Ace of Spades was First-person shooter, originally developed by Ben Aksoy. The first of version of the game, Beta 0.1, was released on 4 April 2011, and was available for Microsoft Windows. This version of the game played as a 16-versus-16 team-based first-person shooter with a capture the flag game mode, in which players were to obtain the opposing team's intelligence briefcase and return it to the own team's base. Due its use of voxel-based graphics and emphasis on block-building techniques aside from gunplay, it was quickly labelled as "Minecraft with rifles". The gunplay itself was compared to that of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Ace of Spades was received well, despite its early and unfinished state, and was listed amongst Kotaku's "Best Indie Games of 2011" list and PC Gamer's April 2011 "Best Free PC Games" list. As of November 2012, the beta of Ace of Spades had been installed 2.5 million times and had roughly 550,000 monthly active users.
Key points
- Small but active player base.
- No in-game menus makes configuration difficult.
- Due to the release of Ace of Spades: Battle Builder, official support for the game has been phased out.
General information
- Build and Shoot (Forum concerned with keeping the game alive)
Availability
| Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
| Official website |
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Downloads for all releases are available. |
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- Available for free.
OS X Port
User EdwardR of the original Ace of Spades forums created a port of the game available to OS X users.[1] More information can be found here.
Essential improvements
- A open source engine reimplementation of the classic Voxlap Ace of Spades, which offers many improvements over original versions of game.
- Adds support for modern resolutions, MSAA anti-aliasing, custom FOV and ambient occlusion.
- Has built-in server list and options menu.
- Performes better than original versions of game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Video
Game configuration
Ace of Spades does not have any in-game menus. All configuration is done via INI files located within the installation folder. The following table lists the settings found within the game's configuration file, config.ini. OS X users should right click on the application, select "Show Package Contents," and navigate to drive_C > Ace of Spades to find the config.ini. Open the file with a text editor to reveal the following contents:
| Setting |
Description |
Accepted variables
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| name |
The name that appears when you log in (set during first run) |
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| xres |
Game resolution in the X |
(Default: 800)
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| yres |
Game resolution in the Y |
(Default: 600)
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| vol |
Volume of game |
(Default: 10)
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| inverty |
Whether or not the mouse controls should be inverted in the Y |
(Default: Disabled [0])
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| windowed |
Allows game to run in windowed mode |
(Default: Disabled [0])
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| language |
Changes language in-game |
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| mouse_sensitivity |
Allows user to set mouse sensitivity1 |
(Default: 5.000000)
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| show_news |
Whether or not news is displayed when game is run |
(Default: 1)
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1 OS X users should not edit the mouse sensitivity.
Input
Control configuration
Because Ace of Spades does not have any in-game menus, the only way to change the controls is through the controls.ini configuration file. All controls are entered as keyboard scancodes via hexformat. Use this table for reference. For example, to map a key to W, the hex would be 0x11. The possible key mappings are located below.
| Key |
Default mapping
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| move_forward |
0x11
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| move_backward |
0x1F
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| move_left |
0x1E
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| move_right |
0x20
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| jump |
0x39
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| crouch |
0x1D
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| sneak |
0x2F
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| sprint |
0x2A
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| view_map |
0x32
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| reload |
0x13
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| cube_color_up |
0xC8
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| cube_color_down |
0xD0
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| cube_color_left |
0xCB
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| cube_color_right |
0xCD
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| cube_color_sample |
0x12
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| quit_game |
0x1
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| save_map |
0x3B
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| volume_up |
0x4E
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| volume_down |
0x4E
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| view_score |
0x0F
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| show_mouse |
0x3F
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| change_team |
0x33
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| change_weapon |
0x34
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| last_weapon |
0x10
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| toggle_graph |
0x57
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Audio
| Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
| Separate volume controls |
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| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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No speech |
| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
| Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
| TCP |
32887 |
| UDP |
32887 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
OS X Users Experience Odd Mouse Problems In-Game
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Edit Wineskin settings[citation needed]
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- Right-click on the Ace of Spades app
- Select "Show Package Components"
- Open "Wineskin"
- Select "Advanced", then "Options"
- Check "Focus Follows Mouse"
- Select "Tools", then "Winetricks"
- Search for "grabfullscreen," and choose "grabfullscreen=y"
- Select "Run." The game should now work correctly.
Notes
- This will not work in windowed mode.
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Running Ace of Spades through Steam
Due to the nature of the game and how it works, running the game through Steam is next to impossible. However, there is one way to get it to work.
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Add to Steam[citation needed]
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- Open your Steam library
- Select "+ADD GAME" at the bottom of the screen, then select "Add Non-Steam Game"
- Select "Browse" in the new window
- Locate the folder in which you installed Ace of Spades
- Select "client.exe," and then select "Open"
- Click "Add selected programs."
- Pick a serverlist, and locate a server which you want to connect to.
- Keep in mind, for convenience's sake, it may be best to select a server which you connect to often.
- Right-click the link you would normally click to connect to the server, and select "Copy shortcut" or "Copy link address"
- Locate "client" within your Steam library; Right click it, and select "Properties"
- Rename "client" to Ace of Spades (Or whatever you might want to call it)
- Add the server address to the end of the Target, e.g.
-aos://1379434439:35887
- Select "Close."
- Now, starting the game via Steam will make automatically connect you to the server you inserted.
Notes
- This fix will only show that you are playing Ace of Spades in your Steam friends list. The overlay will not appear in-game.
- The only way to get this fix to work is by selecting one server to connect to, and shaping the shortcut around it. It's not necessarily convenient, but it's the only way it'll work.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| OpenGL |
1.1 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 |
| Processor (CPU) |
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| System memory (RAM) |
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| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 MB |
- Low graphics means the game can run on virtually any computer.
Notes
References
