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Hi everyone,

I've been playing Jagged Alliance 2 on and off for more than a decade, mostly v1.12 and Wildfire, and over the years I kept running into the same problem: a lot of the game's mechanics are either undocumented, mixed across versions, or only half-remembered in old forum posts.

So over the last months I started putting together a small, mechanics-first reference site for JA2 and Wildfire. It's not meant to be a walkthrough or a "best build" guide, but a place where things like interrupts, accuracy, vision, suppression, AI behavior, and version differences are written down in one place.

The site is open source and alive here: jas-guide.pages.dev

Some sections are still incomplete and my writing is far from perfect, but the goal is to make it something that players, modders, and even engine developers can actually refer to.

In particular, I tried to document the real differences between JA2 v1.12 and Wildfire, since that causes a lot of confusion when people talk about balance, bugs, or difficulty.

If you notice anything that's wrong, missing, or doesn't match how you remember the game, I'd genuinely appreciate the corrections — I'd like this to be as accurate as possible.

Thanks, and it's great to see that this game still has a community after all these years.

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Re: Mechanics & version-difference reference for JA2 (v1.12 vs Wildfire)[message #366753 is a reply to message #366752] Mon, 02 February 2026 06:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Very nice work on the website Tony. The game manual has been lost to ages but it lives again in your website. Probably can also be found online. It's been many years since i've used Dr Q Huaong But if memory serves me right, somewhere in the game he mentions that he is Korean, not Chinese. You may want to correct that part. If i find any more inaccuracies i'll be keeping in touch.


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Re: Mechanics & version-difference reference for JA2 (v1.12 vs Wildfire)[message #366756 is a reply to message #366753] Tue, 03 February 2026 04:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Colt .45 Peacemaker wrote on Mon, 02 February 2026 12:54
Very nice work on the website Tony. The game manual has been lost to ages but it lives again in your website. Probably can also be found online. It's been many years since i've used Dr Q Huaong But if memory serves me right, somewhere in the game he mentions that he is Korean, not Chinese. You may want to correct that part. If i find any more inaccuracies i'll be keeping in touch.
Dr. Q's nationality should be listed as Chinese, based on the _Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire manual_ .  
The Steam release of Wildfire includes this manual.  

I've uploaded the manual here:   https://github.com/tony9527167/jas-guide/discussions/4

[Updated on: Tue, 03 February 2026 04:51]

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Re: Mechanics & version-difference reference for JA2 (v1.12 vs Wildfire)[message #366766 is a reply to message #366756] Sat, 07 February 2026 13:56 Go to previous message
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Wildfire came out years after the vanilla JA2. When Grizzly says that he doesn't like chinese people, referring  to DR Q, Dr Q is defending himself by saying it himself, that he is Korean. I wouldn't go by a mod that came out years later from the original game. Been playing the vanilla game since 1999. Anyway, no argument here, i prefer to stick with the original source of things. Same as in movies, they tend to stray from the books/comics, that they come from.


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