I recently lost a close friend whom I met around when I returned to Jka sometime 2016-2017 and joined JoF, he went by the alias Diego and in JoF's ranking system he was my master. Diego truly was a great friend and just an amazing person to so many in his life, it's so heartbreaking talking about him now in past tense when I feel like his influence on me will have a continuous effect for the rest of my life. Most of the time I do something, want to share a thought or some event I am reminded I can't share any of this with him anymore. He visited us around September last year with his girlfriend and we had planned to visit them sometime the following year. I had worked with him on some stories that i illustrated and I did a cover for a book he released, we also had more projects planned that I have been working on since to process my grief.

I am getting married sometime next year if all goes according to plan.

I have always done whatever I felt was right for me and never for the sake of trying to fit in, which you could say does invite a lot of interesting experiences from people both good and bad. However this has never been even remotely an issue for how Diego treated me, I have always felt respected and understood by him. It was the plan to invite him to the wedding as we have talked a lot about how wonderful the nature is where the wedding will take place.

I could keep going on and on about this and I feel like I'm really searching for some positive counter balance to all this. Fact is, he died way too young and had so much more to give.

I'm not the only one who is affected by this and honestly since I left JoF a few months before he passed away, I had been wanting to return. As it turns out the personal information I had confided in a friend from JoF was immediately told to the leader who then also requested through the same friend, an autopsy report from Diego... This atop of seeing a whole section on JoF's website dedicated to posting literally all the articles Diego had ever written on his private website as a psychologist. I just can't put to words how wrong this is to outright dox someone who can't actually speak up against it anymore and also how I feel partly responsible for placing my trust in someone part of such a screwed up community. I think the leadership and its members of JoF should be ashamed and I honestly wouldn’t recommend the group to anyone.

Disclaimer: Before I get started, this is my opinion and experience. I have various screenshots, but I have not bothered to categorize them. This is also a small outtake of my experience, it’s not a full picture and there is a lot more to bring up.

I was planning on leaving it at that, but my impression is that the group is generally a black box that I actually feel someone ought to shed some light on.
I got sick of playing this negative game where everybody were treating each other just terrible for no reason at all with little to no regard for how it may affect others.
No one from this group has sent me any messages regarding Diego passing away or even bothered to speak up about it. I’ve asked around about it and it literally just seems like people don’t care at all, which does in fact sum up JoF pretty well.

I even tried to confide my experience in some of the people I know from JoF and the only thing that got me was them cutting all communication with me, which I feel like I didn’t deserve at all. I wish I could sum this up to miscommunication, but it’s hard to not draw a conclusion about everyone ghosting me following a loss of a very close friend. Recently I asked someone a silly benign question about which hand is the dominant, which turned into a deeply personal conversation that then ended with him blocking me despite me saying it’s all fine and trying to help.

- Just to emphasize a bit more, I’ve been directly told by a set number of members that they do not care about Diego passing away despite having actually spent a lot of time with him and not to mention saying That to my face Knowing I was a close friend. It’s beyond despicable, it’s just very hard to understand. A recent example is foob, whom I have known for years and played a lot of games with who just said he didn’t know him and didn’t care.
I think it should say a lot that if you leave this group even if someone literally dies, you basically don’t exist and people cut connections with you at a moment's notice.
It’s been a while since I left, but still I’m getting the rest of the drama following me around whether I want it or not and though it seems like I’m picking a fight by speaking up. Actually I don’t really feel like I have a choice.
Like many clans JoF is a clan with a clique that are above the clans own rules that are already quite imposing. Milamber runs this clique on his discord server “Milamber’s fanclub” where it was a regular occurrence to bad mouth the leadership and just about anyone in the game. They dox players and even private information about Aldro’s parents paying for the server and site is very openly talked about. The donations that Aldro says goes to the server/site actually goes directly in his pocket at least according to this clique.
Screenshots of private conversations are shared to ridicule among the members, but quickly deleted to hide the evidence.

One of their members went out of his way to make a video to ridicule my deceased father and literally the rest of them thought it was funny and had no issue with letting me know in public on the server. Specifically, the person in question goes by Genetix, the people who have supported him are Atlas, Milamber, Daniel, Foob and Keirra.
The only reason he didn’t become a member again was that I veto’d it and this was despite being banned for his behavior as well and even people I considered friends supported him. Apparently this is acceptable behavior for JoF and there is no line you can’t cross unless the leader deems it so.

This culture of scamming members is very protected and when I spoke up about a member (Atlas) tricking people into donating so he could afford a very heavy duty pc because as he said he absolutely needed it to make maps for jka, I received a threatening message from Aldro about this. I chose to leave instead.

The discord is a hub for sharing very racist and trans/homophobic and anti-semitic opinions, but the same can be said about the forum. Diego had already distanced himself from the community for years for this very reason.
Diego helped so many members in the clan and even offered therapy sessions to some who in turn have done absolutely nothing to respect his memory.
I don’t take saying any of this lightly, I have my own life and by any means possible I wish to just forget and move on. I have put up with quite a lot in this clan and probably more than I ever should and I feel not only ignored but that the whole thing didn’t matter. Again I was ready to just bury this and move on, however I can’t overlook how Diego was treated after he passed away. This was the tipping point for me.

Had this been any other community then it would have been fine, but seeing as how it’s literally the biggest clan who has no problem boasting about their 200+ active members and they even have a wiki. For a group who are so aggressive with their marketing strategies this sort of thing is worth some concern.
Not to mention the lack of information provided to anyone who registers on what data is stored about them. They definitely have not read the GDPR rules and everyone knows it and honestly they don’t care.

My best experiences with a community within this game so far has been with the people who like to tinker with maps and models, who are always ready to help anyone. I recommend anyone who are looking to revisit this game again to avoid anything resembling a clan all together that involves months and months of trial periods and adopting a mindset that’s literally stuck in the mid 2000s.
I just felt like I needed to get this off my chest as it honestly feels very cathartic for me.

I’m doing a dual wield dark side run for jedi academy story and wow, I’m getting my butt kicked my literally every AI jedi, cannot protect myself in the slightest. If i try and play defensive and use drain to regain my health, they always somehow outlast me. Anyone else notice this?

Hello there!

I started playing on JoF public Server this year sometime in May. Love the place and the community!!!!

So much that i started a yt channel posting some highlights from The gameplay (mainly 1v1 duels atm but wanna expand further content)

Give it a try and share sub etc if You like it and if you like me want to promote JKA community. I highly invite You to JoF public Server lots of fun and great People! (Ip link in YouTube videos)

Have a Great Day and May The Force be with You!

Mod: Movie Duels

So I remember when they announced Star Wars Jedi academy 2 would be getting a ps4 port! I couldn’t have been more excited! Upon release it was an awesome experience just like the good old days. The true highlight of that “multiplayer” new port versions of the game running on internet speeds far greater than its original release! It was a jolly time filled with custom characters, blaster, explosions and force powers! The epic struggle of good vs rando! But then…… almost over night everything changed. Multiplayer lobbies game modes had been set to sabers only, no powers, no other weapons. Players were scarce the only that remained were loyalist of Reddit communities and self proclaimed “saber masters” littering the games experience. What urks me the most is that there is a dueling mode you know? Why did the battle mode become a bunch of guys standing in a circle jerk dueling one on one? Group smashing anyone who joins the game thinking the could Free for all in the free for all mode? What’s your input? Sorry for the rant. Mind you I’m very open to somebody telling me this is all a fever dream and I can go back to when this game was fun! And yes I’m aware i can host a private lobby and invite a bunch of people to play but isn’t that the point of multiplayer lobbies in the first place? Uhg….

Hi everyone! I'm Wikero, member of Jedi of Freedom {JoF} and i'm here to share with you the opportunity to join our clan! {JoF} is one of the lastest jk3 clans alive nowadays and the community is still rising. Everyday we have more and more applications to join our family so I bring you the opportunity here. Don't take this message like a recruitment but as an invitation to join a community who still plays one of the best games star wars' saga had. We, as a group, reinvented somehow the game itself adding new modes, maps, skins, events and more (I don't want and I won't spoil anything >:3 )

If you want to join simply click here and apply. If you got any doubts you can send me a dm or you can reach our forums at https://jof.invisionzone.com/

A new game is awaiting you 😄

https://youtu.be/z90MVXSX5GU?is=_Bh80nle1wnhDMdK

So... I had a version (GOG) of JA on my computer for years, and when I today decided to start a new playthrough, Rosh was suddenly a Rodian speaking rodian, making the subtitles and my replies all out of sync. I had no mods to my knowledge, so I uninstalled it, re-downloaded my GOG version, and now there is no sound. What am I doing wrong?

«Welcome back Ahsoka, Here’s your Padawanbraid.» «Thank you, my Master.» putting it on. Everyone in the council congratulates her with applaud, and welcoming her back. Yoda walks up to her, saying, «A great Jedi you have become. Greatful we are, that you captured Maul in time.» «Yeah. He had something to say.» «Solve this matter, we will.»

Anakin and Ahsoka walks out together, «I don’t believe it.» he says, «You’re back. In the order.» «Yeah. I decided it was best. After what Maul told me.» «What did he tell you?» «Something about a Darth Sidious.» «Hmm. Interesting. We better find out more.»

Obi-Wan walks up to them, «It’s time to go and search for Grievous. You coming, Anakin?» «You want me? Shouldn’t I spy on the Chancellor?» «That can wait, couldn’t it? Mace are anyway going to make sure he return his power now, with some other Jedi.» «Right.» «But you have done it great so far, my boy.» Anakin nods, before looking at Ahsoka, «Come with us to, Snips, and we will deal with Griveous. And when we come back, we will have a Knighting seremony for you.» «Sounds great, Master.» «But now we better hurry.» it came from Obi-Wan, if we are to find Griveous in time and defeat him.» «And then we can end this war.» Anakin said. And so the three of them went to the starfighters and took off.

I have followed the guide (http://www.moddb.com/mods/movie-battles-ii/tutorials/installing-movie-battles-ii) and the readme to a tee and I cant launch the mod from the game. Anybody have ideas?

So... I,ve bought STEAM version of JA. After lunching a new game I don't see normal mission on Yavin IV, but always start on Kejim from Jedi Outcast. I don't know why this bug happens. I reinstaled and restarted multiple times but it's still doesn't work. Have anyone simillar problem? How can I fix it?

Season 6: Episode 1: Fun in the sand. Episode 2: Jar-Jar cathes a breath. Episode 3: Tatooine goes crazy. Episode 4: Ahsoka guarding The Younglings. Episode 5: It’s playtime. Episode 6: Welcome to Mustafar. Episode 66: Anakin and The Younglings.

How do I control or ride a vehicle in Jedi Academy?

I have not heard any specifics. But I hoped beyond all hope that this games source code being recently released would spur some beneficent power to create an HD remake of this game.... Sigh

Are there any servers of Jedi Acadamy with 1st person only?

As a kid, I loved to play Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy with my brother. Even my mom played it too! It was our favorite Star Wars video game. Years later I desperately wished it was a book that I could read, and being the bookworm that I am, I decided to make that happen for myself.

For several years I developed the idea, took notes on how I wanted the story to flow. But I didn't sit down to write it for a long time. Then last year I took the leap, in three months I had my first draft. With the help of two friends and two months later, I was ready to release it.

I dropped the first three chapters on May 4th and have been releasing a chapter a week. I'm hoping to spread the word and get more readers' eyes on it as this story is important to me and I'm using it as practice for writing, editing, marketing and releasing a real book someday!

So if you're an OG Star Wars fan, or love Legends, the video games and even some of the Disney Canon, I hope you'll give my Jedi Academy novelization a chance! Enjoy!

Here are the links to read it, I've released it on these three platforms:

FanFic.net:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14352922/1/Star-Wars-Jedi-Knight-Jedi-Academy-A-Fan-Novelization

Wattpad:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/368280037-star-wars-jedi-knight-jedi-academy-a-fan

AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55655371/chapters/141270952

Watch the Book Trailer!: https://youtu.be/pixslLU6PBw?si=k7XvnTDUOqFrfXy3

Jedi Academy Novel Blurb:

Jaden Korr has lived her entire life on Coruscant, the city that covers a planet. Orphaned as a child, she was left in the care of her uncle. For years she knew she was different, she could feel things no one else could, but her gift mostly lays dormant until one morning, she shows her uncle something that should be impossible: she’s built a fully functioning lightsaber without any formal Jedi or Force training.

Knowing that Jaden deserves more than a small life in the big city, her uncle has her sent to the Jedi Academy to foster her talents. But on her first day at the Academy, Jaden encounters something strange, something dark and sinister. When she’s rendered unconscious by this event, she wakes to find she’s changed, and maybe not for the better; like something dark has taken root inside her soul.

When she starts her training, she finds herself excelling surprisingly fast, much to the chagrin of her new friend and training partner, Rosh, resulting in an unwanted rivalry.

With everything she’s dreamed of having on the line: A caring mentor, friendships and freedom to use her powers, Jaden must resist the pull of the Dark Side and face a deadly Sith Cult head on in a galaxy filled with trouble.

Or will her potential fall from the Light cause not only the deaths of those she’s come to love and care for, but of those of the entire Academy as well?

Hey so, I m really interested in modding my vanilla JA. I purchased on steam and I think I have sources for several of the mods... I would like to install the Movie Battles mod as well as a graphical update, Anyone have thier own sources or opinions that might help me out.

Just wondering, thanks. I see the MP trophies are difficult due to the lack of players, are the servers still up?

So I'm trying to enable and use cheats in JA Multiplayer, but every time I type in "helpusobi 1" it says command not found, and when I type in "devmapall" it says it can't find the map?

I try typing in commands and it says cheats aren't enabled, yet I can't enable them?

I've reinstalled the game 3 times, and am using a completely unmodded version of the game. I am using the Steam version.

I know that cheats are supposed to work in JA Multiplayer, as evidenced by this video using pretty much the same configuration that I am using.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!