Just Cause 2 Viewer (JC2Viewer)

An interactive map that can load savegames

Introduction

I'll present you:
An interactive map that shows you all Ressoruce-Items, all Chaos Items, all Colonel, all Fraction-Items and all Brides for bridge limbo.
This tool is able to load a savegame and can show you all things that you don't have found/destroyed/limbo'ed.
This tool uses some files from a similar tool ("JC2-Map-Viewer" *1)
In words: All Map-images, all files in items/ and the files in icons/ are derived from the original Icons/chaos_item.png

Beyond that JC2Viewer has some advantages over JC2 Map Viewer:
* Faster rendering
* Faster refreshing data
* Press F5 to reload a savegame
* Zoom up to 1px=1m
* Sam Sites, bridges and fraction-Items have their own color.
* View Modes: Found items, missing items, all item and mone items.
* Does not require any further runtime to run (A Small exception: The Win32 build perhaps needs the VC2010 Runtime installed). All libs that are needed to run are there.

*1: https://github.com/KarboniteKream/JC2MapViewer

Download links

Source: http://www.linux-ecke.de/jc2v/jc2viewer_src.zip

Win64 Binary: http://www.linux-ecke.de/jc2v/jc2viewer_Win64.zip

Win32 Binary: http://www.linux-ecke.de/jc2v/jc2viewer_Win32.zip
Foor the Win32 Binary maybe you need the VC2010 Runtime: http://www.linux-ecke.de/jc2v/vcredist_sp1_x86.exe

How to use

When you start JC2 Viewer you can see 2 sides:

• Left side: Can switch visiblle items and load savegame
  
• Right side: The Mapview

First we have a llok at the left side:

• The "Load savegame" button loads a Just Cause 2 Savegame. (PC-Version only!)
  
• The "Reaload savegame" button loads the last opend file again
  
• Under show you can choose the view mode:
  
  • Missing: All items that are not found are displayed on the mapview
    
  • Found: All items that are found are displayed o the mapview
    
  • All: All items are displayed on the mapview
    
  • none: No items are displayed on the mapview
  Note: Missing and Found does only work, if you have loaded a savegame.
  
• Below of the viewmodes you can select/deselct some groups. Here you can filter the shown items on the mapview. Right of the name of each group you may see one or two numbers.
  The most right number (or the only number, if no savegame is loaded) shows the total count of items in that group. The other (if shown) shows the number of found items in that group
  
• At the buttom there are two helper button: "Hide all" deselects all groups.
  "Show all" selects all groups.

No we have a look at the right side:

• You can zoom with your mouse-wheel.
  
• You can scroll the map as you know from maps.google.com
  
• Hover over an icon to see whats there

Some advises

JC2Viewer opens savegames as readonly. So it does not write on the savegame. But still i want to give you some advises to keep your savegames:

• Make backups of your savegames
  
• Never load or reload a savegame that Just Cause 2 is currently written.

Changelog

17.6.2013

• Added Win32 Binary
  
• Some kind of progress-bar for each item-type

[Pulkzestörer]

I'm having trouble locating my save file, i found the save folder, at least i think but all it has inside it is: JC2Settings

[kost lakost]

nice guide bro, thanks

[LEZIZO]

thanks

[Blahord]

Not as far as i now, but JS3 helps you directly in-game: When you have destroed enough stuff on a base or city, the map, will show you more things to destroy on that base/city

[LEZIZO]

hey guys I was wondering if there is a jc3 version of this?

[Blahord]

Thank you for the info about the outdated link. I have updated it.

[julikaiba]

please ignore the typos, i use a new keyboard on my phone and it doesnt seem to like me :D

[julikaiba]

hey man cant believe this thread is still active, wanted to say thank you for providing files to run it on linux
and just as a heads up yo7 might want to remove the just cause 2 mods com link from here since it now seems to redirect to some prn or gambling site

[Smiff-It]

Thank you for the quick response. I understand it's an old game and an old tool for it as well. I completed the rig earlier in my playthrough and have only just now noticed it. I've tried multiple saves as well each do the same thing, so maybe a glitch on the save file as I believe it's the rig you attack for a reapers mission, and it was a little odd when I Did it so it could attribute to my problem

[Blahord]

For now i cannot tell you that. Just a guess: maybe you did not reload the savegame.
I did not touch the viewer for ten years.