Tiago,

Many of the changes that I (and others) originally recommended are now obsolete due to the changes in the 3.0.4 patch and the implementation of Punkbuster on a large scale. PB will now kick for some of the tweaks that were earlier suggested.As an obvious example the edata file and temp file problem is now fixed. Might I suggest that you update your post here . To be something similar to the following: MAJORLY UPDATED FOR 3.0.4 PATCH

Remember, backup ALL files before editing them in case you need to replace them and work from scratch again (or wish to reverse engineer some more fixes).
Before doing any of the tweaks I strongly recommend that you do a full uninstall by deleting the America's Army 3 folder entirely (re-downloading if necessary) and reinstalling instead of simply applying the 3.0.4 patch and trying to play.
You seem to (at least I have) get much better performance from the game if you do.

Step 1) After the uninstall/reinstall find your USArmy folder on your hard drive. Once inside the USArmy folder, go to

Code:

America's Army3/Engine/Config

Full path should be

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C:\Program Files\USArmy\America's Army3\Engine\Config (for versions using the deploy client)


or


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C:\Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Engine\Config (for versions using Steam)



2) Open BaseEngine.ini with notepad, making sure to CHECK "always open with notepad" if your computer doesn't already know to open .ini's in notepad.

3) Ctrl+F inside BaseEngine.ini, and type/copy

Code:

bSmoothFrameRate

You should find it again, somewhere near the upper half of the ini. Change this from

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bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE

to

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bSmoothFrameRate=FALSE



4.) Ctrl+F again and this time type/copy

Code:

JoystickInput

Change it to

Code:

JoystickInput=0

This is a little leftover item that some Dev forgot to kill and causes you to spin like a top if you have any joystick (or other non-mouse input device) attached when you start AA3. Also go to

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USArmy\America's Army 3\AA3Game\Config\DefaultEngine.ini

and do this step again.

5.) Go to:

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USArmy\America's Army 3\Engine\Config\BaseGame.ini



6) Ctrl+F inside and look for

Code:

bDynamicNetSpeed



7) Change

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bDynamicNetSpeed=true

to

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bDynamicNetSpeed=false



8)When you first start-up the game press the tilde (~) or F12 key to open the console and type

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setres 1200x800

This should eliminate the black bars that you see either on top or the side. Also go into the menu and hit "Settings" and then "Video", hit "Advanced" and then select "Disable" for Weapon Blur.

9) After launching the game for the first time, making the changes in step 8 and successfully exiting properly, go to C:\program files\USArmy\America's Army 3\AA3Game\Config and fine AA3Game.ini. Ctrl+F and type/copy

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DebugEXEName

you should find it near the top with something like

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DebugEXEName=AA3Game.exe

make sure to delete ONLY the part AFTER the "=" sign. This has been known to be a MAJOR contributor to the massive lag, since this has not be optimized at ALL and causes WAYY too much lag when you move.