America's Army Client For Linux Released

nexex writes "You can now download America's Army for Linux as a stand-alone installer. Previously it was only available as a full ISO on a Gentoo LiveCD." The official America's Army site has more info on this Army-sponsored FPS title, first released about a year ago for the PC, which "..provides civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today's premier land force: the U.S. Army."

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Re:Bad experiences with america's army

[VultureMN]

For me, it runs just peachy on an XP 1700, MX2 400 (IIRC), and 512 MB RAM. If UT2003 runs okay for you, AA:Ops should. I dunno why you're having problems.

I'd also like to plug AAO:TOPS, where you can vouch for people you think are good team players. I'm one of the devs, so go check it out and increase the traffic. :)

Re:Bad experiences with america's army

[SmallFurryCreature]

The more realistic a game is the more data has to be transmitted to reflect the users actions.

The simplist of these is stance. In quake there really is only 1 hitmodel no matter wich physical model you play with. In war games you can usually crouch/layflat/lean/stand.

Damage in quake is a simple number. In war games it usually is area specific.

Of course a lot of this is also down to the network code being used. But since aa is based on ut (if I remember correctly) it shouldn't be to bad.

For you fears of youre machine not being able to run it. If it can run it reasonbly in single play (I doubt it) the addition of the network handling shouldn't be to much of a problem. lets face it we played lag free games on P1's with the original quake.