Feb 15, 2014

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Shauny

We’re happy to announce that the Ace of Spades Community Team will be getting directly involved in raising money for GameBlast with a 24 hour live stream, we’re thrilled for you all to join us. Find out all of the details below.

Dates

Februrary 21st 1PM GMT - Februrary 22nd 1PM GMT

What is GameBlast?

GameBlast is a special 24 hour streaming event for SpecialEffect, the donations you all make will go towards making gaming easier for people with disabilities. To read more about the event as a whole click the link (http://www.specialeffect.org.uk/gameblast)

Video about the Event - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLNrCivOzw&feature=player_embedded
Event Information

We’re just under a week away from the event but we have three opportunities for you guys to bag yourselves some goodies for showing off your skills! Read more about each specific event below.

Bring out the Dead

We’re looking for some outrageous over-the-top or serious Zombie voices that we could throw into our Stream while we attempt to take on the Zombie horde at one point. We're looking for Zombie death notices and/or Groans, show us what you got! Follow the steps below to get your audio clip on to the Ace of Spades Group.

First of all you need to do is head on over to www.soundcloud.com and register, upon register then record your Voice Clip in the .ogg audio format.
Secondly, join the ‘Ace of Spades’ Soundcloud Group (https://soundcloud.c...s/ace-of-spades)
Upon joining, head over to your ‘Tracks’ then add your Zombie-esque track to the group.

Prize – You have the pleasure of having your voice being used in a special section of the stream!

GameBlast Buildathon

We’re looking for any talent map makers/teams to step up and make a map based on the theme of this event which is the charity GameBlast, when making your map it MUST have either the logo of ‘GameBlast’ or ‘SpecialEffect’ somewhere on the map.

We’ll be looking to feature some top maps so make sure you put your creative mind to use!

Prizes –

The prize for your creativeness is a £50 Amazon Voucher. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also
OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

2 vs 2 Charity Wingman Rumble

During the 24 hour stream we will be featuring some fun 2 vs 2 matches, anyone who turns up at the time of the event can take part but if you register early you will be first on the list to play. You can signup now in the 'Events' section of the Ace of Spades Community Site (http://www.aceofspades.com/community).

Prizes –

The team that takes home the voucher is the team that wins by the highest margin, the game mode will be Multi-Hill.

The prize for winning is 2 x £25 Amazon Vouchers. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also
OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

Steam Schedule
The Schedule will be updated each day as we get closer to the event!

1PM - We announce the winners of the Ace of Spades RT, Follow & Win.

1.30 PM - Public Matches on the AoS Servers

3PM - Custom Game Masscare (Crazy settings + Rules)

5PM - Custom Game Requests, the viewers decide what rules we play on.

7PM - Buildathon Winner Announcement - We review the top maps made with the GameBlast tag.

9PM - 2 vs 2 Charity Wingman Rumble - Highest team point score over the 2 hours wins!

11PM - Build a Battle - Zombie Midnight Theme, what can Shaun & Sally come up with?

1:00 AM - Bring Out the DEAD! - The Community Zombie voices come to life! In this special section of the stream, we show off all of the Community Made Voiceovers in Zombies!

3:00 AM - Best of Steam Workshop - Give an overview of who won the map making contest (cut down version) & then have a look through the workshop. We'll show you specifically why we chose this map and give you some advice upon on how to improve upon your maps!

5:00 AM - Public Freeplay - The Ace of Spades Team jump straight in to a public server to play a variety of standard games

You can already start donating for this worthy cause at (http://bit.ly/AoSGameBlastDonate), show your AoS colours by leaving a comment with your name! Starting next week, more information will be revealed about the stream, stay tuned!

The Ace of Spades Community Team

Feb 15, 2014

Ace of Spades for GameBlast 2014!

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Shauny

First of all you need to do is head on over to www.soundcloud.com and register, upon register then record your Voice Clip in the .ogg audio format.
Secondly, join the ‘Ace of Spades’ Soundcloud Group (https://soundcloud.c...s/ace-of-spades)
Upon joining, head over to your ‘Tracks’ then add your Zombie-esque track to the group.

The prize for your creativeness is a £50 Amazon Voucher. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also
OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

The prize for winning is 2 x £25 Amazon Vouchers. The Ace of Spades Team will also donate the equivalent of that value also
OR you can give up that prize voucher and the Ace of Spades Community Team will do the same for ‘GameBlast’.

Jan 16, 2014

The new official AoS Community Site

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Shauny

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

Jan 16, 2014

The new official AoS Community Site

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Shauny

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.

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!

Oct 2, 2013

Battle Builder Public Beta Update Notes!

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - MrCrispy

Update Highlights

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

Oct 2, 2013

Battle Builder Public Beta Update Notes!

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Instinct64

Update Highlights

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

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

Jun 13, 2013

Update Notes 13th June

Ace of Spades: Battle Builder - Instinct

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