Modder Spotlight
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 29 2007
Carrying on in our tradition of interviewing outstanding Ghost Recon modders, we had a quick chat with Rpghard - custom OGR co-op specialist.

In only 9 months Rpghard's 40+ GRAW mods have easily ammassed over 12,000 downloads, making him one of the most succesful Ghost Recon modders ever.

Read the Rpghard interview here, and leave comments in our forums here.

Combat Search and Rescue
Posted by Rocky on Wednesday, September 26 2007
CSR by Cangaroo.TNT is a custom multiplayer gametype for GRAW 2 that comes with 4 maps. The objective is quite straight forward, but with detailed scoring and clever spawn rules, this is a game that will be won by the intelligent squad not the gun happy crowd.

"The objective for both teams is to find the VIP before the opposing team. Centcom has intel on his last 16 known locations. Once you find him, help him make his way to the extraction point before the enemy can track him down and kill him. Be careful not to extract your CSAR team before the VIP. Either team can locate the VIP. Whichever team is successfull is considered the CSAR team"

Download Combat Search and Rescue here, get online at the "Combat Search And Rescue" server, and find out who rules at hostage recovery! Will you escort the VIP if you find him, or wait for your squad to back you up? Maybe you'd rather camp it out at a likely spot and take out the enemy as he snoops around... lot's of strategy in this gametype! Read more on this extremely clever GRAW 2 modification in the forums here.

Castle Day Co-op for GRAW 2
Posted by Rocky on Tuesday, September 25 2007
Rpghard has created a GRAW 2 co-op mission for Biro's conversion of the original Castle Day classic. Download it here and play online with others or try it out lone wolf.

TRR Map Pack Final Released
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 24 2007
Lightspeed has released the final version of his Total Random Respawn modification for GRAW 2. This final stable version has now grown to 34 maps with random respawns, and includes the superb Castle Day/Night conversion from Biro. Additionally there are now server controlled settings for gameplay adjustments.

TRR improves gameplay by adding random respawn locations, making spawn camping a thing of the past. Two teams will spawn in one of 4 random spawn points on the map - after that players killed will spawn at 32 random spawns placed strategically around the map. Teams have to defend and cover all angles because you wont know where the respawned players are going to attack from. Teamwork becomes crucial especially for clan battles.

Many of the respected GRAW 2 servers will be running this modification, so grab it now!

Castle Day for GRAW 2
Posted by Rocky on Friday, September 21 2007
Biro's Castle Day remake for GRAW 2 must be one of the most eagerly awaited GRAW maps ever, and it has just been released. Download Castle Day GRAW 2 here right now.

The map comes with several multiplayer gametypes ready for online play. More gametypes are anticpated, so check back soon for an update. Until then enjoy revisiting one of the most played GR maps in all GRAW 2 graphical glory. Feedback for Biro can be left in our forums here.

TRR Map Pack Out Now!
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 16 2007
Most fans will know that Lightspeed has been slaving away trying to hammer a new Total Random Respawns game out for GRAW 2. If you've been following his progress in the forums you'll know it's been a difficult project that almost never saw completion due to the intricacies of GRAW 2 modding.

However, TRR is now available, and it comes with no less than 23 maps all set up for TRR, and 15 of those are brand new custom maps! Download TRR for GRAW 2 here, and stay tuned for a 4 map add on coming soon!

Please post your feedback and any bugs here.

GRAW 2 Character Modding
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 15 2007
Lancer has posted a GRAW 2 Skinnning 101 in the forums that decribes how to swap around the various game camos. Anyone who'd like to try skinning their own custom Ghosts for single player games, Lancer also posted this custom Skinning Guide!

Advance and Secure for GRAW 2
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 9 2007
Cangaroo.TNT has produced an intruiging custom game type for multiplayer GRAW 2.

In Advance and Secure you must secure three objectives before the enemy, the catch being only one objective is available at a time, and they vary from buildings, vehicles, assets, or even personnel. There's a detailed scoring system to ensure tactics will win the day, rather than simply destroying the enemy. Coloured smoke will indicate which team holds the objective.

Sounds like fun, download the AAS gametype here, and join the "Advance And Secure Game Mode Test Server" server to try it out! Forum discussion.

Magpul Masada for GRAW 2
Posted by Rocky on Sunday, September 9 2007
After 2 months of work and polishing, Snowfella has just released his Magpul Masada for GRAW 2, download Magpul Masada for GRAW 2 here.

The download includes five masada models, with various add ons such as the aimpoint and eotech add ons.

GRAW 2 on XP or Vista?
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 3 2007
SimHQ have just published the results of some extensive testing they did comparing games played on Windows XP then on Windows Vista. Of all the titles GRAW 2 showed little difference between the two operating systems. However the results are clear - XP for gamers! Read SimHQ's OS Shootout report here, and post your views in our forums here.

Vhladd's Environment Maps
Posted by Rocky on Monday, September 3 2007
Server admins might want to take a look at our GRAW 2 Map Downloads page where we've just added a whole load of map modifications by BSR Vhladd. Each pack changes stock maps to various night, foggy night, pitch black, day, and dusk environments.

GRAW 2 Modding - Bundling
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 1 2007
EvilDucky has posted some information to help modders achieve the correct folder structure to make the bundling process easier. Read it in this pinned post in our forums, and if you can contribute further please do!

Ghost Recon for Free
Posted by Rocky on Saturday, September 1 2007
Ubisoft have just released four full games for free, ad supported, and Ghost Recon is featured in the line up. The other three titles are Farcry, Rayman Raving Rabbits, Prince Of Persia: Sands of Time. The Ghost Recon version is only available to residents of the US, but the download is available everywhere at Internode. Questions about the extent of the advertising and whether it is compatible with retail versions are unanswered at the time, but if you know, post it up in our Ghost Recon 1 forums!