Hello everyone, we've just released the new Community Site below is a list of everything you can do on there.

First of all is the change of Forum Software, we have moved from ‘vBulletin’ to ‘Invision Power Board’, the change was decided because we believe it will allow us to provide a better service to you guys through a more flexible platform that we can manage ourselves. It has also allowed us to utilise plugins that will add much desired features.

• Community Home added. The new number one destination for all of your community needs!
  
• Featured News
  
• Community News
  
• Community links & Fan Pack
  
• A dedicated area which will highlight Community Creations
  
• Latest Activity – find out what’s going on via this Calendar feed
  
• Current Hot Topics
  
• Ace of Spades TV – The best video content from our community video makers
  
• Staff updates/statuses

Clans - For Clans we have added a dedicated ‘Clan HQ’ which will be the hub for clan pages providing a much needed home within the community.

• This will allow Clans to post as if it was their own Forum
  
• Ranks can also be assigned to each member of a clan so a ‘Chain of Command’ can be established
  
• Through customisation Clans can now develop their own identity
  Recruitment applications can be managed through the closed group settings & your own recruit/application forum
  
• We want to cater for the full range of clans; casual/social, creative, and competitive clans, so each clan can easily identify themselves as such.

Blogs

Home of the Community News Team

• Featured Blogs – If you have an idea for an interesting Ace of Spades Blog then you can pitch it to us for the chance to get your own blog or a group blog. So get your thinking caps on!
  
• The entire Forum Index has been revamped also, providing a modern, sleek and much cleaner layout.
  
• The top level of the forums has been cut down to just three categories so you won’t have to scroll as much, and can find what you need quickly.

[/u]Coming soon[/u]

A massive upcoming feature is our ability to ‘Self-host’ a variety of different competitive activities right here on the site, we will be putting this system to good use very soon with a fun Ace of Spades Cup for teams to participate in.

• This will finally allow for the much requested clan ladder our Clan Ambassadors, leaders, and members have been dreaming of
  
• Both player run and officially run headline tournaments are now possible
  
• Anyone can register a team regardless of whether they are in a clan or not. So gather your closest friends and prepare for war!

We will be actively checking for any noticeable bugs that may cause an issue, and improving the site over time, but feel free to give us feedback over in the feedback forum.

We hope you enjoy the new Ace of Spades Community home, and here’s to 2014!

Sally, Chris & Shaun

Hello everyone, we've just released the new Community Site below is a list of everything you can do on there.

First of all is the change of Forum Software, we have moved from ‘vBulletin’ to ‘Invision Power Board’, the change was decided because we believe it will allow us to provide a better service to you guys through a more flexible platform that we can manage ourselves. It has also allowed us to utilise plugins that will add much desired features.

• Community Home added. The new number one destination for all of your community needs!
  
• Featured News
  
• Community News
  
• Community links & Fan Pack
  
• A dedicated area which will highlight Community Creations
  
• Latest Activity – find out what’s going on via this Calendar feed
  
• Current Hot Topics
  
• Ace of Spades TV – The best video content from our community video makers
  
• Staff updates/statuses

Clans - For Clans we have added a dedicated ‘Clan HQ’ which will be the hub for clan pages providing a much needed home within the community.

• This will allow Clans to post as if it was their own Forum
  
• Ranks can also be assigned to each member of a clan so a ‘Chain of Command’ can be established
  
• Through customisation Clans can now develop their own identity
  Recruitment applications can be managed through the closed group settings & your own recruit/application forum
  
• We want to cater for the full range of clans; casual/social, creative, and competitive clans, so each clan can easily identify themselves as such.

Blogs

Home of the Community News Team

• Featured Blogs – If you have an idea for an interesting Ace of Spades Blog then you can pitch it to us for the chance to get your own blog or a group blog. So get your thinking caps on!
  
• The entire Forum Index has been revamped also, providing a modern, sleek and much cleaner layout.
  
• The top level of the forums has been cut down to just three categories so you won’t have to scroll as much, and can find what you need quickly.

[/u]Coming soon[/u]

A massive upcoming feature is our ability to ‘Self-host’ a variety of different competitive activities right here on the site, we will be putting this system to good use very soon with a fun Ace of Spades Cup for teams to participate in.

• This will finally allow for the much requested clan ladder our Clan Ambassadors, leaders, and members have been dreaming of
  
• Both player run and officially run headline tournaments are now possible
  
• Anyone can register a team regardless of whether they are in a clan or not. So gather your closest friends and prepare for war!

We will be actively checking for any noticeable bugs that may cause an issue, and improving the site over time, but feel free to give us feedback over in the feedback forum.

We hope you enjoy the new Ace of Spades Community home, and here’s to 2014!

Sally, Chris & Shaun

Please be aware that you may be disconnected from London Based (LON) Ace of Spades servers for 1-2 minutes between the hours of 8:00 and 9:00am on Thursday 19th December 2013. This is to allow for our Network Engineers to make some necessary adjustments at the London Datacentre.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If for any reason you need to contact us, please e-mail aceofspades@jagex.com for help.

Regards,
Your Ace of Spades Team!

• Map Editor Now Available
  
• Steam Workshop Integration
  
• Full Server Browser Has Returned!
  
• St Valentine’s Day Massacre DLC Now Free for All
  
• 100’s of Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements

Votekick Update
Votekick has been tweaked to try and reduce abuse of the feature.

Any player can initiate a votekick, however, now only players on the same team as the player subject to a kick vote can vote on whether they should be removed from the game or not. This should still allow players who are griefing their team mates or obviously abusing a glitch to be kicked whilst making it harder for players who are simply good at the game to be booted out.

• The function keys for voting yes or no have been changed. F1 is now "No" and F2 "Yes".
  
• The host of a custom game can kick any player from their game. However, this only applies to the original host for the game, if that host leaves this privilege will be lost!
  
• The host of a custom match cannot be targeted to be kicked from the match.
  
• In VIP mode if the VIP is kicked, for any reason, another VIP should be selected from the remaining members of their team.

Known Issues

• Server Auto balancing Over-rules Custom Match Settings
  
• Several functionality issues with the new Votekick system

Patch Notes

• Fixed a lobby issue whereby changing the Max Players whilst a player joins could cause the player to ghost and break the lobby.
  
• Changing Anti-alias graphics settings no longer require a client restart to take effect.
  
• Several Client/Server Security Improvements
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause construct names to not update if a player changes class with the keyboard.
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause block usage to not update if a player changes class with the keyboard.
  
• A number of translation/text updates were applied.
  
• Fixed an issue where leaderboards could appear empty without a relevant error message.
  
• Improved the handling of network errors in the leaderboard menu.
  
• Graphics Defaults now affect the Draw Distance setting.
  
• Updated Default Shader Quality to Medium.
  
• Fixed an issue where Turrets could be placed inside blocks in some situations.
  
• The Server List will now sort servers by current players, followed by maximum players by default.
  
• Spectators can now be seen on the score screen and vote-kick dialog from the opposing team.
  
• If network connection is lost while on the "lobbies menu", you will now be sent back to the main menu and shown an error message.
  
• Fixed an issue which could allow non-hosts to change UGC settings after the host lost network connection.
  
• Improvements to the frontend and backend processing of the leaderboard.
  
• Removed deprecated key bindings
  
• Prefabs are now known as constructs in all menus.
  
• Fixed an issue which would cause players to be presented with a blank screen when entering spectate as classes are changing.
  
• Projectiles now explode 50 blocks above the highest block
  
• Fixed an issue where a player joining from spectators could be auto-assigned a restricted class.
  
• Fixed an issue where the team progress bar could be positioned incorrectly if the window was resized.
  
• Flare blocks are now counted when repairing bases in Demolition Mode.
  
• A number of security/hack fixes have been attempted.
  
• Fixed several issues which could cause the class menu button to become enabled at the wrong times.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Construct Set field could yield no options in a Map Creator lobby.
  
• The default selected equipment item is now always the most practical item in a players inventory.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Maximum score in Demolition Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause a survivor to remain a survivor after death in Zombie! Mode.

And Many Many More! For Full Notes Visit: Ace of Spades Forums

• Map Editor Now Available
  
• Steam Workshop Integration
  
• Full Server Browser Has Returned!
  
• St Valentine’s Day Massacre DLC Now Free for All
  
• 100’s of Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements

Votekick Update
Votekick has been tweaked to try and reduce abuse of the feature.

Any player can initiate a votekick, however, now only players on the same team as the player subject to a kick vote can vote on whether they should be removed from the game or not. This should still allow players who are griefing their team mates or obviously abusing a glitch to be kicked whilst making it harder for players who are simply good at the game to be booted out.

• The function keys for voting yes or no have been changed. F1 is now "No" and F2 "Yes".
  
• The host of a custom game can kick any player from their game. However, this only applies to the original host for the game, if that host leaves this privilege will be lost!
  
• The host of a custom match cannot be targeted to be kicked from the match.
  
• In VIP mode if the VIP is kicked, for any reason, another VIP should be selected from the remaining members of their team.

Known Issues

• Server Auto balancing Over-rules Custom Match Settings
  
• Several functionality issues with the new Votekick system

Patch Notes

• Fixed a lobby issue whereby changing the Max Players whilst a player joins could cause the player to ghost and break the lobby.
  
• Changing Anti-alias graphics settings no longer require a client restart to take effect.
  
• Several Client/Server Security Improvements
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause construct names to not update if a player changes class with the keyboard.
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause block usage to not update if a player changes class with the keyboard.
  
• A number of translation/text updates were applied.
  
• Fixed an issue where leaderboards could appear empty without a relevant error message.
  
• Improved the handling of network errors in the leaderboard menu.
  
• Graphics Defaults now affect the Draw Distance setting.
  
• Updated Default Shader Quality to Medium.
  
• Fixed an issue where Turrets could be placed inside blocks in some situations.
  
• The Server List will now sort servers by current players, followed by maximum players by default.
  
• Spectators can now be seen on the score screen and vote-kick dialog from the opposing team.
  
• If network connection is lost while on the "lobbies menu", you will now be sent back to the main menu and shown an error message.
  
• Fixed an issue which could allow non-hosts to change UGC settings after the host lost network connection.
  
• Improvements to the frontend and backend processing of the leaderboard.
  
• Removed deprecated key bindings
  
• Prefabs are now known as constructs in all menus.
  
• Fixed an issue which would cause players to be presented with a blank screen when entering spectate as classes are changing.
  
• Projectiles now explode 50 blocks above the highest block
  
• Fixed an issue where a player joining from spectators could be auto-assigned a restricted class.
  
• Fixed an issue where the team progress bar could be positioned incorrectly if the window was resized.
  
• Flare blocks are now counted when repairing bases in Demolition Mode.
  
• A number of security/hack fixes have been attempted.
  
• Fixed several issues which could cause the class menu button to become enabled at the wrong times.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Construct Set field could yield no options in a Map Creator lobby.
  
• The default selected equipment item is now always the most practical item in a players inventory.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Maximum score in Demolition Mode.
  
• Fixed an issue which could cause a survivor to remain a survivor after death in Zombie! Mode.

And Many Many More! For Full Notes Visit: Ace of Spades Forums

We Your Help to Test the New Ace of Spades Map Editor!
Find Out How to Join the Preview, Provide Bug Reports, Stability & Performance Feedback Here: http://www.aceofspades.com/community/topic/6678-update-notes-ace-of-spades-battle-builder-public-beta/

We Your Help to Test the New Ace of Spades Map Editor!
Find Out How to Join the Preview, Provide Bug Reports, Stability & Performance Feedback Here: http://www.aceofspades.com/community/topic/6678-update-notes-ace-of-spades-battle-builder-public-beta/

Today we have pushed out an update with a large number of bug fixes and optimizations. Highlights of the build are improvements to the Ranked Server Matchmaker and improvements to the way the destruction of large voxel objects are managed!

Build 3133

Fixes and Tweaks

General:

• Optimized method in which large voxel objects are destroyed, should no longer cause connection timeout message.
  
• Fixed an issue where the scrollbar would not retain its position correctly in Custom Match Lobbies
  
• Several optimizations to the ranked server match-maker to ensure the best server is selected based on ping and server population
  
• Fixed an issue where the ranked server match-maker could cause a game crash in certain scenarios
  
• Improved accuracy of loading progress bar on the loading screen
  
• Change of options order within Rules (General is now is the second option)
  
• Updated block and prefab placement cost to display even if the placement is not valid, in which case the cost is displayed in red
  
• Removed unused and duplicate PNG and KV6 files from the client
  
• Dump files will now be created in the game's install folder if the game crashes
  
• Fixed an issue where pressing ALT could cause the game to enter a paused state
  
• Improved the way using TAB on the end-of-round score screen switches between score boards
  
• Fixed an issue which could prevent a custom match host from kicking a player from the lobby in Zombie Mode
  
• Fixed an issue where a player a player's team color would become "Blue" if their team was selected as "Neutral" in the lobby preventing them from joining the game.
  
• Improved messaging if a player tries to change team during a Zombie Outbreak
  
• Removed option to start games with a target score of 256 or greater
  
• Fixed an issue where Spectators could be incorrectly kicked at the end of the map
  
• Removed "Most Team Kills" Award

Weapons:

• Added Engineers SMG Foresight
  
• Added a mini map icon for the Rocket Turret
  
• Fixed an issue where Rocket Turrets would not "One Hit Kill" when the option was enabled in a Custom Match

Graphics:

• Fixed an issue where shadows could move ahead of a character

Gameplay:

• Decreased Target Score within TDM to 200
  
• Decreased dynamite knock back to reduce cases of using it to team kill
  
• Added correct text to several Prefabs where placeholders were displayed before
  
• Added ability to place Rocket Turrets on water
  
• Balanced Fall Damage (Especially the Engineer)
  
• Improved Vote Map display reliability in Ranked Matches
  
• Fixed an issue in Demolition Mode causing characters to become unable move during the base building time
  
• Fixed an issue whereby it was possible to leave the bounds of the tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue whereby a single tutorial area could be occupied by multiple players
  
• Fixed an issue with Rocket Turret positioning
  
• Fixed an issue with Rocket Turret ghost color not being neutral sometimes
  
• Fixed an issue where the ghost prefab could become partly submerged under the water line

Scoring:

• Attempted Fix for an issue where a TDM round would not end when the target score was met
  
• Attempted Fix for an issue where players could receive a score of zero during a TDM
  
• Improved server-side performance of the leader-boards

Text/Messages:

• Removed ability to enter text in the in-game chat which is not supported by the chat font
  
• Improved Leaderboards display of long names by cropping rather than re-sizing the font
  
• Fixed an issue where "Blocks cannot place on water" message would flicker
  
• Added correct text to the "MOST_Distractions" award
  
• Added different message to be sent to the player who cashed in a diamond than is sent to the rest of the team

Enjoy.

Ace of Spades Team

Today we have pushed out an update with a large number of bug fixes and optimizations. Highlights of the build are improvements to the Ranked Server Matchmaker and improvements to the way the destruction of large voxel objects are managed!

Build 3133

Fixes and Tweaks

General:

• Optimized method in which large voxel objects are destroyed, should no longer cause connection timeout message.
  
• Fixed an issue where the scrollbar would not retain its position correctly in Custom Match Lobbies
  
• Several optimizations to the ranked server match-maker to ensure the best server is selected based on ping and server population
  
• Fixed an issue where the ranked server match-maker could cause a game crash in certain scenarios
  
• Improved accuracy of loading progress bar on the loading screen
  
• Change of options order within Rules (General is now is the second option)
  
• Updated block and prefab placement cost to display even if the placement is not valid, in which case the cost is displayed in red
  
• Removed unused and duplicate PNG and KV6 files from the client
  
• Dump files will now be created in the game's install folder if the game crashes
  
• Fixed an issue where pressing ALT could cause the game to enter a paused state
  
• Improved the way using TAB on the end-of-round score screen switches between score boards
  
• Fixed an issue which could prevent a custom match host from kicking a player from the lobby in Zombie Mode
  
• Fixed an issue where a player a player's team color would become "Blue" if their team was selected as "Neutral" in the lobby preventing them from joining the game.
  
• Improved messaging if a player tries to change team during a Zombie Outbreak
  
• Removed option to start games with a target score of 256 or greater
  
• Fixed an issue where Spectators could be incorrectly kicked at the end of the map
  
• Removed "Most Team Kills" Award

Weapons:

• Added Engineers SMG Foresight
  
• Added a mini map icon for the Rocket Turret
  
• Fixed an issue where Rocket Turrets would not "One Hit Kill" when the option was enabled in a Custom Match

Graphics:

• Fixed an issue where shadows could move ahead of a character

Gameplay:

• Decreased Target Score within TDM to 200
  
• Decreased dynamite knock back to reduce cases of using it to team kill
  
• Added correct text to several Prefabs where placeholders were displayed before
  
• Added ability to place Rocket Turrets on water
  
• Balanced Fall Damage (Especially the Engineer)
  
• Improved Vote Map display reliability in Ranked Matches
  
• Fixed an issue in Demolition Mode causing characters to become unable move during the base building time
  
• Fixed an issue whereby it was possible to leave the bounds of the tutorial
  
• Fixed an issue whereby a single tutorial area could be occupied by multiple players
  
• Fixed an issue with Rocket Turret positioning
  
• Fixed an issue with Rocket Turret ghost color not being neutral sometimes
  
• Fixed an issue where the ghost prefab could become partly submerged under the water line

Scoring:

• Attempted Fix for an issue where a TDM round would not end when the target score was met
  
• Attempted Fix for an issue where players could receive a score of zero during a TDM
  
• Improved server-side performance of the leader-boards

Text/Messages:

• Removed ability to enter text in the in-game chat which is not supported by the chat font
  
• Improved Leaderboards display of long names by cropping rather than re-sizing the font
  
• Fixed an issue where "Blocks cannot place on water" message would flicker
  
• Added correct text to the "MOST_Distractions" award
  
• Added different message to be sent to the player who cashed in a diamond than is sent to the rest of the team

Enjoy.

Ace of Spades Team

Hey,

Just a quick heads up that we have taken the leaderbords offline.

Normal service will resume ASAP.

Thanks for your patience.

Sally