Joining a server can be done a few different ways. You will have to decide which way you prefer by trying them so we will list them all for you. They are by desktop shortcut, typing ip into game console while in game and another way is by using Oban's AA Browser.
Let's see how to do it by "
desktop shortcut". Go to your directory for "
America's Army" and then to the sub-folder called "
System".
Find the file called "
ArmyOps.exe".
"
Right click" on "
ArmyOps.exe" and choose "
Send to/Desktop (create shortcut)".
You should now have an icon on your desktop called "
ArmyOps-shortcut".
Next, you should decide if you want a shortcut for just one server or a shortcut for all the servers. For a single shortcut you can just leave it on your desktop but if you want a shortcut for all the servers then it is easier to keep them all in a folder on your desktop.
If you just want the one shortcut for one server then you can go ahead and rename it to something so that you know what server it goes to (explained at end). If you want a shortcut for all the servers then wait on the renaming of the shortcut in order to save yourself a little work. I will explain both ways. I generally name them similar to server, for example for "
75 Ranger Active Duty" I call it "
rangers".
For a shortcut to all servers let's create a folder on your desktop to house them all to keep things neat and easy to find. "
Right click" on your desktop and choose "
New/Folder".
Now you have a folder called "
New Folder" with the name highlighted.
Name it something identifiable. I used "
AA Server Shortcuts".
Now that we have our folder to house our shortcuts we are ready to start the task of making the shortcuts into something that will work. First "
right click" on the "
ArmyOps-shortcut" icon on your desktop and choose "
Copy".
Next, "
right click" on the "
AA Server Shortcuts" folder on your desktop and choose "
Paste".
You should now have an "
ArmyOps-shortcut" icon on your desktop and also one in the "
AA Server Shortcuts" folder.
Now we want to open the "
AA Server Shortcuts" folder and resize it so that we can see the contents of it as well as the "
ArmyOps-shortcut" icon on the desktop.
"
Right click" on the "
ArmyOps-shortcut" icon located inside the "
AA Server Shortcuts" folder and choose "
Rename" and name it to the server of your choice.
Now "
right click" on the "
ArmyOps -shortcut" icon on your desktop and again choose "
Copy" then "
Paste" it into the folder. Now "
rename" the "
ArmyOps-shortcut" icon in the "
AA Server Shortcuts" folder to the next server of your choice. Keep doing this until you have a shortcut for each server you want. For your last server shortcut just cut the "ArmyOps-shortcut" icon from your desktop and paste it into the "AA Server Shortcuts" folder.
Once you have all your shortcuts placed in the "AA Server Shortcuts" folder you are ready to put the final touches on each of them. For the shortcuts to work they have to know which IP to connect to so we will enter that data. If the server is one that your are a player admin on then we must also add your player admin password.
To do this "right click" on one shortcut at a time and choose "Properties".
In the "
Target box" at the end of the target location "
put a space" after the "
last quotation mark" and then the "
IP" number. This is all you need to be able to join a server that has a standard connection port of "
1716" as a "
regular player".
To join a server that has a connection port "
other than 1716" as a "
regular player" you just put a "
colon (:)" after the "
IP" followed by the connection port.
To join a server as a "
player admin" you add
?PAPassword=yourpasswordhere but "
replace yourpasswordhere" with your actual password.
Do this with all the shortcuts and then just double click one of them to join that server. For a single shortcut to just join one server simply add the "
IP" to the shortcut on the desktop and "
rename" the shortcut to that server.