Report battlefield news to the headquarter here! Red Storm announces two new games (December 19th, 2000) Due to Ubi Soft Entertainment's recent acquisition of Red Storm Entertainment both Dragonriders Chronicles of Pern and Conflict Zone (formerly known as Peacemakers), will now be published by Red Storm Entertainment. Both games are scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2001 for the Dreamcast and PC. Read more about these two games over at Red Storm Entertainment! RS PlugIns release delayed (December 18th, 2000) John Sonnedecker of RedStorm Entertainment recently posted this news on the RSE forum regarding the release of the RS plug-ins; Well, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that the plugins will not be released this weekend and probably not until after the first of the year. There are some legal matters that need to be finalized before the release. Even though they are completely unsupported, there are still legal matters that must be attended to. This is beyond my control and I sincerely apologize for you having to wait. Now for the good news. This will give me a chance to make the tutorials and documentation more robust. Again, thanks for you're patience and I will post more info as soon as it becomes available. - John Urban Operations patch v2.52 released (December 12th, 2000) Red Storm Entertainment has released a patch for Rogue Spear: Urban Operations. This new patch features; General: Cover, Defend, and Snipe waypoints now appear correctly on the in-game map The mouse look setting should no longer get reset to its original value if you change it from within the action phase Smoke grenades should now show the smoke grenade model when in a player's hand "Double Bluff" victory conditions have been fixed so that if a terrorist kills a hostage, both teams lose The AIs will no longer stop following their plan if the leader gets killed during a Cover, Snipe, or Defend plan step Multiplayer: Fixed a crash on game start when someone chose the "Electronics" specialty CLARIFICATION: The IP address of the displaying machine is shown in the session screen. The server's IP address shows on the server machine, and the clients see their own IP addresses Mod System: Fix the built-in mods to only show up in the interface when appropriate Fixed the MaxOperatives.txt and MaxTerrorists.txt files to be case insensitive on the mission file names Movement/Combat Model: Fixed the "can't fast sidestrafe while zoomed" to "can't fast sidestrafe while zoomed a lot". It now works identical to the run restriction Download the patch here! RSE to release 3dsmax map plugins for Rogue Spear and Urban Ops! (October 17th, 2000) I am happy to announce that Red Storm Entertainment has officially announced that they will be releasing map plugins for 3dsmax to allow users to create their own levels for Rogue Spear and Urban Ops. The Rogue Spear Retreat (http://roguespear.3dretreat.com) was instrumental in prompting the release of these plugins by organizing a petition from the community and officially presenting it to RSE. RSE responded in a very positive tone but could not confirm their desires to release the plugins due to the recent buy out of Ubi Soft....until now! John Sonedecker, RSE artist, has the following to say: I am here to say that the map building tools used by the development team for Rogue Spear and Urban Ops should be released to the public in the coming weeks. I do not have an exact date, but it will be before the end of November if all goes well. I am working with a few select people to ensure that the tools are well enough documented to get aspiring map builders started as well as having them test out the package to see if I missed anything. As you can probably guess, these tools will be completely unsupported by RSE. I will be available in the Mods forum to answer as many questions as I possibly can. It is my hope that one or more fan sites will cater to the map building community and I can help make sure that they get off to a good start. Keep in mind that I, as well as any of the other level builders, will be helping out on our own time and that help may be sporadic at times. What will be included: Level tagging plugin (editor) for Max 2.5 and 3.x Level exporting plugin (exporter) for Max 2.5 and 3.x Lighting tool to light exported levels (also used to profile levels) 2 sample maps for each version of Max to show how things are done At least 2 tutorials to get you started Help files for the exporter, editor and lighting tool Reference help file for exporter and editor RSB plugins for Photoshop and ACDSee That is the basic list of what is included. As I said earlier, I am working with a few outside people to make sure that what is included is enough to get started with and understandable. I will give out more info when there is more to give out. - John Rainbow Six newsgroup (October 10th, 2000) I stumbeled across this website called "Aggression" which has got some useful information on Rainbow Six games. It also explains about a newsgroup called alt.games.rainbow-six, the rules and how to getting into it. You can find it here Several jobs available at Red Storm Entertinment (September 29th, 2000) Want to work with Tom Clancy? Do you want a chance to be in on the next hit games to come after Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear? Well, your chances haven't been better than now since Red Storm Entertainment are expanding their business with several new positions to fill. Check out Red Storm Entertainments "Employment" page to see if you got what it takes to get your dream job. Covert Operations contest at Pie's (September 25th, 2000) By answering a few questions about counter terrorism you can be the lucky winner of 1 of 6 copies of Rainbow Six Covert Ops Essentials and there are also some t-shirts and a Tom Clancy book to win. The contest is a collaboration between Pie, Redstorm Entertainment and The Wargamer. The contest ends on October 6th and the winners will be announced on the front page of Pie's Tactics as well as by personal email on October 8th Head over to Pie's Tactics to enter the contest. Rainbow Six Covert Ops Essentials released!!! (September 19th, 2000) The highly anticipated follow up to Rogue Spear called Rainbow Six Covert Ops Essentials is schedueled for release today! Amazon.com already have it available for sale at $29.99 Not only will you be able to play nine exciting new levels, but you'll also get an insider's look at the world of covert operations. The game serves as an overview of counterterrorism operations from 1970 to today. You get video interviews with top experts in the field, photos and video footage of weapons and equipment, and situation descriptions round out the gameplay, as does a special Covert Exam. Lock, load, and learn! Features: Installment of the hit action series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Stand-alone functionality--does not require previous versions of Rainbow Six or Rogue Spear 9 new levels featuring missions never before seen Single- and multiplayer options for every level to test new skills Play against others through online gaming services MSN Gaming Zone and Mplayer.com The game is for sale at Amazon.com. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear is © Red Storm Entertainment, 1996-2000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED