If possible, I'd like to play campaigns from all the JA2 games - JA2, JA2UB and WF5/6. I'd like to be able to play the "best" version of the game in Windows 7 圆4. If any if this is incorrect please don't hesitate to educate me (. It doesn't look like this mod implements any major changes to the game engine, I'm not even sure it supports higher resolutions.Īnother interesting find is that all of those games, except JA2 Gold, have been released on GOG, though I couldn't find out which versions GOG is using, and if they're using any of the mods/engine updates in their releases. The main focus of this mod seems to be to make the game multi-platform. From what I gather this is a port of the original JA2 engine to SDL, with some small-ish fixes. The projects website only talks about JA2 however, not about JA2UB or WF5/6.Īnd finally, there's the "Stracciatella" mod with its horribly uninformative website. This mod/engine update is designed to make the game more mod-friendly, by using XML files for item definition, for instance. One is "JA2 v1.13", which seems to implement major changes in the game engine. ( įrom what I've found, there's two major "mods" for JA2. The patches for WF6 can't be applied to WF5.Īlready confused? There's more to come. The latest patch on patches-scrolls for the english version is v6.04. This version can be patched to v6.06, but patches-scrolls only has v6.06 patches for the german and russian version. This version has a updated game engine, which allows for higher resolutions, and has some other game-related changes. Then, another version of JA2 Wildfire, which is referred to as "WF6", was released. It seems there's no patches for this release on patches-scrolls however. Only "minor hotfixes" were released according to Wikipedia. This version is also referred to as "WF5", and seems to be quite buggy. This version doesn't alter the basic game engine and controls but instead focusses on new environments and items, and stronger enemies. This seems to be a "mod-turned-official", and was released with source code (!). Latest patch is v1.12, again according to patches-scrolls. I presume this version contains maps/levels from both JA2 and JA2UB, plus some changes/updates to the original code. This version implements "improvements from JA2UB" according to Wikipedia. Next in line is JA2 Gold, where everything starts to get complicated. This game seems to be much shorter (less levels/maps) than JA2, and it seems it's not possible to play original JA2 levels/maps in JA2UB. This game can be patched to v1.01, according to patches-scrolls. Then there's JA2 Unfinished Business, which is a stand-alone expansion. There's the original JA2, which can be patched to v1.07 according to patches-scrolls. Let me describe what I've learned so far: Finding out which mod supports which JA2 version and how to properly install everything turned out to be a nightmare though (. I played JA2 under wine in linux and had no problems with it JA2:UB, on the other hand, stays at a very low resolution.I'm a big fan of the original JA and wanted to test JA2 + addons/mods on Win7. Is there any way to change the screen resolution manually? Should you have any questions about JA2, don't hesitate to ask. It does support user made campaigns, and if you look around you should be able to find a few (SOG '69 is one of the highly praised). JMich: Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (also known as JA 2.5 and JA2:UB) is a more combat focused game, with more or less sector fight after sector fight, taking place in a different setting than Jagged Alliance 2 (aka JA2). Grab JA2, then drop by The Bear's Pit and grab either the stable release or the newest one, and be prepared to get stomped into the ground. On the other hand, JA2 1.13 supports both UB campaigns and WF maps, along with higher resolutions, increased team sizes, more mercs and a ton of other enhancements. On the upside, you can have increased resolution, and a max team size of 10 instead of 6. The maps are different from normal JA2, the miners won't just agree to turn over the income to you, you will need higher leadership and town loyalty, and there are a few more enemies on the maps. Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (aka JA2:WF) is more or less JA2 with a few more mercs, a few enhancements, and the difficulty cranked up. Also, even though I have UB, should I get the others as well? Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business (also known as JA 2.5 and JA2:UB) is a more combat focused game, with more or less sector fight after sector fight, taking place in a different setting than Jagged Alliance 2 (aka JA2).
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