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And now from bad, to worse, to literally as bad as it gets: Ubisoft stock crashed (again) and is now not only lower than it was over twenty years ago after the IPO dip when the company went public, it's now lower than it has ever been (Yahoo Finance) (hit the "All" button to see the entire stock history) erasing all the company's gains, and even making ZeroHedge headlines. With its massive debt, repeated government and private bailouts, a massive private bailout from Tencent -- and the company still can't even pay the bills, it should be no surprise the Ubisoft has lost all investor confidence. If a family member burned through money in the manner it was done here; they'd not only be unemployable, they'd be in prison and disowned. If Red Storm had run their studio like this, there never would have been a Ghost Recon. In fact, the only other entity that gets away with this scale of dysfunction and malfeasance for this long, is government... The silver lining has to be we're that much closer to someone else owning Ghost Recon IP or even better the Tom Clancy IP in entire, and it seems very unlikely whoever that may be could do as poorly with literally every example that can be made of what not to do. As a fan of primarily Red Storm and all the ground they broke in tactical realism game design; I'm sad this has gone the way it has, but it will be a relief when the page finally turns -- if only Ubisoft had just remained a Publisher... Here's to hoping we may again have 'The best of the best!'... "Maybe the time is not, quite yet... But those are the worlds promising untold opportunities... Beckon..." -Carl Sagan

My journey with @pz3's M4 SOPMOD pack has been fun. A lot of what I've done is based on mid-2000s Delta Force MRE M4 setups. Various model tweaks (mostly to add detail, some proportion corrections) Receiver has a lot of added geometry, and is now configured with the selector on semi and dust cover open Crane LMT stock corrections Rail Cover corrections New accessories Schmidt & Bender 1.1-4x Shortdot Rear Iron Sight (foldable) Risers for optics KAC MRE extended handguard (CENTCOM has one, but no .max file so had to make my own) Rubber buttpad for the normal stock RediMag attachment to hold an additional magazine Gangster grip (A2 pistol grip attached to a light and with some buttons on it) Plan on including some ready-to-play models and of course the .max files for making your own setups.

Making new thread for resource pack I'm working on now that I'm officially releasing it. Currently only characters, but planning to add weapons to it. Feel free to use the resources here as you wish, just make sure you give proper credits. Version: 1.0 Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oIu2q9xKiqayZqt4SJ13FwoMQ_NLjH9a/view?usp=sharing Model Sets Ghosts RAV: mid 2000's direct action loadouts made using GR2 models exported by @Zeealex The models are currently only visible in the model viewer mission. I may make a set of Ghost skins for use in SP and MP similar to 1990 Delta Force. Resource files (blender, 3dsmax5, photoshop, and camouflage patterns) are included. Possible future plans: New weapon models (currently messing with M4 SOPMOD, looking to enhance it and maybe get into Block II accessories) Another set of models ~2010 gear

NVG attachments

Well posting links to discord images seem to not be the move.

Take 2 (they worked in preview so oof)

Don't think the images are working Jack?

Decided to mess around with the GR2 model pack Zee made a few years ago, and actually learning some stuff like how rigging sucks. This project is to address my complaints with the currently available models: Gear is early 2000s at the latest (these models will push it to mid 2000s) Overuse of drop leg stuff Most of them don't make sense for short duration direct action missions (I know ballcaps and stuff are cool, but they don't make sense when you know combat is coming) Lack of more modern comms Bloused pants everywhere Not many winter options out there No dual tube NVGs What I plan on releasing: Character models for various classes Customization via just using the reskinner tool and selecting different texture. Will be able to change upper body, lower body, helmet, gloves, and boots separately without needing to go into photoshop Probably throw in the blender and 3ds max files for people to play with Classes I've prototyped Assaulter Breacher/Demolition Support Gunner (light, 5.56mm) Support Gunner (heavy, 7.62mm) Marksman Grenadier Element Leader Some pics below of me prototyping/testing things, so not final.

How cool is this? Bodark Overhaul on Nexus and T1

Happy Birthday Rocky

And the news just goes from bad to worse -- it does look like the Ubisoft is truly circling the drain... Loyal Fans, a gigantic market, amazing IP, and enormously talented Studios burned to the ground for over a decade... This last point -- what Ubisoft did to its Studios especially demonstrates just how completely the Publisher burned its bridges. A Publisher that micro-manages Studio development where previously enormously successful and popular IP was made without that oversight and micro-management, and it gets so bad key and even lead talent that built those Studios and their IP leave, after repeated demonstrations of poorer and poorer sales, bad reviews etc. -- is no different than if a Print Press Publisher were to micro-manage what an Author writes... Can anyone imagine if Penguin, Random House, or Sphere were to have told Tom Clancy, "The story line is okay, but we want all the main characters to be trans circus clowns and drag queens...and we don't want any realistic depictions of conflict, we want cartoon depictions that are humorous, and we'll have our Ghostwriter do it for you..."? And they did this after Tom Clancy and written his third best seller... Would that work? This is not to suggest there isn't a valid market for whatever it is a Publisher might want, or in the case of Ubisoft prefer and to develop alternative IP that targets that market or idea -- but to to so completely subvert and obviate Studios and talent that have demonstrated they understand their genre, market and audience as well as Red Storm and Massive Entertainment did (and studios like Grin and Crytek that worked so hard and were just getting there) -- is beyond appalling... That Ubisoft did this, relentlessly, across its entire Studios portfolio & IP stack, in the face of decades of enormous Fan & Review criticism, tanking sales, -- shouldn't make any of the current outcomes a shock or surprise to anyone. Hopefully, the IP will be acquired by a party or parties that understand the enormous squandered potential, and/or will put someone in charge that does as there remains an enormous hole in the Tactical Realism and Stealth gaming market that hasn't been filled filled with competent 'AAA' titles for over a decade...

Happy Birthday John T Sonedecker

I'm having a huge Ghost Recon memorabilia clear-out of all my GR related stuff gathered over the years. Starting with this unused 80cm GRAW2 poster. I also found a bunch of unused R6 Vegas posters. Any fans out there keen on these, get in touch.

Good post ajitesh. I've not heard from Apex for a long time now. Hope he is doing okay.

We know the newer update didnt happen nor we saw apex mods online again in the forum. Wish that hard drive didnt break we would have seen probably best work of apex mods. Regardless Heroes Unleashed will always be forever best mod in all the games i played or will play hands down🙌. Do have to mention with recent ghost recon league that happened 2 months ago there were more than 70+ former GR players coming back again it was good tournament with 50+ matches over 7 teams. For the next tournament if it happens again i do actually have plans of tournament with smaller HU version fingers crossed. Do have to tell as long as our discord is going well for sure ghost recon will be alive and kicking as always, we will probably play for another 2 decades haha what a classic!! Apex mods just didn't make a mod its about perseverance of continuing to make a mod to respect all the great GR modders and serving the GR community. In our discord i see once in a while people asking is everthing ok with apex mods. Thanks to rocky for letting us know he is doing well. Over the years when i saw many people's astonishing reaction to one man behind development of HU for decades its insane. You are truly an inspiration for many apexmods and ofc my idol . Thank you so much man for your amazing work. ~Turtle

I upgraded all my old computers to Windows 11 and it works

Hello old timers Abit IP35 PRO Windows 7 specs and parts https://imgur.com/a/CDsbGa7 Should I bother upgrading to Windows 10 or just upgrade motherboard/cpu/memory/hd/gfx win11? Wanna reuse my Coolermaster Stacker 830 and PSU. I'm ok without pretty RGB and closed loop cpu cooler...maybe the stock cpu cooler will do. Very occasional gaming. Cheers

So much bad news about Ubi recently, with employee court cases, financial mis-management etc etc. It's hard to believe they could fall from such great heights as they have some incredible IPs that gamers flock to every new instalment. I get the games industry is tough, but they had a very strong position and a huge market of loyal fans.

It seems like we've been talking about UBI's mismanagement for quite sometime, so this shouldn't come as a surprise. Maybe a takeover would be good for GR?

Spot on, Lightspeed! I didn't notice the new option until I came here and saw your post a few days ago. Since then, a friend and I having been playing the Silent Reach mission exclusively. And you're right. I haven't seen anything that resembles OGR like this does. Can't wait till they develop some more missions for their Operations game mode. When they do, if the word gets out, maybe some clans will incorporate GB into their lineup. Hopefully, they'll free up some settings like difficulty and mission timer. They did some incredible work with the sunrise effects in this mission...

Yes, the game is very polished. My only jab is that I feel the game has an identity crisis. In SWAT 4, the goal was to use everything at your disposal to minimize excessive use of force and to arrest the perps. In RoN, the perps seem to always come out guns-a-blazing thereby reducing this aspect of the game that was the heart and soul of SWAT 4: getting perps to comply. As is, you seem to constantly be in gun battles. If I wanted gun battles, I wouldn't launch RoN. I'd play Sandstorm, Ground Branch, or Six Days in Fallujah. All of which I highly recommended depending on your desire for "realism". I will get back to RoN and keep trying to arrest perps. It's a very well-made game and a lot of fun.

The installion was normal but so sound in game even after trying different sound settings ? Win 11

Cheers for the info! I'll be sure to check it out. IIRC, Veteran difficulty (the middle one) was stated by the creator of the mod to be the only difficulty the mod was designed around. I believe that was in the guide for the mod. So glad to hear we're talking about the same experience here.