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America's Army Comes to the Mac
mrpuffypants writes "Not to leave all of the Mac community out in the rain the U.S. Army has released a Mac version of America's Army. Now get out there and train for Iraq, maggots!"
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Well, there's a Linux version of America's Army, so why not a Mac version? Ok, you have to boot from the CD for it, but it still runs off of Linux.
The M16A2 is NOT a full-auto assault rifle. It can only fire in semi (1-round) and burst (3-round) modes. You must be thinking of the M16A1, which can fire full automatic.
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Lying about sex with your intern, not impeachable.
In case you didn't know, Clinton was impeached.
Actually you don't need a CD, you can type
emerge americas-army or whatever it is.
Ok, you have to boot from the CD for it, but it still runs off of Linux.
Or you could just download it from icculus.org and install it like any other professionally produced Linux game.
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around.
Tip on sniping: Breathing matters!
Squeeze off your shot during the pauses between inhaling and exhaling. Oh, and I mean your character's breathing, not you physically breathing.
Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around.
If you haven't seen the Penny-Arcade comic about America's Army, then you NEED TO...
-dewhite
ArmyOps Tracker
You can track you all sorts of stats with the game. I love using it to track how many points I need to gain honor and seeing my frag rate. I didnt discover this online tool for almost a few months. If you are curious, you can see mine...My AA stats. Another cool feature is the signature file which is like a banner ad of your stats.
I can wait til I turn my 600mhz iBook into a server!
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Probably didn't take much more than a recompile on a Mac to create this "port".
This is a GOOD THING and the sort of thing we need to see more of. Develop cross-platform games with cross-platform APIs. Give "Linux gaming" and "Mac gaming" both a shot in the arm with the same code.
obviously you are new to gaming since "strafe jumping" is actually called "bunny hopping". also you cannot fire while jumping. you can fire while strafing back and forth. i assume that you started today, you probably havent played many of the maps and maybe still in the MILES (laser tag) maps like MOUT and Tunnels. Those maps are intro maps you will see how the game can excel when you are on a large outdoor map like Radio Tower or a FPS killer map like Bridge.
.50 caliber sniper rifle, m4 with laser sight,grenades, flash bangs, smoke nades plus the enemies counter weapons.
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When AA was first released, I thought of it as Counter Strike 2 with all the cheats removed which is one of the reasons I stopped playing CS. But I discovered that AA was team orientated. If you can find your nitch on a squad, you can really dominate.
Some things that you missed that I think should be noted:
- you can shoot through doors now and bullets can ricochett and kill you
- TK (that is "team killing) is a huge no-no
- You will need to learn the Rules of Engagement (ROE) which have a negative effect on gaining honor.
- You get bonus honor for being squad and fire team leaders.
- You need to know your CEM (Combat Effectiveness Meter), the higher it is, the more accurate your shot is.
- To forgive ppl, when you are TKed accidently. Apologize when you TK someone.
- There's many different qualifications such as Airborne School, Sniper School, Mtn Range division, etc... by passing those schools, new maps open to you.
- The higher your honor the better your chances are of getting the weapon you requested.
- Game weapons (depending on map and team size): M16, Saw, m16 w/ 203 grenade launcher, regular sniper rifle,
Coming in AA 1.9, two new classes: Medic and Special Forces. I am looking forward to becoming a medic (although its not like a true medic, but a combat medic with a gun -- read americasarmy.com). Rumors are that you need to have a 35+ honor to be a medic and 50+ for Special Forces.
I've logged 70+ hours into this game, playing for a few days then stopping for a week or so (depending on work and life duties). So I feel qualifed to review the game.
overall for a free game, its pretty damn good. the FPS are quite good if you have a good video card. a gf3 is okay. i dont think my 600mhz iBook with its ATI 16mb video card could handle it, but maybe it will be okay as a dedicated server.
"hooah"
fps tweak
http://75thrangers.us/portal/modules.php?name=F
a quote from the post...
" Ok I was gettin like 23 fps on bridge SE, and i new
i could do better. I have a radeon 9200 128mb. So a
Dev told me that i could tweak the Cache size in the
armyops.ini file and it would help alot. The default
is 32. If you haev a 128 mb card set it to 128 mbs, 64
card =64 cache. I went from 23 fps to 60! "
i have an ati 9000 128 pro...i made the changes and it didnt seem to do much. i had my friend make changes to and he has a gf4 ti 4200 128 and he didnt notice any changes.
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I most certainly didn't threaten your president any more than your 'just a joke' video game threatens the lives of any average every day Iraqi's.
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Hi! Can't remember URL, but some time ago here in Moscow was a challenge painboll between Q2 team and FSB team, as I remember. Quakers wiped out federal sequrity team. Of coarse, that was not real bullets...