The award winning Project Reality Mod Team and Black Sand Studios is proud to announce the official release of the Project Reality v0.86 Patch!



Over the past four months, we have been tediously combing through Project Reality v0.85, addressing any major issues and bugs which were introduced upon its release. With the help of our dedicated tester team and continued feedback from you, the community, multiple tweaks and alterations were performed that have greatly improved the overall game play and stability of the mod. We would like to thank the entire community for being patient and sticking with us throughout this release cycle.

Project Reality v0.86 Major Features

• Insurgency heavily tweaked to improve gameplay.
  
• Civilian class tweaked to prevent exploits.
  
• Completely revamped the medic system.
  
• Changed Combat Medic to now be a limited kit.
  
• Added Automatic Rifleman (limited) and Officer Ironsites (limited) to the spawn menu.
  
• Added "Auto-Deploy" to automatically join full servers when a slot is free.
  
• Heavily improved the server browser in the main menu.
  
• Added news ticker to the bottom of the main menu.
  
• Added M249 with Elcan and ACOG Scope to USMC, US Army, and GB Forces
  
• Added zoom to all conventional faction's LMG's
  
• Added new PLA WZ551A with new QJC-88 MG.
  
• Standardized and updated various weapon, vehicle and effects sounds.
  
• Tweaks to various maps to increase performance, help game balance, and enhance gameplay.
  
• Countless bug fixes and tweaks to improve your Project Reality experience.

For a complete, comprehensive list of all the changes and newly added features in PR v0.86, please view the following Developer Blog entry:



Official Project Reality v0.86 Manual
While the Project Reality Wiki is still offline getting a major overhaul, for new and old players alike, we highly encourage you to read the Official Project Reality Manual, which has been updated for the PR v0.86release.




Project Reality v0.86 Help
If you experience any problems during the installation process, or while playing PR v0.86, please read through the FAQ Guide to see if your question has already been addressed, or check the Installation Guide to ensure you installed everything correctly.




As always, the Project Reality Team would like to thank all of the supporting Battlefield 2 mod websites, server providers, and of course our dedicated community for all of their hard work and continued support. In particular, we want to extend a special thanks to the =TCC= TCombat.com Community, who have been supplying game servers and testers for Project Reality for quite some time now. They have been working hard behind the scenes helping us prepare the PR v0.86 patch, and without their continued support, we would have not been able to prepare this release in a timely manner. Your contributions have not gone unnoticed and are greatly appreciated!


- The Project Reality Team

For those who have played PR in the last few days, they are surely aware from the ingame message of the day that the release of PR "0.86 is imminent". Well, let us tell you how imminent that is.

Project Reality 0.86 will release on Friday, 19th June 2009.

The result of months of hard work by all involved, 0.86 fixes issues, adds new and exciting features, and aims to improve upon the award winning gameplay from previous versions.

Project Reality 0.86 Changelog
For the full changelog of 0.86, feel free to check out the developer blog posted in our last news post.



Project Reality 0.86 Server Files
The server files will be made available to licenced server administrators prior to the client release. If you are not already a server administrator but wish to receive the files, please fill out a server licence application.



Project Reality IRC Channel
As always, we encourage the Project Reality community to join us in our PR IRC Channel. You never know, the more people in there, the more interesting it could become ;).

- The Project Reality Team

For about six months, [R-DEV]UK_Force has been working with two UK-based server providers, ClanPlanet and AlphaNetworks. The result of his efforts?

Well we're proud to announce the start of our first official Server Partnership with both companies, which will be known as our PR Officially Endorsed Server Providers!

Through these 2 Companies you can now, for the First time "Buy and Own" a Project Reality Server- Direct. No need to have to purchase a BF2 server, and then get the Mod installed, these guys will handle everything for you at very reasonable rates.

But before we get into the details, we want to give you some information about the two:



"At Alpha-Networks.co.uk (Est 2003), we are a dedicated team who strive to provide you the best services and support possible at low prices. We offer a wide range of services suited to your needs! We offer services including game servers, voice servers, dedicated servers and much more!

If you can't find what you are looking for on our site :
alpha networks - raw power at your command - Dedicated Servers - Game Servers, then don't hesitate to Contact Us and we'll do our best to make your needs, our needs."



"Clanplanet are one of the largest and fastest growing game-server providers in the UK. Their goal has always been to provide outstanding hosting and top quality support at affordable prices. CP has been trading since 2004 and built upon their success in game-server hosting to continually bring new products and services to the whole gaming community.

Not every company can prove a high level of professionalism and customer care, that's why Clanplanet are one of the few chosen Official Licensed providers of Ventrilo, AA Honor, Ranked WiC and now ...... Project Reality!"


Both AlphaNetworks and ClanPlanet will be sponsoring the Project Reality Development Team and are each providing the Dev Team with a dedicated server.

We are currently brainstorming about how we will use those two - but an official Project Reality Server, is one of our top priorities for the Community, it will also mean testing for us will hopefully become a lot easier and formal.

In return, both Companies will receive full support and backing from Project Reality and will be advertised on our main site.

They will also host Project Reality Mumble for Voice Communications (Once its 100% stable), aswell as the usual TeamSpeak, Ventrillo - all for very moderate prices.

By signing a contract with either of the companies, the customer will also sign the PR Server License Agreement, which means we can both keep our servers running how they should be run, "Teamwork Friendly"

As a Joint Venture they will also be looking at hosting and running a yearly LAN specific for Project Reality, in the UK, more details to follow in the near future.

We are hoping for a good and long relationship between us and our PR Officially Endorsed Server Providers, and eager to see how this will run.



- The Project Reality Team


PS: Interested, in owning your own PR Server, or moving across?

Then quickly head over to Alpha Networks - raw power at your command - Dedicated Servers - Game Servers and use the Promotion code PRMOD to knock 15% off the order!

Alternatively, you can check out the special launch offer ClanPlanet has, more details here: Gaming servers, clan servers provider and game server rental - clanplanet.co.uk hompage [link will be added once it's posted on Clanplanet]


***Important Update - AS OF 26 May 2009, CLANPLANET ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SORT OUT BF2 SERVERS, DUE TO AN UNFORESEEN PROBLEM.

PLEASE DO NOT PLACE AN ORDER WITH THIS COMPANY YET .... THANK YOU



-The Project Reality Development Team