The New Guy! Onemanshow
Did you think I would leave this mod to die?
One man show is now take'n control of SMOD: Tactical!
He has worked hard on SMOD just as long as I have, and dare I say... better at it than me!
You may have played his version of SMOD called "Redux".
So look to the future my freinds!
One man show has some great fixes and ideas for the next versions of SMOD: Tactical!
Goodbye Everyone!
Because of IRL things, my new Project "Close Contact", and one other mod related project, I will no longer be able to work on SMOD Tactical.
Its been a great two years or so, and I have learned alot about SMOD, Half-Life 2, and building a community! You all have been great, and its hard to give up the keys to my "little mod that could".
Thank you all for your support!
One of my favorite peices by Shakken, seemed somewhat appropriate.
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5.5 Patch Released
Things are taking longer than planned and there a few show stopping bugs in version 5. To quell the mob of pitch fork weilding fans, here is small patch that fixes alot of issues. Make sure to get the "Zombie Fix" or your zombies won't work correctly.
Fixes
- Vector Blur Reduced
- Load Times Reduced
- Several Misc Crash Fixes
- Para "ease of use" fixed
- "Hardboiled" effects now turn off when game is restarted
- Eotech More stable
- Revolver Sounds now work
Changes
- "At Hip" Blur Removed
- Kick Damage Increased
- New Underwater Effect
- New M4 with M203
- Fists
- New Knife Animations (Thanks Lemming)
- New Combine Skins for Soldiers and Elite
- New version of urban_warfare
- you can now just type "hardboiled" to activate cheats
- You can now receive a basic loadout by just typing "draw"
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5.5 Patch
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5.5 HPC Patch (ADVANCED USERS ONLY)
Zombie Fix (REQUIRED)
AWM Crash Fix (Use if the 3D scopes crash your PC)
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5 Released
At first I was going to make this limited release only available on the Steam Community. But after giving it thought I decided to put the downloads on the main page.
I really need some feedback on this release, so if you have time, hit the forums and tell me what you liked and didn't. This release isn't a polished as I would have liked it to be, so there are bound to be bugs here and there. If you see one, defiantly let me know!
Because I plan to have SMOD: Tactical Version 1 released fairly soon, please don't distribute this version to other websites.
Enjoy!
Downloads
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5, Full Install
SMOD: Tactical Delta 5, Upgrade / HPC
Advanced Users ONLY!
Patch Notes
New Maps
- Start up map for configuring SMOD: Tactical
- Shooting Range
- Depth of Feild (DX9)
- Motion Blur (DX9)
- Vertex Blur (DX9)
- Laser Sights
- Real Reflex Sights
- 3rd Person
- Adjustable Special Effects
- Adjustable Blood & Gore (Realistic, Action Movie, Horror Movie)
- Recharging HP System (simular to Call of Duty, Halo, or Metal of Honor)
- Wound Effects (Being hurt is disorienting)
- UMP with EoTech
- Fecalator (Desert Eagle, "Hard Boiled" weapon)
- Kimber SWAT has a laser sight, ALT-FIRE to activate
- FN 57 has a laser sight, ALT-FIRE to activate
- Ammo specific to each weapons, with models by Veteran_Gamer
- AWM with "RT CAM" scope like in "Insurgency"
- More devastating C4
- More Realistic kick for all weapons
- Realistic weapon sounds for some weapons, by Shakken
- New "PMC" Player model by Tokotoko
- New "Guard" model by Red Katana
- New Father Grigori model by Tokotoko
- New Barney model by Tokotoko
- New Rogue Sealteam modesl by Red Katana
- Zombie 2 Skins by Mosquito
- Variable Difficulty
- Enemies throw realistic frag Grenades
- Better Ragdolls
- Sometimes badguys will shoot when they die.
- AR with Scope Dropped
- PDW Dropped
- G36 Dropped
- Ironsight Blur replaced with DoF
- This and that (patch note inspired by Velyse)
Working Reflex sight, Info about Version 1, and the SMOD Steam Community
About the Version 1 Release
The Version 1 release is taking longer than I hopped, and I feel that its been too long since Delta 4. So I plan to release a version between to test all the new features. This will not contain any of the new maps I want, and may be missing things like sounds, and will be a little rough around the edges. Because of this the release will be semi-private.
The release will be announced and linked ONLY on the "SMOD Tactical Steam community". Here you can not only get the release info about this test release, but subsiquent releases and new features.
More Details to come.
SMOD: TACTICAL, Version 1 Third Person Camera Preview
Had a close call with the latest version of Tactical.
The hard drive holding all the files died, but with a little luck and skill I managed to save them!
I'm trying to wrap things up so expect more videos showing off the final features. I just finished working on the 3rd person cam, and had a few mins this morning to upload it. What you can't hear in the video, unfortunately is the new Sounds "Shakken" has made for me, but I guess I can make a video for that later.
I know its been pretty intense for PC gamers recently! Half-Life 2 will be released on the 10th and about a week later Call of Duty 4's demo is to hit the streets.
But when you have time between playing these great games, check back here at for mod updates and soon, a release!
SMOD: TACTICAL, Version 1 Preview
Been working on Tactical on and off lately. It seems every time I want to make a new release something new is added to SMOD and I start over with adding features.
-Real frag grenades
-Weapons held at a realistic positions, no more hip shooting.
-Lowered weapon while running
-No bunny hopping
-Night vision goggles
-Flashlight and night vision don't use power
-DX 9 blur effects
-Call of Duty style damage system, no health displayed.
-Opponents will continue to fire even if you try to hid behind cover.
-Removal of Combine "red streamer" grenades. They now throw the player's grenades.
-Finally including the shooting range map missing from the previous release
-blood splatter on screen when too close to a wounded target.
-Screen water effects when moving in and out of water.
-FAMAS added
-Weapon tweaks
-Depth of field
-Leaning & shooting
Oh, and I have a video.
SMOD: Damage Beta 1, Released
Houston from the "DAMAGE" team has released SMOD: Damage Beta 1 today!
Its kinna buggy, but you can connect to servers and kill both friends and NPCs with SMOD: Tactical weapons.
Also has a few new features here and there!
For more info check out this thread: SMOD Damage beta 1.0 released
Short video with all the current weapons in SMOD: Tactical Delta 4
Credit where credit is due!
I took some time to update the credits page with the new Art content used in Delta 4, and on that note I just want to take a moment to thank those who provided the models, skins, etc.
SMOD Tactical weapons uses CS:S replacement models for weapons, and character models. Minor tweaks are made by good people like Tokotoko & Noobus to make them work in HL2 (for character models), but for the most part 90% of the visuals go to these guys. People like the.Lama, Jennifer, and Kimono are what make make Tactical look as good as it plays.
Without these community replacement models this mod would be nothing. So if you ever see Mullet on FPS banana, Kimono at CDG.net or, anyone who makes CS:S replacement models, make sure to give them thanks.
You guys lack skills!
Man, you guys let me down. I love FPS games... but I'm not very good at them, so I figured the difficulty I shipped the mod with was good enough for you "1337" kids. Guess I was wrong, since I'm getting lots of complaints about SMOD: Tactical Delta 4 being too difficult. I think this has to do more with play style than badguy accuracy, but thats ok. I'll give you guys some help.
SMOD: Tactical Skills Tweak:
Filefront: skill_tweak.zip
Extract this .zip file into your smod directory.
this will replace and add config files adjust skill levels of badguys
by default I have made things slightly easier.
If you want a different skill level you can choose:
e_skill_insurgent (can't shoot for shit)
e_skill_regular (default, decent marksmen)
e_skill_seal (old default skill level)
e_skill_mark (all combine are marksmen)
just type "exec
For example if you are a pussy and want it to be super easy type:
exec e_skill_insurgent
in the console.
Man, you guys let me down. :(
SMOD: Tactical Delta4, Released
New Features- Bullet penetration (SMOD38)
- More aggressive fire fights.
- Improved Enemy aim
- Full HL2 Single Player Support
- HL2 weapons and items replaced with 'tactical' weapons
- Accurate Grenade Damage
- Custom Ammo
- ew combine soldier skins
- Combine unit patches
New Weapons
- Suppressed M16A2
- Better knife (the Author)
- RPG-7
- C-4: on a 30sec timer
- Better AWM (the Author)
- M16A2 with scope
'Hardboiled' Features (because sometimes its fun to suspend reality)
- Revolver
- Better Bullet Time (SMOD38)
- Dual MP5s
- Better Dual Pistols
- Dual Shotguns
- Minigun
Maps
- Shooting Range
Models
- Tokotoko vehicle conversions (Harrier and Blackhawk)
Sounds
- Friendly Combine Sounds
- Player Sounds
Keys
- Lean left & right (SMOD38)
Downloads FileFront
- Full Install:SMOD_Tactical_Delta4_full
Official SMOD: Tactical Forums, Now hosted locally!
With some help, I got my own forums setup!
We don't have to use those crappy phpbbserver forums anymore!!
The new forum is located: http://www.smod-tactical.com/forums/
Or just push the Forums button on the navigation bar!
Our own domain & we made it to Phase II of MOTY!!
I got the domain www.smod-tactical.com
But the big news is we made it to phase II of the moddb.com! So get out there and vote for us!!
Official SMOD: Tactical Forums
Houston from the GSMOD team has been kind enough to host forums for the mod!General Forums
Smod Tactical Releases Forums
Questions & Problems Forums
Community Content Forums
VOTE SMOD: TACTICAL FOR GAME OF THE YEAR
Since Tactical is a community effort, all prize money earned will be donated to:
DONOT DISTRIBUTE SMOD38TEST
X-Man from the SMOD Team has requested the following:
SMOD38TEST Please do not distribute the mod to other places. -X-man
What does this mean to you?
No new version based on 38Test, which means the wait for Tactical Delta4 will be longer.
However!
This means the next version will have all the great stuff that's expected to be included in the full version of SMOD38!
So until the next SMOD release I'll see about making some map releases!
Veterans Day
My friend, John McClimens returned from Iraq this week. He served 1 year in Baghdad, Iraq and even took a bullet.
So when you enjoy SMOD: Tactical, remember there are people who have and still are fighting conflicts around the world. And unlike you, they don't get save games.
If you see a soldier today, make sure you shake his or her hand.
Map Questions
I have been getting a lot of questions about the new maps and mapadds.
They are:
- cs_cabaret
- dm_motel
- dm_mine_enhanced
- rp_cscdesert
- rp_cscdesert
- cs_assault
- cs_militia
removed cs_office, its not working in this release, sorry.
Delta 3 Released!
Delta 3 is now ready for your enjoyment! Check the downloads page for the files and install instructions!
ModDB Page and highres videos
I was suggested to setup a ModDB site by a SMOD: Tactical fan. So... here it is.
I also was looking at the new website "daily motion", its like youtube, but allows for higher quality streams.
See for yourself below!
Joystiq, primotech, and Digg! Oh my 10-03-06
Looks like people are taking notice!
New SMOD Delta 3 videos 10-02-06
I released some new movies this weekend :
New Video from "the Author" 9-22-06
The author of SMOD has released a new video showing off the new functions for custom weapons. I'm getting all kinds of great ideas for the next "Tactica" release :D
Website is up : 9-22-06
Website is open and new mirrors are up