Jagged Alliance 2
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Developers | |
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Sir-Tech | |
Linux | Tribsoft |
Publishers | |
TalonSoft | |
Strategy First | |
TopWare Interactive | |
Linux | Titan Computer |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 23, 1999 |
Linux | 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | November 15, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Jagged Alliance |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Jagged Alliance | 1995 |
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games | 1996 |
Jagged Alliance 2 | 1999 |
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business | 2000 |
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire | 2004 |
Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge (unofficial) | 2007 |
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | 2012 |
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire | 2012 |
Jagged Alliance Online | 2013 |
Jagged Alliance Flashback | 2014 |
Jagged Alliance Online: Reloaded | 2015 |
Jagged Alliance: Rage! | 2018 |
Jagged Alliance 3 | 2023 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game needs a fix to work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later (see API for details).
Key points
- JA2-Stracciatella adds cross-platform capabilities for Jagged Alliance 2, improves its stability, fixes bugs and provides a stable platform for mod development.
General information
- Unofficial wiki
- The Bear's Pit unofficial forums for game series
- Jagged Alliance 2 source code
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions (Strategy First standalone version)
- Steam Community Discussions (Strategy First Gold version)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1] in English release, LaserLock DRM in German release. | |||
GamersGate | Gold Edition (with Unfinished Business) | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Gold Edition (with Unfinished Business) | |||
Steam | Sold by Startegy First as Gold Edition (with Unfinished Business) | |||
Steam | Sold by TopWare Interactive as a DLC for Wildfire |
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest official patch 1.12 for Jagged Alliance 2 Gold is available at soggi.org.
JA2-Stracciatella
- JA2-Stracciatella adds cross-platform capabilities for Jagged Alliance 2, improves its stability, fixes bugs and provides a stable platform for mod development.
JA2 v1.13
- JA2 v1.13 provides many gameplay updates and fixes, including new weapons, features, and multiplayer.[4][5] For these reasons, it is a significant shift from the original version.
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename movie files[6] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1620/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SavedGames[Note 3] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1620/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Use JA2-Stracciatella or JA2 v1.13. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use JA2-Stracciatella or JA2 v1.13. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Flavor speech (curses, acknowledgements) not subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Polish | Retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 4 | Use JA2 v1.13. | ||
Online play | 4 | Use JA2 v1.13. Need to know host's IP address and port number to join. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | Used in conjunction with Direct IP for JA2 v1.13 multiplayer. | |
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Used in conjunction with P2P for JA2 v1.13 multiplayer. |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | Use JA2-Stracciatella for 64-bit. | |||
macOS (OS X) | ||||
Linux | 64-bit and ARM require JA2-Stracciatella.[8] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 133 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ JA2 v1.13 / Revision History
- ↑ JA2 v1.13 / Multiplayer
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-08
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Black Screen freeze fix - fast and easy without installing mods - last accessed on 2019-04-08
- ↑ Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella - last accessed on 2021-05-09