JA2 1.13 and Urban Chaos ???'s

[Jeff Kaos]

I haven't played JA2 in a pretty long time and I'm wondering what current mods are worth checking out. I remember when UC was announced and I followed the developement but never saw the finished product. It always seemed like a great mod and I'm wondering if anyone knows what the latest/most stable version is and if it's worth checking out. Same thing with this 1.13 patch I've just found out about on these forums. And there used to be a pretty decent mod called: "SOG '69" that turned JA2:UB (at least I think it was Unfinished Business) into a Viet Nam based game. Is that mod still around and is it pretty stable? I played it a long time ago and aside from a few bugs I loved it. If there's any other mods I should know about I'd appreciate a heads up.

[Doug]

Only one I know about is the 1.13 mod. It's modded from the Jagged Alliance 2: Gold game and a new stable version has just been released. I won't repeat the info in other threads here, only point out that the 'New stable version .. for Jan2014' thread has both the download site and the link to the modder forum at the Bear's Pit. Read the info on the mod from those two sites and you'll have a pretty good idea what features they added. Gameplay is mostly directly affected optionally (i.e. you can turn many of the changes on or off) with changes in areas such as skills and inventory. Actual gameplay isn't much changed. There's also information on how to install the mod such that you will retain your JA2: Gold installation in parallel, which is nice should you decide you don't like the mod or you want the option to play both the vanilla and modded versions.

Only caveat is that I'm not sure I'd recommend playing the mod unless/until you're familiar with the vanilla version, since the added complexity might raise the bar for the learning curve a bit high.

[Edelward]

few years before i tried to play that mod but it has not worked.
I had game on CD and OS has been XP I think ,but alas - no go
That's the real Chaos ;)

[Doug]

Publicado originalmente por Edelward:

few years before i tried to play that mod but it has not worked.
I had game on CD and OS has been XP I think ,but alas - no go
That's the real Chaos ;)

If you look through these forums you will find both detailed installation instructions for the 1.13 mod (stable release 4870 at the time.. haven't looked lately) as well as a number of threads about problems with installation and running of the game. If a solution to your particular problem isn't on here, start a new thread with the specifics of your experience and we'll see what we can do to help.

[Doug]

Publicado originalmente por Jeff Kaos:

I haven't played JA2 in a pretty long time and I'm wondering what current mods are worth checking out. I remember when UC was announced and I followed the developement but never saw the finished product. It always seemed like a great mod and I'm wondering if anyone knows what the latest/most stable version is and if it's worth checking out. Same thing with this 1.13 patch I've just found out about on these forums. And there used to be a pretty decent mod called: "SOG '69" that turned JA2:UB (at least I think it was Unfinished Business) into a Viet Nam based game. Is that mod still around and is it pretty stable? I played it a long time ago and aside from a few bugs I loved it. If there's any other mods I should know about I'd appreciate a heads up.

I neglected to mention last time I replied that there are various mods for JA2:Gold available that are being worked on in parallel and at various levels of stability. When one becomes mature, it gets rolled into the 1.13 mod source, if it's considered to be a 'general' mod.. 'flavor' mods are less likely to be absorbed into the core code and therefore may always be tied to a particular release. I do remember seeing something about a Vietnam overlay-type mod, but idr if it was for JA2:Gold or JA:UB. The forums at The Bear's Pit (www.thebearspit.com, iirc) would be where you could ask the actual modders themselves.