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July 2002
Cocobolo IDF Wednesday July 31 | Rocky
Cocobolo Ops are on the verge of releasing their Israel Defense Forces Modification any day now. Get yourself geared up for these awesome weapons by checking out the amazing screenshots, can't wait!
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OSOK *updated* Wednesday July 31 | Rocky
Grendel & Sephiroth mailed in their rather special snipers mod - One Shot One Kill. This mod has almost 200 sniper kits, which feature 21 brand new sniper models and 6 new secondary weapons.   
Weapons include the Springfield
M14 w/ Red-Dot Scope, Robar RC-50, SR-25 Widow
Maker, Sako TRG 22 and VSS Vintorez amongst
others. Our resident sniper expert SOTO Mac has
prepared a review here,
but if you can't wait - I have put this 10Mb
here
for you to grab right now.
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ADF v3 Tuesday July 30 | Rocky
Australian Defence Forces V3 brings a host of new uniforms to the Ghosts from AUS_Viper. This mod took the unusual route of airmail to reach us at GhostRecon.net - but we are glad it did - these skins are very well done.    
For more images download this image pack. All of the US soldiers have been replaced with ADF soldiers, and there are some great new Specialists including SASR troopers, SASR black clad Tactical Assault Group (TAG) troopers, and a 4RAR commando. The Russian troops are replaced with Indonesian soldiers and there are even a few red beret Kopassur special forces. Weapons are taken (with approval) from NMM Gunworks and =DRAG= mods - making this a pretty neat package, although it does weigh in at a hefty 32Mb. If you like what you see, grab it from here.
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Off the Air Tuesday July 30 | XianSaint
The official site has posted today that the UBI game service will be temporarily off the air while they perform some server side maintenance. This scheduled outage takes place July 31 at 6:00 A.M. PST. If this applies to you, read the full details here.
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Lloyds MEU (SOC) Monday July 29 | Rocky
Eight new weapons and a new Marine Expeditionary Unit, that's what modding guru Lloyd has been preparing for Ghost Recon. Check out progress at Lloyds Mods. While you are there, check out Lloyds Weapons Mod 8, just released today! LWM8 has a unique system built in, as Lloyd explains :- "LWM8 was also built using a JavaScript weapons converter page which I will be posting to the site soon. Its an early version but it will allow you to plug in weapons data and info from your past (RS) mods and it converts the RS data to GR format which you can copy and paste into a text file and save as a .GUN for Ghost Recon."
Cool stuff, I'll post more news as the mod develops.
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Black Sun Patch Sunday July 28 | Rocky
Raven has released a patch for Black Sun, which adds tweaked mortars and a new mortar with tank killing rounds. Also included are fixes for mission 3 and 5 and a cool movie trailer for the upcomming =DRAG= Mod - Operation Iron Tiger. It's a 25Mb file, and you can grab it here.
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Project Cue Ball Sunday July 28 | Rocky
Statsemper have been working hard on Project Cue Ball, and we have the Public Beta right here so you can check out progress so far. AceB has been working on this since May, and expects to release the final version early next month. The mod includes 20 uniforms and 5 new camos, and the weapons from the Black Sun mod by =DRAG=. I have uploaded the full readme so you can check it out before downloading the 20Mb file.
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Operation Fallen Angel Sunday July 28 | Rocky
DWilliams11 has completed Op Fallen Angel, a rescue mission that requires Desert Siege to play. You'll be required to meet up with a contact to gain information on the downed crew, then locate and extract. Grab this 2Mb mod here, discussion point here.
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Harntrox 3 Desert Assault Sunday July 28 | Rocky
That's right, all you Harntrox fans better head over to =SEALZ= where they have just released the alpha version of Harntrox latest mod. "This is an all out frontal assault on *You* by the enemy. This mod contains everything you need in one package: Over 50 HX missions for coop, solo, single-player, and teams, 20 new weapons, 150 kits, team restrictions, enhanced enemy AI actors for coop, 5 new game types for coop/team/and s.p., and the new Assassin and Mercenary classes."
You can find this 5Mb mod on the =SEALZ= download page or at Harntrox's download page here.
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Far Cry Friday July 26 | Rocky
Ghost Recon's publisher Ubi Soft have just sent us news of a brand new First Person Shooter they are working on for the PC called Far Cry, and included some cool images.  
This is what Ubi had to say about this intruiging new game. "... new Dimension of the FPS Genre. With more tactical elements and far advanced AI, Far Cry will give the Player a total new feeling of Game Play."
Visit Ubi Soft for more news, and AGR-S.com for another image.
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Direct Play Wednesday July 24 | XianSaint
The official Ghost Recon site has an addition to their forums that will likely please the fans that have been disgruntled with the UBI Game Service. This new forum, titled the Official Server Listing forum, provides a place for people to list their MP games, complete with server details and settings. Of course, GR.Net has had this feature in place for awhile, (as listed on the front page and in the Games Forum) but of course, the potential exists that some will choose to post there for whatever reason...so still useful to know that its there. Check it out here.
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Gone Fishing Wednesday July 24 | Rocky
The Fishing Hole is a new map coming soon from Bob, here's how he describes it. "It is designed around a SAR or Hamburger Hill multiplayer game with a strong center point, which is a small island (about 50m x 50m) with a bunker centered in a fishing hole. There are 2 strong and 2 good start points in the "corners" of the map for the rest of the MP type games. "
Sounds like a fun map for multiplayer, although a single player mission will be included aswell. Expected release is the first week of August, until then - here's some screenshots. one | two | three | four
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GR PS2 Tuesday July 23 | XianSaint
Well...You've seen the GR X-Box pics, now how about some Ghost Recon PS2 pics. Head on over to Gamespy and check them out. Not quite as good as the PC in my opinion...but I guess if you own a PS2 and no computer, some Ghost Recon is better than none at all.
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Modding Videos Tuesday July 23 | XianSaint
In what may be the most innovative tutorials I've seen, Pain @WAR has posted in the weapons mods forum news that the @WAR Elite Team has provided "videos" to teach the basics of modding. It appears there are at least five different clips available, each touching on a different aspect of modding. The one I downloaded was 11.5 MB and was great. I did have to install the codec that comes packaged with the file...the Ghost Recon community definitely appreciates the hard work and dedication from mod teams like @WAR. Thanks Guys! Check it out here.
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SOAF Patch Saturday July 20 | XianSaint
For those interested parties, UBISOFT has released a patch for The Sum Of All Fears. This patch resolves the following issues:
- Allows US players to join and play with International players online.
- Without applying this patch, some players may experience crashes or other problems when joining an international game.
- Resolves a crash that sometimes occurs when dedicated servers run multiplayer co-operative games
It weighs in at a meager 6.5 MB and can be downloaded from their FTP site here: (U.S. version).
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While You Wait Saturday July 20 | XianSaint
Okay...so this isnt exactly Ghost Recon, but while you're waiting for more GR news, it doesnt hurt to check out what's going on with some of the other awesome titles UBISOFT is working on...and besides, at least it has Tom Clancy in the title...Anyway, www.tothegame.com has some awesome new screenshots of Splinter Cell, and might I say I was particularly impressed with the one below. Sweet! Check them all out here. 
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SBTO-GR v1.8 *updated* Friday July 19 | XianSaint
Apologies to 0G Zero Gulf. Somehow his mission file didn't make it into our mission contest, which is really too bad because he would've been a top contender. SBTO is by far, one of the greatest mission mods I have ever had the pleasure of playing. "The Goal of Squad Based Tactical Operations (SBTO) Training is to create Squad Cohesion, Skills and Trust." Eight full missions of some of the toughest combat you've ever faced in Ghost Recon. The last mission is simply marvelous. Pick up this superb mission pack here. It's a must have so don't miss it.
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GR Humvee Thursday July 18 | Rocky
Check out this thread at Military Meshes and see the steps taken towards the production of a very cool Humvee for Ghost Recon. Which mod this vehicle is going to appear is undecided at this time, as soon as we hear, we will let you know.
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Sabre Team Thursday July 18 | Rocky
BajaBravo has posted an update on progress with his Sabre Teams project - and it's looking very cool. It even comes with a launcher utility, check it out at BajaBravo's site. For more info check out this discussion in our forums, where two of the official testers have surfaced...
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Castle Thursday July 18 | Rocky
Low Profile is working flat out on his Rogue Spear conversion of Castle, but has taken time out to prepare a neat photo gallery showing progress, check it here. These images were taken just after LP started work on lighting the map, and they look great. Another 28 images will be added as more progress is made. Expect to see this map released in around 3 weeks. There are a couple interesting things to note about this promising conversion. Firstly a lot of time was spent on the Keep, which had a design flaw in the original files. This meant that sometimes the enemy outside could actually see you inside. LP has corrected those, and altered the design of the Keep to add a new dimension for those already familiar with the layout. Another gameplay decision taken by LP was to carefully position of the sun, affording the courtyard more shadows which should help when crossing the open area of the courtyard. The attention to detail in this mod is hard to take in, it's going to be another "must have" download from Low Profile!
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Music Man Tuesday July 16 | XianSaint
Two new "music cues" for the XBOX version of Ghost Recon have been added at Bill Brown's website. Of course, Bill Brown is the Composer responsible for the awesome soundtracks included in many of our favorite games and movies, especially Ghost Recon. These two pieces are titled, Action 5 and Objective 11 and can be found here.
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Hungarian Spec. Ops Monday July 15 | Rocky
Neuro sent in some images from his uniform mod which is based on Deep Recon Company, operating out of his hometown in Hungary. Expect to see the finished mod featurmg new uniforms and missions in a couple of weeks.
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Croatian Army Mod Sunday July 14 | Rocky
Streinger mailed in some shots from his upcoming Croatian Army full conversion mod. All the character skins have been modded by Streinger, and the proposed weapons are coming from Hell_Spawn. Weapons shown below are from other mods, but look at the quality of these uniforms from Streinger..... one | two | three | four
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Timed Matches Thursday July 11 | Rocky
The Combat Zone have launched a timed ladder, where games are retricted to 15 minutes. Automation and Rankings have also seen an update, so if you are looking for some competitive pay, check them out.
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Spidey lends a webby hand. Wednesday July 10 | Rocky
And now for a little light relief, as Spiderman comes to the rescue!  
Marvel at his superb camo, and stealthy aproach, well, try it out for laughs anyway. Grab this fun mod by FballGoose here.
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Weapons Modding Wednesday July 10 | Rocky
Modding Ghost Recon weapons properly is not an altogether easy task. With damage statistics, velocity formulae and effective ranges, it can be a whole mess of numbers. Luckily Parabellum has put together an extremely detailed report that should help modders when it comes to the detailed calculations involved. This is a superb report, but if you need further assistance you can reach Parabellum in our Weapons forum. If it is weapon modelling you are interested in , don't miss this remarkable post by Earl, detailing a trick he uses to achieve his truly awesome weapon models, and this new fearsome looking weapon from Yodasplat.
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SOAF Combat Essentials Sunday July 07 | Rocky
Shadow2K1 has ported Ghost Recon Combat Essentials to The Sum Of All Fears. The mods contains overs 100 kits, professional sounds and new weapons not in the Ghost Recon version. Grab it here and a small mission patch here.
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Stargate Mod Saturday July 06 | Rocky
Progress continues to be made on this exciting and ambitious project to bring Stargate to Ghost Recon. 
There are some more new images in this forum post and updates are being posted at The Gaming Alliance forums. Thanks to ClanFTG for the update.
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GRS Chalet Gold Wednesday July 03 | Rocky
GR Squad have released the final version of their awesome Chalet map for Ghost Recon. They have packaged it up together with their KillHouse map, and provided a SOAF version too. There are missions included, and even a new game type - please be sure to check the Readme for important info prior to playing. Grab the GRS Ghost Recon map pack here, and the SOAF version here, enjoy! Feedback discussion is in this thread. *update* You can read our review and check out images right here.
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75th Rangers Tuesday July 02 | Rocky
This new mod contains new uniforms, specialists and weapons - and six new missions. Grab 75th Rangers here.
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X-Box Movie Tuesday July 02 | Rocky
Ghost Recon's appearance on the X-Box is not far away, and in the build up Ubi soft have released a short quicktime movie to get console gamers excited. You can grab it from Ubi Soft, or Peacemaker's mirror. A couple of things I noticed included a re-worked HUD, and the obligatory cool movie sequence that consoles are so fond of. It's about 18Mb, check it out.
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Ausiguy's Crisis Tuesday July 02 | Rocky
Ausiguy has just released his Caribbean Missile Crisis Map for Desert Siege. There are a couple of things to note about this map, it's big, and it's big. Physically, it's twice the size of any other Ghost Recon map, at a whopping 800 x 800 metres. Secondly it's a big download - weighing in at 32Mb. The download server is being hit quite hard right now, so don't expect a fast download. I have just put a mirror up here, for your convenience. There are 4 maps in this pack, and the big one is highly detailed and a heavy draw on resources, you'll need a decent PC to see it at it's best. There are some nice touches like window blinds you can open, and nice texture work, but make sure you read the readme for important information. Ausiguy runs a dedicated server for this, and other popular maps, check out his webpage for more details. You can check feedback in this discussion.
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12 Weeks updated Monday July 01 | Rocky
If you have played and enjoyed our Mission Competiton winner by Right Hand, here's a treat for you. Right Hand has just updated and re-released his popular 12 Weeks mission pack. Grab version 3.1 here and you'll find 2 missions not included in the previous pack, improved visibility, and a number of bug fixes.
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Low Profile's KH Double Monday July 01 | Rocky
Good news, Low Profile just gave me the go ahead to release his Rogue Spear conversion of Killhouse Double. Grab the file here, and check out how true it is to the original, it's exact. Some improvements include wall geometry fixes, light fittings don't poke through the floor above, and a neat change to the way doors close. Low Profile has introduced a delay in the door movement to prevent that annoying "door in face" situation where closing doors used to inevitably lead to players getting stuck momentarily. As a bonus, Low Profile also gave me a look at his ritualistic pre-release clearance, where he clears his new maps in as perfect a manner as possible. What is interesting about this replay is that not only does it show that Low Profile plays a mean Ghost Recon as well as modding a mean map, but just check how much ammo he has left right at the second he takes out the last terrorist, perfection.
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