Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast

Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast

Developers
	Raven Software
Mac OS	Aspyr Media
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	LucasArts
	Activision
	Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
	id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows	March 26, 2002
Mac OS	November 5, 2002
OS X	November 5, 2002

Star Wars: Jedi Knight

Star Wars: Dark Forces	1995
Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Dark Forces II	1997
Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Mysteries of the Sith	1998
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II – Jedi Outcast	2002
Star Wars: Jedi Knight – Jedi Academy	2003

Key points

Jedi Outcast's source code was released in 2013, making the game very mod friendly.

Can run on low end hardware.

General information

Wookieepedia - A huge wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Requires CD in disk drive to run Singleplayer.
GamersGate
Gamesplanet
Games Republic
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam

The digital releases (excluding the GOG.com version) do not include a manual; digital scans can be downloaded from ReplacementDocs.

Essential improvements

Patches

OS X Patch 1.4

It is included in the Steam and Mac App Store versions, and is required in order to run the OS X version on modern Macs.

Demo and exclusive level

A demo was released for both Windows and OS X. The OS X demo does not run on recent systems; the retail game does, if you install the patch.

The demo features an exclusive level, "Mission at Alzoc III", that is not included in the PC version of the main game (it was included in the console versions as an unlockable).

Skip intro videos

Use intro skip Use the Jedi Outcast intro skip.

Enabling full dismemberment

Configuration Files[citation needed] 1 Navigate to <path-to-game>/GameData/base and open jk2config.cfg with a text editor. 2 Change the following lines to these values. seta g_saberRealisticCombat "3" seta g_dismemberment "3" seta g_dismemberProbabilities "3" 3. Create a file called autoexec.cfg in the same folder. 4. Add the following lines. seta g_saberRealisticCombat "1" helpusobi 1

Crosshair

Configuration Files[citation needed] Navigate to <path-to-game>/GameData/base Create a file called autoexec.cfg, then add the following line. cg_dynamicCrosshair "0"

Full EAX for Creative Sound Cards

Rename the OpenAL DLL Navigate to the game folder. Rename openal32.dll to openal32.dll.bak.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\base\*.cfg
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

jk2config.cfg contains single player settings.

jk2mpconfig.cfg contains multiplayer settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\GameData\base\saves\
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		Load a map and enter cg_fov X in the console (⇧ Shift+~).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Force in graphics card control panel
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 85 FPS by default, but can be changed with com_maxfps

Widescreen resolution

Running a game in widescreen resolution[citation needed] Start a game. Open the console (⇧ Shift+~). Type in: r_customwidth X, where X is width of your desired resolution (for example, for 1680x1050 resolution, replace X with 1680). Now, type in: r_customheight Y, where Y is height of your desired resolution (for example, for 1680x1050 resolution, replace Y with 1050). Type in: r_mode -1 to make the game use custom resolutions. Type in vid_restart to restart the renderer and apply new resolution settings. Open the console and write cg_fov YourFov. For 16:9 screens use a value of 97, and for 16:10 screens use a value of 90. Notes Running the game in widescreen mode will cause the HUD, menus and aiming crosshair to appear horizontally stretched. Your arms may occasionally appear to be floating in midair when using the lightsaber or Force powers in first-person view. When widescreen resolution is enabled, there is no screenshot and progress bar during loading. There is solid white screen instead. Company logos at game start are shown in same manner.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game mouse/joystick settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Both mouse smoothing and acceleration are disabled by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Reads Joystick axes as buttons. Handy for mapping the Right and Left triggers for different button, but not good for using the right analog stick for looking and aiming due to the engine it uses (Quake 3 engine). Controls for the left analog stick is governed by what is mapped the arrow keys on the keyboard.
Full controller support		For XInput support, users will need both the Jedi Academy - Outcast mod here for Jedi Academy and OpenJK link here for details. Note: OpenJK is in a incomplete state, but is updated regularly.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Toggle crouch

Add lines to config[citation needed] Open <path-to-game>\GameData\base\autoexec.cfg with a text editor. Add the following lines (change c to whatever you want). set duck "+movedown; set crouchToggle vstr stand; echo ^3Crouching...^7" set stand "-movedown; set crouchToggle vstr duck; echo ^2Standing...^7" set crouchToggle "vstr duck" bind c "vstr crouchToggle"

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 3 (via OpenAL) after an update

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Traditional Chinese				Mistakenly labeled as "Japanese" in the game's Steam properties menu.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Dedicated server software is available for Windows and Linux.
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Via New Favorite option in server browser.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound)	28060, 28061, 28062, 28070-28081

Issues fixed

The game makes the desktop and Steam overlay extremely bright

Config edit[citation needed] Open <path-to-game>\GameData\base\jk2config.cfg Find seta r_ignorehwgamma "0" line and set it to 1 This will break the in-game Brightness slider

Mouse Drift

Replace the OpenGL file[citation needed] Download GLDirect. Copy gldirect5\bin\release\opengl32.dll to your Jedi Outcast\gamedata folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	1.1	[citation needed]
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Input	Immersion Foundation Classes (IFC)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II AMD Athlon 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	32 MB of VRAM

OS X
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	665 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1600 Nvidia GeForce 7300 Intel HD 3000 128 MB of VRAM