Mac Rainbow Six Column: 4th Issue by Simon Purll Posted: 1/23/2000 |
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Weapons and Weapons Mods! This issue will cover the use of the new Mods available from third parties. The two I will be discussing both ran flawlessly with R6. I did have problems seeing some weapons in Eagle Watch though, still many more weapons are now available to Mac Special Forces! I would like to skip the Sun Devil mission because it is a straight kill-em-all mission, no real strategy needed, just don't shoot the hostages. The Ghost Dance mission (Pirates of the Caribbean) is a more difficult affair, but can be conquered by clearing the upper catwalks first, followed by the ground floor. Back to the mods. Firstly, I would like to thank the parties responsible for a job well done-you just made a great game much better! Thank you. The two I checked out are BF Arsenalv2.1 and Sgt Peppers' MacNato2. They both have their pros and cons, which we'll discuss below: BFArsenal2.1 Mod Simple installation, just drag/copy files from folders to overwrite your R6 files. No installer, but has a good read me section-be sure to read it. I saw some garbled graphics in Slot1/2 with this mod, but nothing that hampered gameplay.
Weapons: The MP5-SD 10mm is a great weapon, as is the Steyr AUG A1, but the SIG 550 family of room-sweepers is missing from this one. The TCI M89 sniper rifle is a 'killer' weapon for the ghillie-suited creepers out there. Semi-auto, super accurate and good zoom. The silenced SR60-Robar is awesome too, probably more accurate than the TCI, but not semi-auto. Honorable mention goes to the SAKO TRG-21, a good third choice. Altogether a great port of the PC Nato2 mod, with awesome sounds. I don't use the snub-nosed machine pistols, magazines too small, rate of fire high, and zooms are bad, as is accuracy. MacNato2 Mod Uses an installer and works flawlessly with R6. Also a port of PC Nato2 mod, this has a more well-rounded selection of weapons (175!!)and better graphics in the weapons dialog. The HK MP5, SIG, AK 103/4 and Steyr families of silenced and unsilenced weapons are all you'll need. Although everyone has their personal preference, for me, the best weapons are the following:
Assault Weapons
Snipers
Pistols
The best thing about Nato2 is the 175 weapons listed. The downside is that R6 only allows 32 Primary and Secondary weapons. YOU must edit the list to get the weapons you want. You don't have to be a hacker to do this.
Mac R6 fans will never want to play R6 again without these weapons! Thanks to Sgt Pepper and Traxus IV.
Issue #5 covers Tips and Strategies for Misson: Blue Sky (The Damn Dam). Download Links
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In addition to being an avid Mac gamer, Simon Purll runs Combat-tee.com. You can write him at simon@combat-tee.com
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