Jagged Alliance 2

Jagged Alliance 2

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

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com
Steam

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. For these reasons, it is a significant shift from the original version.

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12370/pfx/

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
Windows	<path-to-game>\SavedGames
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12370/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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

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

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
Polish				Fan translation, download.

Network

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

API

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Smacker

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

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