February 2002

Desert Weapons List Thursday February 28 | Rocky

Today we can reveal the full list of new weapons in Desert Siege.

Groza
Bizon 9mm
AN-94
A-91
M60
FN-FAL Para Variant
H&K PSG-1
Barrett M98
PKM

For a more detailed list please check our Desert Siege page.

Realism Mod V2.0 Thursday February 28 | Rocky

Droopy has released version 2 of his popular realism mod. This tiny file makes many enhancements to weapon behaviours, see the readme file for a detailed explanation. Note that this mod works best with Ghost Recon v1.1.5.0, grab it from our Downloads page.

Rainbow Six : 3 Wednesday February 27 | Rocky

Our sister site Aggression has some exciting new information about something that has been the subject of speculation for several months - a new instalment in the Rainbow Six series! This is huge news, don't miss out.

New Desert Siege Images Tuesday February 26 | Rocky

We have 6 exclusive screenshots from the upcoming Desert Siege expansion today. Check them out on our Desert Siege page.

Navy Seals Monday February 25 | Rocky

Piccolo has posted some new images, including weapons and a new specialist by Mike Schell, in our forums. Check them out here, and remember Jedi and Piccolo are still taking feedback on the Navy Seals Beta prior to releasing the full version.

GR Awards Sunday February 24 | Rocky

We were starting to lose track of all the awards and nominations that Ghost Recon has been gathering, so Thumper came up with a summary. Check out our Ghost Recon Awards page which lists and links to the current crop of awards.

Code Six Sunday February 24 | Rocky

Here's another site for your Ghost Recon bookmarks - Code Six. It looks like they are setting up a mod review database, and have kick started with a review of Ghost Recon Fatigues 1.0. Visit Code Six here.

Desert Siege Info Saturday February 23 | Rocky

EBGames have posted some great info on Ghost Recon - Desert Siege. They have a cool question and answer session with Richard Dansky from Red Storm. Amongst other things Richard talks about the great new sound effects to look forward to from Jeff Wesevich, the superb new maps, and Matt Dohmen talks about hard missions!

The all new Siege and Domination modes are explained in full, and they sound great - as someone somewhere once said, "All your Base....". Read the full interview here and count the days until the 26th of March.

Amazon are also taking pre-orders here.

Editing Tools Press Release Thursday February 21 | Jester

It's finally official--Ubi has issued a press release detailing what editing utilities will be released with the Desert Siege expansion pack. Tools we will see include:

3dStudio MAX editor plugins
RSB Editor
Lighting Tool
Over 50+ pages of documentation
Sample source files

Patches Thursday February 21 | Daywanderer

Armpatches, that is. RSE Software Engineer Greg Stelmack recently hinted at a possible integration of the sought-after armpatch feature that went AWOL in the transition. This is what he said in reply to a post on the subject over at alt.games.ghost-recon:

"We're aware of it. Much of the time spent on Ghost Recon was getting the engine rearchitecture out of the way. Now that that's done you'll be seeing more and more of these little features working their way in (the patch showed some of it, and the mission pack will show even more)."

New Box Art Thursday February 21 | Rocky

Thanks to Migo at Ghost-Recon.de for sending in some nice new box-art images of the Ghost Recon Series. Check them out in our newly updated store now.

The Jeep Clip Wednesday February 20 | Rocky

If you are having trouble downloading the The Desert Siege movie from GR Universe, I have extracted a short clip and optimised it for anyone with a slow connection. This 12Mb clip lasts 2 minutes 30 seconds and features the Jeep that appears at the end of the full 40Mb movie. Grab it from our Mods listing on the right.

Desert Siege Movie! Tuesday February 19 | Rocky

Peacemaker has grabbed the first Desert Siege movie and it's available for download at R6/GR Universe right now. Bad news for dial-up users is that it is a huge file - just over 40Mb. The movie is 352x288 and 8 minutes long, and is taken from the Giga preview we mentioned earlier today. Grab it from this download page, and remember you'll need the Div-X codec to view it. Post your opinions in this discussion.

Zen Archery Tuesday February 19 | Rocky

Clan site Zen Archery have quite a cool new flash intro, which appears to refer to Black Hawk Down, but using Ghost Recon images. Check it out here, if you like flash movies or are looking for a clan to join.

Thomas Devries Interview Tuesday February 19 | Rocky

Gamerzbrain.com have published an interesting interview with Thomas Devries who worked on Ghost Recon for over 4 months. There is some good, new and detailed information especially on the design of the characters. Check it out here.

Collectors Pack Tuesday February 19 | Rocky

Back at the start of December last year we broke news on "Ghost Recon Collectors Pack", although details were a little sketchy at the time. Now the Italian Ghost Recon site has some details, and box art.

This looks like a Euro cover, the USA version may have different box art.

Desert Siege Preview Tuesday February 19 | Rocky

German site Giga have a small preview of the Ghost Recon Mission Pack which features over 10 brand new images, including a full size shot of this new menu screen.

You can find the Preview and images here.

Navy Seals is out! Monday February 18 | Rocky

After a last minute error correction, AET Jedi has completed the public beta of Navy Seals, and I've just uploaded it ready for your playing pleasure. As reported earlier this eagerly awaited mod has a long list of new kits and superb weapons by Piccolo. Grab it now from our Downloads "Just In" section. Post feedback for the Navy Seals team in this discussion.

Ed 209 Saturday February 16 | Rocky

Raven has updated his ED209 model, which is really starting to look the business. Click here for a full gallery of screenshots.

=DRAG=

Mission Pack Box [updated] Saturday February 16 | Rocky

EBGames.com have the Desert Siege box art on display, along with over 20 screenshots.

The image on the back shows a Ghost carrying an AT4 on his back - and it's an in-game shot! Amazon.com are also taking orders.

Mods on CD Friday February 15 | Rocky

UK games magazine PC Gamer are preparing a collection of Ghost Recon mods to put on a future cover disk. We'll be pressing them to include some of the larger downloads especially for dial-up users, and if you'd like to recommend a quality Ghost Recon mod, mail me details and I'll pass it on!

Effect Test Zone v2 Friday February 15 | Rocky

Wolfsong has released Effect Test Zone v2. Check the contents and download location, in our forums here.

Must have Mods Friday February 15 | Rocky

It's going to be a great weekend for mods! Two days ago we posted news about Nishi's Team Rainbow 2 mod, but there were a few installation issues. Since then Nishi has corrected the problems and the download has been updated. This is great news as this is a superb and very detailed mod that brings Team Rainbow into the Ghost Recon arena! Moby has spent some time play testing it, read his thoughts over at The Platoon. Spray has also posted his thoughts in our Forum, along with an idea for making the unifrom selection easier.

Secondly, Jedi plans on releasing the Beta of the Navy Seals mod this weekend! This much anticipated mod has a huge feature list including over 45 rifleman kits, 27 sniper kits, 25 demo kits, 8 support kits, new loading screens, new missions, new reticules, new skins and new specialists from several countries. By all accounts the new weapons from Piccolo are going to be worth the wait. We'll be announcing the 8Mb download here sometime soon!

One Shot Success Thursday February 14 | Rocky

Spray has posted a cool replay of how easy it can be to complete the camp objective in Mission 1. It's a tiny 15Kb file, grab it from this discussion and see how the experts go about their business!

Pay Per View Wednesday February 13 | Rocky

I found two e-mails that IGN received to be very entertaining today. One is titled "All About the Money", the following e-mail is called "Who Dares Earn Money?" and they both deal with IGNs subscription service Insider.

The interesting thing (apart from IGN's correct but quite vicious reply) is that some people do still think the world wide web and its content is free, unfortunately this is far from the truth, and that is why we now have a banner ad on selected pages - to try and keep us online. If you are a regular here (and there are thousands of you), take a minute and read why we had to start showing adverts, and understand why IGN need a subscription service.

NMM Team 2 Wednesday February 13 | Rocky

Nishi has released NMM Gunworks Team 2 mod, which weighs in at a massive 27Mb. I don't have much in the way of details as yet, but if you have a fast connection and you like Nishi's mods, you can grab it here.

Please note that Munkey and Moby at Platoon have tested this mod and although it has some cool features he warns that it has some installation issues to be wary of. In particular it overwrites some files and there is a problem with file extensions too. Platoon have mailed the author and will probably have an update soon.

Mission Pack Screenshots Tuesday February 12 | Jester

Check out the four new screenshots from the expansion pack over at GhostRecon.com.

ED209 Tuesday February 12 | Rocky

Remember this big guy from Robocop? Keep your eyes open - he's making his way to a Ghost Recon mission near you soon thanks to =DRAG=. More news on this early prototype soon.

Night to Day Patch. Tuesday February 12 | Rocky

Firestar's mod that switches Ghost Recon's night maps into daytime maps has racked up well over 3000 downloads already, and it just got better! Using a new tool from Mike Schell, Firestar has managed to correct the dark trees and enemies that spoiled the daytime effect in his mod. If you already have the original Night to Day mod, go grab the patch from here right now!

New Mod Tools Monday February 11 | Jester

Mike Schell has done it again. He's released two new GR map mod tools - an Ambient Light Editor and a Texture Tagger. For more info on these tools, including full descriptions of what they do, read Mike's post in our forums or download the tools.

Uniform Wrinkles Monday February 11 | Rocky

Mike Schell has added a section on uniform wrinkles to Ruin's Skin Tutorial. Included are 3 templates to help create the wrinkle effect, together with an explanation.

Rodion's Olga Monday February 11 | Rocky

Rodion is making progress with 3D-Character modelling in Ghost Recon, and has posted a few interesting images of his new Character - "Olga". Check them out here.

Guns, Lots of Guns Sunday February 10 | Daywanderer

It was a dark and quiet night, wind blowing, cats playing in the backyard, nothing to do - you know what it's like. So what did I do? Why, I wrote a small "guide"-ish thing on the Ghost Recon weapons of course! Ever found yourself wondering what makes one weapon better than another, exactly how good the weapons are or, most importantly, which ones you should pick for which jobs? Well wonder no more, scoot over here for some neatly organized thoughts on the Ghost Recon armoury.

Did I mess up? Get something wrong? Leave something out? Feel free to let me know!

GR Essentials v1.2 Sunday February 10 | Rocky

Soul has updated his handy Ghost Recon Essentials, which now works with Ghost Recon v1.1.5.0. Grab it from our Tools Downloads page.

GR Series Summary Sunday February 10 | Rocky

CR6 at Ghost Recon Retreat has announced his latest report that details alot of information about Ghost Recon. It makes for a good resource for Ghost Recon info junkies, you'll find it here, along with information on the upcoming Mission pack. Note that their server seems a little slow today, try back later if you can't access it today.

Pain's Ghosts Sunday February 10 | Rocky

27 weapons and a whopping 151 kits are waiting for you in Pain's new GhOsT's weapon mod. View images here, and pick it up right here.

Combining Mods Saturday February 09 | Rocky

If you have ever tried playing with two weapon mods activated at the same time you may have noticed a small problem with a "!Find_key" error. Yoda has prepared a report that identifies the cause, and provides a solution. If you have more than one weapon mod installed check it out.

GR Movie Saturday February 09 | Rocky

I just saw this posted at GR.com forums and had to share it with you, it's a new movie from ODS clan. ODS made a great RS movie a while back, and now they have produced a very professional Ghost Recon movie. If Ubi Soft had produced something similar at launch it would have been awesome. I can imagine the feedback - ".. and this is in-game footage?!!"

Grab it from the ODS movie page where they even detail how it was made, then watch the movie and be inspired to make you own "Ghost Recon - The Movie"!

Pain's Ghosts Saturday February 09 | Rocky

Pain @war is on the verge of releasing his awesome weapon mod - Pain's Ghosts. This mod will feature 27 weapons (all new models), 151 kits and a surprise extra weapon - and still weighs in at a 56K modem friendly size. Check out these images and watch this space for download news soon!

Sniper Update Friday February 08 | Rocky

Hooker has updated his popular Sniper Patrol with a small patch. The patch now allows the use of the 3 new secondaries with every rifle...a total of 55 kits all with correct kit icons, has increased the number of clips to balance gameplay, and fixed a problem with the torso kill-ratio.

Hooker's mod is getting some good feedback right now, like this comment from Car54 in our forums.

"I vote that yours is among the very best. I've had a blast playing your mod since its release, now I can take full advantage of the firepower. This weekend is looking up!"

If you have not tried playing mods on Ghost Recon yet - this might be a good place to start!

Patch Likes Thursday February 07 | Rocky

Spray has posted a summary of some of the enhancements that the patch has made to Ghost Recon. It's an interesting read - check it out here.

GR-Operations Closes Thursday February 07 | Rocky

Due to important commitments Outsider has closed down his Ghost Recon site. Outsider was always a community player, and we wish him well for the future - good luck Alex.

=DRAG= Mod Thursday February 07 | Rocky

Raven has released =DRAG= v1.0 which has 24 new weapons 5 new skins and 3 special weapons like a 60mm Mortar a M2HB MG and 2 shotguns. There are some images and details in our forums. Download from here.

Patch Version Numbers Thursday February 07 | Rocky

Many fans are confused by the patch version numbers, as some sites (including the official one) were showing a v1.1.1.0 for download. I can now confirm that this was simply a typo, and the correct version is 1.1.5.0.

Ghost Recon Awards Thursday February 07 | Rocky

The 5th Annual Interactive Achievements Awards have listed Ghost Recon in two categories. In the Online Game Play of the Year award GR is up against Aliens vs. Predator 2, MechWarrior 4: Black Knight, Monopoly Tycoon and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. In the Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design category the competition is from PS2 titles Frequency, ICO and Metal Gear Solid 2.

After reading PC Gamer say this about Ghost Recon's Sound - I'd say another award is on the cards for sure!

"As you strain to hear the soft crunching of an enemy's footfalls through the steady splatter of pouring rain on a tin roof, you'll know you're listening to a new benchmark in game audio. Ghost Recon is replete with astonishing sound design."

Gamerz.ws Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

Wow you guys are hungry for that patch - it feels like the whole internet just slowed down! First to suffer from server overload due to Patch Downloads is Gamerz.ws. They'll be offline for about 12 hours, so do not try to download the patch from them in the meantime, thanks.

Mission Pack Shots Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

While you are waiting for the patch to download, here are some new Mission Pack shots to look over...

English Patch is good to go! Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

At last - confirmation! This news from Joe Sauder Software Engineer, RSE in the official forums.

"Those of you who have downloaded the English patch from a European website should be okay, as long as you are patching a US or UK version of the game. The English patch covers both versions."

What does that mean? It means you can go ahead and download the Patch from any of the mirrors listed on the right. I'll be updating that list over the next few hours.

English Patch Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

Our Patch Download list on the right has a few English Patches now, gamers should note that they are all taken from the French site, and until Ubi Soft clarify what is going on, you download it at your own risk.

Patch Latest Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

Greg Stelmack of RSE has posted regarding the Patch situation - here's what he had to say.

"Many of the branch offices of UbiSoft are experience major network problems at the router level. This has delayed getting the Ghost Recon patch out to the various ubisoft.com web sites and the mirror sites and the posting of news to the main web page. We are working diligently to get this problem corrected but it will take time. Our customers should expect a world-wide release of the Ghost Recon patch, including localized versions for the various supported languages, by the evening of Thursday, February 7, 2002."

That helps explain the delay. Some gamers managed to grab an English patch from the official French site an hour ago, although it is entirely possible that they may have an out of date patch, or there may even be more than one "English" version. Wait for the Official word guys!

Exclusive - Patch is out.... Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

.... for the French and German! You can also download the English version from the French site, they just have not advertised it. I am not sure why it is not available on the English speaking Official site yet, so if you do grab it from the French site, it is at your own risk!

Update : The exact address for the download has been posted in the Official Forums, I am still unsure how "official" this is though. The English patch at the French site patches GR to v1.1.5.0 dated 1/18/2002 at 9:04, which may or may not be the latest version. We know that there were last minute problems with the patch, so I would suggest waiting for the official announcement before downloading anything!

Desert Caves Mod Wednesday February 06 | Rocky

Mike Schell has just released his Treeless Map 01, "Desert Caves". You can see what a difference this makes to the map in his announcement in our Mods Forum, where he has posted an image and some details, or grab it right now here.

Jester recently interviewed Mike Schell, so if you'd like to know more about the modding guru responsible for this mod, and some great modding tools, you can read it here!

Awards and Patch Tuesday February 05 | Rocky

Congratulations to the RSE team for their latest award. PC Gamer has just named Ghost Recon Game of the Year. Considering some of the other quality games that were aiming for that award it's a great pat on the back for Red Storm.

On the patch - Ubi Soft have been in touch to say it is ready to go and final preparations are taking place. Expect to see a list of download locations right here very soon.

Sniper Patrol Tuesday February 05 | Rocky

Hooker has just completed his Sniper Patrol mod - and it is going to be very popular with sniper fans. Included in the mod are 6 new sniper skins, 11 new rifles and 3 New secondaries all with new sounds and kit icons, and two sniper-only platoons. Check out the cool screenshots and full details at Hooker's and grab the 7Mb file at Raven's =DRAG=.

World Cyber Games Monday February 04 | Daywanderer

World Cyber Games is a relatively new, interesting, international, multi-game tournament running on its second year. On their main page is a voting system where you can decide which games will be played in upcoming tournaments. But aha, there's something wrong, isn't there? That's right, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon isn't on the list! We, the fans, can change that though - there is a 'Recommended' box where you can type in any title for any platform, so head over there and insure Ghost Recon's future in this intriguing new tourney!

Note: Before you can submit the recommended title, you have to vote for the games already on the list.

Skins Manager Monday February 04 | Rocky

Yesterday, Firestar submitted this little tool that lets you manage the skins that you download - great for activating skins now that modders are really getting the hang of uniform changing! As usual, make sure you read the documentation before using.
The download was updated today to correct an error, grab it here, and visit Firestar at Matrix.

Tom Clancy and Chat Monday February 04 | Rocky

Our Tom Clancy Confidential Competition is now closed. The winners, and correct answers are available here.

WhiteKnight has set up a Ghost Recon mIRC chat room for those of you who prefer realtime chat rather than forums! Find connection instructions here, and feedback or support in this discussion.

GR Collector's Pack! Monday February 04 | Rocky

In some awesome news over at GR-R CR6 has noticed the French Ghost Recon site has details on a Ghost Recon Collector's Pack! The pack includes some cool contents including the mission pack! Head over to GR-R for the full details.

The Mission Pack - Ghost Recon Desert Siege, has been added to our Store already; check it out and support GhostRecon.net, thanks!

Code Words Saturday February 02 | Rocky

Hey3777 has posted a superb list of codes for using with Ghost Recon.

"I have found every cheat in the game .. Its easy to find them all, just press the number pad's enter key while in the game and then type help"

Check out the full list in this forum post!

Africa Baby! *updated* Friday February 01 | Daywanderer

It's official - the Ghost Recon Mission Pack, that is. So far we've ascertained that the mission pack - named Ghost Recon: Desert Siege - will contain the following:

Eight new missions, based in East Africa.
New multiplayer-only maps, the only known names so far being Creek Bed and Wilderness.
A new multiplayer mode: Domination. Unreal Tournament players will be familiar with this one, where the goal is to gain control of various control zones scattered around the map. For every control zone a team has control of, they accrue a certain amount of points. The winning team is the one with the largest amount of points when the time limit expires.
A leader board, allowing you to see the "stats" (most likely kills, deaths, etc.) of other players during the game.
Improved player models.
New enemies.
New weapons.
A mysterious new vehicle. So far, the only information about it has been that it's not airborne and not moving (which rules out working helicopters), but it's still said to be "important". This screenshot shows a jeep - could it be? Speculate.

Head over to IGN for their preview if you subscribe to them. If not, the full preview has been posted at the official forums. There's also a link to some good IGN screenshots there, some even available to non-subscribers.

Update: The IGN preview is now available to the masses. If you haven't done so yet, go there now for some delicious mission pack info!

Desert Siege Friday February 01 | Rocky

Some new information about the mission pack has been revealed over at the official forums. As you can see by the title, the mission pack will be called "Ghost Recon - Desert Siege". The new plot sees the Ghosts heading for East Africa where they help the Eritreans fight off an Ethiopian invasion. There will be 8 new single player missions and also some new multiplayer maps, and a new multiplayer game called "Domination" that sounds cool. IGN have promised some movies soon, although you may have to subscribe to see them.

Ruin Uniform Mods Friday February 01 | Rocky

Ruin has completed two uniform mods, which are both now available for download. Black Sheep is a black wool uniform, check the images here, and download here. The other mod is a Syrian Army uniform, images here and download here!

Talking about uniforms, I noticed BajaBravo has been updating his site with some new images, check it out.