http://linuxgaming.net/modules.php?name=Ne...article&sid=701

hehe, i just posted about this in everything linux...dunno why i put it there.

I thought Americas Army was still in or just coming to the end of beta testing, still gentoo games sounds like a good idea just a shame my pc takes a good 45seconds to find the boot medium when i set it to boot from cd :(

Rickles

SWEET, good download speeds too.

Cool, started downloading now so could here a while.

Cool

I'm waiting for this game since I kicked Win2k from my machine!!!

Dieter

Have FUN!

I think I will send them some input;

On my wifes puter, it didn't like the USB Mouse and Keyboard, so it decided to die
On my linux box, it took one look at the 2 CPUs and totally gave up and stopped loading

The idea is fantastic, because it keeps you gaming separate from your everyday computer settings, security, and you don't have to worry about change either of them to go online and do some gaming. I really hope this idea is developed a lot futher.

yup .. I think SMP kills the cd boot :-(
my dual p3 wouldn't load the cd.

but I have the files extracted and I'm playing it just like a normal old game :#:
there are instructions on forums.gentoo.org for extracting the files from the cd.

or email me ... and I'll send you the extracted game that I have

does anyone know when you will be able to just download americas army for linux?

Hi

No need to boot cd hence burn it's iso image.

Idea is to mount iso image
then copy /opt/armyops170 to large enough partition
find armyops-bin, cd to where it is
then ./armyops-bin to play.

All previous is discussed... at:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=54264

i didn't bother burning the iso

mounted the iso image with -o loop and got the livecd.coop out
then used coop to extract livecd.coop to aa.iso then mounted aa.iso so i could copy the americas army directory into my games directory.

runs great.

yup ... it does run great.

any idea how I can start a local (lan) server?

No idea cant find any setting in there. looked at the AA website and nothing there about linux server.

I know .. it says run server.bat ... ?@#!? geez !

damn I suck at it though .... back UT to remind myself I can shoot something !!! :-P

I read the stuff at the Gentoo forum, but found it confusing. How can I do this like you are discussing above ? What program is required by Mandrake to extract the coop file ? Where do I get the "coop" package for Mandrake ?

you need cloop ... get it from here
http://www.knopper.net/download/knoppix/



then
/path/to/extract_compressed_fs /path/to/livecd.cloop > /path/to/huge.iso
this will make a huge iso image (about 1.4gig)
then you can mount the iso
mount -o loop /path/to/huge.iso /mnt/tmp
cp -R /mnt/tmp/opt/armyopts170 /opt

now you're done !!!

Hey, if anyone wants it I have an icon for Americas Army. I copied it from a windows install and made it into a png. If anyone wants it, here you go:

Thanks Paul and LiquidZoo, that did the trick for me.....Game ON !!

And I made a larger icon while I was beta testing ArmyOps, so if you want it here it is:

Hi,

I download the iso and copy it to a cd. But the cd wount start after reboot my computer. So I try to copy the iso to a bootable cd. But I dont know how. I dont find a bootable option in K3b. So what programm do u use for that? Please explain for a stupid

Have Fun!

upu

Don't just copy the iso to a cd, check the menus of k3b, one of them says: burn iso.
Then point at your iso, and start the burn.

Thanks aRTee,

that works for me

But when I start the cd gentoo is running a while and then I get a x-server error

Have Fun!

upu

then you will have to get the livecd.cloop file off the cd, then extract it using cloop as is detailed in this thread by Paul.
It's better that way you can run it in mandrake without all the rebooting.

I had the same problems with the LiveCD, if you want some instructions on how to get the data off the CD, check my website. I have compiled all the info from this thread and the other one on Gentoo Forum, and made a little Tutorial on how to extract the game from the CD. I am still creating the site right now but the info there will help you out.

http://mandrake191.no-ip.org/

I am very much interested in yours link. But it don't work
Please post it again.

Have Fun!

upu

read thru this thread it will explain how to extract the game

see here http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...p?p=38138#38138

upuaut;

Follow the above directions. If your having a hard time understanding how to follow them, then try going to my website. I have pretty much the same thing, but you might understand it better if the layout is different ?

http://mandrake101.no-ip.org/ - Native Linux Gaming Section

I hope you this more clearer for you

It's hard for a dump like me

I download the cloop file from knoppix. And I extract it.

$cd cloop-0.68
$vi Makefile //and insert APPSONLY=1 at the top section

Than it seems that a little program (editor) starts in my console. But I think it's not finishing. The last line is:
compressed_loop.o create_compressed_fs.o:compressed_loop.h

Thats all. On the left side of the bottom I can see a "68,1" and the word "END".
I can't say:
$make zcode
$make extract_compressed_fs

I don't know why. I can leave the console only by closing the window. It seems that the little editor is still running.......

Sorry, but I've tried.................

You have to exit vi...

Press Esc, type in :wq and then hit Enter.

upuaut,

vi Makefile

vi - this is a text editor program.
Makefile - this is a text file to be edited

You do not have to use vi if you prefer another editor. Inside vi, position the cursor on second line, and type the letter i for (insert). Then type APPSONLY=1. Then hit the esc key. Now press the colon key : and type wq and press return. This means write/quit.

I love u ALL

What I need at last was the idea from cannonfodder. Thanks for that.
But I whant to say thanks to all of u.
THANKS for your help......................

Sorry but I have a last question

I'm using guarddog. But I must disable guarddog to play Americas Army. I know that I can add the game by user-defined minutes. But witch port does AA use?

Thanks!

I found it out. I must enable NETBIOS :wink:

Let's gaming now..............

Here is the port list you need to also add into Guarddog Firewall so you can connect to the master servers;

1716 - UDP
1717 - UDP
1718 - UDP
8887 - UDP
27900 - UDP
20045 - UDP

I still have not been able to get on any of the servers yet, I had register an account prior to playing. Once I did this I still was not able to get on the servers. I suspect it had to be authorized first. I just have not tried again since I added the ports to Guarddog, keep getting side tracked..

After register an account you have to go to the soldier training. There u find the basic combat training. You have to complete. You can only join a server with maps u have complete.