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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Zanth on March 05, 2004, 11:42:05 PM
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Americas Army home page claims they went over 3 MILLION players at end of FEB. As an Avid player I don't doubt it. Puts things in perspective I think.
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Zanth, What is America's Army? I know it's a game.. please post a little about it.
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Pretty good first person shooter put out by the US Army as a recruiting tool.
Very detailed and realistic. You have to go through offline training before you can go online. Have to score perfect marksmanship to go sniper.
Or youused to, I have not played in some time. The guys that wiggle themselves to not get shot, blew the game for me, it just ruins the spirit of the game to do lamer first person shooter crap like that.
Check it out its a free download, just do a search for Americas Army.
I heard cheaters had ruined it with hacks, anyone know if they fixed it?
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Very detailed and realist.
:rofl :lol
I'm sorry. It's just so damn funny you can say that without cracking a smile :lol
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lol I am tired, had a bad day, worked tell past 10:00 and still can't spell lol.
Sue me!
:D
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Shooting a guy 10 times, then having him turn and pop me once, with my head exploding as the result, ruined it for me. Think if they changed to a system similar to AH it would be much better.
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I wasn't commenting on your spelling, I was commenting on what you said...
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AA is a pretty good game though I havent played it in a while. I know a some people who would rather just play SOCCOM II on their playstation though. When is someone gona make a Marine Corps game.
:D
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relativly realistic as long as you dont get within 100ft of the other guy...i find there are less cheaters on non official servers (cheaters cheat so they have higher honour levels and therefore bragging rights...i think the honour level thing is a waste for 2 reasons
1. having some ultimate goal in any game brings out the "at all costs" (also bull****) part of us
2. when youve been playing since sept. 2002 and only have 18 honour your half decent...no one expects you to be...therefore you have an advantage)
of those 3 million people less than 2 million actually finished basic training...
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Tiny tiny maps.
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Its free
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Originally posted by Zanth
Americas Army home page claims they went over 3 MILLION players at end of FEB.
I've had them all shooting at me at the same time :)
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I finished basic twice but never took the time to get online with it.
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I finished basic and medic training, and got halfway through Airborne before my mobo died on me. Interesting game though, I didn't have a fast enough system to play online however.
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Where is the dowload link?
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You actually get it through servers like Gamespy. The links to d/l servers are on http://www.americasarmy.com
It's OK but I still like the flying aspect. Plus, there do seem to be a lot of cheaters on AA. You'll see guys getting the most kills on their team in a 7 round match and when they kill, it's always extremely short burst headshots. Aimbots are available, "radar" to see where the enemy is hiding, speedhacks that let them run faster than normal...... you see that stuff, you just have to log and find another server.
But it's an option. The action is far faster than some of the maps here allow. BI
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They have cheat like that in Call of Duty by now. Bloody well sucks.
How do the graphics compare to Call of Duty?
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Not as good as Call of Duty. CoD is great if you can find a server setup with realistic settings (limited sniper rifles etc, realistic damage, limited grenades). It's a shame there aren't more maps that are regularly used.
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Dowding, I have COD on the way. Bought it on E-bay cheap.
Any tips on getting online quickly, what to look for in the servers, how much cheating is going on?
Thanks?
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You can get online through the game itself and it's very easy. Unfortunately, I stumbled across the only server I play on (EUMC.co.uk). It uses a server side mod called Pool's Realism Mod (PRM). You don't need to download it. This adds more punch to the weapons, adjusts firing rates, changes hit boxes etc for a more one-shot-and-your-dead kind of game. You'll notice less of the circle strafing etc and also less of the endless grenade throwing evident in the standard servers.
I'm sure there must be State-side clans with the same realism-orientated mentality, running the same Mod. Here's one:
http://www.redsbox.net/reds_cod/index.htm
CoD is worth it for the single player game, but I think you'll enjoy multiplayer too.
I've not known any blatant cheating, unlike in AA and CS. There is some exploiting of clipping problems on a couple of maps, but this has never spoilt a game for me.
Hope that helps! :)
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Thanks!
I'm looking forward to fooling with it. I like the WW2 more than the terrorist theme of AA anyway.
Yes, the bunny-hopping, circle-strafing stuff is pretty lame. I hate that part of AA.
I'll let you know when I get up and running. Maybe you can show me the ropes.
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I hang around a bit on the HQ games. MOBeach is my favourite server right now.
Version is 1.2 by now, BTW
The cheat I witnessed was either a room full of observers helping one guy out, or some kind of a tracking devise. The guy shot enemies through bushes and so on, - totally while unseeable.
His kill rate was like a 100 to 1 or so, and finally I think he got kicked.
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Yes, the terrorist thing is so dull! Circle-strafing ruins many FPS type games, IMO. Bunny-hopping too.
Unfortunately, I'm not online anymore, otherwise I'd give you a game. When I re-connect I'll come looking for ya! :D
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Originally posted by Lazerus
Shooting a guy 10 times, then having him turn and pop me once, with my head exploding as the result, ruined it for me. Think if they changed to a system similar to AH it would be much better.
This is what threw me off when I first started out about a month and a half ago in AA. Then I realized how spoiled we are with client-side hits in AH. I asked about why they didn't go with client-side hit registration and some forum regulars there said it was because client-side is easier to hack. But there are hacks in AA already (I've seen admin screenshots of guys with no fog and aimbots - see the airdale ops website), so ...? Agree with the rest about the game-play online. The only time I use the jump key is when I'm moving over obstacles. Looks like I'm in a kangaroo farm sometimes...
mauser
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Originally posted by mauser
(I've seen admin screenshots of guys with no fog and aimbots - see the airdale ops website), mauser
Can you give a more specific link? I'd like to view those shots.
It's why I can only take a certain amount of AA per week. I know guys get good at it but when I'm running left another guy just appears around the corner running right and I instantly hear "bang bang" and I'm down with a head shot...... it sorta ruins the game for me.
I think AA ought to pay Dale to overhaul their webcode and anti-cheat technology. You see very little (if any) cheating in AH and it's client side.
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Here's the link to the Airdale ops forum, specifically cheaters caught this month:
http://www.airdaleops.com/viewforum.php?f=21&sid=
mauser
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PB in BF 1942 is great they get caught cheating, their cd key becomes invalid, LaRf!!!:D
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Americas army seems like a great game but the greatest flaw with it is how hard it is to download a working copy! It takes me about 40 hours to download with my 56k. and hear this, i have downloaded it 4 times and still it doenst even install right. i know i gotta get dsl .....:eek:
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best place to get AA is to download it from the nvidia website...
if the installer doesnt work for you just open up the zip and unzip everything somewhere...works fine but you have to put the update in the folder with it then update
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Many of the 13thTAS have been playing AA for some time now....unlike Toad, cheating doesn't bother me that much, because I have the option of logging onto another server...unlike in AH when a crappy map is up or it's dark, I have no choices.
Our squad is getting it's own server in which each TAS member will have the James Bond chair thru the floor trip to death button, for all of those players who think their above the law:)
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WOW! Thanks, Mauser. Those explain a lot of things for me.