Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

The JCS forum over time has become very cluttered with sticky threads. They are created for good reason, but eventually people stop paying attention to them and they just sort of hang there. In an attempt to make the forum more readable, I have unstickied a number of threads and linked them in this thread. I'm also going to include a bunch of other links here, since this seems a good place for them. New links may be added upon request. This thread will remain closed, so send all requests or comments via private message.

Useful Links

• A List of Ambient Sounds for MCE Events
• Jazz Jackrabbit 1 conversion list
• JCSref (includes several articles on JCS)
• J2O Articles (Check the bottom of the page for some good articles on JCS)
• JCS.ini patch (Enables a few events that you can't otherwise use.)
• Web IRC (From here you can join #JCSTalk and get help on JCS, although the channel is mostly dead)
• J1E (a level editor for JJ1)
• Good tilesets not on J2O (added by Stijn)
• Disguise's Tileset Resource (Good way to learn to make tilesets)
• Earlong Royal Encyclopedia (Wiki which contains a lot of good jcs info among other things)
• JJ2+ (a patch which adds new features, allowing you to make levels with new gametypes)

Competitions (new entries should go at the top of this list; old ones may be removed)

• Tileset/level contest (ends April 2009)
• Random contest (ends March 14 2009)
• JCS Collaboration Competition (added by Torkell, ends 30th December 2007)
• Unusual CTF Level contest (added by Stijn, runs till April 21st 2007)
• Tileset Contest
• Foo Products Assault Level Competition
• Assault the Base Contest
• Old Competitions Thread (depreciated)

Community Projects (Old threads are linked for archival purposes. Please do not revive them without a really good reason.)

• Let's Make a Tileset (LMAT): July 2005, August 2005, September 2005, February 2006, Valentine's Day 2006, May 2006, August 2006, February 2007
• The Community Episode

Other Discussion

• What would you like to see in a brand new JJ2 level editor?
• The "I've just uploaded a level; rate plz plz" Thread. (Post info on your newest releases here, if you don't feel like starting a new thread.)
• tell some of the levels what u are buiding and goning on j2o (share some levels u are buiding)
• Gameplay Theories
• Make Up Your Own Gametype
• seen some of the levels will never gon on j2o (post unfinished projects)

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I learn to make levels?
A: The first thing you should do is read the JCS help file. JCS is well-documented, and the help file contains all of the information you need to know. Pay attention especially to the hotkeys: they will save you a lot of time. After you have read the entire thing, the best thing you can do is just start making a level and experement. Look at good, popular levels and try to copy what they do right. This how I learned, and how countless other people learned.

Q: How do I make tilesets?
A: Again, the JCS help file contains a lot of useful information. Aside from that, I recommend visiting Disguise's Tileset Resource, which you can find in the links above.

Q: I saved a level using TSF JCS and now I can't get it to open in 1.23. What do I do?
A: There is a program that allows you to convert levels, which you can find here,but keep in mind that it is buggy and will take some effort on your part to get the level working. Still, it's better than nothing.

Q: The JCS help file won't work (or JCS crashes when I try to load it).
A: You should have a file called JCS.chm located in Jazz2\JCSHelp. If you don't have anything there, then I recommend reinstalling JJ2.