OPENJAZZ(6)

🎮 OPENJAZZ 💖

okay bestie, welcome to OPENJAZZ(6) — yes that's the manual section, we're in games territory, very demure, very gamer. this is the whole page, rewritten with love, and NO facts got lost on the way here, promise 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

OpenJazz — the Jack Jazzrabbit 1 game engine reimplementation 💅

like, a whole open-source reimplementation of the JJ1 engine. we're so back.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

OpenJazz [options] <game directory 1> <game directory 2>

two game directories, bestie. TWO. she's not like other engines.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

OpenJazz is a free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit PC platform games. iconic behavior honestly.

⚠️ real talk though: to actually play, you will need the original data files. no data files, no vibes. 💀

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

here's the full lineup, every single one, no skips:

• -h, --help — shows you the command line flags and general help. the "hello, what is this" button 🎀
• -v, --version — prints the engine version. she's telling you who she is ✨
• -f, --fullscreen — starts in fullscreen mode. main character energy, fills the whole screen 🖥️
• --window — starts in window mode. cozy, contained, lowkey 🪟
• -m — starts with the audio muted. silent mode, stealth mode 🤫
• -s, --scale[=] <Factor> — scales the window by Factor. can be between 1 and 4. so 1, 2, 3, or 4. that's it, that's the range 🔍
• -w, --world[=] <World> -l, --level[=] <Level> — directly load a specific world/level. skip the menu, go straight to the content, we love a shortcut 🚀
• -q, --[no-]quiet — enable/disable console logging. -q or --quiet to shut her up, --no-quiet to let her yap 📢
• --verbose[=] <Debug Level> — sets logging verbosity. can be one of max, trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal. pick your yap level, bestie 🗣️

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🍓 FILES 🍓

• openjazz.cfg — the configuration file.

📌 Note: command line parameters will take precedence over values in the configuration file. CLI stays winning, no cap.

• openjazz.log — the generated logfile. receipts, literally 🧾
• Game Data — OpenJazz should be compatible with all released versions of Jazz Jackrabbit 1. that's the tea. ☕

this includes:

• the Shareware Episodes
• "Holiday Hare" and "Holiday Hare '95"
• the "Jazz Jackrabbit CD" with "The Lost Episodes"
• the "Complete" edition

so basically the whole family reunion 💖

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🕹️ INGAME CONTROLS 🕹️

🔒 Fixed Controls 🔒

these ones are locked in, no changing them, periodt:

• Enter — choose a menu option ✅
• Escape — go back to the previous menu ⬅️
• F9 — view in-game statistics (e.g. FPS) 📊
• P — pause the game ⏸️
• Alt + Enter — switch between full-screen and windowed mode 🔄
• 1-5 — switch weapon to Blaster, Toaster, Missile, Bouncer or TNT respectively. If the desired weapon is not available, try next. 🔫

🎛️ Configurable Controls 🎛️

these are configurable via the "setup options" menu. default settings:

• Left arrow and Right arrow — move left and right ↔️
• Space bar — jump / swim upwards ⬆️
• left Alt — shoot 🔥
• right Ctrl — change weapon 🔁

⚠️ Important: under Windows the Jump and Shoot keys are moved to the right to avoid opening the window context menu. that means Space bar ⇒ Shoot and right Alt ⇒ Jump/Swim upwards. other platforms may have other defaults. so don't come for me if your keyboard is doing something different, bestie 😭

🎮 Game Controllers 🎮

most game controllers and joysticks that SDL recognizes can be used. however, not all axes or buttons may be available. needs manual settings. so like, it might just work, and it might need you to do the work. vibe check first 🕹️

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? snitch. bugs can be reported at the issue tracker: https://github.com/AlisterT/OpenJazz/issues — go tell them everything, they want to know 🫶

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• J1E — level editor by Newspaz
• JJ1MOD — graphic editor by Doubble Dutch

also: The OpenJazz Homepage — http://alister.eu/jazz/oj/ — go look at it, it's giving homepage 🏠

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the whole squad, giving credit where credit is due, every single one:

• Alister Thomson (AlisterT) — Engine, project lead 👑
• Alireza Nejati — Menu plasma effect ✨
• newspaz — Bug fixes, enemy improvements 🐛
• Carsten Teibes (carstene1ns) — Maintenance, bug fixes, documentation; Integrating the ports (Wii, 3DS, PSP, PSVita, SDL2, ...); Additional coding (logger, CLI, ...); Modernizing; UI improvements 💅
• Lars Persson (anotherguest) — Movie playback fixes 🎬
• CYBERDEViL — Savegame algorithm 💾
• Scott Smith (Pickle) — GP2X/WIZ, Canoo, Pandora ports 🎮
• Przemysław Buczkowski (przemub) — Android, Haiku ports 📱
• Matthieu Milan (usineur) — PSVita port 🎮
• deniska — PSP port 🎮
• tehpola — Wii port 🎮
• pocketinsanity — PocketPC port 🎮
• Ricerind — Mac OS X port 🍎
• Slaanesh — GP32 port 🎮
• GPF — Dreamcast port 🎮
• Cameron Cawley (ccawley2011) — RISC OS, SDL2 port 🖥️
• midzer — Web port 🌐

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this manual page is OPENJAZZ(6), from the OpenJazz source, dated 2024-09-27, and the header said 20240919 — consider it timestamped and slayed 🎀💖✨ go play some Jazz Jackrabbit, you've earned it 🌸