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New 'America's Army Server Manager'
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The America’s Army Server Manager (AASM) is a separate
application from the physical game. AASM is a wizard-based
tool that provides an intuitive way to easily configure,
launch and manage an America’s Army server or tournament.
AASM is designed to be the user's 'one-stop shopping'
solution to configuring, maintaining, monitoring, and
launching an America's Army server. The AASM will walk
the user through all the many server configuration settings
step-by-step ultimately launching the server for play.
AASM also provides tools allowing server administrators to
remotely control access to their America’s Army game servers;
customers can stop, start, configure, and administer their
server remotely.
Below are just some of the many features built into the new
America's Army Server Manager:
NOTE: Please see the AASM Manual included in the AASM
installation for further details and instructions.
1. Easy to understand “wizard” to help create standard game
server configuration files.
2. Easy to understand “wizard” to help create tournament game
server configuration files.
3. Interface to every AA game server configuration option for
standard and tournament server configurations so “expert”
users can tweak their setups as needed.
4. Supports creating LAN, Global (Internet), LAN Tournament,
and Internet Tournament server configurations.
5. Provides user with an easy way to run an America’s Army
game server on their local PC.
6. AASM provides both server side and an integrated remote
control utility to remotely control America’s Army game
servers running on remote Windows PC’s. Support includes
remote controlling multiple remote PC’s.
7. Allows for saving of specific server configurations for
use later or for sharing with the community.
8. Listing and viewing PunkBuster™ screen shot files.
9. Listing and viewing PunkBuster™ log files.
10. Viewing AA game server’s console output remotely (via
AASM interface).
11. Starting and Stopping remote AA game server.
12. Automatically restarting the AA game server following a
server crash.
13. Creating unique log files each time the AA game server is
started.
14. Provides tools for sharing server setups between multiple
users of AASM when two or more users are managing a remote PC
(as might be the case when a “clan” owns a server).
15. Displays current gameplay statistics.
16. Advanced feature allows tracking game server crashes as
well as server "uptime".
17. Supports using multiple remote control utility program
instances on the remote PC so remote PC can host multiple
game servers with each being unique from each other.
18. Provides user with an easy way to start their local AA
game client to join the game as either an Administrator or
Player.
19. Server Remote Control communication is done via an SSL
socket to provide secure encrypted communications.
20. Provides support for e-mailing created server
configuration files so someone can create the files and then
easily let another person that is hosting an America’s Army
game server use those created configuration files. A feature
is also included so two AASM users can easily e-mail setups
to each other and import the server configuration received
into their AASM.
21. Provides tools for managing every server configuration
created including organizing them by tournaments they are
associated with, number of players, maps, and type of server
configuration.
22. Allows copying of existing server configurations.
23. Customizable user interface.
24. Allows associating custom descriptions with each server
configuration so user is never confused as to the purpose of
a server configuration.
25. Includes two “Getting Started” guides – one for local
AASM client use and one for configuring the Remote Control
server utility.
26. Includes detailed context sensitive help including an
explanation of every server option available.
This AASM application is included in the game installation
package. The AA installer will place a shortcut to AASM
on your desktop when the game is installed.
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