NOTE: If you don't already have it and you're on Windows, you'll need the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable.

Jedi Academy: Enhanced is a mod for Jedi Academy Single Payer which adds RGB sabers, saber customization, holstering, new force powers, some extra character customization options using "head swapping" and optionally allows you to use AJL's SFX Sabers, and many more. Full feature list below.

It's based on OpenJK (so the code is released under the GPL and available at https://github.com/redsaurus/OpenJK/tree/custom) and a slightly modified version (for SP) of AJL's SFX Saber code. It also uses Open Jedi Project code for TrueView.

Features and Commands

• All OpenJK features and fixes.
• RGB Sabers - These can be set in the menus or by setting the sabercolor to a hex code in the console - for example "sabercolor 1 xff0000" will set the first lightsaber blade to be red. It is possible to set the sabercolors of NPCs by setting their sabercolor to a hex code in the .npc file. If you want to set one sabercolor for base and one for this mod, you can set the sabercolor of the NPC or lightsaber to the base value, and sabercolorRGB to the RGB value for this mod. Higher blade numbers are set with saberColorRGB2, saber2ColorRGB3, etc.
• SFX Sabers - SFX Sabers can be enabled in the console by setting cg_SFXSabers to 1. This is on by default, allows for more vibrant and high quality saber blades.
• Ignition Flare - A lightsaber ignition flare can be enabled in the console by setting cg_ignitionFlare to 1. A custom ignition flare can be specified for a lightsaber with "ignitionFlare " in the .sab file.
• Ignition twirl animation disable - If that little twirl of the saber that you do in SP when activating it bothered you, you can now disable it to be more like MP with g_noIgniteTwirl 1.
• Disable idle animations - Use the command g_UseIdleAnims 0 to disable them. Very helpful when taking screenshots.
• Saber Holsters - Lightsabers are now holstered on the belt when not in use. A tag_holsterorigin can be added to a hilt for better placement. Adding "holsterPlace <none/hips/back/lhip>" in the .sab file specifies where a hilt will be holstered. Currently broken, default is right hip for now.
• Headswapping - Several new heads are available for the human male and human female species. You can add your own heads - see the .headswap files in the sp_custom.pk3 for examples. NPCs can have heads set using the playerHeadModel and customHeadSkin commands in their .npc file.
• RGB Character Colors - Adds an RGB slider option to all player species.
• Better Entity Spawning - The /spawn command now supports entity keys, e.g. "spawn fx_runner fxFile the/file".
• .eent files - Maps now load entities from mapentities/mapname.eent in addition to loading them from the .bsp file.
• MP Movement - Not identical to MP but close. Allows for bunny hopping and less "slide" effect when moving. g_bunnyhopping 1. Also in the menu.
• Extra Player Tints - (Unused) Playermodels are able to have multiple tints. If you enter "newPlayerTint 0 R G B", any shader stages for the player with "rgbGen lightingDiffuseEntity 0" will be tinted to this color rather than the usual.
• Ghoul2 view models First person view weapon models are now allowed to use .glm models using eezstreet's code.
• Detachable E-Web The player can detach an E-Web from its mount by pressing the Use Force button whilst using it. While the E-Web is equipped, the player moves more slowly.
• More usable weapons The tusken rifle and noghri stick are fully usable by the player. The DC-15A clone rifle (made by Pahricida), DC-15S clone blaster (Made by AshuraDX) and E-5 droid blaster (made by KhorneSyrup) have also been added. Only given via cheats right now.
  • give weapon_tusken_rifle
  • give weapon_noghri_stick
  • give weapon_e5
  • give weapon_dc15s
  • give weapon_dc15a
• Saber throw is now a force power - This was to be compatible with the katarn saber style (listed below) - this was restored to alt attack to work with all styles like before.
• New force powers - Force Insanity, Destruction, Repulse and Stasis have been added. Force Repulse is gained automatically during the SP campaign. Bind the keys in the Controls menu. NPCs can use Destruction and Stasis. For faster force regeneration, g_forceRegenTime has been brought over from MP.
• First person lightsaber with TrueView - As seen in Open Jedi Project and all the other mods that used it, TrueView shows the player model in first person view. You can turn it on for guns with cg_trueguns and turn it on for sabers with cg_fpls or through the menu. Change FOV with cg_trueFOV. Recommend set to 120 if using first person lightsaber.
• Radar - The radar system from Siege in MP now works in SP. Giving NPCs and misc_radar_icon entities the icon key will set a custom icon. A 2D minimap is also loaded from minimaps/mapname.mmap.
• AI workshop - Created by eezstreet to give more control over NPC AI. See full thread here.
• Switch pistols - Toggle between DL-44 and Bryar if added to inventory with pistol bind (+weapon_2)
• Saber ignition speed - cg_ignitionSpeed scales saber ignition speed
• **Click-drag to rotate player model in customization screen - **To help with seeing your character more easily instead of waiting on it to rotate around again.
• MP-style saber hilt list - Lists lightsabers in the menu without the need for adding menu listings
• r_mode -2 is now default - sets the game to the monitor's native resolution at launch. Change back to r_mode -1 to use windowed mode.
• Widescreen HUD fix - Fixes the HUD to support widescreen resolutions without stretching the HUD elements, default to on. r_ratioFix.
• Removed black bars in cutscenes - this helps with widescreen resolutions not cutting off half of the scene.

Optional features (separate PK3's):

• Improved jedi_hm - DT's very nice improved Human Male jedi is included with Jedi Robe options with RGB tinting features.
• Build Your Own Lightsaber - Now lightsabers can be customized like the player species. Example customizable hilts are included thanks to AshuraDX and Plasma.

Unfinished features, only use if testing:

• Katarn saber style - A gun / saber stance. No animations yet, but you play around with it (with cheats enabled) by doing "give weapon_bryar_pistol" and then "setsaberstyle katarn" in the console.
• Z-6 rotary cannon - Added slot for this weapon, but it has no model yet. give weapon_z6

Known bugs:

• holsterPlace for .sab files currently does not work
• The ingame saber menu won't let you switch from dual sabers to single saber. Workaround is to use /saber kyle (or any single saber) and then use the menu to choose one.
• g_forceRegenTime doesn't go less than the default value
• Player RGB tints can't be removed in the menu

Potential future features:

• Health regeneration
• Add new weapons like sabers, fitting them to existing classes - like add a new model but it functions just like a blaster pistol with a unique sound and effect color, like sabers do. Instead of .sab files we could have .weap or files or something similar. As opposed to how it is now where you have to code in new weapons directly.
• Adding to the above bullet point, SFX sabers translated into blaster effects with RGB and everything
• Headswap, but for all parts, so you can use the pants of one model, the torso of another, and the head of another

OpenJK is a community effort to maintain and improve the game and engine powering Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast, while maintaining full backwards compatibility with the existing games and mods.
This project does not intend to add major features, rebalance, or otherwise modify core gameplay.

Our aims are to:

• Improve the stability of the engine by fixing bugs and improving performance.
• Support more hardware (x86_64, Arm, Apple Silicon) and software platforms (Linux, macOS)
• Provide a clean base from which new code modifications can be made.

Please direct support queries, discussions and feature requests to the JKHub sub-forum or Discord linked above.

OpenJK is licensed under GPLv2 as free software. You are free to use, modify and redistribute OpenJK following the terms in LICENSE.txt

To install OpenJK, you will first need Jedi Academy installed. If you don't already own the game you can buy it from online stores such as Steam, Amazon or GOG.

Download the latest build (alt link) for your operating system.

Installing and running OpenJK:

Follow this guide for installing JAEnhanced, OpenJK, TaystJK, EternalJK, or other similar clients

• Compilation guide
• Debugging guide

• Fork the project on GitHub
• Create a new branch and make your changes
• Send a pull request to upstream (JACoders/OpenJK)

• Fork the project on GitHub
• Change the GAMEVERSION define in codemp/game/g_local.h from "OpenJK" to your project name
• If you make a nice change, please consider back-porting to upstream via pull request as described above. This is so everyone benefits without having to reinvent the wheel for every project.

Leads:

• Ensiform
• razor
• Xycaleth

• bibendovsky (save games, platform support)
• BobaFett
• BSzili (JK2, platform support)
• Cat (infra)
• Didz
• eezstreet
• exidl (SDL2, platform support)
• ImperatorPrime (JK2)
• mrwonko
• redsaurus
• Scooper
• Sil
• smcv (debian packaging)
• Tristamus (icon)