Ghost Recon Mod FAQ
Maintained by Rocky
Last updated 10th June 2003
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Where can
I store my Mod for people to download?
How do I interrogate the prisoners in the
Free Russia Mod?
How do I use RSBs?
How do I change the Reticule colour?
How do I make new maps for Ghost Recon?
How can I make new missions for Ghost Recon?
What else can be modified in Ghost Recon?
How do you use IGOR, the built in mod editor?
Is there arm patch modding?
Can I change the colour of the nightvision,
or how it works?
How do I download Mods from here?
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Where
can I store my Mod for people to download?
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 of 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. Try searching the web for "free
hosting". One site you could try is freeprohosting.com
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How
do I interrogate the prisoners in the Free Russia
Mod?
To interrogate the prisoners in Free
Russia you could try shooting them with a
handgun, to a non-lethal body part. You may have
to scare them into talking by doing it to more
than one prisoner.....
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How
do I use RSBs?
A quick run-down
on how to successfully install the plugin and
use the RSBs.
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.
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How
do I change the Reticule colour?
RAT_SpOoK sent in
this tip to assist those having problems with
Friendly Fire in Ghost Recon. Modding the colour
of the Reticule can make it easier on the eye
when recognising friend from foe, here's how you
do it.
- 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 this
page out.
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How do
I make new maps for Ghost Recon?
In order to make new maps, an
expensive developers tool called 3dsmax
is required. So yes, you could make maps, but
it is not easy. You can find a tutorial here.
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How can
I make new missions for Ghost Recon?
New missions can be made using
Igor, the editor that shipped with Ghost Recon.
To use Igor, look in your 'Ghost Recon' folder
for igor.exe and run it. Tutorials for Igor can
be found here
and here.
If you have any questions about modding using
Igor, then please feel free to post in our Mods
forum.
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What else
can be modified in Ghost Recon?
In addition to making new missions,
you can make new character, including specialists,
weapons, weapon models, skins and more. As time
passes, people will delve deeper into the game
and find more things to mod. Keep an eye on the
News page
and the Mods
forum for tips on how to mod, tutorials, and
upcoming mod releases.
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How
do you use IGOR, the built in mod editor?
Ghost Recon ships with an Editor called IGOR,
which can be used to Modify elements of the game.
You can read more about IGOR here
and here.
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Where
is the Armpatch option?
There is no armpatch
feature in Ghost Recon.
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Can
I change the nightvision colour, or how it works?
No - it is hardcoded
into the game.
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How
do I download mods from here?
We have partnered
with @war and Fileplanet to bring you the collection
of mods you see on our Downloads page. It is
the most up-to-date
and comprehensive collection of Ghost Recon Mods
available anywhere. All you need is a free account
from Gamespy in order to access their Fileplanet
downloads, including all the Ghost Recon mod
that we have out there.
When you click the
mod link you will be taken to Fileplanet's download
page for that mod. It is totally free
- simply select a Public
Server from the
page our Mod links take you to at FilePlanet.
The page you arrive at is
in two halves. The top half says "Personal
Server" - you have to pay if you want one
of those. The bottom half says "Public
Server" - and should have 2 or 3 download
buttons - these will take you to the free
download straight away.
If you get a "404 File
Not Found" error click "Back" and
try the link again - it is just a small error
that sometimes creeps into the download system.
Disable any download accelerator
tools you may have running as these will cause
download errors when using Fileplanet.
Why do we use Fileplanet? It's
quite simple - for us to host the files here would
be too expensive. Every time a file, or even a
webpage, is transmitted to your PC it costs money,
and I personally pay for that data transfer. The
technical name for it is "Bandwidth",
and we pay for bandwidth on a monthly basis. If
you were downloading mods from here the cost would
be enormous, that's why we send our mods to FilePlanet
so you can grab them for free.
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