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Ghost Recon Wildlands does not have a release date at this time.

Our best guess is Christmas 2016.

This entry will be updated with the latest release date for Ghost Recon Wildlands.

If you are experience stutters of up to a second when playing Wildlands, it can be related to heavy disk drive usage during autosaves. Even though Wildlands auto saves are small files, this can disrupt smooth gameplay.

To resolve this move the Uplay game save folder to an SSD drive rather than a HDD drive as the faster access times can elimiate this problem totally. 

Note that installing Ghost Recon Wildlands on an SSD drive improves general game peformance.

1. Mill
2. Pipeline
3. Alpha - fairly large industrial complex with parking lot.
4. Underground - an underground weapons manufacture plant
5. Market - a marketplace, complete with fernicular railway travelling up and down the hill
6. Sandstorm - a canvas tent colony which the sands whip through periodically
7. Rig - an very vertical oil rig map in and outdoor.
8. Overpass
9. Harbor
10. Cargo

There are seven weapon classes in Ghost Recon Future Soldier Assault Rifle Sniper Rifle Light Machine Gun Submachine Gun Shotgun Personal Defense Rifle Pistol

Bodark are the Russian special forces in Ghost Recon Future Soldier. They are the highly trained and capable enemy of the Ghosts. Also known as Special Training Unit 500.

There are three character classes in Ghost Recon Future Soldier. Rifleman - awesome suppressive firepower and heavy duty armour. Scout - expert snipers and deadly in CQB with optical camo Engineer - intel masters with drones and sensors

As your character progresses through Ghost Recon Future Soldier, new equipment selections become available at levels 4, 16, 28 and 40. At character levels 20 and 32 new weapons are unlocked. Attachments are unlocked at every level and are fixed to one weapon. All character weapon unlocks are reset at level 50 with a Respec token.

Yes there is a HUD in Ghost Recon Future Soldier, which shows the following information. Enemy Intel Threat Indicator Objective Location and Status Friendly Player Location Round Timer and Status Mini Map Expendable Item Status (ie frags etc) Current Weapon Status (ie ammo etc)

Ghost Recon Future Soldier allows the use of Xbox360 Kinect and PS3 Move for the Gunsmith portion of the game. This allows weapon modification and weapons testing on the range, but it does not include gameplay either online or during the offline campaign.

TC’s Ghost Recon FS Theme – 10 UPlay Points
A Free PlayStation 3 GRFS inspired theme.

Double Time – 20 UPlay Points
Unlocks both weapons and decision points. Valid for one decision on one MP character.

Rock & Roll – 30 Uplay Points
Receive the M60 and RPK light machine guns in GRFS.

Rooftops Map – Guerrilla – 40 UPlay points.
Receive the “Rooftops” maps to play in Guerilla mode.

Seeing every enemy highlighted is the massive advantage that having the radar unlocked gives a team. It even reveals players using Optical Camo, so the Radar Unlock in Future Soldier can prove to be a game winner.

There are 5 levels of Radar Unlock, each level increases the amount of time the radar is active, giving the team a greater chance of getting to and engaging the enemy.

Level 1     30 seconds
Level 2     45 seconds
Level 3     60 seconds
Level 4     75 seconds
Level 5     90 seconds

There are three Tactical Challenges in Ghost Recon Future Soldier Mission 1. Completing a tactical challenge unlocks the smoke grenade.

Tactical Challenge No .1

To complete the Make Them Count Tactical Challenge, preserve your ammo and make it to the end of the mission having used no more then 50 rounds of ammo.

Tactical Challenge No .2

To complete the Ghost Escape Tactical Challenge you must make to to the extraction point after the mission is complete, without being shot. If you need a med kit, you have failed!

Tactical Challenge No .3

To complete the On Board Clean Tactical Challenge you must be playing in Elite difficulty mode. To complete the challenge you must complete the sabotage objective in less than 20 minutes.

Ghost Recon Future Solider’s second DLC pack Raven Strike launched on September 11th on consoles, here's the achievement list!

ACHIEVEMENTS

Dirty Work: 50 Gamerscore - Gold Trophy
Maximum Effort: 25 Gamerscore - Silver Trophy
Package Delivery: 20 Gamerscore - Bronze Trophy
Tables Turned: 20 Gamerscore - Bronze Trophy
Clean Slate: 20 Gamerscore - Bronze Trophy

CHALLENGES

Secure Dawn

• Six Packer: Kill two enemies with a single bullet, and do it 3 times.
• Swamp Person: On Elite difficulty, reach the swamp without being detected.
• With a Twist: Kill 20 enemies by snapping their necks.
• Efficient Pistoleer: Kill 8 enemies in less than 40 seconds with a pistol, and without reloading.

Cold Walker

• Fisher Fan: Make 5 consecutive kills by snapping the target’s neck.
• Eyes Only: Reach the station without using sensor grenades or drones.
• Station Agent: Kill all the hostiles in the train station without using sync shots.
• Handgun Headhunter: Perform 20 headshots with handguns.

Argent Thunder

• Swift and Silent: Cross the bridge in under 5 minutes without triggering the alarm.
• Wolfhunter: Kill the 4 HVT’s without being taken out by sniper.
• Eyes in the dark: Finish the mission without activating your NVG view.
• Pistolero: Using a handgun, kill 10 consecutive enemies without any misses.

    Level 4: 40MM Smoke Launcher or UB Stun Gun, Respec Token
    Level 6: Head Accessory
    Level 8: Med Kit
    Level 12: BLD-3 Flash Bulb
    Level 14: Head Accessory
    Level 16: 40MM EMP Launcher or Ammo Box
    Level 20: 417 or Stoner 96 : AN-94 or Type 95
    Level 22: Head Accessory
    Level 24: OTS-33 : KARD
    Level 28: Incendiary or 40MM HEDP Launcher
    Level 30: Head Accessory
    Level 32: TAR-21 or LSAT : A-91 or Ultimax Mk.5
    Level 36: Armor Piercing Ammo
    Level 38: Head Accessory
    Level 40: Incendiary Ammo or Backscatter Optic
    Level 44: Head Accessory
    Level 50: Head Accessory, New Character, 1 Weapon from opposite faction, Respec Token.

    Level 4: UAV or Field Computer, Respec Token
    Level 6: Head Accessory
    Level 8: Med Kit
    Level 12: BLD-3 Flash Bulb
    Level 14: Head Accessory
    Level 16: Decoy or Dragon's Breath
    Level 20: M1014 or PDR-C : MTs-255 or SR-3M
    Level 22: Head Accessory
    Level 24: OTS-33 : KARD
    Level 28: Slugs or Jammer
    Level 30: Head Accessory
    Level 32: M12 or L22A2 : Saiga 12 or SA58 OSW
    Level 36: Armor Piercing Ammo
    Level 38: Head Accessory
    Level 40: Sentry or UCAV
    Level 44: Head Accessory
    Level 50: Head Accessory, New Character, 1 Weapon from opposite faction, Respec Token.

    Level 4: Thermal Optic or Custom Sniper Optic, Respec Token
    Level 6: Head Accessory
    Level 8: Med Kit
    Level 12: BLD-3 Flash Bulb
    Level 14: Head Accessory
    Level 16: Exacto Ammo or OTR Scanner
    Level 20: SRR or P90 / VSS or PP19
    Level 22: Head Accessory
    Level 24: OTS-33 : KARD
    Level 28: Stun or Augmented Camo
    Level 30: Head Accessory
    Level 32: MSR or Vector : KSVK or Skorpion
    Level 36: Armor Piercing Ammo
    Level 38: Head Accessory
    Level 40: Claymore or Raufoss Ammo
    Level 44: Head Accessory
    Level 50: Head Accessory, New Character, 1 Weapon from opposite faction, Respec Token.

The Takeover Domination achievement in Ghost Recon Future Soldier Khyber Strike DLC is worth 10 gamerpoints.

To achieve the Takeover Domination achievement you will need to be part of a squad match where your team wins by more than 100 points.

This is possible by playing in Takeover mode and firstly hacking the other team's objective to benefit from a 3x score multiplier. You are then going to need a margin of over 30 kills to gain the 100 points required to win the Takedown Domination achievement.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier on the PC is limited to 60 FPS.

This may be resolved in a future patch.

Using a HDTV monitor with HDMI you may find that Ghost Recon Future Soldier PC is locked to 24Hz. This may be fixed in a patch from Ubisoft.

The issue is with HDTV at 1920x1080 resolutions, using a HDMI connection. To bypass this issue, an alternative to an HDMI cable should be used.

For gaming, setting the resolution to 1680 x 1050 as a default, should run Future Soldier at 60Hz.

Please check with Ubisoft Official Support for updates on this issue.

There are some advanced graphics settings in the PC version of Ghost Recon Future Soldier that can cause a major drop in frames per second. If you game is running slow, try reducing the following settings.

• volumetric light
• ambient occlusion
• tessellation

The "Device is removed: Device hung due to badly formed commands" is a v1.1 Error on Ghost Recon Future Soldier that can result in freezes and black screens or crashes to desktop.

A temporary fix for this issue until Ubisoft patch the problem is to use Nvidia Inspector to underclock your graphics card. 

An example for the Nvidia 580GTX card is shown below.

Orginal Setting : GPU = 795 MHz, MEMORY = 2004 MHz, Shader 1590 MHz

Suggested Setting : GPU = 700 MHz, MEMORY = 1800 MHz, Shader 1400 MHz

Issues with locked 50fps (for example on a 120Hz 3d monitor) can be resolved as follows.

Create a custom resolution of 1919x1080

In Nvidia Control Panel, Click on

• click change resolution then
• click on Customise
• click Create Custom Resolution
• Select 1919 X 1080

Start Future Soldier, and go to the Settings to change to your new resolution.

With these settings and a good graphics card (GTX 680 and higher) it should be possible to get 120FPS with these settings.

The miminum specification for the original Ghost Recon is as follows -

CPU - Pentium II 450 MHz processor or equivalent
Memory - 128 MB of RAM
Operating System - Windows 9X/ME/2000/XP
DirectX - DirectX 8.0 or higher (included on CD)
Video Card - 16MB DirectX 8.0 compatible 3D card
Drive Space - 1GB minimum hard drive space
CD-ROM - 4X or better
Sound Card - DirecX 8.0 compatible sound card
Internet/Network - TCP/IP connection at 28.8 KBPS or faster

PC Game Buying Guide

To see the framerate during a mission entering the console by pressing NumPad Enter key, then typing ToggleShowFrameRate, then press Escape.

If your FPS seems capped at 60FPS, downloading the latest drivers for your video card may help. If you are running winXP or 2000, there is an issue that limits your refresh rate to 60Hz, no matter what the windows setting is. This caps your framerate at 60FPS.

There is a free tool called NVRefresh that fixes this, the official site is at http://www.nvrt.net/ but has been down for some time. You can grab the latest version of NVRefresh from mirrors listed on this page at MajorGeeks.

The first thing to do is upgrade to the latest NVidia drivers, which you can find on the official Nvidia drivers page here. Then check the NVRefresh tool compatibility page to see if the tool has been tested with your new drivers. If you get a green result, run it, click the "Apply Settings" button, reset your PC, and enjoy 60+FPS with Ghost Recon - or any other game!

There is also another tool, that works with any graphics card, not just Nvidia, download RefreshLock here.

A more professional tool can be downloaded that does all that and much more. Grab Powerstrip here for a host of graphics options at the touch of a button.

Note : If you notice your monitor starts to display text a little fuzzy, or out of focus around areas of the screen after using these tools, simply reset to default settings, or tone down the refresh rate. You can do this through your normal window settings, Display Properties>Settings>Advanced.

Note : Please check the maximum refresh rate your monitor permits. Setting any of these tools higher than the manufacturers recommended refresh rate can cause problems.

 The final patch version for Ghost Recon is V1.4.0.0. The full patch history and download locations as follows, starting with the most recent:-

PATCH 4 v1.4.0.0 Oct 2002. 5.8Mb
full content pop-up | download locations : GhostRecon.net Server
Before installing this patch your Ghost Recon must be at version number 1.3.50. After installation you will have to insert the original Ghost Recon disk to play.

PATCH 3 v1.3.5.0 Sept 2002. 46.9Mb full content pop-up | download locations : GhostRecon.net Server

DS Multiplayer Patch Apr 2002. 1.2Mb
full content pop-up | download locations : GhostRecon.net Server

PATCH 2 v1.2.10.0 Mar 2002. 44Mbfull content pop-up | download locations : GhostRecon.net Server

PATCH 1 v1.1.5.0 Feb 2002. 31.8Mb
full content pop-up | download locations : GhostRecon.net Server

All Ghost Recon patches here.

General Notes:

• Replay files are not compatible across different version.
• As at Patch 4 RSE have made over 160 changes to Ghost Recon!
  • 199 improvements and new features
  • 7 anti-cheat measures
  • 62 minor bug fixes

You can find out how to do that in this report.

This came in from Nurface and might help those with FPS problems.

"Many times we read the required specs for games and find that our computers meet the standard, so we expect smooth gaming. I have found that with the wrong sound card life can be very unpleasant. I tried numerous drivers for sound card and graphics card. My computer setup is PIII 866MHZ/256 RAMBUS memory/Aopen PA256MX Geforce2 MX 32MB AGP. I had previously tried Chaintech sound card CMedia PCI Audio but that card didn't run smoothly. It met the requirement I might add, so I purchased the soundblaster 16 PCI. I couldn't believe the difference the sound card made on my system. My Frame per seconds went from avg 30 to 60fps with Sb 16. The price for the sb 16 pci card is around $30.00. This may improve your gaming experience."

Poor sound performance, popping, or muffled sounds may be helped by the following procedures:

Creative Labs PCI Series | OS: Win98, WinME

• From the Ghost Recon main menu screen, go to Options | Sound and
  check the "Use Alternate Cache" checkbox.
• If you hear odd or loud echoes when entering houses or caves, uncheck the "Use EAX" checkbox on the same page.
• Exit the game and restart.

If none of these help.

• Go to: Control Panel | Multimedia | Audio | Advanced Properties | Performance. Adjust the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to the left (Emulation Only).

Creative SBLive and 5.1 Series | OS: Win98, WinME

• Go to: Control Panel | Multimedia | Audio | Advanced Properties | Performance.
• Adjust the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to the left (Emulation Only).

Creative SBLive and 5.1 Series | OS: Win2K

• Get the latest Win2K drivers for your card--for most of you, this will be Creative's site, www.soundblaster.com.

If this doesn't help:

• Go to: Control Panel | Sounds and Multimedia | Audio | Advanced | Performance.
• Adjust the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to the left (Emulation Only).

Creative SBLive and 5.1 Series | OS: WinXP Home and Pro

• Update your XP drivers from Creative.

If the problem persists:

• Go to: Control Panel | Sounds and Multimedia | Audio | Advanced | Performance.
• Adjust the Hardware acceleration slider all the way to the left (Emulation Only)

Turtle Beach Santa Cruz | OS: Win98, Win2K Should be similar.
(Also VideoLogic Sonic Fury)

• Get the latest drivers from Turtle Beach (dated 1-15-2001)
• Open the Santa Cruz Control Panel and check the following settings:
• Main Tab: Set the Master Volume to the highest setting, and make sure the button under the slider is on. Set Appropriate speaker mode, and VersaJack setting (should be analog in most cases).
• Mixer Tab: Set the Wave Out Volume to the highest setting and make sure the button under the slider is on. Adjust this setting later to get a comfortable play level within the game.
• Effects Tab: Make sure both Effect1 and Effect2 are OFF.
• Synth Tab: Set Max hardware notes to 64, and max software notes to 128.
• Other Tab: Enable 3D Stereo Enhance, turn off Legacy DOS, and do enable Direct Sound Acceleration.

A-bit AU10

• Run dxdiag and set the Sound Acceleration slider to the second notch (Basic).

Voodoo 5000 should be okay.

Riptide sent in a fix for the fuzzy Voodoo Menus.

"I have here a fix for the blurry text in the menus of Ghost Recon that many people are experiencing with older video cards(Voodoo3). What it does is take out one of the two fonts stored in the font texture so that the card can handle the size of the image without it being rescaled. There are two sets of files in the archive. One removes the larger font and uses the smaller one. The other does the inverse of that. I'd suggest using the smaller font since the larger one can make the text too big and it ends up getting chopped off at the end of it's allocated space in the menus.

Download the files here.

How do I install/re-install the entire Ghost Recon 1 game with both expansion packs?

If you are reinstalling or moving from one computer to another and wish to keep the same settings like graphics and keys, do the following..

Backups

• Save your key map from your current Ghost Recon installation from the Options > Controls screen.
• Find the *.keys file in the GhostRecon/Data/Save/game folder and back it up.
• Find the options.xml file in the GhostRecon folder and back it up.

Reinstall Procedure

• Install Ghost Recon
• Install Desert Siege
• Install Island Thunder
• Install Official Patch version 1.4.0.0 from here.

Now replace the two backed up files from the previous step.

Ghost Recon's main menu is hard coded at 640x480, to get it to run on monitors that do not support this resolution you need to run in windowed mode.

• Locate the file "options.xml" in the root GR directory.
• Open it with any text editor

Now find the line

and change it to:

<FullScreen>FALSE</FullScreen>

There is a full discussion in this issue HERE.

1. Install Wine. You need a recent version - IIRC most successful reports seem to be using 1.14 or later. Some Linux distros (eg Ubuntu) don't include a sufficiently up-to-date version in their repos, so the best thing to do is add the main Wine repo and install from that. (If you're not using a Debian-based distro, choose one of the other options here.)
2. Install GR.
   • Grab your CDs (or DVD) and run the installers (including patches) in sequence. In Ubuntu, you can do this easily by right-clicking on each .exe and selecting 'Run with Wine Windows Program Loader'. If your distro doesn't do something like that, you can do
     CODE
     % wine "D:\path\to\setup.exe"
     where 'D' is the letter Wine is using for your CD/DVD drive.
   • When it's done, each installer will hang. Grab your favourite process manager and look for a zombie process called 'IKernel.exe'. Kill this and the installer will exit. (Skipping this or just killing the installer can cause errors in subsequent installers.)
3. Configure GR in Wine. Open the Wine Configuration Editor.
   • Click 'Add Application' and select GhostRecon.exe. Set it's Windows version to XP. (It may be worth experimenting with 98/2000, but I haven't...yet.)
   • Make sure GhostRecon.exe is selected, and go to the 'Graphics' tab. Check 'AllowDirectX apps to stop the mouse leaving their window' and 'Emulate a virtual desktop'. Uncheck 'Allow window manager to decorate the windows' and 'Allow window manager to control the windows'. Set Vertex Shader support to 'Hardware' and disable the pixel shader.
   • Go to the 'Audio' tab and check that the right sound driver is selected. In the DirectSound section, set hardware acceleration to 'Full' and turn on Driver Emulation.
1. Dedi launcher. Let's add a shortcut for launching the dedicated server. Find the launcher for GR and copy the command. Then create a new launcher, insert the same commande and add the dedi switch on the end. The commands should look something like this:

env WINEPREFIX="/home/yourusername/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\Ghost Recon\GhostRecon.exe"
env WINEPREFIX="/home/yourusername/.wine" wine "C:\Program Files\Ghost Recon\GhostRecon.exe" -autoserve

 You're done!

• I haven't found a way to play the game intro movie without crashing. (Insertion & extraction movies play fine.)
• Frame rates are lower than in native Windows. However, I'm still using integrated graphics of 2005 vintage, so it's quite likely that someone with a decent graphics card wouldn't notice any difference.
• With Wine set to emulate a virtual desktop, menu screens display in a 640x480 area of the screen. Disabling virtual desktop fixes this, but can lead to focus issues when entering a mission/game. (Do give this a try; I've only seen focus issues since upgrading to Ubuntu Jaunty - Intrepid was fine.)
• GameRanger now installs; you'll have to install Flash along with it (the ActiveX version). However GameRanger can't seem to launch GR to join or host a server.
• Haven't tried TeamSpeak or the TeamSpeakOverlay yet.
• xFire installs & loads under Wine, but it's pretty unstable. Haven't managed to get it to run long enough to join or host yet. The gFire Pidgin plugin handles xFire status & friends pretty well; I haven't had a chance to test joining or hosting through it yet.

 

Ghost Recon's intro can do this, try disabling the intro by editing the options.xml file.

Internet Explorer settings can also cause this issue. Go to IE options and click 'Yes' button, to allow scripts and ActiveX controls to run. This can fix Island Thunder crash issues.

When Ghost Recon hangs on menu screens in Windows 7 it can usually be fixed as follows :-

• Close Ghost Recon
• Open the options.xml file
• Set the Z Buffer Depth to 32 bit

If Ghost Recon refuses to un in windows 7 try this;

• Right Click on the desktop and select Screen Resolutions
• Click Advanced Settings, Adapter Tab.
• Select List All Modes
• Change to 16 bit.

This is a false positive and nothing to be concerned about, it's Ubisofts Product Registration application (used on most Ubi games EG GR, Myst III, Splinter-cell Etc). It launches the "Register Now" application.

Paranoid users can easily remove the entry before it even launches by simply removing its start-up entry from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Run

Microsoft Entry.

Program:Win32/PowerRegScheduler (?)

Encyclopedia entry
Updated: Nov 10, 2010 | Published: Jul 16, 2006

Aliases
Not available

Alert Level (?)
Moderate

Summary
PowerRegScheduler is a product registration system used by some legitimate software programs. It collects demographic data for vendors who use PowerRegScheduler as a product registration reminder. PowerRegScheduler collects data such as your name, address, e-mail, place of purchase, product serial number, etc. This data is transmitted to PowerRegScheduler servers and is then made available to the manufacturer of the purchased product.

PowerRegScheduler may remain on the computer after the product registration task has been completed.

If you find that after activating Ghost Recon mods in the options menu, that they are deactivated when you play thye game, you are probably running Windows 7.

Playing Ghost Recon on Windows 7 requires that the game is run in Administrator mode, do this by right clicking on the game exe or the shortcut and select Run As Administrator.

We have mission walkthrough solutions for Ghost Recon, Desert Siege and Island Thunder in our Recon section.

Ghost Recon Mission Walkthroughs.

Ghost Recon was released in 2001, as follows -

13th November 2001 in USA and Canada.
23rd November 2001 in the UK and the rest of Europe.

Yes, and it has been hugely successful, and you can grab it here:

3D Gamers

"The whole storyline revolves around old-school Russians trying to get power back." A militaristic group comes to power in Russia in 2008 and begins to arm insurgents in neighbouring territories. When the insurgents begin to agitate, the saber-rattlers in Moscow have a perfect pretext to step in and use military force to reassert their influence in several former Eastern Bloc territories. The Ghost Recon squad (loosely based on the US Army's Land Warrior program) steps in to save the day."

• weapon skill : how quickly the aiming reticule closes and how tight it gets.
• stealth skill : decreases the chance that the enemies will detect that character.
• Endurance : keeps you character more active even after taking wounds.
• Leadership : provides a performance boost across the board for all members of the fire team.

For an up-to-date list of maps check our synopsis.

In order to activate a console command, open the console by pressing the Enter key on the numeric keypad, then type the command, then press Esc to quit the console.

ammo - Infinite ammo
autolose - Does what it says
autowin - Finished the level
badtree - This command highlights trees that have been placed too close together, and they might cause AI errors, by setting them on fire!
bc3000ad- crashes PC? Possible in reference to Battle Cruiser 3000 - a very buggy game.
boom - Makes the world shake once
chickenrun - Turn gernade's into chickens which have a delay before they explode
cisco - Wins with a dog bark (maybe more), achieves objectives one at a time
eviltwin - Makes everyone look funny
extremepaintball - seems to turn AI off. Enemies that are on patrol will keep walking in the same direction, even if there are walls and whatnot in the way.
god - Get struck down. Throws you in the air - you hit the ground and die in a flame!
help - Shows all commands/cheats
hidecorpse - Does what it says
hidegamecounter - Does what it says
journalplaystart - Starts playing of record
journalplaystop - Stops playing of record
journalrecordstart - Starts recording of game
journalrecordstop - Stops recording of game
listcmds - Same as help
listtypes - Does what it says
listvars - Does what it says
loc - Shows current location
mark - Marks your current position
mark2 - Marks your current position
names - Shows names of everyone in the game no matter where they are
perf - Shows a lot of stats
quit - Quit's the whole game
range - Shows range of people when you move your mouse over them
refill - Refill ammo
reticule - When you put your reticule over a person or object (including doors, cars, tanks), it shows the name of the item and how far it is away
rock - All your base's are belong to us
rumbleon/rumbleoff - Earthquake mode on/off
run - Makes you walk fast and run even faster, by a factor of 10
setgama ### - Set's the gama level (replace ### with numbers)
shadow - Can't see controlled player - invisibilty
showframecounter - Does what it says
showgamecounter - Does what it says
showmotions - Kind of works like a giant sensor, just not as good
squirrelkite - Turns grenad's to squirrels - shoot at the trees and see flying squirrels
superman - Controlled player can't die - invincible
teamshadow - Can't see team - invisibility
teamsuperman - Team can't die
teleport - Teleport to mark
toggleAi - Toggle's AI
togglemovetrees - Makes tree stands still
toggleshowframerate - shows framerate during game
unlockhero - Unlocks the hero for the current mission

Unkown effects
aiinfo
airoe
alias
cover
coverpoints
dist
echo
exec
findcover
kit
levelmaps
loadgame
modelupdate
pathpointlines
pathpoint
rem
report
savegame
setalert
setgama
showfacing
showguns
testpath
toggleshowactorcharacterstats
toggleshoweffectsstats
toggleshowinter
toggleshowlevelstats
toggleshowperfcounters
toggleshowscenestats
toggleshowsystemmemorystats
toggleshowtexturememorystats
toggletotalstats
toggleUI
toggleusesimhumaninterlevel
toggleusetreeinterlevel

With the original Ghost Recon you can of course play IP to IP, simply enter the IP address of your friend who is hosting and you can join through the Multiplayer window.

Of course this screen is not a game browser in the normal sense of the word and only lists games IPs you have already manually entered.

To browse public Ghost Recon servers you need a tool, and their are two you can try.

http://www.gameranger.com/

http://www.voobly.com/

Both of these game matchmaker clients work woth Ghost Recon.

Also, remeber you can use our Ghost Recon Forums to find people to play Ghost Recon with.

If you plan to host your mod yourself, make sure your hosting account permits large file transfers are GR mods are very popular. It is not unusual to see GR mods disappear off the web as quickly as they appear because webhosts remove them due to server strain.

We can organise to mirror your mod so everyone can download it. If your mod is less than 5Mb you can mail it to me, if it is over 5Mb you should try and find some temporary hosting that I can download it from.

1) Make sure you have the newest RSB (comes with DS)
2) RSBBitmap.8bi should be put in the PlugIns folder of EITHER PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro It works for both.
3) Go to the file you wish to open- If it's a skin(standard rifleman), go to Origmiss\Character\Allied\ica_us_rifleman_body.rsb
4) Right Click it, Go to properties, untick the "Read-Only" box.
5) Open up your editor
6) Open the file.

• Close Ghost Recon
• \Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon
• Open options.xml in Notepad
• Find <ReticuleIFFColorR>255</ReticuleIFFColorR>
• There are 3 lines, one each for Red Green and Blue
• Change the numbers to change the colours
• For example 255,0,0 would be Red, which works quite well. for a handy list of colour codes check out this page.

Making new skins is relatively easy if you have the right tools. Please take a look at my tutorial here to get started. We also have a Skinning FAQ that can be found here.

To make new character models for Ghost Recon you will need 3D Studios Max and my tutorial found here.

It's very simple. Go to our Downloads Section and choose Ghost Recon from the list. From there you have the ability to browse and download hundreds of mods availible, all for free!

We are the most up-to-date and comprehensive Ghost Recon download site on the web!

For full details ond Download Support, please visit the Download Help Page.

These instructions take you through the process of installing a custom campaign mod from the GR 6 DVD Mod set , and how to start playing.

1. Insert Cd 1 and open the first folder, called "8 Days Reloaded"
2. In there is a zip file called "8_Days_Reloaded_v21.zip", copy this file to a temporary location on your computer, then extract it using winzip or winrar or similar.
3. You should now have a new folder called "8 Days Reloaded", inside here are the files that make up the mod.
4. Right click and "copy" the folder called "8 Days Reloaded".
5. Now go to your Ghost Recon installation folder, and open the folder called "mods", and paste in the "8 Days Reloaded" folder (Note, paste the entire folder, not just the contents).
6. If you have done this correctly, when you look at your Mods folder, you should see a folder called "8 Days Reloaded", the mod is now installed.

Please see our basic guide to installing Ghost Recon Mods on Steam before attempting this fix.

This is due to the folder structure used by Steam. It an be corrected by changing the registry setting as follows...

Here's the AppPath registry entry info:
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\App Paths\GhostRecon.exe
Subkey: Path
Subkey type: String
Value: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ghost recon\

Installing and playing Ghost Recon Mods is easy with the Steam version because Steam installs the full game complete with the latest patch.

Here's the procedure, check the screenshots below to see how it works. In this example we are installing the Save Santa v3 mod by Tinker.

• Purchase Ghost Recon, Ghost Recon :Desert Siege and Ghost Recon : Island Thunder from Steam
• In Steam click the Install button for each of the 3 games in the order shown above
• Go to Ghost Recon Downloads or open your Ghost Recon Mods DVD and select the mod you wish to install 
• Download the mod and extract the zip file to a location on your hardrive**
• Click on the new folder with all the mod files in it and right click and select Cut
• Now go to the Ghost Recon Mods folder, inside the Steam folder (see folder image below)
• Click into the Mods folder, then right click and select Paste
• You should now have a new folder inside the Mods folder named after the mod
• Launch Steam and Play Ghost Recon
• Go to the OPTIONS screen in Ghost Recon and click on the mod in the left window, then click ACTIVATE and it will move to the right window.
• You are now ready to play the mod. Depending on what type of mod it is you might need to start a New Campaign, or start a Quick Mission.

** If the mod installer is an exe file and not a zip file, just run the installer and let it install to your C drive, then go to your C drive and cut the mods folder from the Red Storm folder and past it into Steam as detailed above.

The following screenshots show the whole process right from installing Ghost Recon, to seeing the new mod activated on the Main Menu!

Op_Save_Santa_3 is the mod correctly placed in the Steam Ghost Recon Mods Folder

Now activate the mod in the Options screen.

Without seeing a home LAN on a LAN list you can still join the cable IP if known. This allows you to join a home network and play with them.

If you are wanting to play a private LAN game on a home network you must disconnect the gateway computer from the router or pull the cable/phoneline depending on which kind of connection you have or just turn the router off.

Open ubi.com's Ghost Recon Lobby, and click on the Options button, and selection "Lobby settings". Under the "Ghost Recon Demo" tab, make sure that the right path is written in the section. The default path is : " c:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon Demo\GRDemo.exe " or simply do a detect and make sure to choose the right .exe"

· Hamburger Hill – The player who spends the most time in the central area of the map wins.
· Last Man Standing – The winner is the last one standing.
· Sharpshooter – The winner is the player who has the most kills at the end of the game.

Co-Op Multiplayer

· Firefight – The map is seeded with randomly placed enemies, whom the player must defeat.
· Mission – The game plays like a single-player mission, with the same objectives, enemies and so on. If your team does not have the required equipment for a mission, a chat message will go out informing all players of this and the game will not advance.
· Recon - The players must make it from the insertion zone to the extraction zone.

Team Multiplayer

· Hamburger Hill – The winner of a Hamburger Hill game is the team that spends the most time in the central area of the map.
· Search and Rescue – The winner is the team that finds the three hostages placed on the map and escorts them to safety successfully. The hostages are invulnerable to fire.
· Last Man Standing - The winner of this game is the last team still alive at the end of the game. If time runs out before one team can eliminate all of its rivals, the win goes to the team with the most kills.

1. Shut down all broswers. Go to C:\Program Files\ubi.com\Plugins\Skins and delete the folders named Ghost Recon and Ghost Recon Demo. Also delete the zips with the same names.

2. Go to C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files and delete GhostRecon.zip and GhostRecon_demo.zip

3.Reboot

This is because the Ubi.com service was updated and that is the old version, the "fix" from UBI support is to update to the new version of GameService:

1. You must to unistall the ubi.com program from your PC.

2. Please download the "uninstall.reg" file to your desktop from http://help.support....m/uninstall.reg and double left click on it.

3. Once this is completed, visit http://gamingzone.ub...GameService.exe and download this file to your desktop. Once you double left click on the "GameService" file that will be created on your desktop, the game service should work fine.

NOTE: for step 2 you can either right-click on the reg link and "Save link As" or click on the link (it open what looks like a page of text) and then save file to desktop and then run it

or you can just manually delete the following registry entries (in bold) using reg edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{AEDDF5A3-29CE-11D5-A8C2- 000102246AAE}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Ubi soft\AutoRTPatch

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Ubi soft\GSManager

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Ubi soft\GSManager

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Ubi soft\Game Service

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\windows\ CurrentVersion\{AEDDF5A3-29CE-11D5-A8C2-000102246AAE}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Pocketsoft\Rtpatch\ client

You have three options. First, you can go to your local store and pick up a copy, or you can order online from either Ubisoft or GhostRecon.net

• Ubisoft.com Store
• GR.net Store

Change the following values in the profile.xml file (found in settings/profile/)

<campaign_last_event value="7361766567616d65" />
<campaign_progress value="21090307140200" />

Once it's edited you can selected any mission via the "Play Mission" button.

Domination point scoring :-

• -150 for each team kill
• 1 point if you participate in the suppression of an enemy.
• 2 points per enemy kill.
• 2 points per suppressed supply line.
• 3 points if you kill an enemy with full energy.
• 3 points for killing by headshot.
• 3 points if you capture a neutral zone.
• 3 points if you neutralize an enemy zone.
• 7 points if you capture an enemy zone.
• 10 points If you win the match
• 50 points if you kill an enemy while defending your zone.
• 300 points if you capture a zone
• 500 points for being in the winning team.

1. To use the airstrike, you have to be in first person - not on the map!
2. Scroll down to Airstrike (or Apache or Artillery, depending on which mission it is) and point your crosshairs at the target. (For me it's been enough to point at the top half of the radar dish on top of the AA-battery to call it in).
3. While Airstrike is selected, call up your Crosscom menu - wherever you have that mapped - and choose the Attack option, still pointing at the target.
4. Take cover and enjoy the fireworks!


HINT: Try using the airstrike as much as possible on any other targets before you reign fire down on the objective's targets. The airstrike/apache/artillery will dissappear as an option the moment you've destroyed all the targets that are part of the objective.

Locate the file profile.xml at \Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\Settings\profiles\graw_profile_default

and open it with a text editor (like Notepad).

under <settings>, you will see a list of options, locate the line :

<classic_crosshair value="false" />

and change it to

<classic_crosshair value="true" />

Now locate the line

<ret_color value="29 137 151" />

and change the numeric values, where the 3 numbers represent the Red, Green and Blue values respectively. If the line does not already exist, you can add it.

You can use the following guide for selecting other colours.

Red <ret_color value="255 0 0" />
Black <ret_color value="0 0 0" />
White <ret_color value="255 255 255" />
Green <ret_color value="0 255 0" />
Cyan <ret_color value="0 255 255" />
Blue <ret_color value="51 51 255" />
Orange <ret_color value="255 165 0" />
Yellow <ret_color value="255 255 0" />

OGR Coop mods can be played online with your friends, or by yourself by following this guide.

Installing an OGR coop map packaged in a zip archive (zip file)

Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file. You should have a .bundle file and a .bundle.log file, put both of these files in the custom_levels folder in your GRAW installation.

Installing an OGR coop map packaged in a executable installer (exe file)

All you have to do with an installer is make sure it points to the GRAW custom levels folder. For example if your games are installed on drive D: it should look like this.

d:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\custom_levels

Summary

What you should end up with is a pair of files for each OGR Co-op map, placed inside your custom_levels folder - see the image below for an example of 3 installed OGR mods.

Playing OGR coop map.

To play an OGR map yourself simply start GRAW, and select the Multiplayer option. On the next screen select the LAN Server button at the bottom.

This will present you with the server options screen. Click the Start Map button, and select your custom map from the list that is presented. If the map does not show please check you put the bundle file(s) in the correct folder, and check the mod's readme file if there is one.

Now click the Create button to launch the game.

Example Installation

There is no respawn in the Campaign Co-op mode for GRAW 1.

To play with respawns you must select the OGR Co-op game mode and play with any of the custom maps available for download here .

Minimum Requirements: Update

Processor: Intel P4 or AMD, 2 GHz
Operating System: Windows 2000/XP (only!)
Memory: 1GB RAM (*)
Disk Space: 4.5 GB
Graphics Card: 128 MB DX9.0c compatible card (GeForce 6200 / Radeon 9600 or higher) *See supported list below
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive : X2 Read Speed
DirectX Version: 9.0c
Network: High-speed modem with 64 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server on a full game.

Recommended Requirements:

Processor: Intel P4 or AMD 2.8 GHz
Operating System: Windows 2000/XP (only!)
Memory: 2 GB RAM (*)
Disk Space: 4.5 GB
Graphics Card: 256 MB DX9.0c compatible card *See supported list below
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive : X2 Read Speed
DirectX Version: 9.0c
Network: High-Speed Modem with 128 Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a client, 512Kbits of data transfer upload rate for a server on a full game.

Notes

* The RAM specifications above are our own recommendations at GR.net based on reported issues caused by only having 512Mb of RAM. If you have less than 1GB of RAM there is a good possibility that there will be serious issues with aiming due to reticule sway.

This seems to be the $64,000 question.

You can find an excellent guide to help gauge your PC's ability to run GRAW here.

Graphics Cards Supported:
ATI Radeon 9600
ATI Radeon 9700
ATI Radeon 9800
ATI Radeon X300
ATI Radeon X600
ATI Radeon X800
ATI Radeon X1600
ATI Radeon X1800
ATI Radeon X1900

nVidia GeForce 6200
nVidia GeForce 6600
nVidia GeForce 6800
nVidia GeForce 7800

Laptop version of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game. Additional chipsets may be supported after release.

Local Ports
UDP 15250
UDP 13139
UDP 15250

Remote Ports
UDP 15250
TCP 80
TCP 6667
UDP 13139
UDP 27900
UDP 27901
TCP 28910
TCP 29900
TCP 29901
UDP 29910
TCP 29920

Others
3783 (Voice Chat Port)
28900 (Master Server List Request)
6515 (Dplay UDP)
6500 (Query Port)

Poor mouse response giving a delayed reaction is usually due to poor frame rates. Try and increase your frame rate by lowering graphic settings and/or screen resolution.

You can also edit an xml file and try reducing max frames to render ahead from 3 to 1.

Details and download locations for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter patches can be found in this section of our downloads database.

Please note that there there are always two versions - one for boxed retail copies, and one for versions downoaded through Direct2Drive - make sure and download the correct version!

Users with less than the recommended 1Gb of RAM will experience this issue. The only solution is to upgrade your PC to the recommended 1GB of RAM. We would actually recommend that users have a minimum of 2GB of RAM if at all possible, for the very best overall playing experience.

We have included a video of the issue at YouTube.

During the first mission, I get to the point where I have just collected my entire team and I have received orders to make my way back to a rendezvous point for extraction.  As we are moving out, the game crashes.

Under settings/profile go to profile.xml & open with notepad and change Campaign_last_event = "7361766567616d65" />
Campaign_progress_value = "21090307140200" /> this unlocks all missions & allows you to continue with game.

Although you have been waiting for this sequel for five years, you have to remember that this does not mean that we have been working on it for five years.
We prioritized our efforts on creating a new, sophisticated MP mode to blow a breath of fresh, tactical air into the MP world, and bring something new to the community. We simply did not have the time to implement everything in the game, but the magic words are "free online add on" and "trust us". Heed those magic words!

*"we" refers to GRIN Inc.

There is no respawn in the Campaign Co-op mode for GRAW 1.

To play with respawns you must select the OGR Co-op game mode and play with any of the custom maps available for download here .

You can use third party tools that enable LAN connections across the internet to direct join GRAW and GRAW 2 games with your friends.

See this Video tutorial

http://youtu.be/jYIRqjW8UQY

Download Tungle at

http://www.tunngle.net

• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Nemon's Bundle Extractor
• nVidia Developer DDS Photoshop Plugins

• You are, in effect, creating a mod that does not over-write the original game file. However, because this is an unofficial mod, the game can only support the one mod folder. So, if you have 8 skins you like, tough luck, you can only have one. Basically, the game will only read the files that are in the one and only "Mods" folder we created. You're free to do what you want within these files, but understand that you do not have the ability to create multiple sets of skins.
• This is very unofficial. Hopefully in the coming weeks we'll see some official support on this, but in the mean time, enjoy what you have while you have it.
• If you want to make a mod for release, simply delete all of the files you did not edit, and package the ones you did. However, you must leave the folder structure in tact.
• Some people are naming their "Mods" folder "english" to prevent themselves from editing the Context.xml file. If you chose to do this, it will work... but let's try to have some uniformity as a community.
• I'm here to help. Don't hesitate to PM me, but please do a forum search for your question first. Our Forum Search function was recently updated, is very user friendly, and chances are someone has asked your question before. However, I will work one on one with you if you really need it.

Locate the file profile.xml at \Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\Settings\profiles\graw_profile_default

and open it with a text editor (like Notepad).

under <settings>, you will see a list of options, locate the line :

<classic_crosshair value="false" />

and change it to

<classic_crosshair value="true" />

Now locate the line

<ret_color value="29 137 151" />

and change the numeric values, where the 3 numbers represent the Red, Green and Blue values respectively. If the line does not already exist, you can add it.

You can use the following guide for selecting other colours.

Red <ret_color value="255 0 0" />
Black <ret_color value="0 0 0" />
White <ret_color value="255 255 255" />
Green <ret_color value="0 255 0" />
Cyan <ret_color value="0 255 255" />
Blue <ret_color value="51 51 255" />
Orange <ret_color value="255 165 0" />
Yellow <ret_color value="255 255 0" />

To install a GR:AW mod copy the contents of the mod to the local/english folder of your GR:AW installation. If the englsh folder soes not exists, simply create it first.

In the screenshot below, you can see the english folder with several subfolders - these are the installed modded files.

OGR Coop mods can be played online with your friends, or by yourself by following this guide.

Installing an OGR coop map packaged in a zip archive (zip file)

Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file. You should have a .bundle file and a .bundle.log file, put both of these files in the custom_levels folder in your GRAW installation.

Installing an OGR coop map packaged in a executable installer (exe file)

All you have to do with an installer is make sure it points to the GRAW custom levels folder. For example if your games are installed on drive D: it should look like this.

d:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter\custom_levels

Summary

What you should end up with is a pair of files for each OGR Co-op map, placed inside your custom_levels folder - see the image below for an example of 3 installed OGR mods.

Playing OGR coop map.

To play an OGR map yourself simply start GRAW, and select the Multiplayer option. On the next screen select the LAN Server button at the bottom.

This will present you with the server options screen. Click the Start Map button, and select your custom map from the list that is presented. If the map does not show please check you put the bundle file(s) in the correct folder, and check the mod's readme file if there is one.

Now click the Create button to launch the game.

Example Installation

If you encounter any problems while installing the AGEIA this driver package as part of the GRAW 2 installation process on VISTA do the following.


Do a SILENT INSTALL of the drivers.

Create a shortcut to this Ageia driver package by right-clicking on the file and selecting 'create shortcut').

Now right-click on the shortcut you just made and select properties.

In the target box, add /quiet to the end of the line after the quotes,so it looks as follows

"LOCATION OF THE FILE\PhysX_7.07.24_SystemSoftware.exe" /quiet.

Now click OK and double-click on the shortcut to install the Ageia drivers.

Wait a few minutes and then try running the game (or installing the game) again.

This could be related to the single shot bug, where you cannot select single shot, and all you hear is a "click" when pressing Z key. Often the game will crash to desktop at this point.

There is no fix. After pressing z a few time to change the rate of fire the game will crash, it is a known bug that will probably never be fixed.

A RAR file is a compressed collection of files, commonly used to compile Ghost Recon mod files.

Before you can use these files you have to uncompress them using a suitable application, as listed below.

IZARC - Free multiformat compression tool. Our favourite.

WIN RAR - Archive Manager that also handles RAR files, but not free.

GRAW2 dedicated servers can lose as much as 200Kb/second due to a memory leak. This can mean a massive 700Mb/hour/per player.

This can be monitored by through windows Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) - tab to 'Performance' or 'Processes' you can monitor the server memory usage.

Here you may see that graw2-dedicated.exe would crash with 'out-of-memory' errors.

After applying the following fix though memory usage will stablise at around 400Mbytes usage.

This fix also works with multiple instances and versions on the same server, in that: <threaded_renderer value="false" /> will not interfere with multiple instances  of the SADS setting up on a new thread if it’s available. For example there are reports of 4 GRAW2 servers in the same 4 core virtual machine and all 4 SADS are more stable after this fix.

Best of all this memory leak fix is simple to apply!

Navigate to your "Ghost Recon Advanced WarFighter 2" folder.
Edit the "context-standalone.xml" file and add the following line:

<threaded_renderer value="false" />

In the summer of 2014 Gamespy shut down their game servers, affecting many games.

As GRAW2 uses Gamespy for account login, fans were left wondering if they could still play GRAW 2, either offline to play missions and mods, or online to play matches with other GRAW2 players.

The good news is YES you can still play GRAW2, so if you are recieving a server error when trying to play GRAW 2 here is how you should proceed for OFFLINE games. If you want to play online, please see our seperate entry for playing GRAW 2 online after the Gamespy shutdown.

This guide applies to both Steam and boxed retail versions!

How To Play GRAW2 Mission and Mods

1. Launch GRAW 2 and click Multiplayer. Create a new profile as shown below.

2. Ignore the Login boxes, and simply click LAN at the bottom right.

3. At the next screen click "Create Server" at the bottom left.

4. At the next screen click "Create Server" at the bottom left. Then select from the missions on the left to start your game. If you need more mods, remember to http://www.ghostrecon.net/files2/index.php?act=category&id=46#mce_temp_url#!

The only downside is that fater each mission, you will be presented with the following screen for a few seconds, just ignore this and wait for it to pass.

Have fun!

In the summer of 2014 Gamespy shut down their game servers, affecting many games.

As GRAW2 uses Gamespy for account login, fans were left wondering if they could still play GRAW 2, either offline to play missions and mods, or online to play matches with other GRAW2 players.

The good news is YES you can still play GRAW2, so if you are recieving a server error when trying to play GRAW 2 here is how you should proceed for ONLINE games.

If you want to play offline by yourself, please see our seperate entry for playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 offline after the Gamespy shutdown.

This guide applies to both Steam and boxed retail versions!

Playing Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Online after Gamespy Shutdown

Late in 2014 Gameshare coded a small app that bypasses the need for a Gamespy account to play GRAW2 online. IT does this without changing any game files, simply by adding a few lines to your windows hosts file. This is a windows system file that allows users to re-direct internet traffic. In this manner Gameshare redirects the GRAW2 gamespy request to the Gameshare.co servers, where the request handles the login procedsure instead of the defunct gamespy.

This is a legitmate process prepared with the assistance of Ubisoft.

All that is required is to download the GRAW 2 Launcher, and run it.

Once the programme has been launched it will ask you to direct it to the graw2.exe file. If you are using Steam GRAW2 this will be in your steamapps folder.

The launcher will then start GRAW2 and you should click the Create Login button and then type in your preferred username and a new password. You may have to do this step twice for it to take effect.

Once you have done this you should see a list of multiplayer servers in the Multiplayer menu.

If you need further support please post in our forum topic Playing GRAW2 after Gamespy shutdown.

NB These instructions are for GRAW 2 v1.02 and were published before the official release of a fully functional editor. At the time of publication, this is the only way to enter the GRAW 2 Editor.

INSTRUCTIONS

Download this file and extract to your GRAW 2 folder.
Make a copy of your GRAW 2 desktop shortcut
Edit the new shortcut's Properties by adding a SPACE then the following text after the last quotation mark -o context-editor.xml

It should now look someting like this

"D:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2\graw2.exe" -o context-editor.xml

This will now launch the GRAW 2 Editor.

Use the bundler application included in the GRAW 2 1.03 patch (public_tools folder)

Copy the patch.bundle into the bundler folder, create a folder named data in there and used the following commandline in the comandprompt.

bundler extract -r patch.bundle data data

ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION (by GRIN Wolfsong)

Go to Start -> run -> find the bundler exe and select it and press ok -> add "extract -r patch.bundle data data" after the last " and press enter.

HOW TO INSTALL AND PLAY CUSTOM CO-OP GRAW 2 MISSIONS

You can play these missions on your own or with friends online, the procedure is the same.

INSTALLING THE MOD

1. Unzip the compressed mod package using a tool like izarc (google for it).
2. You should now have a file name ending in .bundle
3. Put this bundle file in the GRAW2 custom_levels folder on your computer.

You can view a youtube video of the procedure as produced by OZ clan here .

PLAYING THE MOD

4. Launch GRAW2
5. Select "MULTIPLAYER"
6. At the top click SERVER TYPE and select LAN if you are just playing yourself offline, or select ONLINE if you want other people to join the game.
6. Select "CREATE SERVER"
7. Select the new mission from the window on the left, and click ADD to move it to the window on the right.
8. At the bottom there are some server settings you can alter.
9. Click CREATE SERVER button to start playing

For interface, weapon, or skin mods

A RAR file is a compressed collection of files, commonly used to compile Ghost Recon mod files.

Before you can use these files you have to uncompress them using a suitable application, as listed below.

IZARC - Free multiformat compression tool. Our favourite.

WIN RAR - Archive Manager that also handles RAR files, but not free.

Ranks

S, A, B, C & D. With S being the best and D the worst.

Special Achievements

There are a couple of reasons this can happen.

First of all, from the campaign mission loading screen, make sure that you select the CONTINUE CAMPAIGN button and not the PLAY MISSION button. You'd be surprised how many people have done that in error!

If that is not the problem, you'll need to delete all your quick saves from the following folder. The quicksave files are the ones named quicksave_*.dsl. do not delete any other files.

GRAW 2 Installation > settings > profiles > (yourprofile) > savegames

If that does not work, you can install the GRAW 2 Complete pack of mission saves. Note that this will mean you will continue with a different set of Ghosts, and is really a last gasp solution.

NB The above was written when GRAW 2 was at Version 1.02 in July 2007. Subsequent patches will probably resolve this issue.

The cover command functions differently for each of the modes.

In ASSUALT mode, cover means "lay down cover fire here". For the sniper, Hume, it's a little different though, he should not lay down cover fire in assault mode, but stay in ready sniper position and take out any enemy he sees in the given direction.

In RECON mode cover means "watch this area and kill and engage and enemies that come in and are a threat". In this mode you will get a verbal report from your team first.

This issue is discussed here .

In summary, you need to order Rosen to follow you (use the middle mouse wheel), and then enter the helicopter yourself. He should then follow you in.

This was something that appeared in patch 1.05, possibly in an attempt to stop grenade spamming. There is a workaround but it is only applicable for single player or co-op play because it involves editing game files and would get clients kicked from game sevrers for altered game files.

This solution courtesy of No Quarter.

• Extract the \data\sb_templates\sb_weapon_data.xml from patch.bundle

Edit the following lines, changing the 0 to 4.

<var name="gl_clip" type="number" default="0"/>
<var name="spare_gl_clips" type="number" default="0"/>

Now put this file in the \Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2\Local\english folder.

Help with Extracting Bundles Here and Here .

Discussion on this issue here .

You can use third party tools that enable LAN connections across the internet to direct join GRAW and GRAW 2 games with your friends.

See this Video tutorial

http://youtu.be/jYIRqjW8UQY

Download Tungle at

http://www.tunngle.net

So you're not a readme type of guy, that's okay, here's the skinny on what you need to know to get right into the action without getting shot every 5 seconds.

GHOST RECON ONLINE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION TOP TEN

1. Give your enemy less of a target area and make your shots more accurate at the same time by using stances to your advantage. So CROUCH (C) and go PRONE (CTRL) are esential, use these stances wisely.

2. Area too hot for crouching? SPRINT out of the danger zone (SHIFT), but quickly get back to crouch or prone to level your weapon.

3. Right Mouse Button is your essential zoom button for scoping in close on your target.

4. When using cover switch the camera view (Q) to get the best possible line of fire from your vantage point.

5. Hand your hand combat more your type of thing? Or maybe some dude just ran around the corner right in your face, introduce hom to the butt of your rifle by using the melee key (Mouse 3).

6. Rate of Fire is one of those key binds that is guaranteed to be different in every game, don't hash around looking for it, it's the X key in Ghost Recon Online.

7. Reload on the other hand is the same in almost every shooter, so we don't need to tell you, it's R, do we?

8. I is for Inventory, adjust your loadout and extras in here.

9. Special weapons are F, so bash on that F key to unleash your extra goodies.

10. Firing from henind cover with your weapon resting on the cover, gives you an accuracy bonus.