fd2c74727e Make LANGUAGE switchable in runtime (#653)
squashed into a single commit because doing it in steps that all
compiled involved a lot of boilerplate that is pointless to commit to
the repository. GH still has the PR for reference.

g_lang, MAX_MESSAGES_ON_MAP_BOTTOM, and GetLanguagePrefix() were
compile-time constants selected by the ENGLISH/GERMAN/... build
define. They're now runtime, defaulting to the same per-exe value the
define used to pick, and overridable at startup from [Ja2 Settings]
LANGUAGE in Ja2.ini.

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XMLTacticalMessages is filled at runtime from NewTacticalMessages.xml,
never from compiled-in per-language data: all 8 per-language definitions
were the identical all-zero { L"" }. Delete them and define one shared
buffer in Utils/XML_Language.cpp (the loader) instead of pointer-rebinding
it like the static tables — this drops 9 dead 800KB zero-buffers (8
namespaced copies in LanguageStrings.cpp plus the standalone one) and
leaves no bind-ordering hazard for the XML load path.

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ExportStrings.cpp privately recompiled one language's full text table
by #including the raw _<LANG>Text.cpp inside namespace Loc, keyed off
the exe-level ENGLISH/GERMAN/... compile macro (whichever the build
happened to select). That's redundant with the pointer globals every
other subsystem already uses (Text.h / LanguageStrings.cpp).

Drop the private copy; the unqualified table names in Loc::ExportStrings
now resolve to the global pointer externs, which BindLanguageStrings has
already rebound to the runtime g_lang by the time this runs (EXPORT_STRINGS
ini flag, checked after GetRuntimeSettings in sgp.cpp). gs_Lang (used only
by Loc::Translate for the Polish/Russian byte remap on raw .edt exports) is
now derived from g_lang via ToLocLanguage, so the export always matches
whatever language is actually active instead of a compile-time pick.

-

Editor/popupmenu.cpp and Strategic/Scheduling.cpp kept their own
call-site extern of gszScheduleActions as CHAR16[NUM_SCHEDULE_ACTIONS][20]
after the real definition changed into a rebindable pointer
(CHAR16 (*)[20], LanguageStrings.cpp). MSVC decays the outer array
dimension when mangling globals, so both declarations produce the same
symbol (?gszScheduleActions@@3PAY0BE@_WA) and the mismatch linked
silently -- but the array-typed TUs then indexed the 4-byte pointer
slot itself as string data, so the editor schedule popup and the map
schedule message text read garbage.

-

add text.def to be single-source of truth on symbol names and use it
 .much simpler, less error prone if adding more strings

-

add pseudo interface for language state. MAX_SAGES_ON_BOTTOM must always
 change in lockstep with g_lang. this isn't foolproof but better

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-21 05:33:03 -03:00
2025-01-05 07:57:57 -03:00
2025-01-02 08:02:52 -03:00
2023-01-10 13:50:05 +01:00

JA2 v1.13




JA2 v1.13



Preamble

Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13 is a modification for the Jagged Alliance 2 game.

Original development was done through SVN, this however ended abruptly in 2022, to keep the development going the step to Github has been made.

Feel free to participate in the development!

For more information you can visit the following locations:

In case of any issues, look at Reports or Participation

Downloads

Note

All-in-one releases come for different languages and include JA2 v1.13, the Map Editor and JA2 Unfinished Business.

Visit the releases page to download the latest all-in-one.

Installation

  1. Install the original Jagged Alliance 2

  2. Download the latest all-in-one release and copy its content to JA2 game directory. Overwrite when asked.

  3. Modify ini settings if you like.

  4. Play the game.

    Some additional information on can be found in folder "docs" inside download.

    If you face issues with higher resolutions, alt+tab not working, blackscreen, etc.,
    run the "cnc-ddraw-config.exe" in game-folder and adjust settings to your liking.
    (those issues can occur due to the combination of old game and modern OS/hardware, cnc-ddraw helps to avoid those)

Visual Studio setup

  1. Run Visual Studio 2019 or newer.
  2. Clone and open the location with the source code using one of these two options:
    • Click Clone a repository
      • Enter git@github.com:1dot13/source.git or https://github.com/1dot13/source.git in the Repository location field, select the path you want to clone the repository to and click Clone.
      • Double-click on Folder View in the Solution Explorer
    • Click Open a local folder
      • Use this option if you already cloned the repository yourself.
  3. Visual Studio will automatically detect the CMake configuration files and will run the CMake generation. There will bet a CMake error in the logs saying No existing preset was found, copied a preset template to [some_path]. This is normal and only happens once.
  4. Click on the dropdown that says x64-Debug and select Manage configurations.... This should trigger Visual Studio to load the CMakeUserPresets.json file it just copied. Now you can close the window for managing the configurations.
  5. The x64-Debug option should have been replaced by 1dot13 Debug. Click it and select Manage configurations... again. Here is where you configure the language for the built executables as well as which ones to build, Most important, here is where you set CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY to the path to your JA2 1.13 installation. This will be used for debugging. Note that the path needs to have a working 1.13 installation, and that includes the 1.13 game data.
  6. You can use Build -> Build All to build the executables you selected in the configuration.

Reports

For more information and reports, visit Bug reports at Bear's Pit Forum or join the Bear's Pit Discord

Participation

Feel free to participate on GitHub. If you want to know how, or simply wanna share your thoughts on a topic join the Bear's Pit Discord

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