Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

Developers
	Sir-Tech Canada
Publishers
Retail (USA)	Sir-Tech
Retail (Europe)	Virgin Interactive
GOG.com, Zoom Platform	Strategy First
Steam	THQ Nordic
Release dates
DOS	August 30, 1996
Windows (DOSBox)	November 11, 2008
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	April 23, 2014
Linux (DOSBox)	April 23, 2014
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	Tactical RPG
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Jagged Alliance

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games is a standalone expansion for Jagged Alliance. It does not require the original game to play. Aside from new missions, characters, weapons and terrain types, Deadly Games introduces a multiplayer mode and map/campaign editors.

General information

Official Discord server for game series

Jagged Alliance Wiki

The Bear's Pit unofficial forums for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate		Gold Edition (with Jagged Alliance)
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Green Man Gaming		Gold Edition (with Jagged Alliance)
Humble Store		Gold Edition (with Jagged Alliance)
Steam		Gold Edition (with Jagged Alliance). Pre-packaged with DOSBox. Obsolete unpatched version.
ZOOM Platform		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

Demo versions

Free demo versions are available from Archive.org: online version, CD version.

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch 1.13z is available at soggi.org and The Bear's Pit.

Steam users need to follow this guide to install the latest official patch 1.13z.

Skip intro videos

Edit configuration file

Go to <path-to-game>. Edit the appropriate configuration or batch file from the list below with a text editor. Remove the entire line which contains the INTRO references. Save the changes. The game will now go directly to the main menu. The configuration file depends on the version of the game: Retail: DEADLY.BAT (for singleplayer) CONNECT.BAT (for multiplayer) Steam: Installed\DEADLY\DEADLY.BAT GOG.com: dosboxjadg_single.conf (for singleplayer) dosboxjadg_client.conf (for multiplayer client) dosboxjadg_server.conf (for multiplayer server) ZOOM Platform: z_jadg.bat

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\DG.CFG <path-to-game>\SOUND.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.SAV
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound and Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Enabled by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian				Retail only
German				Retail only; download for digital releases.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		4	Co-op One player is IPX server, all the others connect to him as IPX clients
Online play		4	Co-op Use Classic Gaming Arena

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		IPX connection.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	213 (default IPXnet server port)

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

System requirements

DOS

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	5.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 486 66 MHz
System memory (RAM)	8 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz		1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB		512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible		DirectX 9 compatible