The latest development journal for the turn-based mercenary game Jagged Alliance 3 introduces a couple of interesting features, the first being mod support, which is especially important given that Jagged Alliance 2 was kept alive by mods. 1.13 Mods "enhance what we have, increase maximum resolution, add hundreds of new weapons, add appreciated super items like ghillie suits and depleted uranium shells, reorganize hotkeys, and change AI so that enemies will flank better, hide more often, climb rooftops, and use suppressive fire . to better flank, hide more often, climb rooftops, and use suppressive fire."

Jagged Alliance 3 will receive mod support as part of the post-launch update, the development journal explains: "Modders will have access to the tools we use internally to create content for mercenaries, weapons, items, quests, voice responses, etc.

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Modders can use JA3's Appearance Editor tool to create new mercenaries and NPCs using existing assets or export new models and animations created in Blender." To create a fully fleshed out mercenary, modelers will want to upload 2D portraits (large and small) and create voice responses for the mercenary. We look forward to seeing what mercenaries the community comes up with!" The map editor and quest editor will follow in another update.

Another feature detailed in the post is co-op multiplayer, which will allow two players to experience a campaign together, with one starting anew or the other joining an existing single-player campaign. as Haemimont Games explains According to Haemimont Games, "There is no functional difference between co-op and single-player saves. Both players can also load saves (autosaves or manual saves) made during co-op and continue in single-player"

. [Either player may interact with NPCs, but the other may suggest dialogue options in the UI. [My first exposure to Jagged Alliance was the multiplayer mode of Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games also had a scenario and campaign editor. It's nice to see similar features live on in this sequel, and it looks much more promising than other Jagged Alliance games in recent years.

Jagged Alliance 3 will be released on Steam and GOG on July 14.