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1 hour ago, dontapi said:

Alright so I've done that, and running openJKA on mac, how do I know if I have JA++ installed? When I go to mods I see JA+ mod not JA++, or am I missing something here?

Would be good to get better instructions on how to install these files to run a JA++ Windows Server.

JA++ is meant to be a "new version" of JA+ and I believe it will show ingame as JA+. Seeing japlus in the mods menu ingame is literally just showing that folder you dropped the files into and that should still be used.

From the japp site:
 

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General

JA++ is designed as a replacement for JA+, and will mimic many things JA+ does for various reasons.

First off, JA separates mods into separate directories next to GameData/base/, and they are loaded by setting the fs_game cvar.
When a client connects to a server, they will automatically set their fs_game value to the same as the server.
This is how mods are automatically loaded when you join a server.

JA++ makes use of this to make it easier for clients to play on JA++ servers with their existing JA+ installation.
Instead of JA++ having its own mod directory, it stays in GameData/japlus/ so JA++ client can be used on JA+ servers, and so JA+ clients can connect to JA++ servers.

JA++ also does some version sniffing to enable/disable some features, so JA++ will mimic JA+ in these cases (e.g. client-side cjp_client cvar or server-side v and gamename cvars.
The way to check your JA++ version is by checking the japp_version cvar.

Being on Mac will make this more complicated though, I'm not sure razor has made a working mac version that runs on newer Macs. I also just tried to get this installed on my MacBook M3 and couldn't get it either.

Might want to just use OpenJK/EternalJK as the client right now until razor sees this to help. Or you could use Whisky to run JKA in Windows on Mac which is a newer thing that works pretty well actually. I'm hoping to write up a new tutorial on that soon. The benefit to that is you can use any Windows versions of client executable mods that otherwise don't have Mac versions (or outdated Mac versions like JA+).

Instructions are on the downloads page, you put the files in the Gamedata/japlus folder.

https://japplus.github.io/site/download.html

As far as disabling saber types, I'm not sure. It's not possible in basejka but maybe I'm not aware of something JA+ or ++ added. @Raz0r

Even if so, they should be able to be overwritten. Maybe @GPChannel would know.

Presumably because MD uses their own saber effects. Try renaming the blood mod pk3 files to have ZZZZ in their names like ZZZZbloodPLUS.pk3 or whatever it is. That will make it load last.

Like Lancelot said, it is only for inactive accounts with no purchases, which means accounts that signed up and didn't use it (which is extremely common, we see that here on JKHub too)

Here's the official page that outlines it:

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/account/article/closure-of-inactive-ubisoft-accounts/000079595

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Closure of inactive Ubisoft accounts

Inactive Ubisoft accounts, with no PC purchases or active subscriptions tied to them, may be closed in order to comply with data protection laws after long periods of inactivity.

 

Accounts tied to an active Ubisoft subscription, or an activated PC game, no matter where it was purchased will not be eligible for deletion.

 

We may close long-term inactive accounts to maintain our database. You will be notified by email if we begin the process of closing your inactive account.

 

If your Ubisoft account was flagged as inactive and you would like to keep using it, you can cancel the account closure.

 

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Please note that in rare instances we may immediately close inactive accounts to comply with local data protection legislation, as part of our Terms of Use. This is only if we have strong reasons to believe that the account in question will remain unused.

So don't worry about it if you actually use your account or have used it in the past.

It wouldn't be as simple as changing a line in a file in a pk3, you'd need to make the changes to the game code itself and recompile to use a new .exe file completely. If you aren't familiar with coding at all it may be a bit advanced. If you do, it's recommended to use OpenJK's code as a baseline. Compile instructions are in the readme. Maybe someone can point you to where the exact code is but implementing it for a different weapon will be quite involved.

Doesn't look like it is possible without code changes. g_friendlyFire is for MP and doesn't exist in SP. Could be something @redsaurus could implement in JAEnhanced maybe, if he was interested at some point. From what I gathered, the OpenJK devs aren't interested.

Looks great. I like that they didn't spoil too much about the story in this, just the broad strokes to set the stage. Can't wait!

Like I said, could be too many NPCs too, not just vehicles. By JK2 maps, do you mean a pk3 with jk2 maps converted to work properly with JKA or did you just pop in the jk2 assets?

Your best bet is to troubleshoot by process of elimination. Take out all pk3s except for assets, and add one by one (or a few at a time) to nail down which pk3 is causing the problem.

7 hours ago, smsdalle said:

Okay guys. So I looked through the pk3's I put in my base folder and it seems none of the have vehicles in them.. and I can't find the swoop.pk3 in my base either, I've googled and can only find a swoop-ultra file from mrwonko.de arent the swoops native to the game? I seem to remember riding one in a single player mission 20years ago.. but I might be mistaken

They are native to the game in t2_trip, yes. Its possible you just have too many NPCs in general, vehicles are a type of NPC in the limits IIRC. I'd be curious to see your base folder, I would assume you have tons of pk3s of skins and models that probably all have their own NPC file in ext_data.

19 minutes ago, smsdalle said:

ahh. okay.. so maby only have one pk3 racing map inside build at a time?

It depends, does the racing map pk3 add a ton of vehicles? The issue is the amount of vehicles, not the maps themselves. Not sure how familiar you are with pk3 files but you could remove the vehicles .veh files you don't want from the maps if they are included in them.

Also using a client like OpenJK or its derivatives will raise limits like that but only by a reasonable bit.

Discord has started blocking externally linked images now too. Please avoid using Discord image links. Just upload directly like explained above.

Wow, we don't see posts like this hardly ever but I love this. Sometimes its hard to get young kids into older games like this but it probably helps to have someone get them set up and looks like you got some Star Wars characters in there for them to play as which probably was a big bonus for them! Thanks for sharing!

Either the npc spawn cheat or go into multiplayer and play against bots. You could also go into online multiplayer and play against real people. Some servers and clans will be friendly enough to offer you tips.

5 hours ago, mrwonko said:

Turns out this was already fixed in 2020, you must be on an older version of the plugin. The version on jkhub is outdated, you can find the latest one here: Release nightly · mrwonko/Blender-Jedi-Academy-Tools (github.com)

You changed the JKHub page to link to that page a couple years ago.

11 hours ago, WhiteSaber said:

Hi, so I downloaded the pk3 file from the link provided and added it in various ways to the specified file above and it still doesn't work. The character is not available in the character menu and still when I save my progress the character is washed out. I tried adding a MENU.str file as well and that still doesn't work.

Is there anyway to fix this?

Here's hoping!

Sorry I didn't look that closely at it since I assumed Cerez had tested before uploading. I just included the missing strings file that is required for SP menu support. I also went ahead and just included all of the original files too so you only need one pk3 for SP. If you click the download link on the main download page it will show two downloads, original and the new SP one.

By the way, if you wanted to learn for yourself how to edit these things or make your own mods, a good starting place is this tutorial which links to other tutorials on various topics. The tutorial for SP support can be found here and here.

Cerez did make an SP extension pk3 for that here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7bbek31epph600/Ahsoka Tano (SP).pk3?dl=0

Not sure why they didn't include it in the main release, maybe I'll add it to the main download page.

55 minutes ago, Lancelot said:

Amazing! What's great is that they are moving away from the Skywalker saga to explore a different history of the galaxy. Having a show set in the High Republic era allows much more freedom, as it effectively eliminates the need of adding legacy characters. Star Wars is more than just about Anakin, Vader, clones and Palpatine. Sure, a lot of fans have speculated that Yoda could appear, as he is over 700 years old at the time of the series. But I think that adding a popular character like him would only steal the thunder from the new characters that are introduced in the series. It's their time to shine now.

Personally, I don't know anything about the High Republic era. But I'm ready to dive into that era with this show.

The High Republic books have been incredible, if you're a reader I highly recommend diving in there too. But yeah Yoda is around, he was on the council in the books which take place about 100 years before this show (he wasn't grand master yet though), as well as Yaddle, Oppo Rancisis, and Yareal Poof, since their species live that long too. However in the books they are used very sparingly, Yoda has a few scenes here and there but overall is not considered a main character by any means. I think if they show up in this show it will be a council scene or something very small.

Since I haven't used JKA in a non-English language I'm not familiar with the "setlanguage.cfg" file. Is that created in the folder when you have it in its own folder too? Or just the base folder?

This trailer is incredible and I’m super hyped for this show! Finally a live action show with brand new characters and timeline! The tone looks very dark but with lots of aliens and cool worlds that make it feel very Star Wars, not to mention a focus on Jedi.

I know nothing about Warhammer but this looks pretty cool! Just be sure you are keeping track of the authors of any content you make to properly credit them when you release it.

Do you have anything else in your base folder that could be overwriting it? If it works in its own folder that is the only thing I can think of to cause the issue, unless the base folder isn't actually the base folder. Are the assets pk3 files in base? If using OpenJK or JAEnhanced it will actually have 2 base folders that you can try by default (Documents/My Games/)

There isn't much anyone here can do, it sounds like it could be an issue with the app or something. You might need to ask Discord Support for help on that.

The biggest question is why bother going above 4k in general? The perceived difference with anything above 4k ingame isn't going to be noticeable unless there is a huge surface that spans an entire map, which isn't the case anywhere in these games. I'd say if you're having issues going that high, stick with 4096 as the max, though I'd say 2048 is plenty for most textures in this game, only a few are stretched in large surfaces to make even 4k worth the size.

With that said, your progress looks good so far!