The Indonesian Separatist Movement grew out of the 1998 Indonesian Revolution which saw the downfall of Indonesian President Suharto. After requests from the Indonesian government, the Task Force was sent to the country as part of Operation Typhoon Rising, to stop the rebellion and re-establish government control over rebel-controlled territories. The Task Force was previously employed in peacekeeping operations in East Timor. The Joint Operations Task Force is an international assistance force that is under the command of the fictional 'Coalition of Nations', which was formed before 1999, made up of elite special operations personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, Australia and Indonesia.

Team Deathmatch: A kill limit is imposed, and both teams try to kill players on the opposing team to reach that goal before the clock runs out.

Deathmatch: A kill limit is imposed, and all players operate independently seeking to kill other players to reach that goal before the clock runs out.

Team King of the Hill: The teams try to occupy a small zone on the map for ten minutes to win.

Advance And Secure: Both teams try to capture and hold all the bases on the maps before time runs out.

Coop: All players are on the Joint Operations side and fight against a rebel artificial intelligence team.

In the multiplayer setting, the game has five modes, which dictate how gameplay proceeds on any given map:

Many independent servers exist, hosted by individuals or groups of players who form clans.

Although a number of these servers are run by Novalogic, anyone with a PC and sufficient internet bandwidth can host a server, with a player limit of up to 64 people. Each Joint Operations server at Novaworld has the potential to hold up to 150 players, based on server bandwidth capacity, making the game a Massive Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter. Although the game contains a series of single player training missions and operations accessible under the main page option 'Missions', most players utilize the game's multiplayer option to compete online under the main page option 'Novaworld' which connects the player to Novalogic's online gaming environment, Novaworld.

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