You actually cannot "claim" a name. It is their game, and it is their life. If someone names him or herself, God forbid, Idrabunkirabudmonter, then so be it. A name is used for identification, after all. It is a replacement for: "Hey you. Yes, you. No, not the dinosaur behind you that is about to eat you alive. I mean you." Don't worry about it.


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On the other hand, I should have probably answered your question. In order to play a level via finding it in explorer, you either need to get it associated with JJ2, or it is already associated. By default, I think it's associated with JCS, so double-clicking it will get the level in JCS. On the other hand, if you just want to play it, right-click the file and select "Play" if it is there. If it is not, I might introduce a method to add a "Play" option and set it to default if you want to play the level in JJ2. I can only give instructions for Windows, though.

Update:

Alright, if you want to be able to play a level by simply right-clicking the file and selecting an option called "Play", you need to co-associate the file in the GUI with Jazz Jackrabbit 2. By default, it only associates with JCS. Read the precaution at the bottom for Windows XP systems.

In order to create this option, do the following:

1. Go to Windows explorer ("My Computer" will also do because it is essentially Windows explorer.)

2. Go to: Tools, folder options. There is a good chance that the location of this option varies by operating system. In Windows ME and XP, it is under what I described. In Windows 98, it may either be there or under the view menu instead of the tools menu.

3. From the tabs at the top of the window, select file types. Wait for Windows to find out what file types are present on your computer.

4. Scroll down to J2L (Not J2I) and select "advanced" in the box below.

5. You will notice that there is only one option listed there, which is "open" (in JCS by default). If you want, you can rename this to "edit" by clicking on the "edit" button and typing "Edit" within the action box. Setting that aside, however, you can just go on and click "New".

6. In the action box, type in "Play" or whatever description for playing the level you want to put in.

7. In the "Application used to perform action" box, you will need to type in the following under the assumption that the Jazz2.exe file resides in C:\Games\Jazz2. If it is not located there, replace the path with the correct one. Otherwise, type in:

C:\Games\Jazz2\Jazz2.exe %1

If it is in another directory, type in the exact path and add the %1 parameter after one space after the path. Click OK after this.

8. (Optional) If you don't use JCS a lot and play levels by yourself more often than editing levels in JCS, you might as well set the "Play" option to default so just double-clicking on it will allow you to play the level. Simply select the "Play" option or whatever you called it, and click on "set default". You can now close the window. It should work now.

Windows XP precaution: Playing around with file types may permanently set newly created options in the right-click menu. If you want to create a new option, make sure it's a worthy one and that you have the path and parameters set properly. Otherwise, you might just end up creating a mess in the right-click menu. I am unsure of whether or not this problem was solved with newer updates.

Have fun.