Move over Minecraft... (Ace of Spades)

Lucutus

Server got full of griefers/modders who were able to fly and spam grenades everywhere. Took it down as it's not worth the effort to deal with that.

Great game though, just needs more development.

Might up the server again after a patch or if ppl here want to play it 8v8 somewhat privately.

Another fantastic moment tonight, was digging a tunnel, some noises up ahead, thought nothing of it... when I broke through to another tunnel exactly lined up with mine. Was greeted by an enemy player, (blue scum!), both of us backed up as we scrambled to switch to our rifles and he disappears back around a corner in his tunnel and starts blocking it up. I run over, knock out a single block and pop a nade through...

Pyr0

Lucutus wrote: »

Server got full of griefers/modders who were able to fly and spam grenades everywhere. Took it down as it's not worth the effort to deal with that.

Great game though, just needs more development.

Might up the server again after a patch or if ppl here want to play it 8v8 somewhat privately.

Another fantastic moment tonight, was digging a tunnel, some noises up ahead, thought nothing of it... when I broke through to another tunnel exactly lined up with mine. Was greeted by an enemy player, (blue scum!), both of us backed up as we scrambled to switch to our rifles and he disappears back around a corner in his tunnel and starts blocking it up. I run over, knock out a single block and pop a nade through...

When you went afaik last night, I managed to get the intel and cap it. Just as I got to it, a guy on our team appeared from a tunnel right beside the intel. He dug a tunnel all the way from our cap point to there, I just jumped in and he lead the way with another bloke behind, armed escort! :cool:

Sisko

@ the tig lads.

Don't suppose you can just lock the server and give it a password or is that possible?

If so posting the pw on here in this thread even, I imagine would mean it would limit the headwreckers while still keeping a decent population.

Jamie Starr

Really don't understand why people thinking hacking such a simple game is any sort of achievement. It's just friggin' annoying.

Sisko

If admins just auto banned everyone called deuce it'd be a lot easier to deal with em too i think.

Wolfe Tone

Played it for 5 mins, seems class.

Duggy747

Played it again last night with a better understanding of what to do, met a guy on my team tunneling so we both worked together and got close to the Green's base. We built a nicely hidden trench and just picked so many people off

Digging under intel, stealing it and running through your tunnels as you cover your tracks is awesome.

Main problem are the hackers. Really ruins this game and points out how pathetic those types are for hacking such a simplistic game.

Jaafa

Yeah been playing this when I can get into a server. Very few left now for some reason.

As you said very rough but a great concept. Should be great in the months to come.

Doge

Jaafa wrote: »

Yeah been playing this when I can get into a server. Very few left now for some reason.

As you said very rough but a great concept. Should be great in the months to come.

Have you updated to the new 0.33 beta?

Thats probably why you can't get into the servers.

EGriff

Has there been any major changes? Played a good bit of this game but got bored after a day or two.

EDit: I see its just a fix for broken names. Wonder if this will go anywhere, could turn into a great game with a bit of work.

Doge

EGriff wrote: »

Has there been any major changes? Played a good bit of this game but got bored after a day or two.

Nothing much really,
they added a progress bar for when the map is downloading,
so it goes straight into the game in fullscreen, rather than not opening anything and leave you wondering if its going to connect or not.

The shovel now digs 3 vertical blocks at once, which is a bit of a nuisance as you have to be more careful.

The shovel doesn't give you any blocks either, you can only use pick axe to collect them.

They also changed the font of the game, added some intro music when you connect to a server.

And i think they fixed the grenade hack.
Thats all i noticed really.

Duggy747

Joined 3 different servers and they're all doing the same thing, getting rid of the mountains to create flat-land.

Heh, it's now turned into Minecraft with more digging than stealing intel and shooting.

grizzly

Played this last night, was great fun. What servers would people recommend?

Harps

Finally played it earlier, had no idea what I was doing at first but once I figured it out its great fun, spent half an hour planning and digging a tunnel to the intel only to break through to someone else's tunnel at the very second that he took the intel so that felt a bit of a waste

citizen_p

alot less servers today, also seen a new hack, allows you to dig really fast(instantly and not even waiting for the animation) and increases dig reach, so you can clear large chunks of the map in seconds....

chiloutus

Played it & I have to say unless a few things are improved I will continue to hate it...I love minecraft but this just hurts my eyes!! The pixels are too big and the motion sway is sickening! Also the need to crouch jump out of water is annoying!

Jamie Starr

The worst part is by far the disconnects, not that I expect an amazing online service or anything, but when you're almost finished an epic (in your own head at least) tunnel, and then suddenly, the dreaded cease of pick-axe sounds... it's heartbreaking.

Harps

Played this for the first time in a couple of weeks tonight, 2 hours wasted. Theres a few improvements since the last version, the map now has coordinates which is useful

The TiG server is back up as well, played against Lucutus all night

citizen_p

getting 0.42 now, nice to see thay have a semi legitimate looking website.
surprised theres only 20 servers...

Lucutus

Ace of Spades has come on very quickly in recent versions.

Server stability is much improved, haven't had to restart the server once since 0.42 was released and I put it back online.

Many variables for players (amount of health, grenades etc) have been moved serverside, which has reduced the amount of hackers. Only griefers to deal with now really.

The ability to save and load individual maps is in there now.

Bullets no longer damage blocks, which changes the dynamic of the game slightly, but the tradeoff is worth it imo.

I can kick griefers etc. from the console now and votekicking is effective due to the appended player number, DeuceX (where X is the number of the player), 25% of server for vote to pass.

Can't lock down the server with a password or anything as yet. Hope to see that in future as post the password on here as suggested.

The developer is currrently working on winning conditions and map resets/cycles.

ShadowHearth

I love the idea of the game, but I can't play it...

That's what minecraft needed to do! Even if it would be bows and arrows!

I newer bash game for it's graphics, but I can't play this game. It's the problem if visuals for me, it's just I get motion sickness if I try to dig or go underground etc...

Let's wait and see. Maybe mc will pull out the finger or aos will improve graphics.

Pyr0

Lucutus wrote: »

Ace of Spades has come on very quickly in recent versions.

Server stability is much improved, haven't had to restart the server once since 0.42 was released and I put it back online.

Many variables for players (amount of health, grenades etc) have been moved serverside, which has reduced the amount of hackers. Only griefers to deal with now really.

The ability to save and load individual maps is in there now.

Bullets no longer damage blocks, which changes the dynamic of the game slightly, but the tradeoff is worth it imo.

I can kick griefers etc. from the console now and votekicking is effective due to the appended player number, DeuceX (where X is the number of the player), 25% of server for vote to pass.

Can't lock down the server with a password or anything as yet. Hope to see that in future as post the password on here as suggested.

The developer is currrently working on winning conditions and map resets/cycles.

Nice changes, small in the grand scale of things but really helpful all the same.

Lucutus

Ace of Spades Beta 0.46
-fixed name bug
-fixed map generator missing voxels

Ace of Spades Beta 0.45
-added minimap
-new weapon/tool models with higher resolution and better lighting
-new ironsight png (allows scopes)
-increased grenade throw distance
-default resolution reduced to 800x600
-restored rifle block damage
-server-side ammo count fix
-fixed grenade damage after death
-volume now adjustable when dead
-fixed bug in floating block detection
-fixed occasional no respawn bug
-server-side sanity checks on map edits
-default install directory changed to avoid UAC issues
-getcube function now works properly
-reduced grenade bandwidth usage
-color of map grid changed
-map grid spacing is now even
-better handling of exposed map edges in-game

Server updated.

Duggy747

Been playing on a server the past few days (can't think of the name) that it's map is laid out like a colourful city.............it even has an Aldi

People are more interested in griefing the server than actually playing it but that gives me good chance to just walk up and take their intel which I've done a good few times already.

It's fun to kill some time with, anyways.

Harps

Some nice updates there, must check it out later. Been playing most nights on the TiG server but some of the other ones are great with the custom maps

EGriff

I was just on a server there with hundreds of trees all over it. Is there a way to edit maps now outside of the game itself or did people actually spend hours and hours making these trees?

Harps

Yeah people can create their own maps now, most I've tried have been poor but theres a few good ones.

Tried it last night for 10 minutes to check out the updates and its pretty good, weapon models are better, shooting blocks works again, grenades are better and the game has a sharper look to it. Good to see it being developed quickly but theres still a lot that can be done with it

Lucutus

Ace of Spades Beta 0.49
-added anti-grief for all weapon types
-don't show self-kills as teamkills
-fixed health not shown with spade
-autoclimb disabled when crouched

Ace of Spades Beta 0.48
-added autoclimb for 1-block steps
-added brief friendly fire against diggers on your side of the map
-added mouse invert option to configuration
-added capture limits (check config file)
-added new ironsights
-ironsight image drawn behind HUD
-grenades are less bouncy
-fixed teamchat in caps
-only show HUD Weapons on switch
-another floating block detection fix
-increased frame limiter
-jump height increased
-floating blocks cleared on map initialization
-player points synced up with server
-server-side ammo sync fixes
-server-side range checks on digging

Server updated

Harps

Just tried it, first time I've played in a week or so. Dont really like the new updates to be honest.

The auto jump thing is awful, dont like it at all.

The tip on the new ironsight is too wide so its hard to make out people when you can only see their heads

Pressing 'B' means instant death and switching to the blue team?!

The server is also full of annoying people trading childish insults which was annoying, not liking it so far but Ill give it another shot later

Doge

Harps wrote: »

Just tried it, first time I've played in a week or so. Dont really like the new updates to be honest.

The tip on the new ironsight is too wide so its hard to make out people when you can only see their heads

The new ironsight is far better, the older gun used obsctruct your view too much, and i dont think the tip is that wide, its a huge improvement.#

Harps wrote: »

Pressing 'B' means instant death and switching to the blue team?!

It has been like this since day 1. Pressing G will switch you over to the green team also.