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🎮 · Jazz² Resurrection: Native C++ reimplementation of Jazz Jackrabbit 2
https://deat.tk/jazz2/
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How to run JJ2 on Mac #50

Closed Jones-S closed 9 months ago

Jones-S commented 9 months ago

I downloaded the game here: https://www.gog.com/de/game/jazz_jackrabbit_2_collection and I am trying to run it on mac and I tried to follow the procedure described here: https://deat.tk/jazz2/help

I copied the files from the folder downloaded from GOG into the given Source directory, however after starting up the resurrection app I can't do anything. Could somebody tell me if these files look alright, or if I copied the wrong ones?

I copied the content of x86 (also tried x64) to the indicated Source directory. But on resurrection startup nothing changes...

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Thanks for any hints.

deathkiller commented 9 months ago

It looks like you downloaded Windows version. You need to download macOS version (https://github.com/deathkiller/jazz2/releases/download/2.5.0/Jazz2_2.5.0_MacOS.zip) and install ARM64 (if you have new Mac) or x64 (if you have old Mac) version. Then run the game, you can then press Enter in main menu to open Source directory in Finder, then copy original files there. And then you can play the game.

Jones-S commented 9 months ago

Hm no, but this is the download of the Resurrection App, isn't it? Of course I downloaded the Mac version for that, but I want to use the Resurrection App to play the windows version of JJ2 (because a mac version was never released). The Resurrection App works perfectly (is in Italian though ;)).

But I wonder which the original files are you talk about. Because even if I copy things into that Source directory, nothing happens. So I wonder If I maybe don't know which files have to be placed there... I thought the original files were the source files of the game I downloaded on gog (which are shown in the screenshot). Or do I completely misunderstand?

deathkiller commented 9 months ago

Files shown in your screenshot are from Windows version of Jazz² Resurrection (not files from GOG). You've probably got your files mixed up. And yes, you need to place original Jazz Jackrabbit 2 files (the Windows version from GOG) to Source directory. The directory should contain Anims.j2a, Data.j2d and a lot of *.j2l and *.j2t files (which is not the one in your screenshot).

Jones-S commented 9 months ago

Oh alright, my bad. I tried this together not at my own computer and requested the screenshot. Could very well be that things got mixed up. Let me try again...

Jones-S commented 9 months ago

Ah but If I download that I get only the file GOG_Galaxy_Jazz_Jackrabbit_2_The_Secret_Files.exe... Or if I dont download that galaxy thing I get a file like setup_jazz_jackrabbit_2_1.24_jj2_(5.12)_(66703).exe

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deathkiller commented 9 months ago

You need to extract files from the GOG installer you downloaded. It's written also here - https://deat.tk/jazz2/help#which-versions-of-jazz-jackrabbit-2-game-are-supported:

If you are not able to install/extract original files from GOG.com installer, you can use innoextract.

Innoextract works fine on Windows, but I don't know how it works on Mac. Unfortunately, I don't use Mac, so I have no idea how to extract it there.

Jones-S commented 9 months ago

Oh alright, that's the missing piece then. I read about that innoextract, but it was not really clear to me how to use it and so on. I will try. Thank you that helps