I just finished the first version of my OpenJK (Jedi Academy) port, you can download it from my website. The next version will have Jedi Outcast support, once the OpenJK guys have fixed the remaining issues.


[ Edited by BSzili 28.04.2014 - 21:40 ]

Great work, thank you for releasing your hard work to the public, I will check it out tomorrow :)

Fantastic!!! Now I'm REALLY eager to have a better MorphOS machine than this moderately supported Efika board!

Thank you tons!!!

Thanks a lot BSzili for this new port !!!

Excellent work as say k8o

@XDelusion
Make sure you get a machine with at least 64MB VRAM, unless you want to play with blurry textures.

[ Edited by BSzili 28.04.2014 - 22:43 ]

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I wouldn't settle for anything less. I learned from my old eMac. ;)

I looked at the sys requirements for Jedi Academy... looks like the Efika "might" in theory be able to play that one. Will find out when the day comes. :)

If it had more than 128MB RAM, then maybe you could have a slideshow. You need at least 512MB RAM to run the game. The official Mac requirements for JKA are the bare minimum, plus it assumes that you, virtual memory, GFX drivers by the vendor, etc.

I meant Jedi Outcast, not Academy, though still, my hopes are not up for it running on the Efika.

Jedi Outcast: The Interactive Slide Show...

I'll pass, ha ha! :)

Jedi Outcast won't run without 512 MB memory either. As I mentioned the original system requirements are only valid if you have virtual memory and paging.

My PowerBook freezing on loading mission screen. Game updated to 1.01, PB rev.E, 2GB ram.

[ Edited by waldiamiga 30.04.2014 - 21:15 ]

I'm just guessing here, but are you trying to run the game using the highest details? If so try to lower the graphics. Do not set the texture detail to Very High, that setting can eat up more than 1.5 GB of RAM during load time.

[ Edited by BSzili 30.04.2014 - 22:31 ]

Thanks BSzili, it worked. Details on medium/high 1024x768, game is very playable.

Phew, I'm glad it worked. I totally forgot about what the defaults were. I updated the archives on my website, so the game will default to high texture quality instead of very high, so others won't run into this problem... unless they are greedy and try to play the game maxed out

I just discovered that some kind souls hosts the sole file (assets3.pk3) needed from the 1.01 JKA patch on their website. This means that you will no longer need a windows machine to install Jedi Academy. I'm going to update the installation instructions in the game archive.

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Great!

Would it be legal to include it with your port? Or is the file size too great?

EDIT: Never mind, I just looked at the file size. :)

[ Edited by XDelusion 30.04.2014 - 20:16 ]

You can obviously distribute the patch in the installer form, but the contents? I don't really know, I think It's kind of in the gray area, but IANAL I was contemplating uploading this file to my website, but since someone already hosts it I don't have to.

I'm gonna try this game tonight

Sadly, it's based on Quake III which means it will crash on my G5 ...

Really? Then don't even waste time trying it.

@BSzili

I got an Ibook too

I was sarcastic. Your remark about "it's based around the Quake 3 engine, so it will crash" is gobbledy gook. That's akin to saying "my computer can run Windows NT 3.51, so it must also run Windows 8.1 since they are based on the same kernel".
I'd like you to actually try the game on your G5, before saying things like "it will crash".

@BSzili:

Ha ha. Okey, facepalm or whatever. But from what I've read here and elsewhere the Quake III engine does crash on G5. And this game is based on the QIII engine. Hence.

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I will give this a try and let's see if it does work on my G5. Sorry for sounding stupid all the time.

[ Edited by Yasu 01.05.2014 - 15:25 ]

You didn't sound stupid, but your reasoning is wrong. That's why I wrote that Windows analogy, but I guess it didn't quite deliver my point. Let's get back to this after you've tried the game. I hope things will go smoothly.

> from what I've read here and elsewhere the Quake III engine does crash on G5.
> And this game is based on the QIII engine.

It's a specific compiled executable file that crashes. This thread is about a different compiled executable file.

@BSzili:

Sorry about the remark. I'm a little over sensitive of being thought of as stupid.

The game runs well, but it seems to crash a lot during loading. I get a loading screen (the jedy showing off the light saber) and then nothing.

@Andreas_Wolf

I see. I hope someone can fix the original QIII port too. I really love that game :)