Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

Unarguably the most useful and sweetest patch*(of the very few ones) ever made for jj2, *so far, meaning there is no doubt, that more is yet to come.

First, we have some passive cool features, one of the most important in my opinion is “death on flag”-fix, that is done perfectly, along the other great fixes. I actually tried this in server-side with PC4 Self-Destruct-function which didn’t work, but for what I’ve seen, it probably just needs someone to really roast you to work(as well I’m wondering is it compatable with PC4.)

Then we have the features, that are to be activated, all by your will. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with either server-side or client-side functions, from which I tested approx. half.

Even all this is already very much, as the other patches released had only a few small fixes/added features in past.

The only bad in this seems to be it’s incompatability with those few useful programs. Anyway as this doesn’t really lack of anything important that needs to be added at the moment, and because it’s all done into the exe, without a need to open separate exe-file(s), there is nothing from preventing me to give this a 10. Also as something nice for the Christmas Eve.

SJ

Great improvement for Jazz2… that’s all I can say.

As soon as I start it up and then browse around my comp, I notice that my comp doesn’t slow down. This is in my opinion one of the best bugfixes added in here! I can now just search stuff without minimizing Jazz2.

Also, very nice features have been added. It has most of NeoAC and Forest’ features, and more from even more programs. Even though I can only use client things, this is very helpful for servers. Countdown and stuff, all just minor but they are great features for making gametypes easier to do :) And ofcourse Instagib.

It’s just so easy and stuff. Just unzipping. I can’t say anything bad about this. This only has room for more features and bugfixes :) I haven’t encountered any bugs that made Jazz2 crash.

There should be a way so that the listserver automatically says people need to download this :P It would be better for the game.

1.23+ (XMAS RELEASE)

+Introduction+

Wow Gry, great work with the patch(Including everyone who helped with it) This patch is very easy to work, just unzip everything and put it into your jazz2 folder. It’s that simple. This patch also has alot of fixed bugs.

+Fixed bugs+

Bah, even though this is in the readme i’ll go head and mention a few.

• Fixed warptarget(If NO warp target found you wont crash)
• Run more than one jj2 window.(At last someone has fixed this bug!)
• Server is crash protected.(Pretty much has NeoAc installed in it)
• Teamchat works regardless what socket players are in.
• No seek holes
• Respawn on at all times
  - And a few other I don’t feel like listing.

+Client abilities(All players)+

I will list a few abilites of what every character can do without being the server.=O.

• Weapon change(Have a weapon you want, pick a new weapon that you hate and it doesn’t change.)
• np(type “/np” and you can see what music your listining to or what you want to know you could be listining to.)
• Change music(Change the music of the level without being the server)

- These are all great stuff that you can do without being the server but there is even more abilities you can do being the server.

+Custom game Modes+(Only for the server)

Here are a few game mods that I think are the best in my opinion that you can do in charge of being the server.

• koth(A gamemod called king,of, the, hill.)
• Temabattle(Ctf but instead of capturing the flag you kill people to score points.)
• instagib(1 shot, 1 kill)
• LRS!(One of my favorites. Its when you try to be the “Last rabbit standing”. Meaning you dont have to kill rabbits to win, just be the last rabbit standing.)

- There are a few more game modes that I have not listed but you can find them in “Commans section”.

+Server controls+

Heh, well, this is ment for the server of course. This patch has tons of controls for the server which is great. I will list a few below.

• multiversion(This is very usefull but it can also be very annoying. Pretty much says that other versions besides 1.23 can join. It can be annoying somethimes becasue people that dont talk english join your server and alot of them can be newbies.)
• private(Change public to private)
• servername(Change servername)
• password(Change password)
• rename(=o, I like this one a lot becasue if someone is being an (-) hole you can piss them off by changing there name. Don’t abuse this though.)
• allblue(Makes teams all blue.)
• allred(Makes teams all red.)
• changelevel(Changes to whatever level you want to play next)
• restart level(You know what this means)
• Countdown(Use this in LRT)
• stealthkick(CTO for 30 seconds. Be EVIL!)
• Kill(I love this one. You can kill someone else without being you.=o.)
• spectate(View any player you want. Useful in duels when your just watching.)

-There are so many more to list, im just getting to tired to list them.

+Conclusion+

Well Gry, I have to say you did a fantastic job in doing this. It was a lovly *Christmas* Present for me. Keep up the good work.

+Download recommendation+

Yes, of course, DOWNLOAD NOW!

- *Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.*

~HïTçH

12-26-06

There are a few problems with the patch as I have found out. I know you said it wasnt finished and thats fine but one of the problems is when I host a server between 10-30 minutes the server freezes. I wont change the rating becasue the progam is great but I’m just letting you know this ahead of time.

So what kind of bugs does this fix?

I will make 1.24+ once I have a more final release of 1.23+

Great utility but is there any chance of making a TSF/1.24 version since I mostly play levels on TSF.

EDIT: I love this utility. But the CTF Death trick isn’t working.

@Rionaam: I don’t really know many of the features in 1.23+, but it does allow the music to continue playing even when you get roasted.

@Djazz: I think this was mainly designed to be used in Mulitplayer (MP) rather than Single Player.

Lethal liquid. Sounds dangerous.

Gameplay: 8/10
First off, I found the level very easy to navigate. And it did NOT have a mirror base. (The level was not symetrical.) There were some interesting warp placements, that actually made a bit of sense. Bad? I think there might have been too many sucker tubes used. But not really, because it fits well.

Eyecandy: 7/10
Looks very nice. Layers were done well, and animation was smooth. There was a bit too little eyecandy in an area or two, but other than that, good.

Placement: 7.5/10
Everything fit where it was placed. Only one seeker powerup, with no extra ammo. That is a good thing in multiplayer. The bases were far enough apart, and there were interesting warp uses and placements.

Overall: 7.5/10
A very nice level that I will keep around for that LAN Party, or maybe to host online someday. Either way, I think it has a good mix of gameplay and eyecandy, while still staying CTF at the core.

Download Reccomendation: Yes.

I’ve never seen something so esy to install. The program is so simple, so usefull and is completely bug free. It eliminates the JJ2 music restarting bug with the samples sticking just by keeping the music playing. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out how to install, infact, even a 5-year-old would find out how to install this if he knew how to unzip files. All of this uses up only 17.5KB of your memory. So small.

It is harder to turn the program off than it is to turn it on. A 5-year-old may end up deleting the file.

I don’t usually rate utilities, but this case is an exception…

RATING: 9.8
RANK: 10 Outstanding
DOWNLOAD?: Yes

@SPAZ18, fixed warp target at level 12.

No bugs does what its supposed to do a patch so no haveing to put a program on.
What more can i say does what it supposed to do. works on both versions.

I dont know how to use the other functions, if i open Carrotade v1.0 when running a server, it only popups the chatlogger.
How to use the other functions?
.::.=~!Jarno!~=.::.

No Warp Target at the end of LVL 12.

EDIT: Hitch has fixed it now.

This program was a breeze to install. Just unzipped it and clicked. Amazing. I usually have to read manuals for this kind of stuff but [insert program here] was so simple and user freindly I was impressed.
We live in an age where everyone uses computers and [insert program here] understands that. This program is just not for the smartiacs, and it’s simple interface displays this fact proudly. It’s so easy, even a baby could use [insert program here].
In this wave of the future, many programs are trying too hard to be overcomplicated jack-of-all-trades swiss army knives of the computer world. Not [insert program here]! It understands the “See a need, fill a need” approach of the 50s and is meant to do only one task that it excels at, instead of 50 functions of unknown quality hidden in a tome of a readme and a corperate interface. This task is [insert primary function here], and it’s done so perfectly that I am amazed at the perfection.
So download [insert program here] and have fun with [insert primary function here]. It’ll make you remember of a simpler time.

[Inappropiate rating (10) edit. Just… stop it. – FQuist]

Haunted gardens

First of all I have to say this is very mest up. The layout isnt that good at all and there are way to many bugs.

+Gameplay+

Gameplay isnt that good at all. Some of the springs are to strong. The level can also get very confusing and difficult to play.
4.5

+Eyecandy+

The eyecandy has been better than your other levels but still it doesnt work out. Some of the tiles dont fit and the level seems empty. Add more eyecandy!
3.5

+Weapon placement/music+

Weapon placement is okay. Some times I found out there are too many weapons in one spot. The music doesnt fit in this level whatsoever. CHANGE IT NOW! I dont even know why you picked this music.
4.5

+BUGS!+

First of all, why is there a warp that comes out of no where. There are also a few spots where you can get stuck very easily and it gets every annoying.
-3

Score

4.5+3.5+4.5-3= 3.167

*Download Recommendation*= NO

no offense but this is mest up its all to easy , the levels are boring in the way its the same the layout is messed up , its justy easy and boring im sorry.

There is also a broken link on lvl 12 im sorry that just messes things up.

Edit: (PA) has fixed it but its still bad.

[Personal (PA) edit. ~Cooba]
[Personal attack edit ) ~ FQuist

10! Happy? And btw, good levels.

~HïTçH

Good conversions. Best one is D*mn+HOT.

~HïTçH

Since people like to overrate.. why dont I join in?

Eyecandy:
Rating: 9.7
Comments:
Well, when I first saw it, I was like.. Oh great another Dreempipes level, but after racing through it and going through the different areas of the race, I realised it’s quite good. The tiles fit together, and there aren’t any/many tilebugs. There is a lot of the use of the color “black”, which can look nice when you just run through without looking right into it. The walls look supported as if it were real rather than floating crap in the middle of nowhere. The use of the pink waterfalls is just right.. You dont see too much or too little of it. I usually get bored using this set because I can’t get EC ideas, but Blacky has mastered it. There are new and original eyecandy concepts too. One last random note, when you get dizzy, the background still rotates and random tiles appear… Probably easy to do, but its hot! ;(

Gameplay:
Rating: 9.5
Comments:
This is the sort of race where you shouldn’t go too fast, or too slow. You can’t just hold your button and hope to keep going ahead. You have to turn and change directions, slow down, speed up, shoot stuff. The gameplay isnt just the different for the first lap. There are also different and more/less strategic routes to take at some parts, I played this in a server… Everyone goes everywhere. I guess it keeps it exciting. Also, getting shot might mess you up in some places, but it also really helps you otherwise, it can let you go through pinball bumpers which might just bum you around.

Layout:
Rating: 9.2
Comments:
Well, pretty much everything is covered in the gameplay, but I’ll just run through it for anyone’s sake. ;/ There are 2 routes to take at the beginning, one being where the destruct-blocks are, and the other is just an empty tunnel which you have to reverse to go into.
Afterwards, there’s a little obstacle with pinball bumpers which’ll bum around those who arent shot.
After this obstacle, there’s another split way. One with destruct-blocks and freezies again, and the other has those cool caterpillars that make you dizzy.
After that.. you go up but there is a 6 tile wide path to go through. you have to go through the middle 2 tiles if you wanna keep going, otherwise, back down you go!
After THAT, there’s another path leading upwards then sideways. More freezies and destruct-blocks. Afterwards you go through a really cool looking tube, and BAM, the end of the lap. ;]

Placement:
Rating: 9.5
The ammo is well placed, and so are the obstacles. The ammo can be used to its advantage in various places, like to trap others at the end with bouncers, or chase others with appropriate guns. The freezies can really bum you down. All I can say is run into them with speed so you move or shoot them away. The events are all placed and there isn’t anything that is pointless/makes no sense in the level.

Final Comments:
This level fucking owns. Go play it. NAO

[Self-filtering makes your inner care bear cry :’( ~Cooba]

ARGH!!!! Can’t play this!!! It just don’t open when I wana play this! :@ x-(

Carrotade v1.0

First of all I have to say this OWNS! Carrotade is a great program which is a combination of Forest, NeoAc, and Project controller. If you don’t know what these programs are, then look them up.

Features

Now Carrtoade has many different features. These are some of the most common that I
Use and some that I don’t use as much.

• Instagib
• Kicking/banning player (Pretty useless. You can do this feature without Carrotade)
• Cycling games
• Starts/stops games
• Log players stats
• Shuffle teams (Ctf)
• Swap (Change a certain player’s team)
• Cycle Level filename (Cycles the level if it exists)
• Next level filename (When you cycle (/c) It goes to this level if it exists)
• Shuffle level (When cycling, it is shuffled)
• Team battle (Only capable when hosted in Ctf)
• Roast tag (Only capable in Battle)
• Save settings (well of course this is important)
• Capture (Whether you can capture or not. Useful in duels)
• Cycle [reset] (You set the time when you want the level to cycle)
• Auto cycle
• Off (Turns of custom mode. Custom mode= Roast tag/Team battle)
• Fix seek holes
• Laser protection
• Ip logging (This is indeed very useful)
• Weapon respawn (Yay, this program does have respawn on it)
• TSF compatible (Even though I don’t play tsf often, It’s good for other people who do)

Pit Levels

Pit Levels are pretty cool. A pit level was a great Idea. When you host a pit level they work well when you host them in Roast tag (/rt)

Roast Tag

This is a very unique idea. Like blur said in the “read me”, it’s kind of like Play tag. When I think of Playing Roast tag, I think of playing king of the hill. Blur calls it the “Eva’s Ring”. The instructions on how to play it are in the read me so I don’t need to explain any of that crap

BUGS!

1 – One of the bugs in Carrotade is it wont start when you don’t have JJ2 running. When you host a server when you already have the program running it wont work, so you have to open JJ2, host a server, then run the program Carrotade.

2 – Another bug is in Pitfall, I think overlord already explained this but you instantly die when you hit the pit, actually, you don’t hit the pit and still die. Anyone could double jump out very easily with spaz but it isn’t a HUGE bug.

Summary of Carrotade

To wrap this all up, I have to say this program is very useful. If you people are looking for a program to play evil, well, this isn’t for you. No, it does not have renaming the players on it, but who cares, all that matters is that this program kicks (-). Download recommendation, of course. If you don’t download this, it’s either you don’t have common sense, or you don’t have the ability to host. Great work blur, asome program. Keep up the good work.

~HïTçH