[a2daj]

Here are two ways to enabling insane dismembering in Jedi Academy SP. You cannot use the method used in Jedi Outcast.

First Method: You can use a commandline method where you hold down shift when you start up JA. Type in the following on one line:

+set g_sabermorerealistic 3 +set helpusobi 1

Continue on starting up the game.


Second Method: Create a file called autoexec.cfg in the JA "base" folder either in your Application Suppport folder or the actual game folder.

In it add these two lines.

set g_sabermorerealistic 3
set helpusobi 1

The first line changes the write protected cvar g_sabermorerealistic from 0 to 3. At lvl 3, just touching someone with your saber without swing can make them fall apart. At lvl 2, you have to swing and defeat your opponent, but you can dismembering them more while they're dying. Not sure what 1 will do.

The second line will enable cheats before you start up any game. It is required for g_sabermorerealistic to work in game.

I prefer the second method because I can't seem to paste into the console using the shift method and I don't have to do that step every time.

[Tulkas]

Dismembering is already on actually (at 1 I believe). Basically its pretty hard to do but I have whacked off a arm or hand a couple times.

[SteevAK]

Saber dismembering was always too hard to do in Jedi Knight and in JK2. I mean . . . you'd think with a light saber slicing through armor and flesh there would be lots of body parts flying around.

[a2daj]

Originally posted by Tulkas:
Dismembering is already on actually (at 1 I believe). Basically its pretty hard to do but I have whacked off a arm or hand a couple times.

Note the use of the word insane in my description of dismembering...

[V]

I can't get it to work. Someone did?

[justinkim]

I had problems at first, too. Instead of:
+set g_sabermorerealistic 3 +set helpusobi 1

I did:
+set helpusobi 1 +set g_sabermorerealistic 3

at startup. Worked after that.

Beware that some strange game effects may happen. I dismembered an ally Jedi from across the room once. I also once dropped dead with no enemies anywhere near me.

[a2daj]

Which method did you try? I always use the text file method.

[V]

I've created a cfg file with TextEdit, wrote:

set g_sabermorerealistic 3
set helpusobi 1

Then I 've put it in the base folder. that didn't worked.

[justinkim]

Originally posted by a2daj:
Which method did you try? I always use the text file method.

The hold down shift at startup method.

[Grey Cell]

I have g_setsaberrealistic set at 2. Lots of dismembering, but no people falling apart as soon as you touch them.

And yes, I think you should put the helpusobi1 command first in your .cfg file. I had it the other way around and it didn't work for me either - I still had to type it in the command line every time I started a new character.