JK2MV

Jedi Outcast's multiplayer never really left, but its community is split across versions. Servers run 1.02, 1.03 or 1.04, and the original game can only join the one it is patched to. JK2MV removes that problem: it is a modified client and server that speaks all three from a single executable, so you pick a server and join it.

The rest brings a 2002 game into the present. It supports modern resolutions and desktop scaling, a widescreen interface and high-resolution fonts, plus raw mouse input, which matters a lot in a game where saber fights turn on tiny movements. Lightsabers get dynamic glow, gamma correction is improved, and old sound problems are fixed through OpenAL. A key press minimizes the game in fullscreen, a small thing that the original handled badly.

Most JK2 maps, skins and code mods still work, and in-game HTTP downloads fetch what a server needs after asking your permission. Demo recorders get fast AVI capture too. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS and FreeBSD, on x86 and ARM, under the GPL version 2. It is a client rather than a whole game, so you still need Jedi Outcast itself.