America's Army wins it !!

* LinuxWorld, Day Three. (posted 2003-01-24 10:47:12 by icculus):
Almost everyone is hungover, no one has slept, and we're just trying to get through the day.

Surprise Number Three had a last minute show-stopper, so we're not showing it on the showfloor today, but I'll give you a teaser for now: Have a looksie.

http://icculus.org/~icculus/tmp/2003_01_19...170839_shot.jpg


--icculus.

Sweet I've been waiting since I saw Americas Army for that one to be ported over. This is going to go over big time. :-)

Is the game any good, or is it simply an American Publicity - everyone-go-join-the-army thing?

Hey,...

In the reports I found on the various sites, there is no indication whether there will be an official release of the Linux executables for Medal of Honor,...

Is there going to be, and if so, what method (Tux Games repackage, downloadable executable and manual file dump, or downloadable installer??) ???

I saw this game on the Nintendo Game Cube on display at Walmart, and it looks really interesting (like a realistic Quake 3 type thing). The PC version should ROCK because of more precise control with a mouse/trackball than you can get with Nintendo style gamepads.

Its a real good game. And since the US Gov is putting it out, its FREE. No ads no problems. And the game has had all of the playing problems worked out already. Now to see if all the linux problems can be worked out.

JaseP;

I have to admit, I am very curious as well. Same with SS:SE. Guess we will have to wait and see what happens next. I am sure Icculus will have something on his site, in reference to MOHAA.

It was designed as a recruiting tool for the U.S Army but they've never tried to hide that fact. And they designed the game to follow the steps that a new recruit would take, you start off in boot camp as I recall etc.

I've played the windows version and it's a kickass game to play.

JaseP:

Go and pre-order Medal of Honor:

http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?referr...son&gameref=104

does this mean that a Linux installer for the Win version can/will be produced?

I really doubt that they'll box a separate Linux version. But you never know...

Anyhow, worst case scenario would be that you gotta get the data files from a Windows install, just like RTCW, unless you buy direct from TuxGames. They usually will throw together an installer that will work to get the data files. IF they do that, then the disc would prolly be $5.

I might be wrong but I think that since the US GOV is putting out the game they can't charge for it since your tax dollers have already paid for it. I got 2 copies of the windows game for free. I would think that all you would have to do is download the linux stuff from their website or ask for a linux copy in the mail. The US Army produced the thing out of their promotional budget, it was cheaper than 30 seconds of airtime during the super bowl, even including printing and shipping.

Yeah, you're right, sorta, but I assumed he had asked about Medal of Honor.

Also, I thought that you could but America's Army on CD already? Maybe not. Most people would just download it anyhow.

[quote="DOlson"][quote]Also, I thought that you could but America's Army on CD already? Maybe not. Most people would just download it anyhow.[/quote]

i believe it's just downloadable, due to the previously mentioned issue of them not charging money for it.

*puke*

Ok, now that the nausea has left my system, I'm going to try this game out...
should be good for a few laughs. Discussing my personal moral dilemma's with such a game would probably fall on deaf ears.
:roll:

BTW: Where can I download the 'nix version? Can't seem to find it...

1) I understand you. But this *is* a free game, so I'll play it. It's unlikely that the US army will recruit me because of any intense brainwashing in this game, since uhh... well, I'm not in the USA.

2) You can't yet, since it's not totally done yet. Don't you worry, I'll be posting here as soon as it's out.

Pre-Order???

I don't pre-order ANYTHING. I'm morally opposed to paying for something that isn't available yet. The only things I'll pay for in advance are deposits for labor to be done.

I WILL buy a copy of MOHAA when the Linux part is available, though.

Does anybody know,... ???;
There are a lot of game ports coming out,... for example we now have CVS access to FreeSpace 1&2,... and Neverwinter Nights is coming out soon. MOHAA is now running natively in Linux. But,... How many of these titles can be installed as root and made playable across the entire system and how many must be installed in the /home directory of the user who is going to play them??? I have a fairly generous amount of space made available in my /usr partition, and my /home partition was designed to be holding some wine/winex stuff and user data, but not really for holding Linux binaries...

So what's the deal with installation of some of these ports??? Can they be installed in the /usr partition or are they user-specific executables???

1) Fine. Don't preorder it. I don't care. It was just a suggestion. If TuxGames lists it, it will be released. Period.

2) What are you smoking? Name one game that requires you to install it into your home directory. And I don't mean some crap game that you just download like Egoboo. I mean games like Quake 3, UT, etc. I install EVERY game I have into /usr/local/games/. If it doesn't go there, it doesn't go on my system. So far, I haven't had to reject any games.

I guess you just have to know what your doing to do it right.

Me neither, but I feel sorry for brainwashed children everywhere. :(
I will also play it because it's free. hell.


What? DOlson post about games? What's going on? :wink:
Keep it coming!

I haven't tried installing any of these new ports... So I have no basis for knowing.

I DO know that you used to have to install the old WordPerfect (not the one they ported using wine, but the one that had a native executable) as a user because installing as root create some security concerns.

But thanks for answering the question, even if you did question my sobriety...

Well, WordPerfect is FAR from a game man...

And installing anything as root can cause security problems... That's why you don't run as root on a regular basis.

But anyhow, as I said, all the games I've tried work just fine. They usually just use ~/.something for saving the prefs and saved games in. It's great.