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@, I am honestly astounded by how easily you've dismissed the old and adopted the new in its place. I suppose you've never felt any real attraction to the old stories? And how are you taking the character perspective changes to Leia, Luke, Han, and the now up-and-coming Obi-Wan -- the same way? Or are you not really noticing the changes (yet)? I'm curious. I don't want to try and convince anyone or tell them what they should believe in, but I'm wary of people taking a shallow perspective, and sticking to it defiantly just because they're afraid to diverge from the mainstream (main public opinion/attitude). That creates a completely controllable, mindless mob. The reason I dislike the new content is not because it replaced the old, but because it did it in what I feel to be with inferior quality. It's an honest assessment in story quality, not a denial. (It's no different to what I felt with the prequel films -- and still feel to this day.) Edit: Also, let me translate this sentence: "We can all still enjoy the Expanded Universe, but it's not canon." --> "We can all still enjoy those stories and characters, but they are not considered valid." What does that make them, now? Have they been downgraded to fan-fiction? Why, and by whose decision? How is this just?

Just ordered On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis.

And what if it's not?! o.O No more Jedi's Home.... like... EVER!!!! (Also, I really think we should retitle the map to "Jedi Home", as would be the proper English name for it. It's something that's always bugged me, and I believe was the result of a language mistake on the original author's part.) (I propose "Jedi Home: Temple Edition" -- that way when people search for a "jedi temple" map, they'll also find it. )

Also, I've realised why I have such an affinity for the Mickey Mouse Emperor visual idea/concept. What I described happening above is not at all dissimilar to: Obi-Wan Kenobi: "You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind..." ...in a fictionalised, exaggerated way of course. I believe this is the main reason George Lucas referred to the Disney executives as "white slavers" as well (once again, a frustration induced illustrative exaggeration) -- what he meant to say is that they took what was precious to him, his creation, his unique child, and treated it with cruelty, enslaving it to their will, and not allowing it to continue to grow free and natural with the fandom.

JA+ (Client Side): https://jkhub.org/files/file/952-ja-client-side/ JA+ (Server Side): https://jkhub.org/files/file/953-ja-server-side/

@the_raven, please create a new thread for this in the Modding Assistance forum (where it belongs) and invite @@Kualan by mentioning his name. Not to be rude, but it's getting annoying checking back every time when seeing a new post here, hoping that the next issue is out, only to find this support conversation furthered instead. Try to keep on topic in threads. (Not trying to be nasty, just asking for some order and clarity...) Thanks.

I still recall the pirate word-swordsmanship of Guybrush and his challengers to this day.

Like I said... I'm a lunatic in a sane asylum. But I'll try and take @@Ramikad's advice, and just follow my nose and persist to my best conscience. That is true, and I'm still hopeful that Star Wars will fall into different hands and/or direction at some point, and the franchise will be saved from turning into utter and complete, non-sensical, commercial rubbish. See, the problem I have with this outlook is that I am a Star Wars fan, but of the older content, and not -- not at all -- a fan of the new. So where does that put me? Am I no longer a Star Wars fan just because I do not like the new content one bit? Am I turning my back on Star Wars, the stories and characters I love? And to say that the EU doesn't matter, and only the movies count, is a blunt oversimplification and unjust segregation of the spectrum that is Star Wars content and its fans. You have fans who were not at all impressed with the prequel films, and yet they were big fans of the content that sprung from them. The same way, there are certain stories in the EU/Legends lore that deserve the love and high praise they got from fans. This kind of perspective is arrogant and ignorant, and -- please know I'm not having a go at you, here -- it is an attitude that the big heads at Disney and similar market-leading publishing houses are dictating, for their own simplicity and commercial gain, and the people are absorbing.

I may be wrong, but I do believe this is a code-side restriction. Your options are to: A. Download the OpenJK source, edit and compile it to your liking. (You can do this on a Mac as well, you just need to install CMake.) B. Use a mod, as @the_raven has suggested, that already has this code tinkered with. C. Throw a tantrum and jump around like a lunatic, maybe even smash your computer, though I can't guarantee this will produce the desired result.

While I can see your point, and I condone, I don't think you grasp just how severely the new artistic and producer's direction is affecting the future of the franchise. Furthermore, the quality of Star Wars content has undeniably been declining over the years. You only need to look at the production history to see that -- ever since the release of the third film in the original trilogy. Therefore, the fans are for the most part not wrong or hypochondriac about Star Wars, I would say. Star Wars has never sunk so low as it is now, or is going to sink in the coming years.

Hmm... debatable... Not my experience. I suppose it depends on what you've experienced, and what you consider to be "good". If it is quality/originality in gameplay compared to that of the late 80s and early 90s, then I would judge most certainly not. If it is world-building, then perhaps, from a certain point of view... (Although you could argue that today's games give less to the player's imagination, and, therefore, take away from the world they are trying to build.) My main gripe is that most of today's stories, be it films or games, are produced to well established and shallow templates, and have really lost their dedicated, deep human touch. This applies to Star Wars content, too.

I did write up some of this information (in reverse) in a tutorial on bot relationships: Have a look here: https://jkhub.org/tutorials/article/199-emotional-attachments-in-bots/ It will help you understand an section of the JKB files that is rarely mentioned/discussed, as well as serve as somewhat of a general introduction into how the connection between BOT and JKB files works.

(This is your conscience speaking. Don't let all the praise get to your head. Keep working at it with a critical eye, passionately and diligently.)

For all the content out there, I have to say, quality-wise (in the areas that matter, such as gameplay for a video game) the selection is rather poor, and what *is* quality gets lots in the gazillions of nice looking wasteware. So I will have to agree with @the_raven's perspective. It's not to say that everything is rubbish, but there sure is a lot of rubbish out there -- more than there ever was before... Hayao Miyazaki stated just before his retirement that this was one of the primary reasons for him losing motivation to create as well -- that people have forgotten to appreciate quality, and have settled for much less.

Are we talking fiction only, or non-fiction as well? If so, Jordan Mechner's The Making of Prince of Persia is a fascinating read, and an intriguing personal account of the early days of the video game industry: http://www.jordanmechner.com/backstage/

Each to their own, I say. There's no reason why anyone can't make anything they like if they enjoy it. But being a Dark Forces fan does not make me hyped to play this, necessarily, or "rejoice". Thought so. It's good if you're into Duke3D a lot, and you want to do a little crossover and jazz things up for a change. Edit: Eesh... on a side note, do you know I'm old enough to remember what the original Duke Nukem (the 2D platformer) looked and felt like? These old bones grow brittle by the minute! XD

I think one way to do it would be to create a simple "greenscreen box" map, and take all your shots in there, then take the green background out in Photoshop, and add whatever background shots you've taken instead. But I'll leave it to the master to answer this question.

The only pro is if the carburated engine holds nostalgic values for you.

"Jedi is a game engine developed primarily by Ray Gresko for LucasArts. It is extremely similar to the Build engine used in Duke Nukem 3D." Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_%28game_engine%29 I haven't given it a try, but I can't see it being in any way better or more interesting to the original game. If anything, it serves as a sort of fan-made expansion, or crossover. I don't doubt that it can be fun if you are both a Duke Nukem 3D and a Dark Forces fan. Unfortunately I, personally, am not a big fan of crossovers.

Word of caution: don't get clan time get in the way of map time. Don't get distracted. (This is where you say "sir, yes, sir!" XD)

I agree with @@minilogoguy18's sentiment. I mean it's nice work and all, but I don't see the point. Might as well play the original Dark Forces.

I'm still having trouble gripping the absurdity that is the new Star Wars -- which came to me with the news of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, and the cancellation of The Clone Wars series (I had just finished watching it for the first time). I guess I never did accept the reality of the changes. I feel like I am the only sane person in a mental asylum -- but does that mean that *I* am the one who is truly insane?

Holy crap! (Mind blown.) You can count on me giving you very detailed practical feedback/criticism on this one. This looks like the "Jedi Temple" map I've (we've all?) been waiting for all these years.

Great news! One of my favourite maps of all time. Welcome back, @@AngelModder.