Did the whole OpenJK install thing and it almost works but...

[Deuce Loosely]

When the game launches you cannot see the menu items, only the background. You can mouse over various elements and hear a sound, but you have no idea what you're clicking TIA for any help

[`Hi~Fi.`*MMi*]

This is probably an issue with high DPI on newer versions of windows.

To fix this you need to get to your “gamedata” folder in JK2 and JKA you must go to your steam library, right click Jedi outcast or Jedi academy, then click properties (located in the context menu), now click the tab titled “Local Files” and then click the box titled "browse local files." If you followed these steps correctly you should see a folder pop up titled "Jedi Outcast" or "Jedi Academy" inside that folder there should be another folder titled "Gamedata" open that by selecting the folder and double clicking or select the folder and press enter key. Now you should see two “.exe” files one titled "jk2sp.exe" and "jk2mp.exe" (for JK2) or "jasp.exe" and "jamp.exe" (for JKA)

For OpenJK installs in addition to the default .exe files also do the following to these titled "openjo_sp.x86.exe" and if you added the multiplayer it'll be titled "JK2MVMP.exe"


For Windows 10

Once you find them select one and right click the .exe then select properties click on "Compatibility" Tab and check the box at the button titled "Disable scaling on high DPI" or "Override high DPI scaling behaviour" and switch this to "Application" Do this for both .exe files and if you have JK2 you need to do this for that games .exe files as well.

For Windows 11

Once you find them select one and right click the .exe then select properties click on "Compatibility" Tab then click "Change high DPI settings" check the box under "High DPI scaling override" and set to "Application" Click Okay and Apply.

If that didn't fix it another issue that might cause this is an incompatible menu mod perhaps I suggest when doing the openJO fix you do a clean install then add any mod or any other fixes to the game such as autoexe.cfg or .pk3 mods from that point on.

Good luck let me know if this works for you.

[Deuce Loosely]

Thanks for the help, but I am already running into a snag. At first I thought I messed up because I had installed OpenJK, but when I went to the download page for OpenJO, none of the JO packages were for windows.

I tried doing the added DPI setting step to see if that worked, but the same issue arose. I am erasing everything and starting over.

[Lord Bullingdon]

Yeah I'm struggling to install that one myself