What is a HotBox you might ask? The HotBox is the invisible field that is drawn on every character that is responsible for proper, finely tuned, modern FPS hit registration. Since it is disabled in AA3 by default, many many people can blaze away at a person in game and not hit them. Hopefully this will be fixed next patch Many thanks to c3.paulv2k4 for this discovery.

1.)Navigate to
Code:

%ProgramFiles%\USArmy\America's Army 3\AA3Game\Config
or
Code:

%ProgramFiles%\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Engine\Config
or its equivalent in your server's directory and find DefaultGame.ini and AA3Game.ini

2.) Start with DefaultGame.ini, but these changes will need to be made to both files in order for them to work. Open DefaultGame.ini using Notepad (or your favorite text editor) making sure to CHECK "always open with notepad" if your computer doesn't already know to open .ini's in notepad. Press Ctrl+F to bring up the find box and search for "Hotbox". You should see something similar to the following bit of code
Change the following to: TRUE

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The original fix can and should be done client-side in addition to this next fix.[list]1.) Searching (Ctrl+F again) for "Hotbox" in AA3Game.ini players can and should be able to find this piece near the very bottom of the file.

Change the following to: TRUE

please stop wasting your time, thanks.

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