June 2003

R.i.P Missions Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 28 2003
R.i.P_Rob mailed in two missions recently, so I've packaged them up together and you can grab them here. These are the first two missions Rob has put together, and one of them is the biginning of a new campaign he is working on.

"This mission is the first of it's series for World War 3, the mission is about the beginning of a war which russia starts by attacking american and UN soldiers in germany."

Hitman's Arsenal Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 28 2003
Weapons fans will want to take a look at the latest Ghost Recon mod from Hitman. There are sixteen large images posted in the forums here, check them out - especially the Hectate and the Triple Mounted Mini Gun! The 6Mb download is available here.

Pyscho Dad Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 28 2003
Which new weapon mod illicits these sort of responses?

"I´m gonna DL this as fast as I can!", "I and some friends have tried on your weaponsmod, and we are still laughing"

That would be Pyscho Dad's Weapons Mod v2.0 here, featuring a neat chicken launcher just for laughs, and some nicely modelled weapons, as seen here in the forums.

Slash and Burn Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 23 2003
DWilliams has released a new coop mission called Slash and Burn. You can download the mission here, and post feedback or questions for the author here. Here's a brief outline...

"A large plantation has been identified as a cocaine manufacturing plant and rebel stronghold and must be shut down. A SA-13 mobile SAM launcher is also on site and must be eliminated."

Weapons Mod *update mod* Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 23 2003
With the blessing of the respective modders, Thumper has created a Weapons Compilation for Ghost Recon. The pack features some of the best weapon models ever seen in Ghost Recon, aswell as an Impact grenade added by Thumper. Read more in this forum thread, and download the (updated to v1.2) mod here. You'll need both official expansion packs to play this mod.

XIII Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 21 2003
While Ubi Soft's upcoming First Person Shooter XIII might not be of immediate interest to hardcore realism Ghost Recon fans - you might want to take a look at this new video.

The video is under 2Mb but manages to display many Artificial Intelligence features and how enemies react to the actions performed by the player. For a breakdown of what is happening please check this forum post in our Computer Discussions forum.

Clear and Present Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 20 2003
Check out the latest image added to Chem's Clear and Present Danger discussion - this mod is looking great!

Cool Siege Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 20 2003
Stalker Zero's Cool Siege missions have been enjoyed by a select few for a while - but now they are available to the whole community right here. You'll need Desert Siege and Island Thunder to play most of these missions, so make sure they are activated and check the readme for more instructions.

For feedback or to contact Stalker Zero about his new Siege games, visit our forums.

Mod Review Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 20 2003
Suicide Commando has prepared a mod review for the C$K British Commando mod. You can read the review here, and visit the C$K site here.

Traffic Jam Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
Here's a new map for Island Thunder that is based on a, you guessed it, traffic jam.

This is the first map from Hartog of the Alamogunfights and has been providing them with some good sniper games. Download the map here and unzip to your Ghost Recon Mods folder. Leave comments for this first-time GR mapper here.

"This mission is the first of it's series for World War 3, the mission is about the beginning of a war which russia starts by attacking american and UN soldiers in germany."

Pyscho Dad Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 28 2003
Which new weapon mod illicits these sort of responses?

"I´m gonna DL this as fast as I can!", "I and some friends have tried on your weaponsmod, and we are still laughing"

That would be Pyscho Dad's Weapons Mod v2.0 here, featuring a neat chicken launcher just for laughs, and some nicely modelled weapons, as seen here in the forums.

"A large plantation has been identified as a cocaine manufacturing plant and rebel stronghold and must be shut down. A SA-13 mobile SAM launcher is also on site and must be eliminated."

Clear and Present Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 20 2003
Check out the latest image added to Chem's Clear and Present Danger discussion - this mod is looking great!

For feedback or to contact Stalker Zero about his new Siege games, visit our forums.

Mod Review Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 20 2003
Suicide Commando has prepared a mod review for the C$K British Commando mod. You can read the review here, and visit the C$K site here.

Traffic Jam Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
Here's a new map for Island Thunder that is based on a, you guessed it, traffic jam.

C$K Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
The C$K British Commando mod is now available for download here.

Full details of this mod that features new weapon models and character models can be found on the C$K website.

Dock Shock Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
Here's a single mission for Island Thunder from heinmg...

"Rogue Russian naval officers are preparing to sell state-of-the-art cruise missiles to Middle East terrorists. This deal must be halted and all missiles destroyed."

Download the 6Kb file here. The author can be reached here, or post feedback in our missions forum here.

News Archives Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
After a spell offline, our Ghost Recon news archives are back online, you'll find them at the foot of this page.

Suppressor Modelling Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
Marcinko has prepared a short modding tutorial to help with producing a nice round suppressor. The report is in the Recon section here, and the discussion originated in our forums here.

Frostbite Korean Fix Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 18 2003
Thanks to a post by jimpc on the GR-Retreat forums it looks like there is a fairly simple fix for Korean fans having the "42%" error during installation. You can read the fix here, which involves changing a setting in the Regional and Language options of the Control Panel in Windows XP.

Ghost Recon 2 Pt 3 Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 17 2003
The final part of zjj's three part Ghost Recon 2 report is now up here. The report details wishes expressed by fans regarding maps, weapons, and missions. If you missed the start of this series, which has been catching the attention of the Ghost Recon dev team, you'll find it here.

Operation Stabilise Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 17 2003
If you didn't notice Operation Stabilise mentioned in our recent Mods Roundup, check out the latest updates in this forum thread. The weapon models in particular are getting some great feedback and are worth checking out.

Swedish Force v1.4.3 Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 17 2003
Fans of Wolfsong's Swedish Force should grab the latest patch here. The patch fixes mission script errors on missions 3,5, 8, and 12 and adds a new Ksp 58D as well as fixing 3 other weapon models.

GR:IT XBox Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 17 2003
The official Island Thunder X-Box page has been updated with some new images - go here to check them out, and download movies.

GR for rent Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 16 2003
Whiteknight noticed that Yahoo Games On Demand have expanded their games offering with Ghost Recon. Read more here.

Ares Shrike Update Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 13 2003
Some fans of this mod from Snowfella have been asking for multiplayer support - well the wait is over. With this update you can now enjoy these weapons online, plus there are 5 brand new weapons too! Download the latest version of Ares Shrike here, discussion thread here.

Urban Warrior Posted by Rocky on Friday, June 13 2003
Here's a nice skins mod from Chris that features USMC urban marpat for the basic soldiers and MOUT "T" pattern, urban tiger stripes and urban B&W woodland style camo for the specialists.

Download this 5mb mod here, and leave feedback for the modder in our skins forums here.

15 minutes Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 12 2003
Viper-6 mailed in a mission mod for the Elite Ghosts out there, rookies need not apply! 15 minutes has an (unsurprisingly) 15 minute time limit.. here's what viper-6 had to say about it..

"For the most challenging results, play co-op (no threat indicator) with no more than 3 team members total (maybe 4) and infinite respawns. Just extract to your origmiss folder and you should be set."

Download here. Leave feedback in our missions forum or email Viper-6 here.

Red Star - **Updated** Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 12 2003
Here's mission nine from an upcoming campaign called Red Star. Download the mod (fixed) here and unzip it to your mods folder. For feedback please email the author here or post a message in his forum post right here.

Note that this mod requires Frostbite, Island Thunder, and Desert Siege!

Teamspeak Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 11 2003
Teamspeak.org have released a new version of their client and server voice comms software. Visit their download page here.

Rangers Strike Back Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 10 2003
This is a new mission mod from Tom Murphy that is based on a fictional mission about the 75th Rangers going back into Mogadishu to clean out the rest of the Hadr Gedir Militia. Download the 80Kb mission here.

In order to play this mission you must install and activate this Downtown map by Nami.

pH server sided 3.0 Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 10 2003
pH sent in the latest version of his server sided mod, which now contains

10 Siege special Siege maps
10 Clear no fog maps
10 Day to night and night to day maps

For more information visit his website here, and download here.

Silent Warrior v2.0 Posted by Rocky on Saturday, June 7 2003
Swartsz sent in his much awaited weapons modification Silent Warrior V2 a few minutes ago. I know a lot of die hard Ghost Recon fans have been waiting for this mod - so you grab it here now. The mod features nine beautifully modelled and textured weapons including the the D.O.A.R, five M4 weapons and three M5 weapons.

It was back in April that Swartsz first posted "made my first weapon model today" in our forums, it's pretty neat to see what he has managed to achieve in only 8 weeks. You can view the growth of this mod in this forum discussion.

Dummies Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 5 2003
Two modding guides that had been AWOL with a short while are back online thanks to Snicker at GR-Retreat. Although they haven't publicised it (yet!), you'll find El Oso's Igor for Dummies guide here, and his Vehicle Tagging guide here - modders, bookmark them now!

SSL Round 2 Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 5 2003
The second round of Alpha Squads Stealth Score Leaderboard (SSL)has been initiated.

Mission 2 will be played from friday the 13th 2000 London Time. Start scheduling ASAP please. Valid match starting times are from 1pm New York time to 11pm New York time. All scheduling will this time go through Iceman25 by email only. Email Ice at iceman25@attbi.com Please be advised - all scheduling MUST be done before 18th June 10pm New York Time.

There will be a lot of Teams looking to improve of their performance in Round Two, and a handful of Teams will be looking to consolidate their position at the top of the table, so contact Iceman quickly and get your slot booked! Please use the SSL boxout on the right to navigate to the Official SSL Site and Forums.

Frostbite v1.1 Posted by Rocky on Thursday, June 5 2003
The mods database has been updated with the new version of Frostbite (240Mb). The full list of fixes and changes can be found in this readme. There is a small patch for people with the full version 1.0 already installed, you can grab it here.

If fan sites offering mirror downloads of this mod contact me when they have updated their download we will publish mirrors here.

Mods Roundup Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, June 4 2003
ReconSnake has delivered another tasty mods roundup detailing the mods currently in production and displaying some great potential. Details of "Afghanistan", "DTD Counter Terrorism Mod", "Hacker Hunt", "Operation: Stabilise" and "Starship Troopers" can all be found in the report right here.

Rogue Spear Mint Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 3 2003
Harntrox has a new map for Ghost Recon that bears quite a resemblance to the old Rogue Spear Mint - and of course it comes with a HX mission to enjoy. Grab the 1.1Mb file Fileplanet or Speakeasy.org.

SOF Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, June 3 2003
Every now and again a mod appears in our forums that illicits countless "when will it be ready" questions from impatient fans. This month one of those mods is Special Operations Forces (SOF) from Argyll .

Whatever you do next, make it a visit to this discussion where Argyll posted some images from his mod - you really don't want to miss these new characters. Alot of time and dedication has gone into this mod, I've just finished uploading the 20Mb file - so grab it here right now!

GR 2 Wish List Posted by Rocky on Monday, June 2 2003
The second in zjj's three part Ghost Recon 2 series is now complete. This time fans views on clothing, camo and a close look at team management are explored. The degree of interaction with vehicles is also discussed, some of you may find the results there surprising. Read the full report here.

The contents of these reports is generating some interesting new discussion in our Ghost Recon 2 forum, and we may follow up this current three part feature with an epilogue covering these views.

pH's server sided Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 1 2003
We had to pull pH's server sided earlier due to an installer error. It's been rectified now, so if you like the look of the following content list, then grab it here!

8 Special Siege maps
6 night to day maps
5 clear weather maps
4 Other changes maps (like other weather changes)
Auto grenadelauncher fix

Kosovo Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 1 2003
Back To Kosovo is a new 8 mission campaign from a Serbian modding team. The mod contains an interesting story, news skins and attachments, new vehicles, and good use of non-player characters to help the story along. There is a patch available for fans that don't understand Serbian, and I have packed that patch with the full mod for your convenience- grab it here. [Requires Island Thunder]

]RS[ Recruiting Posted by Rocky on Sunday, June 1 2003
If you are looking to join up with a new squad, I noticed than ]RS[ are recruiting right now. This is a top Ghost Recon squad, currently leading Alpha Squad's Stealth Leaderboard. So if it's a quality, mature and competitive squad you are looking for, check this recruitment thread in our forums.