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1. You sign into Assist, there's a login box on the main page. You sign in with your Battletracker username and password. You set your AA in-game name via your Battletracker account, on the Tracker Settings page: http://battletracker.com/index.php?form=TrackerSettings

2. Yes you need Assist. It is the only way to play with others. It has a built-in server list, account authentication, anti-cheat, tools and everything. If you already downloaded AA, you can use the "find" option in Assist.

3. Yes but you need to provide proof and post a request in the proper section of the forum.

And the webpage where you download assist says to put it in C:\Users\D\Start Menu\Programs\Games\AA35\ With windows 8 the start menu is completely different and I can't find anything like that file location.

Now im having troubles doing training I get a critical error report and this is what it says

 Build AmericasArmy_Build_[2004-06-01_02.01.01]

OS: Windows NT 6.1 (Build: 7600)
CPU: AuthenticAMD Unknown processor @ 3111 MHz with 1023MB RAM
Video: ASUS HD7670 Series (1140)

LockRect failed: D3DERR_DEVICELOST

History: UD3DRenderDevice::ReadPixels <- UD3DRenderDevice::Present <- UGameEngine::Draw <- UWindowsViewport::Repaint <- UWindowsClient::Tick <- ClientTick <- UGameEngine::Tick <- Level Rifle Range [Infantry M16 Training] <- UpdateWorld <- MainLoop <- FMallocWindows::Free <- FMallocWindows::Realloc <- 706D7564 0 FArray <- FArray::Realloc <- 0*2 <- FMallocWindows::Free

Nope still getting critical error message

No, playername under tracker settings is the name you wish to use in AA, it can be whatever you want.

The critical error message has popped up a few times on here lately. Try playing in windowed mode, that should work. We have no idea why this happens.

It should be set to windowed mode by default, I notice he has an ASUS gpu, i don't know how good asus drivers are for direct3d?

Edit, no it does not, am changing packages to set windowed mode as default.

GPU card manufacturers don't really make drivers these days. I'd be surprised if there are any re-branded drivers anymore either.
*EDIT* Killa beats me to it while I type a more detailed reply...

We saw this issue on that guy's laptop with the Intel video too, same critical if I recall right. I also recall another person having this issue.

From Microsoft (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb174714(v=vs.85).aspx):

Devices can also be lost due to a power management event, or when another application assumes full-screen operation. In addition, any failure from IDirect3DDevice9::Reset puts the device into a lost state.

I know there's PCI-E power management settings and Windows 8 has less aero effects so maybe the GPU idled down and couldn't be brought back? Just guessing here.


Maybe it's also possible that the default fullscreen resolution values aren't compatible with that specific graphics card/monitor so the game crashes? Idea from here:
http://windows7themes.net/fix-error-setting-display-mode-createdevice-failed-d3derr_devicelost.html


nooby, what's your monitors native resolution? Can you try to set it with setres? Example "setres 1680x1050" in the AA console. Once you do that, go into the AA settings and tick the fullscreen box. See what happens?