Welcome back to The Wrench! Here we show off the latest in Squad modding.
What follows are updates sent to us by the people behind the mods themselves: their words, images, and amazing work!
(some entries have been edited for length and clarity)
BAF (Brazilian Armed Forces) Mod by Smoking Snakes
The BAF mod team aims to bring the Brazilian Army to squad in form of multiple unique vehicles, weapons and playable maps. Been under development since 2021 it is set for release in late 2025.
Featuring 5 unique vehicles, 11 unique weapons, 4 unique deployables, and 2 Unique Commander Assets.
Links:
Discord link: https://discord.gg/mgpqE3SxEY
Rassvet by Steez & Ruben
A complete re-imagining of OPFL (Operation First Light) featuring new biomes, reworked POI's, expanded and improved terrain, enhanced realtime lighting and dynamic time of day support, set in Eastern Europe.
Rassvet has seen a lot of progress this year with large central POI's like the Lumber Yard being added as well as older POI's like Storage Depot and Nilrem Village getting additional detail passes to bring the up to parity with newer work on the map and art.
The playable area is now bigger than the original OPFL and has been playtested extensively. While still not complete, it's perfectly playable with a variety of layers, including SuperMod layers.
Links:
Discord: https://discord.gg/XCbb7bmDQY
Steam workshop:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2995310287
Southeast Asian Rebels by Rookheim
The Southeast Asian Rebels mod is a modest faction and map mod aiming to add an unconventional force to the East Asia theatre. This includes Sanxian Islands, but also the modded map Liareng Islands as well as other future projects.
Originally a coalition of a number of different ethnic militias, popular defence forces and political groups, SEAR forces have now accrued decades of combat experience and grown into almost a pseudo-conventional force. Now, as great powers turn their gaze to the larger asia-pacific front, SEAR take up arms once more in defence of their homeland.
My experience is rather limited so I'm doing what I can with what I got :)
If you would like help out in any manner feel free to reach out to me (Rookheim) on Discord!
Hrodna Border by rell0776
Located south of the strategic Suwalki Gap along the cross border route between Bialystok and Grodno/Hrodna, Hrodna Border features a fictionalized vision of the border crossing and its surroundings. This map brings new flavor to the Eastern European collection of maps in Squad, featuring many small villages, a large town, a rail line, a border crossing, a LNG terminal, dilapidated abandoned bunkers from the old Soviet WW2 era Molotov Line, and much much more.
Hrodna intends to be a throwback to what made Squad maps so great and is a love letter to my favorite game. The map strives to strike a balance between Armor and Infantry gameplay, balanced RAAS lanes that aren't predictable but still funnel the match into concise areas of the map, and in other iterations of Squad plenty of terrain to play around providing a balance between long and close range combat and facilitating larger scale maneuvers.
Links:
Workshop Link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3436010829
King Of The Hill by Carnage
(Author disclaimer: this mod was made by one of Squad’s developers, Carnage!)
King Of The Hill is the first ever persistent economy mod in Squad. In this game mode (inspired by ARMA 3) You fight as military contractors from around the world over a highly contested zone for $$$ and XP Rewards. Players can level up, purchase and unlock new weaponry, vehicles, skins, and perks, and your progress carries over between matches.
We have linked our mod with our KOTH servers to other communities, so your saves not only persist from match to match, but between Linked Economy Servers too!
The mod is very early but there is a bright vision ahead to bring seasonal content and events with our partnering communities. We are hoping to hear from more communities looking to play and run the mod!
Links:
KOTH Discord: https://discord.gg/kingofthehill
Workshop Link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3443779816
Trinca Ferro/Arena Brasil
A representation of Brazilian crime, police and criminal factions, with more than 6 new factions and 6 maps focused on Brazil and its favelas. In addition to dozens of new weapons and vehicles.
Links:
Workshop Link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3159021895
Steel Division
Steel Division is a Special Forces mod with reduced ICO with custom features like NVG's, Thermals, Cross VOIP, FPV Drones, Attack Helicopters, MANPADS, C-130 Para-drops and more. With 8 fully fledged custom factions the mod is jam packed with content.
Links:
Discord: https://discord.gg/steeldivision
Workshop Link:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2432926361
Swiss Armed Faction
The Swiss Armed Forces mod is not yet finished, but it will represent a wide range of elements from our alpine nation's army.
The Swiss army employs a militia system. Many men and women have fond memories of serving. Squad offers us the perfect canvas, rekindling the passion and comradery that make the Swiss Army great.
The Swiss army has changed a lot through the years, just like any other military. However, many aspects are rigid. Roughly 60% of Swiss territory is mountainous, placing infantry at a distinct advantage in conflict. On the other hand, it is clear that the other 40% of terrain is relatively flat, which means that heavier equipment like (*APCs, Tanks, IFVs, etc.*) has an increased workload in these areas.
Switzerland is also known for its abundance of man-made bunkers, creating never-before-seen combat scenarios for Squad.
Our membership stands at 4. We're making progress, but it's slow because we're developing this modification in our spare time. We know we piqued your interest in this mod. If you want to check out our progress or talk to us, join our Discord!
Links:
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/cQVhxSW9am
Bundeswehr Mod
The team is focused on bringing the German Armed Forces "Bundeswehr" to Squad, including unique weapons, vehicles, character models, new game mechanics, custom-recorded weapons sounds, custom-made level props and the German Map "Fulda Gap". In addition to what you can see in their last Blog, you get to see a sneak peak into the new Puma IFV model and the also new "Auto Zeroing" mechanic for German combat vehicles, such as the Leopard 2A6M and the Boxer IFV. A new series of Blog updates is due to be published soon, as well another round of Beta playtests! (We say thank you to everyone who was part of our previous B1 Playtest event with over 5.000 downloads of our Beta phase mod in 6 days). The Bundeswehr Mod for SQUAD is currently looking for experienced UE4/UE5 level designers and level prop artists for their Fulda Gap project. Check out the recruitment channel in their Discord if you bring what they need!
Links:
Blog: https://bwmod.com/2024/08/19/progress-update-no-9/
Discord Link https://discord.gg/y9pQvr7e