Q: What do all these strange acronyms and abbreviations mean?

A: Their meanings are as follows:

• NCTH: New chance to hit system (see Here for overview.)
• UDB: Ultra Description box (even more details.)
• SCI: Single Click Installer
• S.T.O.M.P.: Sandro's Traits and Other Modifications Project
• NSGI: New Starting Gear Interface
• NAS: New Attachment System
• MPSVN: Multi-Player Sub Version
• Vanilla: Original unmodded version of JA
• UB: Unfinished Business
• JA21.13: The backbone for countless mods, a version of the game made by JA fans for JA fans. Contains very customizable game editors and many fixes/improvements.
• SVN: Subversion, See post above.
• EDB: Enhanced description box ( Created by Headrock, it offers a lot more detail on weapons and items in game, now part of the main SVN download.
• DCA: Drassen Counter Attack (A feature turned off in Vanilla, Deidranna seeks revenge with an iron fist!
• OIV: Old inventory (Classic JA inv.)
• NIV: New inventory which employs the use of LBE to store and carry equipment.
• LBE: Load bearing equipment ( Used in conjunction with NIV)
• PCM: Playable character mod ( Created by The Scorpion, this allows you to play with several previously unusable characters.)
• Dbb/Cosplay: A weapons/item mod which adds a lot of new stuff to the game.
• Possum Dbb: A version of Dbb altered by Old Possum
• WF6.06: Wildfire/1.13 Hybrid
• A.I.M.: Alpha Item mod, A weapon/item mod by Smeagol for WF6.06, includes a lot of mergable items.
• HAM: Headrock's assorted mods, a collection of changes that deals with suppression tactics and a whole range of other optional adjustments.
• 100AP System: A new version of the "Action Point" system that replaced the old 25AP's. There are threads explaining how to switch between the two.
• Proedit: A tool that comes with 1.13 to edit the Prof.Dat, this allows you to change everything from the colour of your MErcs Hair to their skills etc...
• Prof.Dat: The file that contains all the info about Mercs/NPC's, for use with 1.13 please look up a thread as you need to change the name of the Prof.dat to suit the difficulty level you are using.
• INI Editor: A tool that comes with 1.13 which can be used to alter most aspects of gameplay, from how often it rains to the amount of cash you start with.
• XML Editor: A tool that comes with 1.13 that allows you to alter items/enemy gun choices and much more.
• NGAP: (New Gun Attachment Points)
• SMP: Stable Modding Platform
• SCI's: Single Click Installers
• BR/BR's: Bobby Ray's
• ARs: Assault Rifles
• GLs: Grenade Launchers