America's Army punkbuster

[NStoker]

So I've been told that you can get AA on linux, excpet you can't play on PB enabled servers, is there any way around this? And if how, please explain.

Thanks!

[noerrorsfound]

The last native version of America's Army for Linux was version 2.5. You can play on PunkBuster servers fine.

[NStoker]

sweet, but will I be able to play on the 2.8.3.01?

[noerrorsfound]

I haven't tried running AA in Wine, but the listing for version 2.8.3 at the AppDB says:

Non-PB servers work fine, but PB servers kick within one minute for an unknown Windows API function. To update PB outside the game, go to your AA installation, then System/pbsetup and execute "wine ./pbsetup.exe". Add America's Army and update it. This will bring PB to the latest version. Sometimes logging in will fail with Wine mentioning a "failed to create stream" error. Removing System/AA.key will fix this.

Also, another annoying bug listed is:

Mouse still leaves the window.

Some people have submitted patches for the mouse problem (affects many games) but I haven't tried any patches, even though SWAT 4 and Rainbow Six: Raven Shield (games I really wish I could play properly) are also affected by this since they use the Unreal engine.

I recommend just playing 2.5 to avoid the hassle.

[NStoker]

ooook, ya, I'm kinda new to ubuntu, so could you like give a little more details? thanks

[noerrorsfound]

Details about what? If you mean getting AA 2.5, you can get it here:
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/a...game/2398.html

You can find other mirrors if that one doesn't work by searching for this file name in a search engine: armyops250linux.run

[NStoker]

no, Details on getting 2.8.3.1 working on linux. see, I'm in a clan, and I HATE windows. So I wan't to play with them on AA, but the server is 2.8.3.1 so I just need details on how to play that verson on ubuntu

[JonnyM]

Get you clan to move to 2.5.... Thats what i did with my clan... and it's a really great community over hear... Have a look at www.draat.net