Steam News

America's Army 3 Update Released

September 10, 2009, 11:29 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to America's Army 3 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Training

• Corrected error that sometimes resulted in hangs when starting training missions
  
• Fixes single player sprint/dive failing to bring back weapon after grenade toss
  
• Adds a "valid hit" audio prompt to AIT Advanced Rifleman to make it easier to understand when the player is doing it correctly
  
• Adjusts the "valid hit" text prompt in AIT Advanced Rifleman so it disappears sooner so the reappearance of it on a second hit is more obvious
  
• Addressed issue where firing rounds in AIT SDM early would prevent the player from completing AIT SDM
  
• Fixes incorrect colors on correct/incorrect text on the CLS AAR
  
• Fix for close menu and double menus in training levels
  
• CLS AAR now shows the CLS achievement if earned
  
• SDM AAR now correctly displays the hit location on the targets
  

America's Army 3 Update Released

July 13, 2009, 9:36 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to America's Army 3 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

America's Army 3

• More messaging when unable to connect to server for particular circumstances like full servers, etc
  
• More enhancements to PunkBuster implementation
  
• Adds in switching viewpoints during pb validation and adds in messaging to let player know something is happening
  
• Streamlined the server connect
  
• Adjusted the ftmp cleanup logic so it works properly on the server
  
• New Auth SDK that fixes MBS query issues, several crashes, and memory leaks
  
• Better feedback to players kicked from training due to not being qualified
  
• Fixes to player count in Internet Browser
  
• Fix for hud decrementing frag grenade round display when 320 ammo types are switched
  
• Frag grenade loadout fixes
  
• Cleanup of client stat file on startup so bad stats won't hang players joining training
  
• Removes "player didn't play in round" debugging message from logs
  
• Fixes accessed nones caused by mission lost statistics when player isn't alive at end of round
  
• Adjustments to clan tag support to allow use of a prefix (+ is add it as a suffix, - add as prefix, and anything else uses the "of xxx" format from 3.0.4)
  
• Prevent going prone while tossing a grenade
  
• Report full server to user message and bad/wrong password to user in message box after being kicked from server
  
• Adds in ability to left click on a server in MBS and have its information updated if it hasn't been updated recently (in last 10 minutes)
  
• Adds new message box if the connection times-out so user knows what happens if they step away and the client fails to connect to the server
  
• Added pbsetup and a simple batch wrapper to call necessary commands to setup a system for using PB (Binaries\pbsetup_help.bat)
  
• Added PunkBuster setup steps to installation
  

America's Army 3 Update Released

July 3, 2009, 9:40 am - Valve - Product Update

Updates to America's Army 3 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

America's Army 3

• Improved console help
  
• Added Clan support. Add clan tag in Account Settings. You must change information while in single player mode for now.
  
• Admin VOIP Improvements
  
• New "version" console command to see the current version
  
• Server browser performance improvements
  
• Fixes joining password protected servers so it no longer selects the server underneath the mouse cursor when clicking on the "Join" button in the password entry dialog.
  
• Fix for settings menu improperly closing when ESC pressed and leaving the player stuck with no UI and limited control
  
• Mission generation optimizations
  
• Fixed issue with logging into game servers that sometimes used another player's soldier profile.
  
• New TS3 SDK integrated
  
• Improves how server manages authentication objects
  
• Fixes issue with players being added to the scoring system not having all of their scoring data written.
  
• Fixes issue where players not logged into MBS were being logged out if they left the server prior to authenticating
  
• M320 grenade attaching issue resolved.
  
• Dedicated server title bar now shows mission and player details
  
• Fixes the "Waiting for other players" UI so it now appears again.
  
• Removes some server logging
  
• Increased communications handling to support when all players use heavy load outs. This may correct many instances where players didn't spawn correctly or get the correct load out.
  
• Fixes the M320 getting an extra round of ammo
  
• Fixes the Account Settings password changing not working properly
  
• Fixes the IRC link not working
  
• Fixes the displayed mission type (assault/defense/etc.) shown in the battle planner so it displays properly after side-swapping
  

America's Army 3 Update Released

June 24, 2009, 2:15 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to America's Army 3 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

America's Army 3

• Removes Password from AA3Launch.log
  
• Fix for MBS not working after server changes to a new map
  
• Fixes TeamReady in Mission Preplanning
  
• Updated authentication SDK to improve reliability and performance
  
• Fix for freezing on training mission load
  
• Improved performance on loading maps/training missions
  
• Fixed several small memory leaks
  
• Fixed performance issue with server that caused it to load UI elements into the server (where they aren't needed) and thus use up additional CPU and memory.
  
• Modified training authentication so it is more efficient
  
• Modified AMD negative delta time exception handling so it no longer stops the server or client, but just logs the event
  
• Fixed Admin add Player Admin
  
• Fixed Admin kicking of players. Now works properly with Soldier name and has optional kick by player ID
  
• Add new AdminListPlayers to get list of players and their player ID's
  
• Removes most of the server log spam, especially that tied to missions and mission setup and ROE
  
• Fixes several issues related to ROE firing off when player is bleeding, asphyxiating, or falling after being wounded by ROE
  
• You can now strafe on ladders so you don't get stuck in Pipeline or Obstacle Course. Strafe too far and you fall off, just like AA 2.x
  
• Modified program startup to clear out any old ATS temporary files
  
• Improved scoring messaging support for training missions
  
• Fixes several scoring issues
  
• Optimizes more of the authentication code and adds better exception handling in it
  
• Adjusts STS (stats) integration to better detect invalid objects to avoid crashes
  
• Fixes issues with single player stats not correctly initializing all of the time
  
• Adds feedback to UI when player purchases training until purchase is complete (says "Purchasing")
  
• Modifies MBS to track how many players are playing vs. how many players are on the server (player + Spectators) and now MBS browser only shows the number of players (so the count won't exceed max players)
  
• Turns HUD off whenever menu is activated (still an issue with battle planner activation the first time, however)
  
• Adjusts the close menu logic to always close properly so double menus should no longer happen
  

America's Army 3 Update Released

June 19, 2009, 4:02 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to America's Army 3 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

America's Army 3

• Removed apparent lag caused by other players entering or leaving a server
  
• Improved start of round spawn issues
  
• Resolved problem with training results not saving
  
• Improved communication with Authentication server
  
• Eliminated freezing up when moving from one training mission to another
  
• Cleared up hesitation during training missions
  
• Significantly reduce number of authentication transactions between player and Authentication server
  
• Solved achievements save and display problems
  
• Improved Login communication with Authentication server
  
• Improved player statistics tracking for better accuracy
  
• Improved overall performance
  

America's Army 3 - Free Game Now Available on Steam

June 17, 2009, 4:47 pm - Valve - Product Release

America's Army 3 is now available for free on Steam. AA3 includes more authentic military elements than any other military game, including training, technology, weapons and audio. When you play AA3 on Steam, you'll earn Steam Achievements, ranking up among your friends as you earn distinguished status, badges, medals and ribbons. With AA3 on Steam, you can also save your keyboard bindings to the Steam Cloud - just login to your Steam account and fire up AA3 on any PC to utilize your custom settings.

For more information and to download the game now, visit AA3 on Steam.

America's Army 3 Comes to Steam with Steamworks

June 9, 2009, 2:07 pm - Valve - General Announcement

America's Army 3 (AA3), the only action game that delivers an authentic and entertaining Army experience by reflecting the training, technology, actions, and career advancement of a Soldier within an exciting free game experience, is now available for pre-load via Steam. AA3 is free and will be released on June 17, 2009. Those playing AA3 through Steam will also get the benefit of Steamworks features such as auto-updating, Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud.

For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com and www.steamgames.com/steamworks and aa3.americasarmy.com.