Jazz Jackrabbit 2

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Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 cover
Developers
Orange Games
Epic Games
Mac OS Logicware
Publishers
Gathering of Developers
Mac OS MacPlay
Release dates
Windows 1998
Mac OS 1999
 
 
Jazz Jackrabbit
Jazz Jackrabbit 1994
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 1998

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 
Retail
 
 Mac OS

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
The Secret Files
 
Holiday Hare 98
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

v1.23 Patch updates the Windows version to v1.23.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Use JJ2+ -menu parameter[1]
  1. Install JJ2+.
  2. Make a shortcut with the -menu command line argument.

JJ2+[edit]

JJ2+ fixes bugs and adds many new features.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\JAZZ2.CFG
Mac OS

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME.***
Mac OS

Video settings[edit]

Advanced video settings
Advanced video settings
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Use JJ2+.[2]
Multi-monitor
 
 Use JJ2+.[2]
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Use JJ2+.[2]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Vsync is always on in full screen mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Maximum of 130 FPS in windowed mode.
Color blind mode

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Other
Touchscreen optimised
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Advanced audio settings
Advanced audio settings
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound FX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Idle animations with speech are only used when playing in English.
Language UI Audio CC Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op, Versus
Split-screen.
LAN play
Co-op, Versus
Online play
Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 10052, 10053, 10054
UDP (outbound) 10052

Issues fixed[edit]

Unplayable low frame rate in fullscreen mode[edit]

Disable Hardware Mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to Options, Video, Advanced.
  2. Set Hardware Mode to Off.

Turn off information shown on screen (level name, resolution,...)[edit]

Press F9 in-game

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 6

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium 90
System memory (RAM) 16 MB 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectDraw-compatible
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7.5.3
Processor (CPU) Power Macintosh
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 MB

References

  1. ↑ JJ2+ Readme
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 JJ2+ (last updated April 20, 2016) - JazzJackrabbit Community Forums