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Update News - America's Army 3
Latest Update: September 10, 2009
[+]September 10, 2009 - America's Army 3 Update Released
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
Gameplay
TS3 voice rules now work correctly after map rotation
Corrected issue where mission success wasn't reporting properly if you weren't alive at the end of the round
Restored incapacitated ROE handling so shooting incapacitated players again will give you ROE violations
Grenadier role fixed so the M83 smoke grenades will appear in the role selection screen
Medic treatments will work when victim is within a vault mantle volume without triggering the vault mantle action
Client will now cleanup old stat cache files on start up
Removes "player didn't play in round" server logging message
All grenades will now properly display for all class types appropriately
Fixes weapon vanishing when player crouch/slides after a grenade is thrown
Fix for going prone weapon vanishing after grenade toss
Setting "Brightness" now saves properly
Added numerous Server Browser enhancements for performance
Activates primary weapon after sprinting if player no longer has a weapon
Weapon is now unzoomed/lowered when changing weapons
Fixes touching M714 smoke round so it no longer gives impact damage if it has no velocity
Interrupted reloads now return to the previous weapon fire mode
Fixes issues related to loadout at spawn
Fixes leaning players not being able to be hit in the head
Fix for grenades incorrectly triggering overpressure effects
Rounds are now locked to 6 rounds plus an optional OT round. Final round countdown is also locked to 10 seconds to avoid too short a time preventing correct round setup actions from occurring
Fixes issue in some AARs that were displaying the incorrect rank
Corrected first deployment cinematic
Fixes for enemy neutralized per round counter(and other round counters) not resetting every round
Kill/Death Ratio UI display now rounded to the nearest tenth
Fix for quick weapon swap inconsistency
Soldiers incapacitated with raised sights now lower their sights prior to going incapacitated which should fix the issue of the "large gun" view after being incapacitated
Preplanner objective buttons should no longer be off the edge and not be able to be clicked
Melee and M320 incapacitations should now count correctly
Radial menus should no longer interrupt firing until they fade in
Fix for VIP being incapacitated with no live teammates not awarding objective points as well as mission ending
Fix for melee working through walls if enemy soldier up against opposite side of wall
Modified appearance of CTT background
Fix for players being pushed to wrong walk speed state after transitioning between raised sights up and sprinting. Now restores previous state correctly
You can now use the middle mouse button for reloads and mouse button input is cleared when the radial menu appears
Fix for VIP who is incapacitated and then later secured or confirmed not triggering the VIP victory
Fixes door sounds to work in multiplayer
Fix for end of round AAR not always showing the correct winning action player
Fix for TAH briefing not having correct text
Fix for FOV not right after being capacitated if player was holding breath when they were incapacitated
Fixes a bug that was causing a aimpoint-scoped m249 to display the soldier's arm intersecting with the ammo case/softbag
Fixes a bug which was allowing players to shoot while vaulting/mantling *Corrects loadout handling so that separate fireteams now correctly use the proper index into the team class role list to get the loadout
Fixes a bug that would allow a soldier to vault/mantle while reloading a weapon (or reload a weapon while vault/mantling)
Stats & UI
Rank display corrected
Fixes advanced rifleman related achievements so SL's and FTL's are considered advanced rifleman and can earn the achievements
Fixes maximum length of player or soldier name issues
Adjusted the soldier overview statistics
Fixes exploit relating to disabling fog by disabling FloatingPointRenderTargets in the INI
Stick to the plan achievement fixed
Soldier achievements should never overflow the maximum actions required to earn an achievement in the Achievements UI
Several achievement rules corrected
Corrects Advancement Points not being awarded properly for completing training missions
Adds messaging when achievements are earned on server without enough players
V for Victory scoring rules corrected
Account linking should now work
Account settings page now has very brief instructions on using the unit information" (clan) tag field
Account settings should no longer show old information if player logs out and then creates a new account or logs in with a different account
Login button should once again be highlighted
Video Settings resolution selection should work better now (drop-down controls were replaced with better controls)
Map vote functionality restored
Vote kick UI now has room for all player names
Fixes for when vote kick target leaves server - - the vote kick option now fades out
Settings UI: Modified the way the Accept and Cancel buttons highlight and change state to avoid player confusion
Settings UI: Resolution adjustment for 4:3 ratios now work properly
Fixed several menu issues that could result in locking movement or not locking movement)
Vanishing angled brackets (greater than/less than symbols) no longer hide the players name
Support for joining a server from the aa3game.exe command line (use format "+connect " and optional "+password ").
UI corrections to several Army information pages
Fixes several Mission Completed scoring rules which will now allow the various distinguished role achievements to function properly
Fix for group handling logic so players in multiple groups have their groups prioritized
Added message sent to all players if 3 or fewer players are on teams so they know scoring won't count
Fix for account settings profile update data saving/updating so that you can navigate away from and back to the menu and see your changes without having to login again
Missions
VIP standard loadout on Impact now has the correct number of magazines
TAH volume on Impact can no longer be taken from below the building
Impact now has a moving Firescout
Fixed Impact level exploit where players could prone/crouch their way out of world
Fixed Impact level bug where grenades could be thrown through wooden fence on SW Street *Fixed several rock collision and a collision problem on the stairs of the house in Ranch level * Collision problem with not being able to shoot through fence in Ranch barn
Admin & Misc
In game IRC now sends the game version in the link
Several support and community page links corrected
New Authentication SDK with several fixes
New MBS SDK with several fixes and performance improvements
Fix for the PB kick when the player has PB intentionally disabled corrupting the player count on the server
Updated the OpenAL DLL's included with the game to the latest from Creative
Fix for Alt-Tab crash when using Vista (or DX9 in general)
Fix for performing radial menu action leaving left mouse button in pressed state
Admin communications console commands should now work correctly
Server admins can no longer pick a team and no longer appear in the team select list
Administrators no longer need to enter the GamePassword on locked servers if they use the correct AdminPW
AdminRemovePlayerAdmin response message corrected
[+]July 13, 2009 - America's Army 3 Update Released
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
[+]July 3, 2009 - America's Army 3 Update Released
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
[+]June 24, 2009 - America's Army 3 Update Released
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
[+]June 19, 2009 - America's Army 3 Update Released
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
[+]June 17, 2009 - America's Army 3 - Free Game Now Available on Steam
These Are Not Even ARMA II Game Updates, Its Done Them All I dont need these... How to block the unwanted updates.. left 4 dead, etc.,,..
Update History For ARMA II
Update News - Steam
Latest Update: October 23, 2009
[+]October 23, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed voice chat in Left 4 Dead lobbies
Improved overlay screen size detection for D3D9 games with multiple swap chains with different size back buffers
Fixed rare bug with retail installer which could significantly lengthen install time
Fixed a crash on activation of a Left 4 Dead 2 4-pack gift
Update Windows 7 video driver version detection
Fix urls in chat windows sometimes not being clickable
Fixed a case where incorrect achievement or avatar images are displayed
[+]October 12, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed a crash in the chat introduction dialog
Add SSE 3 and SSE 4 detection support to the hardware survey
Overlay work to support upcoming games
Steamworks API fixes
[+]September 29, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed "Incomplete Installation" error for Bionic Commando and Terminator Salvation
Updated Steam ticket expiration logic
Fixed changing game language or validating game files not working for some games until restarting Steam
Improved support for displaying third-party DLC CD keys
Fixed mouse wheel scrolling in the store when intellipoint is installed
[+]September 4, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed issue with scroll bars on HTML pages not showing after javascript DOM modification changed page height
Fixed issue where Steam can not be closed after playing Section 8
Fixed Champions Online keys not always being available when Steam first starts
[+]August 28, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed regression in yesterday's Steam client update that caused some users to have problems with retail installs
[+]August 27, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creation
Improved account security with verified contact email to prevent phishing
Added mod support for Killing Floor
Fixed memory leak
Added 'officers-only chat' mode to group chats
[+]August 11, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Made connections to misbehaving content servers timeout and retry a new server correctly
Fixed the client sometimes forgetting a game exists after a content update on Steam
Fixed several rare crashes and memory corruption bugs
Workaround for a Firefox 3.5 bug where they activate random windows after minimizing which would confuse the state of some Steam windows
Fixed internet tab in the in-Steam ServerBrowser not updating sorting as more servers are refreshed
Fixed the first time launch "Installing ..." dialog which is shown while installing things like DirectX for a game taking too much CPU and making the install take a long time
Fixed the sorting of the games list to be case insensitive and fix the mini-games list to use the same sorting method as the full games list
Fixed Change User menu option not logging you out correctly
Fixed one case of downloads getting stuck
Fixed a potential crash in D3D8 games switching between windowed and full screen caused by the in-game overlay
Fixed unnecessary minidump when in offline mode
Fixed overlay bug where opening the overlay from an in-game menu (ie, Invite Friends in a L4D lobby) could result in the overlay opening and closing immediately if you had previously used the "Close" button in the overlay itself
[+]July 1, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Add D3D9Ex support for the in-game overlay (for ArmA 2)
Fix unneeded assert/mdmp creation when Steam connection falls back to TCP
Fix lobbies/chats trying to update metadata while disconnected from Steam servers
View available downloadable content link on game's DLC tab now goes to game's DLC page in store
Fix a potential memory leak with lots of friends notifications being triggered while a full screen window has covered the desktop
Add a limit of queued friends notifications to show of no more than sixteen
Fix a potential case of dropping input events in the in-game overlay
Improved overlay compatibility with OSD from recent versions of RivaTuner
Fixed Cloud sync issues when in offline mode
Fixed filtering by a mod in the server browser making it unable to retrieve servers from the master server
[+]June 22, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Improved Steam startup performance
Fixed a crash when clicking on very long URLs in friends chat
Fixed the in-game overlay not showing over some D3D9 games that set a texture as the render target
Fixed a case where the overlay could go temporarily unresponsive due to using a skin that generated bad geometry
Fixed some cases of trying to send data to Steam servers while disconnected
Fixed chats in the overlay which have existing text from out-of-game not scrolling to the bottom by default
Fixed log files from in-game overlay corrupting some output
Fixed app cache download issue for users with slower connections
[+]June 15, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed issue where apps would not appear in the Games list
[+]June 10, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Changed the Steam service to warn users when it's disabled
Added Steam HD usage to the hardware survey
Changed system information dialog & hardware survey wizard page to show before system info gathering starts
Fixed system info summary showing the last of the text, instead of starting at the top
Tools tab can now be opened with steam://open/tools
Clicking on the download complete notification for a movie now opens the media tab, and a tool opens the tools tab
Fixed server browser crash when trying to add a favorite
Fixed the in-game overlay not capturing/blocking input in some games using buffered Win32 raw input
Improved the reliability of reconnection attempts after a dropped connection to the friends/VAC servers
Fixed locking and unlocking of group chats
Fixed incorrect reporting of rate in bandwidth graph dialog
Fixed potential crash on game launch
Fix potential issues during screen resolution change
Improved URL detection in friends chats to
Fix memory leak in some Steamworks apps
Fixed a bug where if you had received multiple gifts or guest passes you may only see a pop-up notice about one of them on starting the client
Fixed the "Failed to open key" error when trying to update Steam
[+]May 18, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed reconnect issues with chat rooms
Fixed clients in chat rooms getting into 'ghost chats' if they disconnect and reconnect from the Steam servers
Fixed client hang if the server browser window was closed while the "Add server" window was open
Fixed the name of mods being played not always showing to friends
Fixed switching between fullscreen and windowed mode in a DX7 game with the overlay enabled
Fixed texture corruption in OpenGL games with the overlay enabled
Steamworks: added more logging & warning info for the networking API
[+]April 17, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
New delivery system for Steam IM/Marketing messages
Added support for DLC CD keys and custom install steps
Added new features to installscript
[+]March 16, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Several Steamworks updates
Fixed a case where certain files would not be deleted
[+]March 10, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed crash when trying to join a game from the in-game overlay
Fixed the in-game overlay to clear cursor clipping when activated (fixes input in Maw)
[+]March 7, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed "endless update" bug when trying to download Empire: Total War
Fixed possible case of "Game is unavailable" bug when trying to launch Empire: Total War
[+]March 6, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fixed possible case where Steam would get stuck with "Downloading starting..." when trying to download
Added NTFS check when trying to install Empire: Total War
Added new dialog to inform the user they failed to register a CD key because they do not own a game which is required to register the key (Empire: Total War Special Forces)
Added more download regions for Australia
Fixed several update news links for games going to the wrong page
Added more information to the game launch display when first-time install steps are being ran
Fixed HL2.exe hanging on shutdown
Increased max width of links on game properties dialog (general tab) to match the now wider properties panel.
Fixed the 'launching game' dialog always waiting for user input if there was update news available
Updated localization files for dialog variable changes (fixes %s1 appearing in some languages)
New notification shown when an application is downloaded or updated
Added teamfortress.com, tf2.com, etc. to list of approved chat urls
Fixed case where retail install would be unnecessarily slow
Fixed third-party installers not running if an installer before it failed
Several Steamworks updates
[+]February 3, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Added ability to specify content download region (in Settings->downloads)
Fixed a condition that would prevent Steam from automatically applying game updates until game launch
Fixed a bug preventing in-game status for 3rd party games
Fixed running a non-Steam shortcut not changing user status to in-game
Updated processor detection for "System Information" window and hardware survey
Detect Windows 7 correctly in the hardware survey/system info dialog
Fixed a bug affecting Dawn of War II beta participants in certain languages
Fixed a bug in the game overlay affecting some Dawn of War II beta participants who have the game overlay disabled
Fixed a rare case where Steam could prevent games from launching
Fix crash when right-clicking a text edit control with an input locale that is new with Vista
Updated German localization
Fixed some potential string truncation in non-English locales
Repaired layout of controls in Event announcement popup window
Additional network API warnings for Steamworks partners
[+]January 15, 2009 - Steam client update released
A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include:
Steam Client
Fix Steam failing to load on Windows 2000 and Windows XP with no service packs installed
[+]January 14, 2009 - Steam client update released
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