VBS Lite for the US

[walker 0]

Hi all

As we all know VBS Lite is available for the UK but it is also due for release in the US.

Top Army "gamers" to share best practices, ideas at February conferenceFeb 4, 2010

By Diane R. Walker/Combined Arms Center-Training

During a December idea sharing event at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., more than 40 representatives from U.S. Army and Marine Corps organizations discussed rollout of MilGaming, a new military gaming Community of Practice, and availability this year of a modified VBS2-Lite software to every Soldier and Department of the Army civilian...

http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/02/04/33966-top-army-gamers-to-share-best-practices-ideas-at-february-conference/Follow the link for the full article

Nice to see the the plans for VBS comming to fuition. :)

I always said every NATO soldier should get a copy of VBS issued with their boots.

Kind Regards walker

Edited February 11, 2010 by walker

[Binkowski 26]

Yeah, AKO holders will be able to get the full deal. Gonna get mine as soon as it's available

[Aeneas2020 10]

i still havent installed the bloody brit one yet...been too busy

[walker 0]

Hi all

I wonder if a compatibility version will be released?

I wonder if the US version will have auto Uninstall feature for Blue on Blue in the training missions that the UK version has?

Kind Regards walker

[raedor 8]

I wonder if a compatibility version will be released?

Do you mean a version with UK and US content? I'd doubt that, as then it comes close to "VBS2 for free" ...

[walker 0]

Hi raedor

I was thinking of a NATO wide version.

I also wonder if the military will use it as tool to assess what missions to make and who the good mission makers in their country are?

Kind Regards walker

[NoRailgunner 0]

walker did you read the newsletter:

NATO to deploy VBS

and

VBS2 Personal Edition (PE) Released

We now offer a new version of VBS2 for ‘serious’ gamers, titled VBS2 Personal Edition (PE). VBS2 PE is more limited than the general version of VBS2 and includes a no-commercial use end user license agreement. VBS2 PE is about one third the price of VBS2 full. Through VBS2 PE we aim to build a serious gamer and academic user base that will help the VBS2 community grow. VBS2 PE can be purchased through our Sales Team at sales@vbs2.com.

[walker 0]

Hi NoRailgunner

No I missed that one. LOL

I new that NATO had an integrated version of VBS2 full version, but this one got past me.

But it is good see. :)

The academic use aspect is significant. You can do an awful lot of experimentation and research with VBS, I expect to see an increase in academic papers using VBS.

I hope we will see a first responder VBS Lite too.

Kind Regards walker

Edited February 11, 2010 by walker

[HotShot 0]

The ability to deploy a VBS2 Lite/PE to everyone first seemed a little over the top, but I just saw one of Dslyecxi's videos of a new version of VBS2 (

) and I've changed my mind. The speed in which to make brand new terrain and the magnitude of realism that it seems to have now appears to offer massive advances on pre-mission training (as in a run through of a mission a few hours before its carried out).

[gabe_ruckus 5]

Outstanding, can't wait until I can get my version. All the guys who were staring in wonder at Arma2 on my laptop the last field cycle will be happy, too. :)

[gabe_ruckus 5]

If you've got CAC access and a .mil email, register at the BCKS for instructions on access and download instructions.

It just got released today, I'm still in Kuwait so if any of you active duty guys download this, let me know how it is.

-Gabe

[cherry64 10]

How long until some Grunt uploads a torrent?

[spooky lynx 73]

Waiting for somebody who will share it :)

And what is available in it? What units/terrain?

[That guy 10]

might have to check it out

this through AKO or something?

[gabe_ruckus 5]

It's through the Army Milgaming portal, you can get there through google, AKO, or BCKS.

I'm really screwed out here, I don't have a CAC reader on my personal laptop. The release docs state there are no distribution restrictions, so I hope some unofficial mirrors go up soon, but I don't think that there's very widespread knowledge of the release or even that the software exists.

[lyo0001 10]

Good stuff, come on people lets get some mirrors going.XD

[raedor 8]

Merged "VBS2 US Army Lite available with CAC access"-thread into here.

[Heatseeker 0]

If only it ran on A2 1.5 engine...

[Hans Ludwig 0]

I had my buddy jump onto his AKO account, but I don't see where you guys get this game at. What are we not clicking on?

[spooky lynx 73]

We all hope that some kind guy will upload it to some torrent or filehosting.

[rstratton 0]

Want a copy of VBS2 Lite for you or your unit? Here is how to obtain one:

Go to this link:

https://milgaming.army.mil/

Once at the MilGaming Portal do the following:

1. Click on the "Downloads" menu item

2 Select "VBS2 USArmy Lite" by clicking on it.

3. Click the "VBS2Lite-2-18-10.zip" file link.

Notes:

1. This compressed file is 2.24GB in size so expect a very lengthy download.

2. This is a "zip" file so you will need to download it to your hard drive and "unzip" it.

3. You will need a CAC card at the present time to access this site.

4. To lessen impact on the NIPRNet we recommend that only one person download this for their command, copy to DVD-Rs and distribute those DVD-Rs to everyone else.

5. A computer will need a 512MB or better graphics card to run this application.

6. A certificate of networthiness does exist and is available from the MilGaming Community of Practice for this application.

7. There are no distribution restrictions for this application and anyone can have a copy of it.

8. This military application may be installed and operated on home computers.

source http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/478-4665.aspx

[Maio 293]

Want a copy of VBS2 Lite for you or your unit?

7. There are no distribution restrictions for this application and anyone can have a copy of it.

8. This military application may be installed and operated on home computers.

source http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/478-4665.aspx

I'm surprised it did not pop up on the net somewhere . If someone get's it please be sure to provide us with a link .

[spooky lynx 73]

3. You will need a CAC card at the present time to access this site.

That's the main distribution restriction.

[minimalaco 30]

Hola, estoy descargandolo :d, por fin !!!

[armydude 10]

Hola, estoy descargandolo :d, por fin !!!

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