Usually losing a saber lock just knocks you to the ground. But once you get below around 40 HP and get into a saber lock it could be life or death. You lose at this point in your health and it won't matter how fast you can recover. A spin-off of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy allows players to create their own Jedi, train in the Academy under the tutelage of Luke Skywalker and Kyle Katarn and ultimately choose to follow the path of the Light Side or the Dark Side of the Force.

I'd like to make the suggestion to re-activate the saber clashes onto the server. I've noticed they have been gone for awhile and its quite sad to see that such a powerful roleplay tool was removed. I have heard that apparently it was removed as 'It did not require skill to win' and caused spars to end quickly. I'm sorry if i'm being blunt, but JEDI is not about skill so this is not a valid reason to remove it. Sadly the server has become overwhelmed with members sparring, and simply saying 'Well met' after each spar, and no this is not just targeted at students, Knights are just as bad for this. I feel that the saber clashes adds that extra buzz to roleplay, and gives you something to speak about after a spar. It creates atmosphere and draws you into the spar. I think removing it was a big mistake.
I've not only suggested this to get it activated, but also to find out why it was removed. I am getting the feeling that it was complained about by the members who take sparring more seriously on a OOC level and hence complained so they could have that JK3 experience of sparring. I'm sorry, but this is JEDI and we should focus the servers around immersion and granting that roleplay experience, not OOC spars and a console full of 'Well mets'.
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By bloodthirstydood
Date: 05-29-2008
Version: (v1.5 / v3.1)

Jedi Academy Saber Lock Mod

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Yellow Saber Jedi

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Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy MULTIPLAYER/SINGLEPLAYER combat mod
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TITLE: bloodPLUS
Author: bloodthirstydood
E-mail: micsareforsinging@gmail.com
Website: *none*
Two files: bloodPLUS1.5.pk3 (1.1 MB) and bloodPLUS3.1.pk3 (1.2 MB)
Released May 2008
'Structions:
Drop one of the .pk3s into your Jedi Academy/Gamedata/base folder and fire up the game. This mod works with both singleplayer and multiplayer. Only use one of the variants at a time, though - don't use both 1.5 and 3.1 - to avoid problems.
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Description:
This mod attempts to provide a more immersive hack-slash experience than the default sparks and sparkles that get chucked out when you stab someone normally (or shoot - this mod works with guns as well, with the exception of the Stouker). I was obsessed with the game BloodRayne at the time of authoring this so it may bear some resemblance. This mod comes in two versions - 1.5 and 3.1.
1.5 - lots of big, wide sprites (I think that's what they're called) all over the place; emphasis on volume and area coverage. Extreme dismemberment and small red puff-clouds on gun and saber impacts. Saber impact and particle splatting sounds may be a little loud, but I like the explosive water-baloon-popping sort of aura they help create.
3.1 - a move toward smaller textures that spurt more often. More diversity within the sprites themselves and a trend toward more splatter but less red (less ground coverage). Same amount of dismemberment. Added tails (for us nerds who know what those are) to go jetting out on saber hits and paste small bits of gore wherever they land. The downside is that with so many more images getting drawn everywhere, the game erases old sprites in order to let the new ones land, so sometimes it looks like the blood's evaporating wicked fast as new blood lands on the ground. For this reason, 3.1 may be more suited to single player, when there tends to be more time between killings. The sounds in 3.1 are a bit less splooshy and more splattery.
This mod also declares 'helpusobi 1' to facilitate singleplayer cheating.
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CREDIT
to Jedi_Mediator for a few great textures that are present (in pieces) in this mod
to Dark_Maul for the Bloody_Dismemberment mod that I patterned after
to the game BloodRayne for overall inspiration and as a model for sound and gore aesthetics
to the developers of GIMP (for the GIMP)
to the JKA community for mods that helped me learn the shader syntax
BUGS: not a bug, but the blood is a bit much if you decide to use a gun. Unrealistic.
COMMENTS: Enjoy, and feel free to bust it open and use anything in your own mod. You don't have to let me know, but I'd really like to see what gets done with my stuff. Drop me an email or something. Thanks.
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THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION, RAVEN, OR
LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS
ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.
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