GROUND BRANCH

GROUND BRANCH

Heckler & Koch XM8 [1035]
34 Comments
Cow Obliterated By Train 10 Jul @ 11:52am 
akkarin, dagger directive has a working OICW and shit like FPV drones rn. It's styled like a late 90s delta force game, but with arma 3-style backpack and equipment. Did a run where I took OICW and everyone else just took an M4 and a shitload of spare mags, we just airbursted every enemy we saw with impunity.
Akkarin 10 Jul @ 5:10am 
Reminds me of the time every futuristic FPS had a XM8, good times haha. Now I only need an OICW for all the retro futuristic gear I loved
Cow Obliterated By Train 28 Jun @ 6:52pm 
this is mad cool, been a huge XM8 glazer since Bad Company, interesting seeing it in the hands of modern CIA spooks, like a view into an alternate reality.
Prodigy  [author] 27 May @ 10:27am 
Thank you @AQUΛRIA! And thank you for those corrections, too. The OICW project was definitely my favorite of the failed attempts to replace the M4/M16.
AQUΛRIA 27 May @ 10:15am 
The second they announced the G36 and the SDK, I knew it was only a matter of time before an XM8 hit the workshop. Bravo, Prodigy. This scratches a very particular niche I have, thank you. Also not to be the "erm, acchually" guy, but someone pointed out that the mounting system on the XM8 is "H-Key". It is not. The XM8 used the proprietary "PCAP" or Picatinny Combat Attachment Points, which actually predates every modular slot based accessory attachment system on the market today. The accessory package was provided by HK themselves which included a foregrip and a flashlight. It is also worth nothing that the XM320 was not part of this system and was instead its own carbine length hand guard. Its really worth looking into if you're interested in a fairly major but overlooked stepping stone in firearms development. A lot came out of the OICW/XM8 project.
Prodigy  [author] 24 May @ 8:51am 
Thank you for checking it out!
Eastbound Spider 24 May @ 8:34am 
Thanks! :steamhappy:
Prodigy  [author] 21 May @ 9:54am 
Yeah, I was really bummed when GR2 never came to PC.
Some Polish-Hungarian Guy 21 May @ 9:45am 
Ghost Recon 2 was peak, I wish it wasn't a console exclusive honestly.
Prodigy  [author] 21 May @ 4:12am 
@JayPix1992 My bad! I need to replay it too, though. Ghost Recon 2 was the blueprint for me and my XM8 obsession.
@Charles Vane I’ll include black versions when the devs give us working custom tags in the SDK.
☠Charles Vane☠ 21 May @ 1:59am 
do you consider making different colored versions? like green, black or grey?
JayPix1992 20 May @ 10:54pm 
I want to play that game's campaign again. Hopefully there'll be a BOII Remastered down the line somewhere in the future. Which might happen from what we're hearing, but who knows. Damn I want to play BOII again so badly. It's your fault, you made a mod for the XM8, made it look like the M8A1 from BOII, but made it look like that it should have been in MW3(2011 not 2023).
Prodigy  [author] 20 May @ 8:14pm 
Right? Just without the (in my opinion) terrible 4-round burst they gave it in MP. I think the campaign one was full-auto, though.
JayPix1992 20 May @ 8:09pm 
Btw, the full-length version of the XM8 in this mod gives me BOII vibes.
JayPix1992 20 May @ 5:13pm 
"Never say never", are words to live by for sure.
Prodigy  [author] 20 May @ 7:45am 
Not currently, but never say never.
JayPix1992 20 May @ 4:46am 
Any plans for that btw Prodigy?
JayPix1992 20 May @ 4:43am 
@-|Monkey:: I like the way you think. But he had the Compact Carbine XM8. Also the mod doesn't have the XM8's integrated sight. As far as I can tell anyways.
-|Monkey:: 19 May @ 5:10pm 
Can't wait to finally be able to play as my favorite Metal Gear character in Ground Branch, Johnny Sasaki.
Afro McSuCC 18 May @ 11:26pm 
Fishgun my beloved
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 4:03pm 
I do have the balls…
:{P1}:Skully8600 18 May @ 4:01pm 
please add balls
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 3:57pm 
Thanks! Also no.
Baran 18 May @ 3:34pm 
Hey, love your mods, fantastic as always. Just wondering, would it be possible to use the in-game G36's sound effects for the XM8 instead of the M4A1's? I thought it would make more sense since they're both closely related.
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 2:46pm 
Yeah, sorry. I made note of that with my first comment. Thanks for letting me know what they're called, though! That should make finding reference for adapters easier.

I had seen mention of someone having a TommyBuilt XM8 with M-LOK, but the picture link was broken. And Tommy's site seems to be mostly gone, so I couldn't confirm. I think I finally found a picture and it's just M-LOK in place of the H-KEY. Oops. For the time being, I'll just move the rail slots down to there and people can use the MLOK adapters there.
karnofsky15 18 May @ 12:56pm 
So, for using attachments on the side rails, it looks like you've got things attaching to the vents, and not the H-KEY slots (the block circle things). Just a QOL thing.
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 12:29pm 
@JayPix1992 Haha. Turns out it's easy to mod a G36 that's wearing different clothes once the G36 blueprint became available.
JayPix1992 18 May @ 12:22pm 
The XM8? *tongue click* Noice. I was thinking about this one a little over a week before the v1035 Update came out, and how it would be done. You just answered that question
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 11:10am 
@jonexhd I very much agree. And I'd love to put an OICW into the game. Just need to figure out the grenade launcher part...
jonexhd 18 May @ 11:04am 
I'd say this thing is way better than the M7 system. Besides the whole OICW and Future Soldier projects are so cool.
Prodigy  [author] 18 May @ 7:09am 
@duck Right? It’s been one of my favorites since Ghost Recon 2.
@Charles Vane You’re welcome! Wait no longer!
☠Charles Vane☠ 18 May @ 4:59am 
oh yea, I've been waiting for this! thank you!
duck 18 May @ 1:33am 
ouh, first time know it about this gun, it's look cool thought:steamhappy:
Prodigy  [author] 17 May @ 11:38pm 
Not really a requirement, but I do recommend using ModernLancer's MLOK adapters for the slots above the proprietary XM8 mounting points. Some picatinny adapters may be included for those eventually, but that's the solution I suggest for now.