Ace of Spades: Battle Builder
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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
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| Developers | |
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| Jagex | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 12, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) | May 16, 2013[1] |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Multiplayer |
| Series | Ace of Spades |
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| Ace of Spades | |
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| Ace of Spades | 2011 |
| Ace of Spades: Battle Builder | 2012 |
| Open Spades | EA |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Key points
- Originally titled simply Ace of Spades, was later changed to Ace of Spades: Battle Builder. However, the game's Steam library and community hub name is still Ace of Spades.
- KV6 modding added in patch.
- Mouse aiming has been rendered broken on Windows 10 after the 2017 Fall Creators update.
- Servers were shut down on March 6, 2019.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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| Humble Store (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
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- All versions require Steam DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
- Game was pulled from sale on April 3, 2018, due to official support being dropped.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Bundled with game for free | |
| Hurt + Heal Pack | Pulled from sale due to official support being dropped | |
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Position Affects Gameplay | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x Anti-Aliasing | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | Capped at 59 FPS, but is raised to 60 with vsnyc enabled. | ||
| 120+ FPS | |||
Input
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Issues unresolved
Mouse look broken
- Mouse aiming has been rendered broken on Windows 10 after the 2017 Fall Creators update.
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 32 | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Intel dual core or AMD equivalent | 2.6+ GHz Intel quad core or AMD equivalent |
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT ATI Radeon X1600 OpenGL 1.5 compatible DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OpenGL 1.5 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224540/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (224540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ The Mac OSX Version Has Landed! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Ace of Spades - last accessed on May 2023