ASGS guide

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ASGS (Allegiance Secure Gameplay System) is the program that performs user authentication and cheat protection duties for Allegiance. It also provides error logging and chat logging facilities.

Get an Account

  1. If you have not yet created a game account go to this page If you have, skip this section.
  2. Read and agree to the Code of Conduct.
  3. Fill in the form.
    • Note: You are limited to 3-12 characters of only letters, numbers and underscores and the first character must be a letter.
    • Note: Make sure your email is valid. We will send you the activation email.
    • Note: The Callsign field is not case sensitive: you cannot create the "POOK" account if an account named "Pook" already exists.
  4. Click "Create Account".
  5. You will receive a validation email from ASGS@alleg.net. Click on the activation link.

If everything went fine, you can now proceed to login.

Login

  1. Open the Allegiance link that was created on your desktop during setup
  2. Enter your login detail.
    • Note: The Username field is not case sensitive: all of "Pook", "pook", "POOK", "PoOk" will be accepted.
  3. Press "Login".

If everything went fine, ASGS will login within a few moments and you'll find yourself looking at Allegiance.

Alternative Callsigns creation

An "hider" is an alternative callsign that a player can use to disguise his identity, for example to rejoin a game you have been booted from. The procedure is very straightforward.

  1. Create a new account as you already did. It is not necessary to use the same email address.
  2. Log in with it.

If everything went fine, ASGS will recognize you logged in with this account from the same computer with which you logged in with your primary callsign and will assume the two callsign belong to the same person. The two callsigns will be linked and ASGS will treat them as one callsign.

An important corollary is: never allow familiars or friends to login on Allegiance from your computer! One computer per player.

Note: Each player is allowed up to three alternative callsigns. Some categories of players are trusted with more callsigns, though.

ASGS Options

This is a description of all the options within the ASGS program.

ASGS

  • Logging - Sets the depth of the logging done within ASGS.
    • Off - No logging.
    • Normal - Normal logging, where check-ins, crashes and such are recorded.
    • Debug - Extensive logging, where everything from DLL calls to events are recorded.
  • Connection Port - Sets the port that ASGS uses to connect to the server.
    • Direct Play - The default DirectPlay ports are used (2300-2400)
    • HTTP - Port 80 is used.
  • USE IE Proxy Settings - Import settings from IE for proxies.
  • Auto-minimize - Causes ASGS to minimize when Allegiance is launched.
  • Launch Allegiance - Launches Allegiance
  • Clear Callsign History - This clears all the Callsigns you have inputted into the Account field, and their associated passwords.
  • Exit - Quits ASGS

Allegiance

  • Windowed mode - Causes Allegiances to launch in a window, rather than fullscreen. Requires desktop to be set to a colour depth of 16 bits.
  • Log chat to disk - Logs all in-game chat to a file on your harddrive, directory: Allegiance/logs (atleast it will in R4).
  • Safe mode
  • Beta mode - Will attempt to connect to the Beta lobby Server instead of the regular lobby server. It requires that you have the latest version of Beta installed.

Tools

  • Account Manager - Opens a browser window to the ASGS database log-in page.
  • Create a new account - Opens a browser window to the create new Gameplay account page.
  • Set Callsign as Primary on Login - Sets the next account you log in with as your primary. It will then be what is displayed on the Leaderboard.
  • Provide Player Feedback - Allows you to provide either positive or negative feedback about another player. This goes on their permanent record.
  • Diagnostics - Opens a browser window to the diagnostics page. Information from this page may be requested when you ask for help in the tech support forum for problems with ASGS.
  • Ban Listings - Opens a browser window to the Most Recent 15 Bans / Boots page.
  • Squad Listings - Opens a browser window to the Squad Roster page.

Help

  • Help & Support - Opens a page to the Helpline forum (note that you will be unable to access this without a forum account).
  • Update/Repair Critical files
  • About - ASGS credits.

Problems?

Placeholder to link to the tech support KB articles and then to the helpline.