Jazz 2 Episodes
 

I've been wondering something:
How do you make episodes for Jazz 2? I've wanted to know for a while yet can't find the answer?
EDIT: Answers found.

With a SUPER SECRET PROGRAM.

I assume you're talking about how to make them like the official ones. There's a special tool for that, unfortunately the name and who may own it both escape me. All you need is a logo and a big picture for it. However, JJ2 can only handle so many episode files before it crashes.

You're better off just linking the levels with eachother and setting the last one to "endepis".

- JelZe GoldRabbit =:3

I read that. I just need the program. I thought someone here might have it. I mean, I got Jazz Ski Rabbit from here. :cool:
EDIT:I got it, thanks everybody!

Well Jazz Ski Rabbit was a fangame, this is a program which few have and do not want wish to distribute, otherwise we'd have 2000 episode files running around when jazz2 can only use so many)

How about you don't.

Sometimes, you're better off if you don't make a .J2E files, if I remember correctly. Only CERTAIN authors get that program if they have made an excellent level. Lost World for example, one of them..

I don't care why I should or shouldn't get it. I've thought it over and this is what I want. So can somebody post it on J2O or something? (Thanks)

No.

J2E files are more annoying than helpful, like it or not.

I like the high quality policy. I can't really argue with it, as unfair as it sounds to newer JCS users.

It's maybe unfair, but if it wasn't there J2O would get flooded with thousands of episodes with j2e files.

@ Zapper: The problem is, if you are given the programm, everyone else wants it too.

Then why don't we just make a "no posting J2E files" rule for J2O? And I've had Jazz 2 since I was about 8, been making ok levels since I was 9, and I've played J2E's worse than my episode I am making right now. (At least from my point of view.) So, why not give it out? It makes perfect sense to me.

WHY do you need it anyway? Most good levelpacks out there do not use a .j2e.

I dont even care much about J2Es either. Most of the time I delete them cause they clog up the episode list.

Why do I care about Jazz 2? Why care about this forum? Because I like them. They give me easy acess to level packs without trying to go, "Is this the starting level?" That's really it. I delete them myself too, but I would still like to get the program to make them. (Besides, if I'm correct, you can make your own version of JJ2 with your own level packs.)

will be cool... my episode is bigger than 8 levels i must say :p

Can't you just make an external launcher ala FSP?

ask violet for i i guess..

WvA, my episode has over the 30 levels with 300-200

It's a .bat file. Open it in notepad and make one yourself.

I think one of the main reasons against episode files is they can be confusing for new users, when after unzipping the 4th (or whatever the limit is) level pack with a j2e file inside JJ2 starts crashing on the episode screen. It's probably good enough to *sensibly* use the home-cooked level list (i.e. have only the first level of your episode appear in it, name that file according to 8.3 conventions and give it a good name so people know what it is).

Which is a good idea, except I think my list was full back in 2001.

I've been using this game for a while. How bout this:
1.You guys give me the episode maker.
2.You make a "no posting episode" thing.
3.I don't post episodes.

I really just want it for personal use. That's all. So can somebody please give me the episode maker?

P.S. Thanks > DX < for offering.

If your episode is quality then sell it to us
What i mean by that is tell use more, post screenshots and videos; Show us whats really cool and inovitive about it.
Thats the only way this side of hell your going to get it from these guys.

Something like "jazz2.exe blah.j2l"?

Ah, I see now. I've got nothing against you using it for private use only, but remember that there is a limit on how many episode files you can have in the JJ2 folder (I think it's 8 for 1.21-1.23, might be more for TSF).

If you want to upload a single player levelpack here with an episode file, then it should be worthy of having its own episode file. It's not up to me to decide that, but I'd guess if you're levelpack gets rated above 9 on average then you'd get away with it.

What those a-people said. Although, I realy wish someone made a Tomb Rabbit one. Maybe there will be one after Tomb Rabbit 2?

So will I get it? Or not? I might bring out a video of the bosses soon. Even though they are really bad. But as I said, I only want the episode maker for personal use.

I can't reply anymore for some reason! o_O

EDIT: Ah, it works now. Weird. Never mind.

EDIT2: There's something about my question I want to ask that it doesn't work! (-)?

EDIT3: Whoa, this is weird. Let me try again:
Is it possible to edit existing episode files?

It's easy enough to edit which level they point to... like 5Alive.

Yes, but is it possible to edit the order of the episodes, like for example: put TSF after Funky Monkeys or after HCL instead of at the top?

So, does anybody have the JJ2 Episode Maker?

I would like to remind everybody I am still here. I would apreciate even a "I had it but lost it," or maybe a "I don't know where to put." I just want to know who has this and who can get it to me!

I don't have it nor do I know who you could get it from. Sorry.

I once knew the name of who had it, but I forgot all knowledge from August-Early october 2004 except Jazz and Spaz in: Time Warp!

Does anyone know what it is called?

Please pay attention when we say that almost nobody has it.

I am paying attention! Just most of you are acting like you have it or know everything about it!

I am sorry, I know a lot nothing about it and have it somewhere in my main folder don't have it.

:) Am I confusing enough? :p

You could also try directly asking those who have custom j2e files.