Hardcoded Changes

As EternalJK is a total engine replacement, many hardcoded changes have been implemented to improve quality of life when playing Jedi Academy.

Keybinds & Commands

  • You can now bind key combinations using an Alt / Ctrl / Shift modifier key. For example, bind ctrl+x kill will make Ctrl + X perform kill.
  • You can now bind the right-side Alt / Ctrl / Shift keys separately from the left-side keys. For example, bind rctrl kill will make the right-side Ctrl key perform kill. Don’t worry, your existing configuration is still 100% compatible — if no binding is specifically set for the right-side key, then the generic binding is used. The left-side key always uses the generic binding.
  • Nested quotation marks are now supported in commands and binds, allowing for easier and more robust configuration. This allows entering commands like bind a “bind b “set c “d ; e” ; say “hello there”””

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed various Linux compiling problems and related crashes
  • Fixed null skin name crash
  • Water wake shader fix from Circa
  • Textureless MP Swoop fix from MagSul
  • Jawa sound fixes from eezstreet
  • Broken effects fixes
  • Weapon charge sounds now accurately reflect their charge times
  • Reduced NPCs choppy/laggy movement
  • Chat/console now support [shift+]ctrl+backspace/del/left/right shortcuts

Shader Overrides

  • If there are two shaders sharing the same name, the one that was found in a file later on JKA file list (phone book order) takes precedence. For example if there is a shader called gfx/2d/charsgrid_med in both shaders/original.shader and shaders/fonts.shader only the shader found in shaders/original.shader will be used then.
  • Before this change, combining multiple mods that target shaders from the same .shader file was impossible without merging the shaders of all the mods into one shader that is a complete copy of the base shader it originally existed in. This made it a hassle to use multiple mods that were designed to apply new shaders to base assets.

Vulkan Renderer

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