v2.8.5

[Goodness]

Posted: 24 Apr 2009 16:53 official website



Listen up Soldiers. Headquarters has ordered us to re-deploy into key target areas as insurgent activity is once again escalating. Intelligence has reported an increase in IEDs in the areas, so you had better be careful. Remember your ES2 training and be sure to report any suspicious items to your Squad Leader.

We are proud to present another America's Army release. This release includes ES2 updates to four classic maps: SF Courtyard, SF Hospital, Urban Assault and Bridge Crossing. The maps have been updated with additional ES2 objects to discover and report. ES2 Bridge is an updated version of the popular Bridge Crossing map with new gameplay elements added such as ES2 objects with enhanced intelligence functionality. Players will be able to unlock access to a new path under the bridge and supply intelligence on enemy positions. We've also added improvements to the civilian AI within ES2 Border to have the AI react in a more realistic manner. Lock and load, it's time to go to work!

Head over to our SITREP section to find out all the new features in the upcoming release of America's Army: Special Forces (Overmatch) v2.8.5 now!


can you believe it ,where is 3.0

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

ES2Courtyard, eh? Sounds like a blast to me -- race ya to ringin' the bell! Looking forward to this release, especially if all the bugs that they say are fixed actually are .

[-=Lucky-Lucas=-]

I have just loaded up AA deploy client and this warning popped up.....

A new version of America's Army is available
Do you wish to patch from 2.8.4 to 2.8.5?
Press yes to patch, No to perform full install


However I have some thoughts.....

Is it worth it?
And are people gong to be playing it?

Lucas

[Reaper-=Of-God=-(Sam)†]

Apr 30, 2009 15:33:33 GMT -5 -=Lucky-Lucas=- said:

I have just loaded up AA deploy client and this warning popped up.....

A new version of America's Army is available
Do you wish to patch from 2.8.4 to 2.8.5?
Press yes to patch, No to perform full install


However I have some thoughts.....

Is it worth it?
And are people gong to be playing it?

Lucas

Normally when a new patch comes out we update our servers in pretty short order. However, since I've not seen a posting as to when our servers might be updated, I'm waiting. Either way, it won't be long until most if not all the maps out there go to 2.8.5 so you'll have to update to keep playing.

Sam

[Call-=Of-God=-]

Yea... 2.8.5...

Upgrading...

Does this mean that I can't play 2.8.4 maps?

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  I'm working with Primary Target on getting the 2.8.5 release onto our servers as soon as possible -- I'll update this thread when they're ready on 2.8.5 .
    ~ Jeff

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  All set -- let me know if there are any problems with the 2.8.5 release on our servers!

[Strike-=Of-God=-]

if there are problems, is there any way to uninstall 2.8.5 and go back to .4? I've already installed .5, and it's a little annoying cause bridge is like the only map with servers on it - and not the new bridge map, just the old one. oh btw, the new bridge looks pretty awesome, nice tunnel underneath...

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Our servers are all on 2.8.5, so if you did go back to 2.8.4, you wouldn't be able to play on them, which would of course keep you from being accepted into membership here once you've posted your application (playing on our servers is a requirement for membership, after all -- I'd recommend that you start getting some time on them soon in order to keep PR status and be considered for membership after you post an application .

[-=Lucky-Lucas=-]

Updated last night, everything seems to be running fine. Havent played the new maps
yet but they look good from what i've seen on the AA site.

Look forward to seeing you guys on the server!

Lucas

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

  Just an FYI -- AAOTracker isn't picking up 2.8.5 servers yet (their system still thinks that 2.8.4 is the latest release ). [GA]Homey is aware of the 2.8.5 release now, though, so that should be fixed pretty soon. (And I was having a pretty good session on #2 early this morning, too ).

[-=Lucky-Lucas=-]

May 1, 2009 12:33:17 GMT -5 Peace-=Of-God=- said:

  Just an FYI -- AAOTracker isn't picking up 2.8.5 servers yet (their system still thinks that 2.8.4 is the latest release ). [GA]Homey is aware of the 2.8.5 release now, though, so that should be fixed pretty soon. (And I was having a pretty good session on #2 early this morning, too ).

Same thing just happened to me...Was having a great game on SF CASR, Went to AAOTracker and nothing was there

Good news is that they now know about it! Thanks Jeff

Lucas

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

Originally posted by [GA]Homey @ 1333EDT today -- aaotracker.com/thread.php?threadid=195713


The basic-stats and servers should be tracked within the next minutes, the detailed map stats will start to track later this night. It requires a longer downtime of tracker to add the new maps and I don't want to shut it down during current rush-hour. Later

BTW: No direct download from us this time, because ... you know ... we are no Deploy Partner anymore after the trouble we caused the last time we released the *.exe patch Which might also be the reason nobody informed me that a patch will come out so I didn't know anything until I checked the forums here

R.I.P. good old times

[^Hoot^]

I am having a real tough time getting past ES2 training.................lol

[-=Lucky-Lucas=-]

May 3, 2009 9:33:19 GMT -5 ^Hoot^ said:

I am having a real tough time getting past ES2 training.................lol

;D Keep at it. Trust me, It takes time.

[Phalanx-=Of-God=- (James)]

I blew myself up a few times in ES2 training lol. But it was actually kind of fun and all those rounds of MOUT paid off because I actually was able to memorize where things were supposed to go

[Gamer-=Of-God=- (Tim)]

I'm trying to upgrade now, but the AADC download is going at 7kb/s. Is there a faster way?

Edit: Now at 100b/s. This isn't going well.

Nevermind, I got it all worked out.