A couple I recommend are the Jedi’s Home maps, and Sith Council maps, as well as the official bonus map pack. Most servers run base maps or very popular maps, so it’s not a problem you will run into too often once you get the most popular maps out there. If you aren’t sure where to find a map, typically googling the map name will get you to the page, but otherwise you can ask on Discord or on JKHub. If you don’t have the map that the server is running, you won’t be able to join until you download the map and put it in your base folder and restart the game. Third, you also need to pay attention to the map name before you join. The more servers you play on, the better chances you will find one you prefer the rules of. Not all servers are like this, however, so it really is hard to know what to expect when you’re just starting out. If you let them know you are new, they will be happy to let you know the expectations. We highly recommend taking it easy when joining a server for the first time, look for the rules that typically display when you join, and just ask the other players. Laming is so abhorrent on some servers that it can get you kicked, and sometimes even banned if repeated. Probably the strangest rule on these servers is prohibiting the phenomenon known as "laming" - which means to attack a player that has their lightsaber off or their chat bubble up. To many people this is what makes Jedi Academy unique, but can be jarring to new players. They are more of a social hub with some lightsaber fighting on the side. Most servers are not like a modern matchmaking game where you drop in and play a few rounds. Second thing you need to know is a lot of the most populated servers tend to have stricter rules. If you are using EternalJK, bots are filtered out of the player counts by default. You can click Server Info to see the players on the server, usually server owners name their bots with BOT in the name or they are default bots named game characters like Kyle Katarn or Luke Skywalker. Three things to keep in mind when viewing this list: if you’re on OpenJK or just vanilla Jedi Academy, bots are listed as players, so if you see a server with 3 players expecting them to be real players, there’s a chance they could be bots. You can also click the table headers to sort by them, which is helpful when you’re looking for servers with the most players on right now. Game should be set to All, Type is N/A, View Empty is Yes, View Full is Yes, Data Rate is LAN/Cable. To see all servers available, set the filters like this: The Source should typically be set to Internet 1 or Internet 2. There are filters at the top to help you find what you’re looking for like the game type and mod. If you’re using EternalJK, it probably takes you straight to the server list. Once you have the game open, to see the list of servers to join, you need to go to the PLAY button, then Join a Game. WRITTEN GUIDE: Installing OpenJK or other clients (EternalJK) Joining a server We recommend JAEnhanced for those bonus features, but if you want just the basics, OpenJK should work just fine for you. However, EternalJK is for multiplayer only, so for single player you will want to go with either OpenJK, or JAEnhanced. We typically recommend EternalJK for that reason. The main one you’ll hear about is called OpenJK, which is basically the foundation of what all of the others are based on, but lacks a lot of quality of life features that something like EternalJK offers. One thing to note is there are a handful of options out there for achieving the simple goal of seeing servers, however each option also comes with other features and fixes. However, to see those backup server lists, you need a community patch. Over the years the official master server has been completely down more than it has been online, so the players in the community have made backup master servers to make sure a server list is always available. If you plan on playing multiplayer, you will want to install a community patch that will let you see the server list. Just keep in mind you’d have to have the disc in the optical drive at all times unless you install the community patches that I’m about to cover. You can also find the original CD-ROM if you really want to go old school. If you prefer to have all your games in Steam though, there’s nothing wrong with that either. We recommend the GOG.com version the most since it is DRM-free, which means you don’t need an account to install and play it and you keep the offline installer forever. You can find Jedi Academy on the major digital stores like Steam, GOG.com, or even Amazon Games. Of course we have to start with where to find the game.
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