Jagged Alliance 2


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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
Steam Play (Linux)	<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
Steam Play (Linux)	<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
Polish				Fan translation, download.

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 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
↑ 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 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).

[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]