December 2002

Happy New Year! Tuesday December 31 | Parabellum

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Happy new year to Ghost Recon fans everywhere! There's a great year ahead of us, with Raven-Shield, Ghost Recon 2, and hopefully a new Ghost Recon expansion pack.

Here's to wishing you and your loved ones a joyous and safe new year!

Stealth Recon Tuesday December 31 | Rocky

New Concept Mods have released their Stealth Recon mod that appeared in our forums here recently. Featuring their amazing Stealthflage camo amongst other extras, the mod is just over 7Mb and can be download at their website, where you will also find some screenshots. A couple of new screenshots have been posted here, you can see just how lethal they are!

Peru Update Monday December 30 | Rocky

Jack57 has updated his excellent Postcards from Peru campaign to version 1.5, fixing a few small errors and adding a new splash screen. Read our review here, and grab the new version here.

Corax Map *updated* Sunday December 29 | Rocky

A brand new map from Corax is now available for download. Visit Zenarchery.net for the download link and plenty of nice screenshots. Post feedback for the mapper here.

*Update* This was a beta version, and is now removed from download pending the release of the full version.

Stealthflage Sunday December 29 | Rocky

There has been a fair bit of interest in the modding community about making the ultimate camo, so effective as to make the wearer near invisible. Ruin's tutorial brought the know-how to the average Ghost Recon fan, and now, we are seeing some real results.

Check out these awesome images from Nightmare in our forums, including a neat "walking bush" design!

Royal Marines *UPDATED* Saturday December 28 | Rocky

One of the largest Desert Siege mods I can recall has been released by Sixpence - The Royal British Marines 2. This is definately a broadband mod, as it weighs in at over 100Mb!

Every character has been reskinned with Royal Marines camo, there are new specialists, retextured maps and a cracking 16 mission campaign. It also includes the fantastic Trance weapons by our own Yodasplat, and the cool Utah Beach Map by Akira from @war. Download from GhostRecon-de. Also be sure to download this small patch.

Boom Missions Saturday December 28 | Rocky

If bustin' tanks rocks your boat grab this server side mission pack by RayMAX. There are 12 missions in the pack, and everyone involves destroying tanks - one mission has 18! Follow the instructions in the Readme to install correctly, enjoy!

WOW v2 Saturday December 28 | Rocky

SI-PrOzAc sent in some progress shots for his Weapon's Of War Ghost Recon weapons modification. Click for detailed screenshots...

WoW v2 will add 32 new guns, 102 Kits and plenty of multiplayer kit restrictions - expect the download here sometime in January.

6 Map Pack Friday December 27 | Rocky

10 Auto has released his Ghost Recon 6 map pack. Each of the maps are brand new, check his site for images, and the 23Mb download link. Fileplanet mirror now up thanks to Akira.

Iwo Jima Thursday December 26 | Rocky

We have a small review up for Akira_au's latest new map for Desert Siege - Iwo Jima. It's a cool map with various aspects that are going to make it great for a mission modder to work with. There is word of a new mission modification for this map, and we'll be posting news about that shortly - until then check our review for the relevant details and links.

Weapon View Thursday December 26 | Rocky

"Why can't I see my weapon?", one of the most controversial and heated debates ever to plague a Ghost Recon forum. As of today though, fans can check exactly what Ghost Recon looks like with a first person weapon view - as Staff member Parabellum has succesfully modded such a view!

Check out Para's screenshot in our forums here, and expect a full blown First Person Weapon View modification for download early next year!

Walkthroughs Thursday December 26 | Rocky

For the past few weeks (and months) the staff here have been working flat out on Mission Walkthroughs for the Ghost Recon Series. SOTO Mac has produced 5 new walkthroughs for Desert Siege, and other Staff have put together walkthroughs for the full Island Thunder campaign - the only complete walkthough anywhere on the web. All together that's 19 Ghost Recon walkthroughs so far, and you can find them all in our RECON section.

Merry Christmas Competition Tuesday December 24 | Rocky

All the team here at GhostRecon.net wish you all a Merry Christmas and the best for the coming year!

To celebrate we have teamed up with UDP Soft to bring you the chance to win a Lifetime License for their superb All Seeing Eye. All you have to do to stand a chance of winning is answer a simple question before the end of the year.

Read Rocky's 60 Second Guide to the All Seeing Eye here, or if you are already enjoying the benefits of this great tool, skip right to the competition question here!

Band of Brothers Monday December 23 | Rocky

Jack57 has completed his 3rd Ghost Recon campaign, and we have been testing it for the past few days. It's a great new campaign that puts the player on the other side of the campaign - playing against the Ghosts!

Download the 1.6Mb mission pack here, and read the first part of our review here.

Best Sound! Sunday December 22 | Rocky

Congrats to the Ghost Recon X-Box team, on their latest award! Gamespot have awarded Ghost Recon with their "Best Sound" in the X-Box section of their 2002 awards.

IGS Interview Sunday December 22 | Rocky

A new dawn is approaching Ghost Recon online gaming as a determined new Anti-Cheat system is launched in Beta fomat this month. The IGS has been testing their new anti-cheat system for 8 months, and has gone public this month.

Our in-house anti-cheat expert SOTO Mac interviewed Mr Smith, head of the IGS, this week - here's a clip...

"It needs a new approach, as the former business development manager for the World Trade Center, I understand what the leagues/ ladders have been missing to evolve into something larger and more legitimate - it does take time, but we are building a team and staff that is very committed to doing what it takes to get the job done right."

Read the full interview here.

Croatian Army Mod Saturday December 21 | Rocky

Streinger pulled together a team of modders recently and they have been working on an interesting new Ghost Recon mod - The Croatian Army mod. Croatian PC Gaming magazines are even featuring this mod in next months magazines.

The mod features over 20 new weapons, and 3 new missions. The weapon shown above is the APS-95 5,56mm Croatian assault rifle, equipped with RBG-1 grenade launcher, similar to m203, but with button trigger.

Download this 23Mb mod here.

Map Making Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 14 2002
Ghostrecon.net took a new Consultant onboard a few days ago, to assist with map modding questions. To kick things off =SeALZ=Papa6 put together a very detailed Tutorial on making your first Ghost Recon map. Check it out here, and you'll also find it in our Recon section along with 15 other modding tutorials.

New Reticules Posted by Rocky on Saturday, December 14 2002
DVS1 has released a new set of reticules for Ghost Recon, that are a little bit different to say the least! One of the rets is shown in these two images..

There is no installer for these however, so be prepared to delve into the mysteries of the Ghost Recon folders if you see a reticule you want to install. See the full selection here.

Ghost MP3's Posted by Rocky on Friday, December 13 2002
Scott sent in two new Ghost Recon MP3's that are quite neat. The first one is a sort of "story by mp3" where you can hear the fate of a singing russian, the second one is more musical, both are well done! You'll find these along with some other MP3 tracks on our Media Downloads section.

Mod Installers Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 12 2002
Of all the mods we get submitted here at GhostRecon.net, the most common problem we come across is faulty installers. Left uncorrected, this could at best be an inconvienience for the end-user, at worst it could mean the mod gets trashed before it even gets played!

To help modders through the process of making an installer for their mod we have added a Tutorial to our Recon section, thanks to Earl. Earl runs through each step of the process, from the folder structure to the Registry, check it out here.

GR Console Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 12 2002
While the X-Box Version of Ghost Recon has been met with much praise, the same cannot be said about the Playstation2 version. The bundled Desert Siege missions don't seem to be enough compensation for the lack of multiplayer for some gamers - infact, a petition has already started to try and convince Ubi Soft to turn that decision around.

Feel free to discuss console versions of Ghost Recon in our new Console Forum.

Complete Exclusive Posted by Rocky on Thursday, December 12 2002
The full Ghost Recon series has been released as one package in the UK. PC World have the exclusive deal which will bring "Ghost Recon Complete" to some happy gamers this Christmas - for less than the price of a single new release

UK Release Schedule Tuesday December 10 | Rocky

I have just recieved Ubi Soft's Official release schedule for the coming months in the UK. Of note :

Raven Shield [PC] Feb. 21st 2003
Splinter Cell [PC] Jan. 31st 2003
Sum of all Fears [Gamecube] Jan. 31st 2003
Ghost Recon [Gamecube] Mar. 7th 2003

][cePhantom Mod Monday December 09 | Rocky

][cePhantom's weapons mod adds a few new weapons to the Ghost's kit selection, including an automatic grenade launcher, and this supressed P90.

Download this 2Mb mod here.

Ruin's Ghillie Suit Monday December 09 | Rocky

If you have checked out Ruin's new Ghillie suit tutorial, you might be interested in this 5Mb download.

It's a replacement ghillie suit that Ruin put together using the technique described in his tutorial, try it out.

New GR Chat Friday December 06 | Rocky

Thanks to the Snowman for pointing out in this discussion that the chat log from the recent "Future of Ghost Recon" developer chat is now up. The official French GR site has posted it, but it is in English - check it out here for the latest official scoop on GR developments.

Making a Ghillie Friday December 06 | Rocky

If there is one thing that makes for a tense game of Ghost Recon, it's trying to spot a heavily camouflaged sniper deep in the Ghost Recon scenery. If you'd like to design your own ghillie suit and see if you could merge your sniper into the undergrowth, check out this excellent new tutorial from our Skinning expert, Ruin.

By following this tutorial you should be producing near invisible camo for your sniper in no time at all. Ruin even details how to disguise the rifle for the full effect. If you need further help, or have feedback for Ruin, join the Ghillie discussion here.

PS2 Owners, Rejoice! Thursday December 05 | Parabellum

According to the official Ghost Recon site, Ghost Recon for PS2 has been shipped, and will be on store shelves very shortly! Read the official press release here.

Glass Rooms Wednesday December 04 | Rocky

Akira_AU from the @war team has released a unique new Ghost Recon mod that offers a new type of gameplay by virtue of it's design - glass walls.

You can read all about Glass Rooms here, check out the images from the eight new maps, yep - eight brand new maps! Best of all the mod is under 4Mb! So if you are looking for a new arena for your multiplayer battles look no further - start your journey here.

X-Box Forum Wednesday December 04 | Rocky

The X-Box version of Ghost Recon has been getting some great reviews and interest has been high in this popular conversion. In light of this we have opened our 21st Forum, specifically for X-Box gamers. All Ghost Recon X-Box topics will be covered in this new forum, from game help, technical help to the inevitable PC v X-Box comparisons.... enjoy!

While we are talking about the X-Box version, here's a couple of links Yodasplat found that may be of interest. First of all here's a step by step guide to wiring up a keyboard for use with the X-Box... and secondly here's a neat looking gadget that brings a mouse/claw combo to the X-Box.

GR Future Tuesday December 03 | Rocky

The future of Ghost Recon is the topic for a Developer Chat tomorrow(Wednesday). Gary Stelmack (Lead Designer) will be on hand to answer your questions! Tune in to the DALNet Server channel: #ghostrecon-chat, at 7pm Paris time to take part.

JS Tools v1.0 Tuesday December 03 | Rocky

John Sonedecker has released JS Tools v1.0. For your convenience we have zipped up both files into one download, which you can grab here.

The tools now feature several improvements and a Weapon Helper Point Tool. This will create helper points, with proper rotations, necessary for creating certain types of weapons. The UI has new options and toolbar.

Please visit John's site for more information.

War Of Infamy Tuesday December 03 | Rocky

Fileplanet have selected War Of Infamy as their "Featured Mod", the first time I have ever seen a Ghost Recon mod headlined at Fileplanet - congrats to the team!

In our Forums the mod is recieving high praise...

"best mod out there", "No doubt it's the best mod that I've played ever", "Awesome mod", "This mod is a CUT ABOVE THE REST", "one of the best yet", ""Hats off guys" ,just wonderful", "Awesome mod", "WOW! VERY cool mod", "the sweetest mod ever", "AMAZING...the best (or one of the best) mods out there", "Excellent Mod", "absolute blast to play" etc etc!

So if you were hesitating because of the size of the download, you might want to think again - grab it here.