User:MihaiTCRF1/Global Operations
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Developer: Barking Dog Studios
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 | This game's online features are no longer supported. While this game's online features were once accessible, they are (as of 31 May 2014) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content. |
 | This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? |
A fuller, less stubby version of the Global Operations article! Global Operations is a FPS game developed by Barking Dog Studios, a studio who previously assisted with Counter-Strike development. This game was one of many multiplayer games to be affected by the GameSpy services shutting down on 31 May 2014.
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Unused Sounds
Some unused voice clips are in the game's files.
| Clip | Transcript | Notes |
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| "Roger that." | An alternative version of "Roger.", though it's never used in the game's code. | |
| "Tango spotted." | An alternative version of "Enemy spotted.". Was used only for multiplayer, but due to the online servers being taken down, this voice clip now goes unused. | |
| "Positive enemy ID." | Also used only for multiplayer, and now goes unused due to the online servers being taken down. |
At offset 000002E0 in the game client (globalops.exe), there is a bit of hidden text that says:
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\FAiRLiGHT RuLeZ!\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
It's unclear what the purpose of that text is. Maybe it could be one of the developers messing around.
Oddities
Executable version info
The game client (globalops.exe)
The internal (and also the original) name apparently is called "CShell.dll". Unclear explication why is this.
The game server (goserver.exe)
The original name is simply "server.EXE", and the product name is "server Application". Unclear explication why is this.
Broken EA System Information app
There's a app in the support folder called "Global Operations_EZ.exe" which it's a larger variant of "go_ez.exe" which pretty does the same. It shows the system information, which can be very wrong on a modern PC (in this case, a mid-end office PC with a i5 CPU, 4 GB of RAM and Windows 7), and some checks are shown as "failed" (like the OS, CPU speed and RAM) which in reality it passes...
What's broken (Some are even "failed" in the status column):
- It shows DirectX 8, but in reality is DirectX 11.
- It shows as "-60 MB" of RAM, but in reality is 4096 MB (4 GB)
- It shows as "-1095 MHz" of CPU speed, but in reality is 3200 MHz (3.2 GHz)
What's correct, but it shows in the status column as "failed":
- It shows as "Windows NT", which it's correct because Windows 7 is based on the NT kernel and it's called also Windows NT 6.1.
What's missing in the "Your System" column, but it shows in the status column as "passed":
- It shows the CPU as "" (a empty string) which in reality should be "i5" or even "i5-4460".
