Pick up your rifle and join the Green or Grey army in their mission to send the enemy home in a box! RUNNING WITH RIFLES is an open world, top-down, tactical shooter for single player and multiplayer online, that puts you right in the middle of chaos in towns, trenches and forests turned into ruthless battlefields, controlling just one soldier in an army of several hundreds. In a war where men die like flies and endless streams of reinforcements run to fill the void, it takes tactics and marksmanship to capture territories effectively. The open world nature of the game enables you to use a multitude of approaches to help the front line move – it's up to you to shape your role. Experience the complete arc starting as a private hardening into a high ranking officer with a squad under command, arming yourself with a variety of weapons and vehicles on your way to glory!

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4 comments by pasik on May 21st, 2013

Hey there!

So, we've finally made it to a point that we got    

  1. medikit as support item,
  2. vests that transform getting killed into getting wounded,
  3. squad loadout configs that enable AI soldiers with medikits to be favored in squads,
  4. AI that looks for a moment or a call in a fight to help out a wounded,

to get the medic feature into gameplay! While you might wonder why opt for getting wounded and hope for a medic to come to get you back into game rather than just dying and running back to the zone as another soldier, it's primarily the rare weapons that are meant to make you want to get that vest on; otherwise you'll lose the rare weapon on respawn.

Beta 0.88, wounding and medics

In this version, we've also enabled the rare weapons in classic single-map matches, which means those PvP oriented online matches, or single player, might experience some player(s) getting temporarily overpowered if they manage to find a rare. Easiest way to find one is to listen, it's the bots that usually happen to bring them into a battle, but you might find one in a crate too. Can't wait to see the players getting hunted for the weapons they carry :)

Other than that, plenty of tweaks here and there, a new weapon, a new mortar call, and a hefty amount of new modding potential; map size is open now, for one. See the detailed change log here.

0.89 or 0.90 will see plenty of changes under the hood to make it easier to create server-specific settings for match resources without clients having to download overlay mods to be able to join a server. This should make it easy to alter active weapons, items, vehicles and factions strictly on server side, clients will get the relevant info from the server to configure their game session accordingly and load the needed resources if they have them available. This will make it possible to set up a broader variety of matches in single player too, hopefully including single player Invasion.

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RUNNING WITH RIFLES Demo Beta 0.76 Linux

RUNNING WITH RIFLES Demo Beta 0.76 Linux

Dec 19, 2012 Demo 0 comments

Single player, one map without vehicles, rank progression capped. Full beta version available in Desura!

RUNNING WITH RIFLES Demo Beta 0.76

RUNNING WITH RIFLES Demo Beta 0.76

Dec 19, 2012 Demo 0 comments

Single player, one map without vehicles, rank progression capped. Full beta version available in Desura!

Beta 0.67 single player demo

Beta 0.67 single player demo

Jun 13, 2012 Demo 0 comments

The demo features the single player mode from the full beta with the second map included, with some weapon, rank and difficulty limitations.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES demo beta 0.4

RUNNING WITH RIFLES demo beta 0.4

Feb 8, 2012 Demo 1 comment

The demo includes all the features in the full beta 0.4, except online multiplayer. The demo was initially released on September 16th 2011. The full beta...

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runequester
runequester Feb 12 2013, 12:46pm says:

okay ,this is totally awesome. Once I get paid again, this is a definate purchase

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HAV0KZ3R0
HAV0KZ3R0 Feb 5 2013, 4:12pm says:

I just downloaded v0.79 this morning and no matter what I do, whenever I try to configure or play it comes up with:
*** Caught unhandled unknown exception; terminating

Not sure if there's something wrong with the files, or if its just me being useless, but I've tried reinstalling and redownloading a couple times now with the exact same result.

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pasik
pasik Feb 5 2013, 5:47pm replied:

Did the earlier versions or the demo work fine on your system? Is this on Windows or Linux?

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HAV0KZ3R0
HAV0KZ3R0 Feb 6 2013, 4:10am replied:

This was the first one I've downloaded, as in no previous versions or the demo. And its for Windows.

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pasik
pasik Feb 6 2013, 7:20pm replied:

Actually quite recently, another player had a similar issue: Modulaatio.com

In his case it was solved by updating DirectX using the full redistributable installer provided here Microsoft.com rather than the web installer here Microsoft.com

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HAV0KZ3R0
HAV0KZ3R0 Feb 7 2013, 3:47pm replied:

Updated DirectX like you suggested and it works great now. Runs like a dream. Cannot thank you guys enough, you've been a massive help!

+5 votes     reply to comment
JackMayol
JackMayol Feb 7 2013, 5:27pm replied:

That's awesome! have fun and enjoy!

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JackMayol
JackMayol Feb 6 2013, 7:17am replied:

you might try to install the demo to see if the demo doesn't start either. For further support you might better send a mail to Pasik directly, should go fast: pasi.kainiemi@modulaatio.com
Good luck to you and don't worry, we'll get your game to run, there is no reason why it shouldn't ;)
You might also send him your PC specs.

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pasik
pasik Jan 27 2013, 11:30am replied:

The forum post now includes a workaround for the issue, got a report that it works too.

0.79 will include this fix, naturally.

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stabbyjones
stabbyjones Feb 21 2013, 4:23am replied:

cheers :)

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This is a great game. I've described it to friends as a combination between General Chaos, Cannon Fodder, a rather obscure but innovative game called Net War and once vehicles are added, even a touch of Warhawk. On top of all of this, the developer is great and really listens to the community.

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