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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Makarov9 on November 06, 2003, 02:42:25 PM
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http://www.americasarmy.com/ (http://www.americasarmy.com/)
Heck, it's free and not a bad game. No where near Red Orchestra though. :)
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Has anybody tried this game. How much does it cost and is it good or better than CS?
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It's free.
MiniD
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Im going see if i can try it out
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Make sure you wait for the 2.0 ver to be posted. Was suppose to be at 2:00 CST today.
Yep it's "free"...well the tax payers pay for it but it's better then being pissed away on another social program. :)
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How much is it?
;)
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I play AA. It's a free download (better have broadband, took me an hour and 10 minutes on DSL), and it's free to play. I never played CS but I hear it's better than CS. I heard CS was plauged with cheaters so I never even bothered with it.
AA on the other hand uses a software program called Punkbuster to catch cheaters. In the event PB gets hacked it can be updated in minutes. (Once they have the fix of course)
I like the fact that the people who run AA tell us up front that yes...there are cheaters and this is what we do to catch them. They also ban cheaters for life :aok
Another (now defunct) game company used to tell us that their software couldnt be hacked. I still cant believe they thought we were so ignorant as to believe that :rofl
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Free, and alot of fun.
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does RO require UT to run??!!?!?!??! please lemme know.
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Udet, yes UT2003 is needed. It's only $20 now and it's WELL worth it for RO.
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Once you get through the training that IS required before you can play, it's alot of fun. Haven't encountered nearly so many dweeby kids there as in some of the others and sniping is encouraged. Playing a medic can be alot of fun as well.
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I play AA but havnt been able to get in the last two days....could this be because of the upgrade
Question 2:
is 2.0 a whole new download or is it a patch? I have to have a friend of mine that lives 6 blocks away download it cause DSL "is not available in my area" :mad:
Question 3:
I'm a resourcfull person...why am i asking this board questions that I can find the answers to on my own :cool:
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While I don't know this for sure I'd guess it would require an entirely fresh download as this one deals with Spec Forces and not normal army pukes.
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It's out on FilePlanet.
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/130000/132774.shtml (http://www.fileplanet.com/files/130000/132774.shtml)
It's a 223mb patch from 1.9 to 2.0.
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3D Gamers torrent seems to be working much better than sucky fileplanet.
By the time you're through with waiting, you would've already finished it by using bittorrent.
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Im not on broadband, just modem and have a 800mhz system with 64 megs of ram. But I have hope, someday I'll have enough puter power to play.
:(
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DOWNLOAD THIS GAME IT KICKS ASS!!! but it is 650mb :(
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supprisingly the you, have to earn the snipers, and believe me, you can't do it in one try. THis gane is so real! Even you "breathing" affects you accuracy
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I got a kick out of doing the rifle range portion of this...it is just like shooting the M16A2 on the range. There's only a few variables that arnt accounted for...wind, trigger pull, site alingment/site picture. other than that its pretty cool.
kinda sucks at first though, playing online, you take 3 steps after waiting ten minutes and wam....sniper gets you...
happy hunting!
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Have they gotten rid of all the script kiddies yet?
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Originally posted by manticor
supprisingly the you, have to earn the snipers, and believe me, you can't do it in one try. THis gane is so real! Even you "breathing" affects you accuracy
You actually had to try more than once to get to be a sniper?
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Is there something I should know about qualifying expert with the m-16? I know how the real deal works but it seems the m16 used shoots more like a ak.. not to mention rounds clearly going through targets.
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Originally posted by Makarov9
http://www.americasarmy.com/ (http://www.americasarmy.com/)
Heck, it's free and not a bad game. No where near Red Orchestra though. :)
at least it has players :( RO servers/players are dwindling....
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in real life my m16 used to fire thru the plastic sihlouets at the shorter range. many bullets went thru it before me..lol cant seem to get file planet to give me game..l will get 1.9 from nvidia now and upgrade to 2.0 wheni can reach that site i had it when it first came out , but played the viet cong one instead. but cant find that game cd any more.. seem to have lost it
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Sarge,, its just like the real thing... I remember getting pissed when shots passed through in RL for me too.. The trick must be don't shoot on the inhale.. regardless of sight position you won't hit anything.. I messed a number of shots on the 50m because my tard decided it was a good time to inhale when I shot.
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lol i know that too.. wheni was range NCO and helping 09boo's firing weapons i would see them from angles from the 25m tageret go right thru the target and hit the dirt behind the tagert and not score.. those i gave them cause bullets don go to target and change course to go up and over and hit raight behind them..
those bullets were stopped being made after JFK's magic bullet that hit everyone and everything and even changed course to get some frontal hits too...lol this is a joke and for those that dont know about the magic bullet theory of JFK
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Their password server was 'porked' the last time I checked. They say there 'working on it'.
Great sim BTW :aok
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at 546 i found a server to get it from insearch.. shame it is a slow server and big file at 87 percent now for 1.90 now ill have to find the update to 2.0 when it is up to get it, i had it before and passed all the test but ran into a error to advance to fighting deleted it and stayed with Viet cong . guess i will try 2.0
hmmm (ooto) willow grove . i actually found a local guy on AH lol
howdy nieghbor
you near the naval air base off 611, i used to go there to watch the a10 take off and do touch and goes when the air ntl guard was there training
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garr...all the download sites are packed (what do you expect...over 2 million users registered...at least 600 000 active...and they all have to update)
even if the game will run on my ****ty arse system (1.9 worked...barely)
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When ya'll get the update downloaded lemme know how long it takes you to complete the SpecForces E&E which is the final test you have to pass to be one.
Took me about 1.5 hours total. There IS no easy route but I can provide a couple of hints maybe...
Be patient. Take your time. /NEVER/ stand up always stay crouched, prefferably prone.
Use your binoculars OFTEN. Scan the ridgelines for sentries, you
ll get to were you can pick out the human shapes even without the binoculars.
Spend alot of time in the creeks and gullies. Even then stay prone and move slow.
Watch the sentries with the binoculars then sneak past them in stages, alot of sentries will make quarter turns, pause turn again. Again, NEVER rush past one even a fast crawl if you're within 50 yard and they'll spot you.
Remember you have a key that will change your rate of movement as well as prone/crouch/stand so you've got a fast and slow version of each one.
Stay slow and low and watch the sentries rotational patterns and you'll make it through but don't expect to complete the course in under an hour.
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Those sentries on the hills are rather easy to go by as long as stays prone.
Those others are worse, since they see even through the rocks.
Also, when you start hearing some weird shouting, it is the sentries signalling they're about to see you.
It took me about half an hour to pass.
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Originally posted by Sarge1
in real life my m16 used to fire thru the plastic sihlouets at the shorter range. many bullets went thru it before me..
this is yet another example of a lesson the army needs to take from the Marine Corps (friendly riff :) )
The USMC still uses paper targets and scores them the "old school" way, a person in the butts puts a marker were the round hit and the shooter can clearly see it. Not real practical for real life use but the shooter learns how to dope his weapon properly and make proper corrections.
this said....my ucle was in veitnam and said most of his rounds that he fired in combat were from behind a tree without him not even looking down the barrel.
I've been to rifle ranges were they use some new scoring system thats all computerized....Personally I preferr the old school way. :)
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IS it still screwed up? I still can't get on the forums or get out of the obstacle course. It just locks up after completion and won't mark it as done..
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forums? they decided long ago already that theres too many players for the forum to support, so they ran out of hardware and disabled forums ;)
Ive had no problem completing trainings, I've got it all down.
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Ok I give up. I get about 15 mins into the crawling mission .. right when i can see the bridge I get caught. NO matter where I go or how slow I move. I was even moving a pixel, pause, move a pixel pause.. still nailed me at the base of the opposite ridge in the shadows.. this is no game...
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Originally posted by SunKing
Ok I give up. I get about 15 mins into the crawling mission .. right when i can see the bridge I get caught. NO matter where I go or how slow I move. I was even moving a pixel, pause, move a pixel pause.. still nailed me at the base of the opposite ridge in the shadows.. this is no game...
IMO there should be more missions like this, so they would actually require something from people when they try to pass training.
Everything else is simply too easy.
Put in your mind that the AI sentries has sort of a minimum range when it doesn't matter worth a crap how slow you move or how long you stop, they'll spot you.
Other interesting thing I noticed, is that AI won't spot you under the spotlight if you don't move, but will notice if you move....
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Yeahm Sunking. Low and slow at almost all times. Also as I posted above be aware you have two different move speeds for each position, standing, crouched and prone each has it's own two move speed setting. When you're near or even think you're near sentries go prone and slowest and even then do what you said about move and stop. But keep in mind if you do the move/freeze at the fastest prone speed you're still basically doing a fast-crawl/freeze and the sentry will see you.
Low and slow and always take the hardest path. If you're crawling through the swampy creek bottoms dead slow you're doing good. Also, bear in mind that there are sentries posted on almost every ridgetop looking down into the valleys. Use your binoculars to mark their patterns.
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You're given all the tools you need to pass E&E. It's not impossiable if you just use common sense and pretend you're actually there.
It took me about four tries and three hours on a Sunday afternoon. If I can do it....:rolleyes:
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edit - I passed it.. it's so simple it hurts...
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I spent the time to get this game and finish the training. The hardest part was getting the darn server to recognise me and accept training scores. :mad:
Now how do you get onto a server? Everyone that I tried requires a password to join and trhe game logon isn't it. :confused:
Is the SF setion a seperate download from V.2.0?
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Okay...I give up. What is UT? I d/l'd this POS and all it does is lock up my system when I try and install it.
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Originally posted by Maverick
I spent the time to get this game and finish the training. The hardest part was getting the darn server to recognise me and accept training scores. :mad:
Now how do you get onto a server? Everyone that I tried requires a password to join and trhe game logon isn't it. :confused:
Is the SF setion a seperate download from V.2.0?
When you start the game click the deployment button then go to filters and be sure that ONLY the official servers box is checked as these are the only ones you can earn honor on. Think of it as experience. SpecForces is a part of the 2.0 download but you must have 15 honor to be able to play special forces types.
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curval its best to open up the self extracting archive with winzip/rar and unzip it to the directory that you want to play from...the install thing for it likes to lock up...
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Originally posted by SunKing
Its not the common sense.. its the 4-8 hours everyone is taking to pass.
Well then maybe they should just play for the Indigenous Forces.