Brigador: Up-Armored Edition News

We neglected to mention in our recent Steam post that the minor update to Brigador that will change the splash art on launch will also reset your global.json file back to vanilla. This will nullify whatever mods you may have set up or other alterations you have made to the game's data. If you wish to keep your changes, you can back up a copy of your game.

The simplest way to back up a modded version of the game is to make a copy of your Brigador folder somewhere else on your computer. By default on PC this is usually

C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Brigador

If you don't know where your copy of Brigador is on your computer, then:

1. Go to your Library tab in the Steam client
   
2. Right click Brigador
   
3. Click "Properties..."
   
4. Click "Local Files" in the window that appears
   
5. Click the "Browse" button
   

Steam will then open up the folder on your computer where Brigador is located. Copy and paste this entire folder somewhere else on to your machine and it will remain untouched by the update. The overall file size of the Brigador folder (with the modkit included) is typically under 2 GB in size.

Changelog:
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• Launch splash updated to Mongoose vs Zed Prime - Precursor James is taking a break from loading screen duties.
  
• Community Compilation in Modkit & Map Editor DLC revised for 2022 - thanks to community moderators SCOREGOBLIN and Aniviron.
  
• Issue with Freelance Resign & Resume save file disappearing addressed - thank you for your reports.
  

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[h2]💰OBLIGATORY COMMERCIAL MESSAGING[/h2]
The deluxe edition of Brigador: Up-Armored Edition, which includes our first game, four banger OSTs by Makeup And Vanity Set and our first audiobook will be 57% off until July 7th 2022. Speaking of…

[h2]🔉ENJOY THE FIRST HALF OF OUR AUDIOBOOK[/h2]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
We’ve uploaded the first eleven chapters of the Brigador audiobook to our YouTube channel completely for free. Listen to Private Ranulph Kinny get caught up in the violence brought about by the Brigadors in Solo Nobre. If you want the other half, well, we hear there’s a sale going on somewhere…

[h2]💀FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH GRAVE TO THE RAVE[/h2]

Now Blood Anniversary is your new splash art. We are reverting Brigador’s launch screen to the Zed Prime vs. Mongoose splash from the Blood Anniversary update. If you would like all our previous splash arts as desktop wallpapers, you can find them in this post from December.

[h2]🔧COMMUNITY COMPILATION FIXED (AGAIN)[/h2]
Due to a change in how the game’s packfile handles the loading of assets for the Grave to the Rave update, we unintentionally broke some existing fan mods by inadvertently introducing a hard limit on the length of .json filenames. To be clear: modding was and is still functional, but this change meant the Community Compilation we included with the Brigador Modkit & Map Editor wouldn’t work properly without manually shortening several filenames... which is exactly what happened! Thanks to the hard work of our community moderators Aniviron and SCOREGOBLIN, the Modkit DLC’s Community Compilation has not only had its filenames shortened, but also revised for 2022. Expand the list below to find out what mods will be included in the new Community Compilation:

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aniviron
- Ball Treads Vehicle Pack (ani_ball_treads)
{Actias, Balder, Busker, Grigori, Hadhrat, Haseki, Hatun, Paver, Rounder, Quill, Rounder, Visch}
Briggs
- Bad Vibrations Level (briggs_badvibrations)
{Bad Vibrations, NPC Packrat, NPC Beefy Killdozer
special thanks to Rifle Infantry for corvid infantry}
- Black Fairy Level Pack (briggs_blackfairy)
{Black Fairy, I'm Not In Love, NPC Ferox, NPC Gremlin, NPC Siren Head, NPC Starmaker, NPC Terraformer}
- Satellite Mind Level (briggs_satellitemind)
{Satellite Mind}
- Self Guided Tours Level (briggs_selfguidedtours)
{Self Guided Tours}
- Corvid Vehicle Pack (briggs_corvid_pack)
{Playable Packrat}
Danon (thedanyourmancouldsmelllike)
- Airburst Weapon Pack
{Hailar, Matomestre 30, Medusa, Romanov, SADBEN, Soixante}
- Danon Weapons Pack
{Ahriman, Ajax, Ande, Archimedes, Ashurbanipal, Cachorro, Deckard, Grounder, Mazdakite, Moran, Nagir, Peregrine, Polyphemus, Pounder, Ticker}
- Danon's Custom Vehicle Pack
{Brutus, Caesar II, Cancind, Clansman, Gerbil, Sorro}
huang (thehuanglong)
- Flamers (huangmods)
{Dante, Henriksen, Houlihan, Lynx, Mr. Crispy, Nando, Nero, Skeet, Toss, Zhurong}
Rifle Infantry
- Solo Nobre Ground Pounders
{Nobre Dave, Custom Infantry Spawnlist, NPC Loyalist Infantry Rebalancce, NPC Corvid Infantry, NPC Spacer Infantry}
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The ModKit will be updated to include this compilation soon. If you’re new to modding, ⏬check out the modding guide below⏬ that can introduce you to the basics, or drop by our Discord server.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2464626495

[h2]📺A DEV STREAM ABOUT BRIGADOR KILLERS YOU PROBABLY MISSED[/h2]
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]Our gameplay designer Hugh held a four-hour long twitch stream last month, which we’ve uploaded as a separate VOD onto our YouTube with timestamps for your convenience. In it you will hear the opening chapter of the new Brigador Killers’ audiobook, a lengthy discussion on the background to Brigador’s universe, and a couple of new Makeup And Vanity Set tracks from the BK OST to break things up.

[h2]💭WAIT, NO SERIOUSLY, WHAT ABOUT BRIGADOR KILLERS?[/h2]


First, yes, Brigador Killers is very much alive. The above splash art (wallpaper version here) is from our first BKTEST; as of time of writing we’re currently approaching our fourth. Slowly but surely we are getting closer towards something representing a playable beta and eventual demo for you to try out, though it is unlikely to be before the end of 2022.

Second, starting next month we will be posting monthly development updates over on the Brigador Killers news hub. If you wish to receive these updates in your library feed – please follow and wishlist our next game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/903930/Brigador_Killers/

Third, as part of that initial post – send us your questions about Brigador Killers. Leave them as a comment below this post and we’ll answer them in the first BK update in July.

Finally, we only teased one BK GIF last time, so here's two. The first is of a spacer Rounder tank making a mess of a Mar Nosso police checkpoint...

...the second is of an uprezzed Betushka blowing up one of those Rounders from a recent test build.


Thank you all for reading, see you next month, and enjoy the Steam Summer Sale in the meantime.

Following an influx of recent signees to the Brigador Action Agreement, the SNC Informatics Division has been tasked with providing a brief informational pamphlet for new Contractors (hereafter referred to as “Brigadors”). The following selected material for said pamphlet has met the approval of the Informatics Committee in its second reading and is now ready for distribution.

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[h2]CONTROL SCHEMES[/h2]

Brigadors are reminded that multiple movement options are available for tanks and mechs as well as agravs. At any time Brigadors can adjust the movement schemes of vehicles to one of five types. Please refer to SETTINGS > GENERAL > TANK & MECH MOVEMENT/AGRAV MOVEMENT for detailed descriptions on all five types.


[h2]EQUIPMENT UTILITY[/h2]

Specific armaments are effective against certain targets. When selecting weapons for Freelance operations, Brigadors may consider a secondary piece of equipment to quickly deal with hostile forces that have large shield pools before deploying a primary weapon. Examples: EMP Grenade, Lockdown, Disco, Broiler, Archie, Chieftain.


[h2]CLOSE QUARTERS ENCOUNTERS[/h2]

Ammunition supplies may be limited on longer operations. The majority of vehicles available to Brigadors come with a close combat component; all mechs and agravs can stomp onto hostile forces, while tanks can bull rush through them. By default, this action is bound to SPACEBAR.


[h2]COVERT ACTIONS[/h2]

Upon deploying into a mission, hostile forces are not immediately aware of the presence of Brigadors. However, dedicated “spotter” units may alert other hostile forces, causing them to raise their shields and negatively affect a Brigador’s obligations to the Solo Nobre Concern. Spotter units can be discerned via either a blue eye icon, or an orange radio tower icon if in the process of contacting dispatch. Proper use of flanking and cover to break line of sight is advised.


[h2]DIVERSIONARY TACTICS[/h2]

Brigadors seeking to ignore covert actions entirely are advised to make use of the presence of fuel processing and distribution facilities found all over Solo Nobre. While Brigadors are reminded of their obligation to the demolition of municipal infrastructure, carefully-timed destruction of these structures may draw hostile forces away from guarding primary targets.


[h2]FRIENDLY FIRE[/h2]

Munitions fired by either hostile forces or Brigadors do not discriminate on where they land. When direct skirmishes occur with hostile forces, Brigadors may exploit the asymmetry in order to inflict casualties on lesser units during crossfire exchanges.

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The SNC Informatics Division concludes this informational pamphlet with the suggestion of consulting further reading on the above topics in the following Guide section

- SNC Informatics Division

Graphics:

• High resolution fix for Retina devices on Monterey. Thanks to Obli on the Steam forums for your help in finding a solution.
  

Savegames:

• Added safeties on savegame serialization, to avoid potential platform-specific corruption
  
• Saves disabled on overmaps with only one node
  

Autoturrets:

• Fix autoturrets not initializing in campaign missions.
  

Happy new year, Brigadors. May your 2022 be safe and joyful.