any chance for JJ2+ and MLLE to run on Linux? (I don't know how hard it is to convert Windows app into Linux one, as I know almost nothing about coding).

Running JJ2+ via Wine is highly problematic, MLLE doesn't run at all. Not to mention that all the software and games I use are native to Linux, so that means that I had to install Wine only for JJ2.

[Violet CLM]

From everything I've been told JJ2+ is a model Wine application, like it performs better and with less effort than anything else?

MLLE I dunno. There's a "Mono" framework which is supposed to be like C#.net but compatible with other platforms, but I've never tried to figure out how much work it'd be to port MLLE to that.

[Splat]

Remember to use our issue tracker for non-urgent problems. (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49)

However, it seems that my posts in that subforum need approval from a forum administrator to be revealed.

[proud2beamerican]

From everything I've been told JJ2+ is a model Wine application, like it performs better and with less effort than anything else?

Oh? Well on my computer JJ2+ is unplayable. The character is constantly looking up and there is no way to stop it. That means that arrows up and down are unresponsive (so no stomping etc.).

MLLE I dunno. There's a "Mono" framework which is supposed to be like C#.net but compatible with other platforms, but I've never tried to figure out how much work it'd be to port MLLE to that.

MLLE doesn't even open. In my case at least.

[Violet CLM]

You've got some device sending junk data to your computer. Running JJ2 with the <code>-nojoy</code> command line option should fix it.

[luke11685]

I was thinking what about jazz jackrabbit 2 open world/battle royale mode?

[Violet CLM]

Those sound like they are probably different things, but JJ2+ has supported the LRS gamemode since day one.

[BlanaoTalpao]

Guys it keeps failing to download for me. I tried both links. I tried direct download and manual save, it either says Failed - Download error under the name of the archive in the chrome download bad or it looks like it finished to download but in reality there is no file to be found in the folder, and if I try to open it from the download bar it says error. Any idea ?

[ShakerNL]

Guys it keeps failing to download for me. I tried both links. I tried direct download and manual save, it either says Failed - Download error under the name of the archive in the chrome download bad or it looks like it finished to download but in reality there is no file to be found in the folder, and if I try to open it from the download bar it says error. Any idea ?

Try another browser (Google Chrome may refuse downloading files that are not often downloaded). Or check in your anti-virus software if the file isn't marked as virus and placed in quarantine. The download link works for me.

[ShakerNL]

Will some future plus version fix the flood in the chat which is caused by some Turkish maggots?
Like, revisiting the spam kicking feature?
I am already using a mutator that actually kicks spammers, but does not work with plus commands.

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[Oktan]

Is there a way to get chats you partake in logged when you play on a server, or is that only for admins?

[Violet CLM]

Depending on your plus.ini settings, you should have a chatlog001.txt file in your JJ2 folder with more logging than you could ever possibly want.

[Oktan]

Alright, thanks dude. I had no idea it was on by default, I hadn't noticed the chat log files and had only looked in some of the other config files.

[TanKanT]

Will some future plus version fix the food in the chat which is caused by some Turkish maggots?
Like, revisiting the spam kicking feature?
I am already using a mutator that actually kicks spammers, but does not work with plus commands.

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they are like flys....
spoofing others and spamming/insulting on a whim....
such childish behavior... they will never be among the elites,

hugs bro,

[juanpablo123]

Now, I understand the post below is three years old, but still:
Apparently the new version indeed does not work on Windows XP (though it's worth trying if it works for you anyway). If you are still using XP you are stupid and deserve to lose your files to ransomware. It hasn't been updated or supported by Microsoft for years and it's full of security holes.

As someone who had to main a very underpowered Windows XP box (i'm talking 512MB RAM 933MHz underpowered) for a little more than 10 years, especially on Venezuela(g), I feel a little offended.

Sure, it ran Windows 7 with Aero (nvidia geforce fx 5200), but as explained from the specs above, not a really good idea. The latest Ubuntu version that supported NVIDIA-173 drivers for my graphics card was 14.04, and I liked performance on my games, so yeah, I had to improvise on XP during all those years. Like how Teeworlds 0.7's binary downloads didn't work on Windows XP so I compiled it from source myself.

Nowadays I have two laptops with Windows 7 and Windows 10 on them (I main the former), but I had to go through quite a lot while I was on that old rig.

[ShakerNL]

Windows XP has been End of Life for a long time. Windows 7 became End of Life as well and should no longer be used to go online with. Whether you are offended or not is not the case. These operating systems are outdated and won't be supported by the majority of app developers any longer.

[Violet CLM]

In any case, JJ2+ continues to support Windows XP, despite the dangers of people using it in any other context.

[Stijn]

Now, I understand the post below is three years old, but still:


As someone who had to main a very underpowered Windows XP box (i'm talking 512MB RAM 933MHz underpowered) for a little more than 10 years, especially on Venezuela(g), I feel a little offended.

Sure, it ran Windows 7 with Aero (nvidia geforce fx 5200), but as explained from the specs above, not a really good idea. The latest Ubuntu version that supported NVIDIA-173 drivers for my graphics card was 14.04, and I liked performance on my games, so yeah, I had to improvise on XP during all those years. Like how Teeworlds 0.7's binary downloads didn't work on Windows XP so I compiled it from source myself.

Nowadays I have two laptops with Windows 7 and Windows 10 on them (I main the former), but I had to go through quite a lot while I was on that old rig.

I'm sure you have your reasons, but the fact remains that you are using an operating system, connected to the internet (I assume), which is not equipped to deal with the attack surface exposed by doing so. This is even more true now than when I wrote that previous post. Perhaps you have weighed the pros and the cons, and made sure there is no personal data at all on the PC, et cetera.

But from experience I feel it's safe to say that many other people who played JJ2 on XP, three years ago at least, had not carefully considered the disadvantages of doing so, and simply did so because 'it still works' or because they did not want to go through the hassle of upgrading or switching. That remains a bad idea, and if anyone reading this is still using XP for that reason, I again strongly urge them to upgrade.

[ShakerNL]

Long post about how dangerous using Windows XP is...

The same goes for Windows 7 users.

[French]

Hello,

Hey, I’m sure that people still using Windows XP or 7 are very old-school people who never have any simple consideration for recent opinions or facts.

[Slaz]

I've had much better luck running JJ2+ with recent versions of Wine than anything Windows ever offered since 8 came along.

Besides odd micro stutters, the problem of losing connection in-game after switching from fullscreen to windowed kept persisting all the way to the latest version of Windows 10 (build 2004). Alberto's ddraw.dll substitute at least made fullscreen mode manageable.

[burnout92]

Hi everyone again! It's been a while... I'm happy to continues the Windows XP support of the Plus. Because the my laptop is weak to Windows 7 or above.

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.7)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/august-2020-release-57">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://www.gog.com/downloads/jazz_jackrabbit_2_secret_files/86056">Download from GOG</a> (or use GOG Galaxy)

<a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/plus-readme.html#lc0820">The full list of changes can be found over here.</a>

If you are having trouble with the latest version, report the problem in this thread! General discussion of JJ2+ is fine in this thread too. For less urgent bug reports or suggestions, please visit our dedicated issue tracker instead (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49).

[Stijn]

Yay!

Related to the anti-cheating updates, here's a long article (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?p=494285) I wrote with some ruminations on JJ2+'s (lack of) anti-cheating features if that's something you're interested in.

[King_PBJames]

New release (5.7)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/august-2020-release-57">Download from ModDB</a> <!--| <a href="https://www.gog.com/downloads/jazz_jackrabbit_2_secret_files/79894">Download from GOG</a> (or use GOG Galaxy)-->
(GOG download forthcoming)

<a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/plus-readme.html#lc0820">The full list of changes can be found over here.</a>

If you are having trouble with the latest version, report the problem in this thread! General discussion of JJ2+ is fine in this thread too. For less urgent bug reports or suggestions, please visit our dedicated issue tracker instead (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49).

Violet, Windows Defender is flagging both of your downloads as containing the trojan virus wacatac.d3!ml.

[TanKanT]

partayyyy its finally betterified :D i love it!

[Blade]

Thank you JJ2+ developers for the continued support and the awesome new features. Your work directly invigorates the community. My favourite in this update is the "rescalable window" option.

I am sorry to potentially sow distrust here, but my Windows 10 antivirus tags the "plus_install.exe" downloaded from Violet CLM's link ("Download from J2O") as a virus, more specifically "Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.D3!ml". Respectfully asking, can you offer an explanation for this alert?

[Seren]

I am sorry to potentially sow distrust here, but my Windows 10 antivirus tags the "plus_install.exe" downloaded from Violet CLM's link ("Download from J2O") as a virus, more specifically "Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.D3!ml". Respectfully asking, can you offer an explanation for this alert?
The same issue has been brought up in another thread here (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?p=494331) (note that the thread starter mentions 3 other pieces of antivirus software that don't detect anything).

It's hard to guess what Windows Defender has an issue with precisely, but it's probably the usual: it's a rarely downloaded file from an unknown source, it's new and Defender hasn't seen it before, and it modifies an exe file on your computer to run its own code. To antivirus software, that sounds scary. Perhaps it also detects some specific byte pattern that just happened to occur naturally by chance within the file.

It's always hard to know, because antivirus software relies on heuristics. It tries to be usually right but there's just no way to reliably tell malware apart from safe software, and antiviruses are generally closed-source so we can't just check with them and figure out which of the things we did triggered an alert (which makes perfect sense, because if we could, so could malware developers).

[FawFul]

It's hard to guess what Windows Defender has an issue with precisely, but it's probably the usual: it's a rarely downloaded file from an unknown source, it's new and Defender hasn't seen it before, and it modifies an exe file on your computer to run its own code. To antivirus software, that sounds scary. Perhaps it also detects some specific byte pattern that just happened to occur naturally by chance within the file.

Just out of interest, would that mean that an antivirus eventually stops detecting it because some magic download number has been reached?

[Seren]

Just out of interest, would that mean that an antivirus eventually stops detecting it because some magic download number has been reached?
Not directly. I think Google Chrome takes download count directly into account and warns you if an executable file is rarely downloaded, but Chrome is a web browser. An actual antivirus would probably have to go further than that. I know Avast has the thing where if it suspects a file is dangerous, it suggests that you send it for further analysis. Who knows what that means; probably still heuristics but ones that take so long to run that people wouldn't want to do it on their own personal computers, so they have servers do it.

Theoretically, a large number of downloads (by unique people all running the same antivirus software) could lead to the software coming to conclusion that "OK, a lot of people are running this file instead of just 5, maybe we should actually perform deeper analysis on it," which could effectively mean that a magic threshold has been reached and now the file is suddenly no longer considered malware, but internally it would be because it has qualified for further analysis which found it safe. This makes sense in theory - if the more accurate analysis is more computationally expensive and performed on company servers, the company may want to avoid using it for every report, and the number of users it affects is a decent metric for estimating how urgent that is. Does any antivirus software actually employ this strategy? I have no clue. They're black boxes as far as I know.

[Blade]

Thank you Seren for your thorough reply.

[Spirion]

I Experience crashes every time on Single player level, but after joining on a server Single Player has been started to working.

Had the same issue for some reason

[Violet CLM]

What version of JJ2+ are you running? That bug was fixed in 4.3.

[Seren]

Have fun using our mod! I'd provide some tips but apparently you already know how our software works better than those of us who've been developing it for the last 13 years.

[Falmec]

ok thats just incorect
i have jj2+ running on a virsion of jj2+ with LK AVALON
so pls dont lie to anyone

Same here, it's working very neat with my LK AVALON version. Not sure what Seren wants to say.

[ShakerNL]

Same here, it's working very neat with my LK AVALON version. Not sure what Seren wants to say.

I don't know what shady version of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 you've got, but the mod doesn't and won't ever work on the official LK Avalon version.

[Lightblue Mobius]

Hi there, this is my first post on these forums (despite being a JJ fan since... forever). I managed to patch my copy of the game from 1.20 to 1.23, and download the Plus version. I can't wait to test all of the extra content! :)

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.8)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/may-2021-release-58">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://gog.jj2.plus/">Get from GOG</a>

This release was prompted by solving a problem Windows 7 users were having when they closed the game, and it got buffed up with fixes to stuff reported in our issue tracker (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49). Other features are actively in the works but weren't quite ready yet for release. <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/plus-readme.html#lc0521">The full list of changes can be found over here.</a>

If you are having trouble with the latest version, report the problem in this thread! General discussion of JJ2+ is fine in this thread too. For less urgent bug reports or suggestions, please visit our dedicated issue tracker instead (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49).

[cooba]

Finally, a "May" release!

[Violet CLM]

If you'd like to help with future versions of JJ2+ but are not in the habit of checking our issue tracker (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49), please consider taking a look at it. We're running a bit low on testers right now, so I've posted several topics about ways that people can help out even without writing any C++.

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.9)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/may-2021-second-release-59">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://gog.jj2.plus">Get from GOG</a>

This release fixes a problem experienced by users of Windows 8 and Windows 10 when enabling full screen mode in online servers. It also reverts a bug fix made in 5.8 following some community discussion. Please continue to use that thread for future discussion of the issue, in case you think some alternate solution can be arrived upon besides reversion.

If you are having trouble with the latest version, report the problem in this thread! General discussion of JJ2+ is fine in this thread too. For less urgent bug reports or suggestions, please visit our dedicated issue tracker instead (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/forumdisplay.php?f=49).

[chandie]

For the next jj2+ update, is it possible to have a feature where we can hide the interface elements (lives, hearts, points, weapons) without adding plus features? So that non-plus "save game" levels would look nicer.

[Violet CLM]

The goal is to someday have a way for scripts to say "hey, even though I'm a script it's okay to save in this level, I promise I won't break anything if you do that."

[chandie]

That would be an amazing day!

[Emilie]

Only now got the chance to say what an amazing patch this is. Just wondering, will widescreen resolution support ever be possible?

[Violet CLM]

Thanks! Widescreen is supported in the form of the 800x450 resolution, which uses a 16:9 aspect ratio. That's available in JJ2+ for windowed mode, but if you want it in full screen, you'll need to add it to your monitor's list of resolutions, because JJ2 gets its list of available full screen resolutions directly from your monitor. In my case, that means running a program called "Intel(R) Graphics Settings," choosing "Display," then "Custom Resolutions." You may have that, or you may need to run other equivalent software from different vendors depending on who made your computer.

[proud2beamerican]

It's incredible how much you guys were able to expand vanilla JJ2's abilities, and you just keep going and it's getting better and better!

Are there any chances to ever see JJ2+ for Linux? (I know about Wine, please, lets not talk about it LoL). Just very curious: is it hard to make a native Linux application out of programs like JJ2, JCS, MLLE, etc? What would the work mainly consist of? Would you have to rewrite the whole code, or is it just a matter of inserting some lines? Please be gentle on me, as I'm completely code-illiterate!

[Violet CLM]

Thanks for the positive feedback!

The way JJ2+ works is that it take an existing windows application, jazz2.exe, and sneakily adds some code at various memory locations, mostly code telling jazz2.exe to call functions contained in plus.dll instead of (or in addition to) the equivalent original code. The bulk of the program, the framework in which all those sneaky insertions are based, is still a windows application. I don't see how the same principles could be used to make it run on other operating systems, but that's in part because I know absolutely nothing about writing programs that run on other operating systems. Learning more about the subject would mean doing a significant amount of research that might not lead to anything, and--in all honesty--seems pointless when Wine exists. My intuition is that such time and energy would be more productively spent working on fixes or features that benefit a wider chunk of the userbase. We are, ultimately, a team of hobbyists: we have no resources for bringing on specialists to tackle problems like this that need less familiar bodies of knowledge.

As for MLLE, it's open source (https://github.com/Violet-CLM/MLLE/), and I have been told there is something called "Mono" that is somehow involved in making C# programs (such as MLLE) run on other operating systems (such as Linux). That's the extent of my knowledge on the subject, but anyone who knows more is welcome to give it a try.

[Seren]

Suffice to say Wine wouldn't need to exist if it were reasonably realistic to convert a Windows executable to a Linux binary without the source code. The required effort is immense and the gains are negligible so we're not presently considering that to be within the scope of the project. Instead consider following attempts at multi-platform open source implementations of the game, such as Jazz 2 Resurrection (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=20089).

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.10)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/december-2022-release-510">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://gog.jj2.plus">Download from GOG</a>

<a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/news/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus-v510-release">Check out the highlights at ModDB</a>, or read the <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/#lc1222">full list of changes.</a>

For bug reports, feature requests, participating in public opinion polls, and participating in calls for volunteers, please check out our <a href="https://issues.jj2.plus"</a> issue tracker.

[PazzJazz]

Love the christmas chronicles art for the menu, very good job! keep up this mod as it's way too important!

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.11)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/february-2023-release-511">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://gog.jj2.plus">Download from GOG</a>

Read the <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/#lc0223">full list of changes.</a>

For bug reports, feature requests, participating in public opinion polls, and participating in calls for volunteers, please check out our <a href="https://issues.jj2.plus"</a> issue tracker.

[Joseph Collins]

Hi! Horrendously long time no see.

First and foremost, thank you to everyone who keeps this project going. It has gotten so many new updates since I last played this game. The advanced scripting stuff is cool and really blows open the doors of what can be done with the engine… but being the bore that I am, I'm just as easily impressed by the normal updates, like the unused frames being re-added and the like! Fantastic stuff!

In any case, I was reading the change log (https://docs.jj2.plus/) and I noticed one particular change. An April 2010 update changed the customization options for Lori. Or rather, it made them actually work! (They look great, by the way!) I noticed, though, that there were two updates on that same day: Build 2010-04-08 and Build 2010-04-08 A, which says the color options were further changed. Being the curious sort, I went to the old version archive (https://www.jazz2online.com/jj2plus/old/) to do some comparing… only to find that there was no 2010-04-08 build. Only the alternate build from later that day was uploaded!

So, all that being said, I was wondering if the original 10-04-08 build was floating around somewhere. I'm really curious as to what Lori looked like in that build!

Cheers and thanks!

[Violet CLM]

Hi JC! I haven't found a download link for the original 10-04-08, but here's a comparison picture.

[Joseph Collins]

I had to right-click and open it in a new window (is that how Digiex normally works?), but yeah, I can see the small differences.

It's… odd… that the installer or code for that one specific version seems to have vanished. And kind of disappointing, too. But I mean, it's not like anyone needs it. I, myself, was just working on some little charts comparing the different interpretations of each color to… uh… each color. Nothing important. Just pure curiosity for curiosity's sake.

Thank you, though.

Edit:
I finished my Lori color charts. I'll go ahead and post these here just for laughs.
(I doubt anyone wants or needs these, realistically…)

- Lori's Color Options (v1.24 (The Secret Files) Unmodified) (https://i.imgur.com/xkvO3Mr.png)
- Lori's Color Options (JJ2+ Beta (Build 2010-04-08 A)) (https://i.imgur.com/ONPzGps.png)

Also just noticed this: the shading on the edges of her clothes (and parts of the rest of her) never change. They're consistently various shades of umber. This isn't really something you notice unless you're looking for it or you're zoomed in pretty close. Interesting…

Edit: I also just noticed… the stripe on Lori's shorts doesn't change color, either. The stripe is actually supposed to be pink, according to her official art, and the stripe actually is pink in the big character preview… but the stripe got converted to grey on the sprites. Yet another sprite oversight on P2I's part, I guess.

https://i.imgur.com/P6dqeva.gif
(Excuse the weird palette distribution. JazzTool is kind of… not perfect.)

In any case, I think it'd be neat if the stripe changed colors, too. I'm sure it could be done with scripting rather than editing the sprites. As I said, the stripe is grey – a completely unique color on her sprites, in fact. Just a thought!

[Violet CLM]

New release (5.12)
<a href="https://get.jj2.plus">Download from J2O</a> | <a href="https://www.moddb.com/mods/jazz-jackrabbit-2-plus/downloads/august-2023-release-512">Download from ModDB</a> | <a href="https://gog.jj2.plus">Download from GOG</a>

Read the <a href="https://docs.jj2.plus/#lc0823">full list of changes.</a>

We recognize that this build was sent to GOG for publication fully a month ago, and that it took them an additional month to release it to their Galaxy client. We're researching our options going forwards for easier distribution, and appreciate your patience.

[Violet CLM]

Just popping in to say I know there are people who aren't fond of the Christmas Chronicles menu theme extending all the way from December through February. A more robust solution is in the works, but if you want a quick change, here's a 5.12 build minimally edited to show the theme only in December. (https://get.jj2.plus/misc_builds/plus_512_snow_december.zip)

[ShakerNL]

Just popping in to say I know there are people who aren't fond of the Christmas Chronicles menu theme extending all the way from December through February. A more robust solution is in the works, but if you want a quick change, here's a 5.12 build minimally edited to show the theme only in December. (https://get.jj2.plus/misc_builds/plus_512_snow_december.zip)

This dll doesn't work for me and will just make JJ2 load without plus.

[Violet CLM]

This dll doesn't work for me and will just make JJ2 load without plus.
I've tried this dll on multiple installations on three different computers (two windows 10, one windows XP), both 1.23 and 1.24, and I've not been able to reproduce your problem. Make sure you are extracting it into a folder that already has JJ2+ 5.12 in it, and that you are running the exe usually used to run JJ2+, not an unpatched JJ2 exe.