Brigade E5: New Jagged Union

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Brigade E5: New Jagged Union

Developers
	Apeiron
Publishers
North America	Strategy First
	1C Company
Release dates
Windows	July 29, 2005

Brigade E5

Brigade E5: New Jagged Union	2005
7.62 High Calibre	2007
7.62: Reloaded	2008
7.62 Hard Life	2014

Key points

While a separate game with a different story line, 7,62 High Calibre is an improved version of Brigade E5 based on the same engine.

Since the game was mostly popular in Russia, most of the community, mods and information about the game is not available in English language.

Native modding support.

Various game bugs remain unsolved without an unofficial patch.

General information

Official website (retrieved)

The Brigade E5 Unofficial Home Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate
Steam

Steam version contains the latest patch 1.13.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Intro videos can be disabled in configuration utility by unchecking Video option in configuration utility. Alternatively you can do that by manually editing the configuration file.

Edit Config.e5c[citation needed] Go to the installation folder. Open Config.e5c with a text editor. Find the ShowVideo parameter. Int the same line change 1 value to 0.

Immortal Badass Mod

Contains unofficial patch, new weapons and changes various game aspects, making game a bit harder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Config.e5c <path-to-game>\AutoCamera.cfg <path-to-game>\keys.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/296210/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Saves
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/296210/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External General settings.

External Special settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Only 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960 and 1600x1200 resolutions are selectable from the in-game, the rest have to chosen from configuration utility.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Only 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x960 and 1600x1200 resolutions are selectable from the in-game, the rest have to chosen from configuration utility.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Game always runs in borderless window.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Key combinations and system buttons are excluded from this process (Print Screen, Scroll Lock, Pause and Num Lock, Windows buttons, as well as additional and non-standard buttons of various keyboards). Also it is impossible re-assign mouse buttons or the mouse wheel.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		You can adjust Sound Effect volume (blasts, gunshots and other similar sounds), Music volume, and Ambient volume (environmental sounds - birds singing etc.)
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German
Polish				Retail only.
Russian				Original language of the game.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	unknown
UDP	unknown

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Missing music and characters voiceovers

Enable the following compatibility settings for the E5.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 3)) The Steam overlay will not work after applying this fix. Locate the E5 executable file. It can be found in <path-to-game>\E5.exe. Use Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode. Example for Windows 10: Right-click the E5.exe file icon and choose Properties from the context menu that appears. Click on the Compatibility tab. Select the Run this program in compatibility mode for: checkbox and select Windows XP (Service Pack 3) from the list below.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Console commands

List of console commands and explanations (in Polish) can be found in post [179] and [180] in this thread.

Console commands can be typed in the game by opening the console with ~.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)