A mod that mixes the tactics of TFC with the realism from CS/DoD. Set in 2023, advanced weaponry creates the ultimate war. Well balanced classes that support each other work together to control flags around the map, no waiting for capture to keep you on your toes! Desert setting in maps is accomplished through excellent use of textures and design. Take up the fight of either the CODE or AIM soon! "The desert heat scorches your soul, War is HELL!" Visit our site and download the mod now!

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1.5 Release!

1.5 Release!

Mar 06, 2005 By J0k3 4 comments

The best version ever of Sands-of-War is now avaible for download! Head over to the download section now or DOWNLOAD HERE The SoW 1.5 patch is only for...

2 Screenshots of Palace

2 Screenshots of Palace

May 14, 2003 By weBstalkeR 1 comment

Well, a PRE-ALPHA(basic few details) screenshots have been submitted of the map Palace made by Mantis: Thanks Mantis! -weBstalkeR

2000 downloads!

2000 downloads!

Nov 05, 2004 By J0k3 0 comments

If you check out the Sands-of-War files section you will see that we have just reached 2000 downloads! If you haven't downloaded Sands-of-War 1.3...

Alpha 1.8 & new backpack

Alpha 1.8 & new backpack

Feb 09, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 6 comments

Our c++ maniac Nuclearfriend has finished the coding of alpha 1.8. There are also a bunch of other changes. If you are a betatester and havent got it...

Alpha Soon

Alpha Soon

Aug 15, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

Im told the mod is nearing completion and about 99% coded for our first mod team alpha testing. Heres some pics from one of our maps "Entombed" by Zacker...

Announcing bot support

Announcing bot support

Aug 06, 2005 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

Bot support is something the fans have always requested for Sands of War 1. It opens up a lot of possibilities for both players and developers. Since...

Announcing Sands-of-War2 gameplay

Announcing Sands-of-War2 gameplay

Apr 02, 2005 By Zacker_lvldsnr 1 comment

Until now we have not let anything specific out regarding the amazing gameplay in Sands-of-War2. We have just said that it would be different from SoW1...

beta 1.1 released

beta 1.1 released

Mar 22, 2004 By slackiller 3 comments

March 20, 2004 - Download mirrors up We have got our first mirrors of Sands-of-War beta 1.1 up. The file size is 55 mb. You can download the mod here...

Bots for Sands of War coming

Bots for Sands of War coming

Jan 31, 2006 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

Bots Ever wanted to play SoW1 without being able to find someone to play with? Then this is good news for you, bots are underway! For some weeks the development...

CMS system and more concept art

CMS system and more concept art

May 09, 2005 By Necsus 1 comment

Site We are current in the proces of migrating all content on the site to a CMS system utilizing the forum. This allows for us to easily update the site...

Coding almost ready for Alpha

Coding almost ready for Alpha

Aug 06, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

Any day now from what I gather we will be able to hold our first mod team alpha test. We have added a new anonymous coder to help our team out. He will...

Downloads up again

Downloads up again

Dec 08, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

The default download mirror is now working again:) It has been down the last 24 hours because our primary mirror exceed their bandwidth limit - Sands-of-War...

Flag models finished

Flag models finished

Jun 15, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

PC Punisher finished up making the Flag models. Heres a sample from British Bombers map. He has still not finished his map so ignore the lack of detail...

Grows fast! Servers needed!

Grows fast! Servers needed!

Dec 06, 2004 By J0k3 2 comments

Since the release that was 5 days ago, 2000 downloads have been counted at our homepage! That means that there are many players out there who are searching...

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Mar 03, 2005 By J0k3 1 comment

Important hotfix for Sands-of-War gamers on won.

Important hotfix for Sands-of-War gamers on won.

Apr 04, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

We have discovered a bug in SoW 1.1 causing some incorrect protocol versions when wanting to play over the internet. Everybody with SoW on won need this...

Majorly increased detail in Sands-of-War

Majorly increased detail in Sands-of-War

Nov 18, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 2 comments

We are currently working on implenting detail textures into our maps. This greatly improve the visual quality as you can see in the following pictures...

Maps under construction!

Maps under construction!

May 06, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

We have added a bunch of mappers in our first weeks as a mod. Some from CS and some from TFC. 8 Maps now underway and their author include: "Tigres" by...

New grenades

New grenades

Sep 30, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 1 comment

The team is proud to present some new media from the next release. Work in progress of knife for the CoDe: Final flash bang, high explosive and smoke...

New lead coder

New lead coder

Jul 04, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

While our search team is out looking for Kalle we hired on a new lead coder- NuclearFreind. Welcome to the mod team our third Aussie! We held our first...

New map shots.

New map shots.

Apr 07, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

The Sands-of-War team are proud to show two new shots from the map Entombed. Click the thumbnails for larger images.

New map shots.

New map shots.

Jun 22, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

The Sands-of-War team are proud to show two new shots from the map Entombed and two new from the map Highwire.

New sprites done.

New sprites done.

Jan 28, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 3 comments

Our 2d/3d artist VGF has just finished some nice sprites. They show up when you select weapons and when you kill/get killed.

New weapon model and maps!

New weapon model and maps!

Jan 25, 2004 By NuclearFriend 0 comments

An influx of new members has created great new content fo the mod! Our new weapon modeller VGF has whipped up a great looking sniper and after skinning...

Particle engine

Particle engine

Nov 02, 2004 By Zacker_lvldsnr 9 comments

The Sands-of-War crew is proud to present the brand new particle engine for Sands-of-War 1.4. In this thread BB is showing of some work in progress pictures...

Pre Alpha Testing almost over

Pre Alpha Testing almost over

Oct 05, 2003 By RacerXLR8 0 comments

At long last we are finally putting the finishing touches. We have held several pre alpha sessions but this was our first with most of the coding done...

Progress update

Progress update

Apr 20, 2005 By Zacker_lvldsnr 0 comments

Version confusion We realize that it currently is a little confusion about what versions for what engines we are working on. That is for sure logical...

Sands of War 1.6 released

Sands of War 1.6 released

Apr 16, 2006 By Zacker_lvldsnr 2 comments

Our final version of Sands of War 1.6 is now public available! We finished it some weeks ago, but we were too busy with the SoW2 beta 1.1 release back...

Sands of War 2 ingame media

Sands of War 2 ingame media

Sep 22, 2005 By Necsus 6 comments

Let me first apologize for the lack of news the last month. This newspost was actually finished several weeks ago, but has not hit the frontpage because...

Sands of War 2 released!

Sands of War 2 released!

Sep 25, 2005 By Zacker_lvldsnr 13 comments

The Sands of War team is proud to announce that the first public version of Sands of War 2 has been released! You can now download the mod and play it...

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