Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge
Developers | |
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GFI Russia | |
Publishers | |
GFI | |
Retail (Russia) | Russobit-M |
Retail (Germany) | Morphicon |
Retail (USA) | Tri Synergy |
Retail (Poland) | TopWare Interactive |
Steam | Kalypso Media Digital |
Current | Matrix Games |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 19, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | Tactical RPG |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Jagged Alliance |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Jagged Alliance | 1995 |
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games | 1996 |
Jagged Alliance 2 | 1999 |
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business | 2000 |
Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire | 2004 |
Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge (unofficial) | 2007 |
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action | 2012 |
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire | 2012 |
Jagged Alliance Online | 2013 |
Jagged Alliance Flashback | 2014 |
Jagged Alliance Online: Reloaded | 2015 |
Jagged Alliance: Rage! | 2018 |
Jagged Alliance 3 | 2023 |
Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a singleplayer bird's-eye view Tactical RPG game in the Jagged Alliance series.
The game was originally made with the Jagged Alliance IP in mind, with the working title being Jagged Alliance 3D. After an agreement with Strategy First was cancelled in September 2006[1], in the same quarter the game was supposed to have originally been released[2], it was renamed to Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge internationally, and ДЖАЗ: Работа по найму (Jazz: Mercenary Work) in the Russian-speaking market, released through multiple different publishers since October 2007. While the more obvious Jagged Alliance references were cut, some elements like the password for the in-game I.P.A. website (renamed I.M.P. from Jagged Alliance) being identical, and some mercenaries being little more than renamed versions of the originals visually and functionally.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | American English version. | |||
Retail | UK/European English version. Can not be updated to v1.09.000 due to the omission of a serial key requirement. | |||
Retail | StarForce 5 DRM in Russian version. | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
---|---|
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The most common official patch is 1.08, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch is 1.09, and is available from Matrix Games. Not applicable to the UK/European English version, as it requires a serial key not provided by this release.
Skip intro video
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles\<user-id>\*.dat[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33500/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\profiles\<user-id>\*.sav[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33500/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Highest FPS limit is 60. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | Camera scrolling only. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Background, effects, speech, music, interface. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Intro is not subtitled, in-game dialogue is text-only. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
German | Retail only. | |||
Italian | Retail only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Russian | Retail only. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (33500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Strategy First - Press - STRATEGY FIRST TERMINATES THEIR AGREEMENT WITH GAME FACTORY INTERACTIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAGGED ALLIANCE GAMES. (archived) - last accessed on 2023-08-08
- ↑ MiST land - South -> Projects (archived) - last accessed on 2023-08-08
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-08-08