Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge


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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The game was originally made with the Jagged Alliance IP in mind, with the working title being Jagged Alliance 3D.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

Move, delete or rename file^[3]
Go to `<path-to-game>\basis\video`. Move, delete or rename `logo.bik`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\system.cfg^{[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>^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33500/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz / Celeron 440 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 3800+	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 / 6200 ATI Radeon 9600 Pro / HD 2400 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

[gamedir-4] 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).

[Proton_path_note-5] 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.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (33500) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] 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

[2] MiST land - South -> Projects (archived) - last accessed on 2023-08-08

[3] Verified by User:Plok on 2023-08-08

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Developers

	GFI Russia
Publishers
	GFI
Retail (Russia)	Russobit-M
Retail (Germany)	Morphicon
Retail (USA)	Tri Synergy
Retail (Poland)	TopWare Poland
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