Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

agreed. Lark’s conversion is by far the best right now.

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/info.php?levelID=3336

not to insult you or something, but i actually found this one (link) a lot more impressing.

It was very usefull for me! And it works perfect :D

Unfortunately, this level has quite a few things which could be improved significantly.

First of all, when uploading a level, make sure you fill out the details about your upload correctly. This was created with TSF, but says its 1.23 compatible. (But hey, at least it gave me reason to use Zaps’ level convertor http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/info.php?levelID=5368) In addition, it seems to be designed as a single player level, but is labeled as other. Although these are not major issues, and don’t affect the value of the upload, they are somewhat annoying, and annoying the people who download the rate your levels is never really a good idea.

The level itself could be improved greatly. First of all, the background has transparency, which is almost always a bad idea, as it makes ugly trails behind sprites. The ground in layer 4 also has holes in it, which make it look very unnatural. There are also only 4 events in the entire level.

Anyway, I could go on about every little specific flaw in the level, but I feel the best thing I could say is this: Don’t upload what you wouldn’t want to download. Poppst him/her-self admitted that it was “very bad!” You could create a much nicer level if you spent more time working on it before uploading. If you feel that you still haven’t created a worthwhile level, there are many resources you can find on this, and other Jazz-Related websites that would help you. For example, JCS.Ref can be found at http://www.jazz2online.com/jcsref/, and contains lots of useful advice for creating better levels. I would also recommend joining the community fourums (at http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/). There you would have the chance to talk to other Jazz fans, who could give you advice and help. For example, some people might be willing to beta-test any levels you create before you upload, and offer constructive criticism.

Stop spamming J2O!
This level sucks! :(
No Download recommendation!

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good!

awesome!

nice job!

not so good

sucks!

lol?

Wow! This is an nice utility!
Works really great, but I miss a GUI, maybe you can keep the window from closing when doubleclick on the program.

I don’t know C++, but it looks like PHP, and ICE M A N has created a PHP that read the tileset to PNG. This could be possible with PHP, I will try to make it :D

Fantastic, It would have get a ten if it had a Graphical User Interface, but 8 is enough. I really like it!

Download Recommendation: Yes, this is nice! =D Keep up coding :)

The Sad Beach… Well, the name is very good for it

STORY:
The level had no story. You don’t know why are you playing as Jazz/Spaz/Lori(if TSF) But there were places where you did not want to know about it’s story.1/10

EYECANDY:The eyecandy was horrible!It was like a place where you didn’t know where to go.1/10

GAMEPLAY:
The gameplay was awful, and those warps had no sense al all!they warp you in who knows places and those smokes were annoying.1/10

PLACEMENT:
It was an very large no of seekers 1ups and shield generators and they were totally unuseful because : I got 243 lives when i got bored of collecting 1ups and i did not need to use any of them. The enemy no was small, and what’s with the caterpillar under water?! 1/10

DIFICULTIES:
It had dificulties. other than normal In hard mode in that place where are those fishes, in HM there are LOTS OF THEM AND respawning as well 1/10

TILESET USE:
The tileset use was awful! You used kinda 6 tiles of all set.1/10

LAYERS:
The layers 1 2 3 5 were unused and layer 4 and 8 barley used. 1/10

SCORE:average.0,3

DOWNLOAD RECOMANDATION: NO!
sorry 7,3/80 = 0.9 , 1

okay, judging from the comment “The Version is 1.23 and TSF mixed”, arrow has tried to make a 1.23 levelset with TSF. The problem with that is the TSF JCS does not make its levels compatible with 1.23. To make somthing compatible with both versions, it has to be made with the 1.23 JCS only.

This levelset is quite…. difficult to understand. The title is “Attack of the Dead” but there is no reference to dead, zombies or otherwise in the text, just your generic “Jazz Vs. Devan” story. This is a little like buying a FPS but getting a Racing sim instead.

The levels are full of bugs. There is one level (protect the cargo.j2l) in what is supposed to be a little room, but you can go flying off into the Great Blue Yonder in one of the maskless walls. I got stuck in a couple of places, and the levels were all and all too short.

Not to say they are bad, they do have some general spots and puzzles that are thought out, but the level’s shortness and confusion makes these points rater moot.

The really wierd thing is Your level strings. You have the levels labeled attack1-12, but you go from Attack1 to the level named Pinball.j2l etc. This clutters the home-cooked section with levels I don’t have a idea if they are used or not.

Overall, I rate this a 2 – most of it going to effort. It needs work to be a masterpiece, and it would help if it was betatested before release.

If you need help with JCS AT ALL, please go to the Jazz Forum and ask. We don’t bite!

The time had finally arrived…as now, you don’t even need TSF to play TSF levels anymore. People can now stop compaining that they can’t play an episode because it is TSF (although that rarely happens, as most of the best levels use 1.23 anyway). Now, people who have 1.23 can play almost any level, which is probably one of the best things about this utility.

This is a programme that is useful to everyone, whether you’re somebody who owns 1.23, or somebody who is mainly a TSF level maker such as myself, as now, almost everyone can try almost every TSF level and nobody has a reason to complain.

What is also great about this is that it is very simple to use. All you do is drag and drop a TSF level into the program and it just makes a copy of the level that you can play in 1.23. You don’t have to go into any programmes or do any coding or editing or anything, it is just a matter of click, drag and drop.

Finally, after several tries to fault this programme, the only problems that I can come up with is that you still can’t play levels that use tilesets which exceed the normal tile limit in 1.23, such as levels that use the Mega Metropolis tileset (which has over 4000 tiles, although there is lite version of the tileset anyways). I suppose people may also find dragging and dropping the TSF level as an extra choore just to play it. However, that barely qualifies as a fault with the programme itself, which works almost faultlessly, and this is much better than having to edit the actual level data itself.

I very strongly recommend that everyone who has 1.23, or even people who have both versions of JJ2 download this because this is a very useful tool to try out and use to everyone. This should be hailed as one of the best things ever to hit JJ2.

EDIT: Doesn’t work particularily well with very very large files. I think the 0.5 off the 10 is still enough of a margin, so the rating sticks, and don’t let this put you off downloading it, as it still is a very good programme.

So, as some people might be, the thought of making a TSF map into 1.23 is something you might be skeptical about, seeing as before the only option involved complicated steps through closing windows, redo animations and such and was a real pain.

This program simply put, you drag the file onto the icon and like 2 seconds later its done. This program is the perfect utility and is absoluetly well done. i 100% recommend this as a download for anyone how thinks they could use it, and maybe even those who dont.

Now I would rate this a 10, as there are no glitches, no secret twists, and no plot to end the world. I already know people are going to be all over me for this comment, but here we go. I am not to terribly fond of the adding the “#” after the filename. This is partially impractical, as the number sign appears invisible for online if you are trying to switch to a map, plus the # sign looks a bit ugly. . Overall, i would say the only thing id want changed about this wicked program, is to have it rename the output files like fix or something of a similar structure for better convienience. If i saw this changed to anything easily remembered and applyed, ill boost my rating to a 10.

So in Summary:

GREAT FILE
DOWNLOAD

Now here comes something that everyone has been wanting for years.

What this is
This utility does exactly what it says. It converts any TSF levels into 1.23 levels. It works like a charm, doing it quickly.
Ease of use
This is very easy to use. all you do is drag the TSF level onto the EXE. It will then ask if you want to give it a name or overwrite the original file. After that, you let it run for a second or so and there you go! you can load it up and play it in Jazz2! (as long as you have the tileset)
10/10
Graphics
There’s no graphics to this utility but I’m not going to let that spoil the download. I’m not going to rate part.
Does it work?
YES! This program works like a charm. I’ve converted some levels without problems thanks to the update. there may still be bugs, but non that I can find. If The only way this could be better is if it made candy shoot out of the floppy drive.
10/10

final score: 20/20
Score: 10
Rank: S
DR? Yes. This is the perfect utility to help 1.23 players get the TSF experience. Download right now and enjoy! I look forward to more of the authors downloads!

Despite the fact that it has just taken me over a year to complete this game because it was so hard (although I am pretty rubbish at JJ2 anyway), this is one of the most original, exciting and diverse campaigns ever.

There are a couple of buggy walls, and some of the obstacles were pretty annoying, but other than that, this is an epic pack.

lmao

[Review changed to quick review. lmao – cooba]