America's Army 3
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| Developers | |
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| Army Game Studio | |
| Publishers | |
| U.S. Army | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 3 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | June 17, 2009 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | Freeware |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Series | America's Army |
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| America's Army | |
|---|---|
| America's Army | 2002 |
| America's Army 3 | 2009 |
| America's Army: Proving Grounds | 2015 |
Key points
- Available for free.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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Game data
Launcher options menu (can be accessed by right-clicking the icon in the upper left corner of the launcher window border and selecting "Options").
In-game interface settings.
In-game parental lock settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\AA3Game\Config[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13140/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\America's Army 3\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/13140/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Vertical black borders for 16:9 resolutions. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
In-game voice settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | 4.0 |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | 26 | Co-op, Versus |
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| Online play | 26 | Co-op, Versus |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | Servers need to be registered to the official authentication server to appear in server browsers. See AA3 Server Registration for details. | |
| Direct IP |
VR support
| Devices | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novint Falcon | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9.0c | |
| Shader Model support | 3 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Physics | PhysX | |
| Audio | FMOD, Fonix TTS, OpenAL | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | Steamworks | |
| Anti-cheat | PunkBuster |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Single Core | 2.4 GHz Dual Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X1300 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7950 ATI Radeon X1950 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/13140/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (13140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.