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Version 6.4 of JJ2+ is now available.

6.4 is focused on helping newer players understand JJ2+‘s vast array of multiplayer gamemodes. First, instead of ambiguous * and S symbols next to players’ names, we’ve added a series of graphical icons to signify different possible player states, such as a padlock for jailed players in Jailbreak. Second, the Esc menu now includes a new “Help” option which explains the current gamemode’s rules and objectives, styled after the official JJ2 manual. Mutators may add to or even overwrite the standard Help manual screens to explain their own gameplay, so players won’t have to constantly ask each other for instructions.

In Single Player or Cooperative, the Help option instead explains normal Jazz 2 gameplay and any pickups, objects, or enemies in the current level, based on language from the JJ2 manual and from the Prima strategy guide.

Finally, we’ve implemented a temporary alternate logo in the menu system to commemorate Burger, who ported Jazz Jackrabbit 2 to Macintosh computers in 1999, who died yesterday.

You can download 6.4 in-game or in-browser.

- Violet CLM