America's Army 2.0 Available for Linux and OS X

Time Doctor writes "Linux and Mac gamers will be happy to hear that America's Army 2.0 is out of private beta, and available via mirrors at 3DGamers and HappyPuppy, among others. See this news post on the AA site for the gameplay changes." We covered the release of the Windows version of AA 2.0 a couple of weeks back, as this free FPS recruiting tool continues toward its goal of "providing civilians with an inside perspective and a virtual role in today's premiere land force, the U.S. Army."

Comments

Mac classic

[Johnny Mnemonic]

fwiw, I had trouble getting the download link to work with either IE or Safari in OS X--the link would not present the contextual menu to me that gives the option of "saving to disk", required on this particular download.

However, I found that using the "download manager" in Mac Classic IE worked--I had to chose a previous download, and then change the pointers to the game download info.

DevKit

[Samus]

Is there any kind of devkit or plans for a devkit? One of the things that adds life to a game are the user created levels. I know I wouldn't be playing Ravenshield these days if all I had access to were the stock maps. This extends to other games as well. If this thing is to have a decent life expectancy then there needs to be some kind of dev kit for user mods.

Re:DevKit

[Slider451]

I suspect any mods that disparage the image of the U.S. military would be frowned upon. And since most modders would object to going through an official approval process for their creative works, I'm not surprised if mod options don't get very far.

Un-American .?

[HansF]

So linux is no longer un-american eh?
Finally, I can have a go at it ;-)
Maybe the army has to recruit some more IT-personnel...

YES!

[Leroy_Brown242]

Now I have a game more stimulating that Photoshop and dreamweaver to play on my Mac!

the game is about fighting

[theMerovingian]

The army's been starting to switch some things to Linux

I don't want combat troops that know Linux - their muscles are probably too atrophied to carry an M16.

(runs for cover)

Re:Freedom ISN'T Free!

[Dot.Com.CEO]

Action? What the hell are you talking about? The war in Iraq was about one thing at the beginning. WMD. Afterwards, when Bush and his puppy couldn't get the support of the UN (a MAJOR defeat if you have the eyes to see it), it turned into a crusade for democracy! Oh no, how could I not see it! And where the hell are the WMD that presented such an iminent threat to US's and international security?

But, you know, your question is correct. What are we doing? I see your president as a new Hitler (his grandfather was, after all, a great supporter of Hitler). People, at the time, did not say anything when he annexed Austria. Not when he entered the de-militarised zone in the East. They only took notice when he entered Poland. Well, what I am doing my dear friend is making people realise that Iraq was the same as Poland but NOBODY GAVE A FUCK this time. But the tide is turning, and your president WILL face the question come election day 2004.

Also, funnily enough, you mention the Taliban. You are obviously ignorant to the fact that YOUR GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY financed the Taliban and provided diplomatic cover for them.

fucking moron

[dh003i]

FYI, you stupid shit, the US hasn't fought a defensive war -- a war to defend our freedom -- since the Revolutionary War. Every other war we have either initiated or joined in in a hostile basis. All of those soldiers fought and died for the alterior motives of various Presidents, politicians, and special interest groups -- not to preserve our freedom, despite what you may have been brainwashed into thinking.

Of course Freedom isn't free. Ideally, in an anarcho-capitalistic world, it takes money to pay law-enforcement agencies to protect us from random criminal acts. However, you cannot preserve Freedom or increase Freedom by murdering thousands of individuals (which is all that war is).