if the game crashes immediately after launch...

[Golden_Duke]

...try opening properties -> set launch options ->
-opengl

This worked for me.

[Koopa]

Excellent! This worked first time, no issues. Thank you!

[thepianoman123]

I tried this... it didn't work. Do you type "-opengl" in the set launch options box? The game crashes every time I open it.

[Golden_Duke]

Originally posted by thepianoman123:

I tried this... it didn't work. Do you type "-opengl" in the set launch options box? The game crashes every time I open it.

Yes, type it. Sadly, I don't have any other options for you if it does not work.

[DJRockBunny]

Originally posted by Golden_Duke:

Originally posted by thepianoman123:

I tried this... it didn't work. Do you type "-opengl" in the set launch options box? The game crashes every time I open it.

Yes, type it. Sadly, I don't have any other options for you if it does not work.

I solved my startup crash on Windows 10 by setting the application's compatibility mode to Windows XP. To do this, right click on the game in steam and select Properties -> Local Files -> Browse Local Files. This will open up the game files in explorer, double click GameData and then right click on jk2sp.exe. From there click Properties -> Compatibility -> Run this program in compatibility mode for: and then select Windows XP.

[ShadowK1ng]

iv tried -opengl and the compatibility fix and neither fixed it for me does anyone else have any other ideas on how i can get the game to launch?

[Xrayhavoc]

did anyone get this fix to work? i am having trouble myself

[Asexual.Pseudonym.II]

Originally posted by DJRockBunny:

Originally posted by Golden_Duke:

Yes, type it. Sadly, I don't have any other options for you if it does not work.

I solved my startup crash on Windows 10 by setting the application's compatibility mode to Windows XP. To do this, right click on the game in steam and select Properties -> Local Files -> Browse Local Files. This will open up the game files in explorer, double click GameData and then right click on jk2sp.exe. From there click Properties -> Compatibility -> Run this program in compatibility mode for: and then select Windows XP.

I've tried this and this doesn't solve my problem, in fact it ends up breaking my Jedi Academy files from launching and then both games don't work.

There also doesn't seem to be any clarity regarding Windows XP 2 and Windows XP 3, in terms of which to choose. I ended up trying both in Properties, and neither work. But i wanted to clarify that bit of confusion as well as there's more than one Windows XP option to choose to run this program as, in compatibility mode.

[pretty guardian disciple]

Try spamming the ESC key as soon as the screen goes beige in order to skip the intro videos, i think those are what end up crashing the game.

[Hooker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cTzL5E0DQ4

That video fixed it for me

https://sourceforge.net/projects/gldirect/

You download that and copy the opengl32.dll file from it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Jedi Outcast\GameData\

Than it launched fine for me