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Revision as of 10:02, 15 October 2021
Developers | |
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Ben Aksoy | |
Engines | |
Voxlap | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 4, 2011 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Ace of Spades |
Ace of Spades | |
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Ace of Spades | 2011 |
Ace of Spades: Battle Builder | 2012 |
Open Spades | EA |
Key points
- Available for free
- Low graphics means the game can run on virtually any computer
- 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 | Downloads for all releases are available. |
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.
Gameplay
Ace of Spades operates differently than most games. The game is only run when commanded to through URL parameters (denoted by aos://), and has no in-game menus. Surprisingly, the game is very versitle and customizable, despite these shortcomings.
To join a server online (and thereby start up the game), a user must first find a link to a server they wish to join. The most accessible and expansive server list can be found on Build and Shoot's website. If the game is installed, simply clicking on the link should automatically boot up the game and have you join the selected server.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | See Game configuration. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See Game configuration | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 |
---|---|---|
name | The name that appears when you log in (set during first run) | |
xres | Game resolution in the X | (Default: 800) |
yres | Game resolution in the Y | (Default: 600) |
vol | Volume of game | (Default: 10) |
inverty | Whether or not the mouse controls should be inverted in the Y | (Default: Disabled [0]) |
windowed | Allows game to run in windowed mode | (Default: Disabled [0]) |
language | Changes language in-game | |
mouse_sensitivity | Allows user to set mouse sensitivity1 | (Default: 5.000000) |
show_news | Whether or not news is displayed when game is run | (Default: 1) |
1 OS X users should not edit the mouse sensitivity.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | See Control configuration. | |
Mouse acceleration | See Game configuration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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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 |
---|---|
move_forward | 0x11 |
move_backward | 0x1F |
move_left | 0x1E |
move_right | 0x20 |
jump | 0x39 |
crouch | 0x1D |
sneak | 0x2F |
sprint | 0x2A |
view_map | 0x32 |
reload | 0x13 |
cube_color_up | 0xC8 |
cube_color_down | 0xD0 |
cube_color_left | 0xCB |
cube_color_right | 0xCD |
cube_color_sample | 0x12 |
quit_game | 0x1 |
save_map | 0x3B |
volume_up | 0x4E |
volume_down | 0x4E |
view_score | 0x0F |
show_mouse | 0x3F |
change_team | 0x33 |
change_weapon | 0x34 |
last_weapon | 0x10 |
toggle_graph | 0x57 |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | 32 | |||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Games can only be created via server.exe |
|
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
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
Edit Wineskin settings[citation needed] |
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Notes
|
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.
Add to Steam[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).