Jagged Alliance 2

Jagged Alliance
Jagged Alliance	1994
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games	1995
Jagged Alliance 2	1999
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business	2001
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire	2004
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

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

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

JA2-Stracciatella[edit]

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[edit]

JA2 v1.13 provides many gameplay updates and fixes, including new weapons, features, and multiplayer.^[2]^[3] For these reasons, it is a significant shift from the original version.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete or rename movie files^[5]

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\
Delete or rename Intro.slf.

This also resolves an issue where the game freezes with a blank screen on startup.^[4]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12370/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\SavedGames^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12370/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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 settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Flavor speech (curses, acknowledgements) not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
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
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[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Use JA2-Stracciatella for 64-bit.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Smacker

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 233 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

References

↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com
↑ JA2 v1.13 / Revision History
↑ JA2 v1.13 / Multiplayer
↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Black Screen freeze fix - fast and easy without installing mods - last accessed on 2019-04-08
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-08

[Proton_path_note-6] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[gamedir-7] When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[1] Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com

[2] JA2 v1.13 / Revision History

[3] JA2 v1.13 / Multiplayer

[4] Steam Community :: Guide :: Black Screen freeze fix - fast and easy without installing mods - last accessed on 2019-04-08

[5] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-08

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Developers

	Sir-tech Software, Inc.
Linux	Tribsoft
Publishers
	TalonSoft
	Strategy First
Linux	Titan Computer
Release dates
Windows	July 23, 1999
Linux	2000
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2013^[1]