Hello all!
I've been secretly modding for some time, and I started wondering about a jumpy subject.
The force-jumps in Jedi Outcast / Jedi Academy is very unlike that of the earlier game Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II.
The difference? In DF2 you have to hold the space bar for a short time and release it to do a force jump.
It basically charges up with a (imho) cool sound, before you fly up at a dangerously high speed.
If you look at the OpenJK code, in codemp/game/bg_pmove.c you can find the Force Jump code for Outcast/Academy.
However, there is also some old code/comments which implements the chargeable force jump of DF2!
With some tweaking it's possible to enable it and even the bots have some commented out code to use it (kinda).
I really liked the force jump of DF2, even though it can be annoying to fail a force jump.
If you look at the movies, it seems most people use the DF2 style force jump.
The only exception I can find is Yoda, who can force jump like crazy it seems.
Which type do you prefer, and maybe why?