A spin-off of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy allows players to create their own Jedi, train in the Academy under the tutelage of Luke Skywalker and Kyle Katarn and ultimately choose to follow the path of the Light Side or the Dark Side of the Force. The game is powered by the same version of the Quake III engine used in its predecessor, Jedi Outcast, containing modifications to the Quake code to give a third-person view and new lightsaber effects (Jedi Knight II had these 3rd person effects as well). Players have the ability to construct their own lightsaber by choosing the hilt style and blade color. After completing certain objectives, new saber styles become available.
Changes From Jedi Outcast to Jedi Academy
- Your character, Jaden, can be male or female and is customizable. For example, you can choose from several lightsaber colors and hilt types as well as from several species:
- Twi'lek female
- Kel Dor male
- Human male or female
- Zabrak female
- Rodian male
- New Force Powers in single player; Force Absorb, Force Protect, Force Drain, and Force Rage (these powers were available in Jedi Outcast's multiplayer game, but not in the single player game.)
- New lightsaber combat moves including katas, wall gripping, and acrobatics.
- Four new weapons: DL-44 Blaster Pistol and Stouker Concussion Rifle, Saberstaff (double bladed lightsaber) and dual sabers. A variety of saber hilts are also available.
- New vehicles and vehicle-based levels, including Tauntauns and speeder bikes.
- Power Duel mode: Players join as an individual or as a team of two. The individual has more health and Force power in exchange for being at a disadvantage in numbers.
- Siege Mode: Players work to complete goals and stop the other team from completing their goals.
- AI NPCs (not just bots, as before) in Multiplayer.
- Decreased limitations on world objects in Multiplayer, enhancing modding possibilities (and making coop play theoretically possible).
- Various bugfixes, gameplay tweaks and subtle changes (especially to the Multiplayer component).
- Enhanced rendering of the Quake III: Team Arena engine, including dynamic glow features.
- Removal of the First Person Lightsaber view that can be found in both Jedi Knight and Jedi Outcast.
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So to get the obvious stuff out of the way, moving didn't happen. Yeah, it sucks, but that means more work on the mod was done! Yay!
FATHER VS. SON REMAKE
Some light work was done during this month on Luke's dark side ending, the main portion of the 1st level is completed, with bug fixes and the boss encounter needing to be done. While I can't provide screenshots as it would provide spoilers, I wanted to quickly assure everyone that the level is still being worked on with the utmost care, however I would say that more time this month was spent on other necessary things for the mod.
NPC FREE CHOICE EXPANSION
As other parts of the mod needed some attention, work was done this month on improving the menus and the NPC Free Choice System. To start things off, we're adding a randomizer option for any customizable character so you'll have the ability to spawn a wide assortment of characters with a simple click.
This will also work for any customizable character that you add to the mod yourself, our goal is to give you, the player, additional ways to further integrate characters that we may not yet feature, so this same functionality will be added to the npc spawn console command.
NEW CHARACTERS
Alright, we have secured some new characters! Let's list them off! All of the following (except one) were ported by DarthValeria! A huge thank you to him for his work!
- Sith War Droid (Updated model)
- Jaesa Willsaam
- Nomen Karr
- 2V-R8
- Kreia (updated model)
- Darth Malgus (Renegade)
- Darth Acharon
- Darth Vowrawn
- Darth Ravage
- Darth Mortis
- Darth Hadra
- Darth Decimus
- Darth Baras (Updated model)
- Darth Acharon
- Darth Traya (Atris)
And.....
Yep, we're doing it. In celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, or a glitch in the Matrix, or because we're utterly insane, Darth Jar Jar is officially coming to Galactic Legacy!
Darth Jar Jar was created from the Jedi Gungan model already featured, with additional skin work done by myself and utilizing textures from the Spanki Sith Customization pack.
CONCLUSION
It's been a very interesting month but we knew we wanted to report this for you all. We hope that next month will see to more awesome news!
Until then, thank you all for following the development of Star Wars: Galactic Legacy, and may the Force be with you.
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Is there a possibility of bringing the force ghosts of Anakin, Obi Wan and Yoda (transparent)??
Do I get Jedi Academy through Steam or somewhere else
Happy 20th anniversary everyone.
hai
A friend and I figured out how to get Jedi Knight Academy online on PS4 using some modified files. Not only does this work on modded and unmodded systems, but it allows crossplay with the Nintendo Switch! XLink Kai not required!
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Note: I was the tester, not the developer. Both PSN activated and offline profiles work on PS4.
Is there a mod that adds Jocasta Nu? I've looked in the Movie Duels remastered mod but don't see her there.
I love the mods that's become Imaginary that just Flop on their butthole.
that is kid friendly?
that is kid friendly?