Assault Cube
Licence: Freeware
- Version 1.0.4 | Release Date: 2009-07-22 | Download
- CLIENT SIDE:
- Map added: ac_aqueous
- Small layout change in ac_desert2
- Option to enable custom player skins in non-team modes only.
- Map messages now show in the loading screen.
- "menuselectionbgcolor" allows you to change the background of your menus.
- Server browser now shows modded servers (those with 'negative' protocols) as mods.
- More detail added to ac_douze.
- "scopesensscale" slider added.
- "menuinitselection" command added for scripters.
- Added Map-pack integration.
- MAP EDITING:
- Menu to edit skymaps added.
- "editmapmsg" command allows easy editing of the map message.
- "entstats" will print entity statistics to the console.
- "showmodelclipping" shows the full clipping of all models in the map.
- Command "nextclosestent" for selecting the other entity, if some entities overlaps each other
- Command "closestenttype" allows you to select only a particular type of entity.
- "nextplayerstart" cycles your HUD through each of the "playerstart" entities. Useful for showing you the direction spawns face, or where they are.
- Using 1, 2, 3 or 4 when in editmode, while scrolling, allows you to edit the first, second, third or fourth value in the nearest entity.
- Holding "M" and scrolling moves an entity.
- SERVER SIDE:
- Nickname blacklist (or whitelist).
- Print server and protocol version at startup.
- New make option for "server_install" with reduced dependencies.
- An option has been added to specify a file to read the command line arguments from.
- A new parameter had been added to choose the syslog facility.
- BUG FIXES:
- Allow changing team when dead (but not spectating).
- Defuse triggerhappy alias context cleanup.
- Block connecting to full, passworded servers.
- Tabs are now allowed in the maprot/serverpwd config files.
- Ponies mode fixed.
- Text input field improvements/fixes.
- Spawns in ac_shine fixed.
- "editent" command fixed.
- Fixed crouching on very thin clip entities.
- GFX quality slider is now independent of the MINLOD variable.
- OMGponies! mode is now independent of blood variable.
- Sound quality slider is now independent of maxsoundsatonce variable.
- Version 1.0.1 | Release Date: 2008-12-17 | Download
- Changes:
Gameplay
- New maps: ac_power, ac_elevation, ac_toxic, ac_urban, ac_shine, ac_desert3, ac_keller, ac_sunset, ac_arctic and ac_scaffold.
- New game modes: Hunt the flag, Keep the flag & Team keep the flag.
- Crouching, hide effectively and shoot with more precision.
- Smooth recoil changes.
- Spectator and player-following.
- Reduced violence mode.
- OpenAL 1.1 support (Allows for 5.1 surround sound).
- Footsteps, bullet ricochets and other new sound effects.
- Voice-coms, a varietey of team commands.
- Action music when stealing the CTF flag.
- Two new soundtracks (Cube 1).
- Ambient map-sounds.
- Stencil shadow support.
- Brand new mapmodels.
- Vertex lighting for mapmodels.
- Visibility options for player models.
- Custom playerskin support.
- Scorch marks made by grenades.
- Muzzle flashes.
- Bulletholes (Cube 2).
- New sniper scope.
- New text rendering (Cube 2).
- Batched model rendering.
- New startscreen and icons.
- New damage screen.
- Enhanced scoreboard asthetics and features.
- More advanced/intuitive interface for changing sound and video options.
- Keybinding menu, mouse invert support.
- Welcome menu that asks for fundamental options to be changed.
- Map and crosshair menus show ALL items from their resource directory.
- Sliders, checkboxes and text-inputs now available for menus.
- Better crosshair menu/support.
- An in-game multiplayer menu with the options that you'll specifically need while in-game, and also lists admin commands if you're administrator.
- New custom connect and admin connect menu.
- AssaultCube updates servers for you.
- Nickname, mapname and entity type auto-completion.
- When files are written to disk by the game, the game advises you.
- Game output prints scores at the end of each match in the console.
- Damage indicators in the HUD.
- Text cursor now makes a flickering effect.
- Better countdown timers for respawn.
- A compass inside the minimap.
- Support for apple meta keys.
- Mouse sensitivity is now "floating point".
- AssaultCube server wizard (which allows it to run as a windows service if needed).
- Even better netcode with various improvements.
- Customizable ports allowed for servers.
- CSL (cube server lister) support.
- Whois command.
- New masterserver implementation (OSS, ASP.NET).
- Server supports syslog loggin on Linux-like patforms.
- Auto-getmap and map config sending.
- Server can provide custom maps and learn new maps.
- When joining a server, players now connect to the smaller team.
- New extensions/plugin system for the server.
- New map storage/sending system.
- Support for admins to change the server description in-game.
- Multiple admin password support.
- Passwords to allow access for blacklisted players.
- IP Blacklisting support.
- Team shuffle command.
- Min/max player support for the maprotation - If there are too many/few players, depending on the map rotation settings, that map will be skipped in rotation.
- Auto-ban threshold for the server.
- Auto-forceteam ensures that teams are always even in team-based modes.
- The server now checks cfg files periodically and updates if any have changed.
- More secure sending of passwords to the server.
- Simple SPAM detection and suppression.
- Serverside demo recording (Cube 2).
- Searching LAN will show all LAN servers.
- Multiple IP addresses are allowed on one server.
- New "clip" entity allows easy clipping for map editors.
- Better support for mods of this game.
- "editent" command to easily edit entities.
- Flags and pickups show up in edit mode.
- "loadnotexture" command, allowing a custom texture to be loaded if the user doesn't have the correct content.
- Better playerskin support. See /docs/playerskins.html for more information.
- Configurable script security contexts to run map configs in a "sandbox".
- Multi-user support for Windows/Linux, stores your configurations/files to your user profile.
- Lots of new documentation, including user guides for map editing.
- 64-bit linux binaries now included in release.
- Map cleanups/fixes.
- Better bot waypoints.
- Quick-switch exploit fixed.
- Forceteam/autoteam/team change issues fixed.
- HUD gun no longer appears to go through walls.
- Fixed reloading while scoping issue.
- "hideradar 0" doesn't disable the minimap anymore.
- Scope is always drawn at correct aspect ratio now.
- CTF flag now drops correctly on heightfields.
- "Unknown" servers now show as "empty".
- Grenades don't fall through bridges/platforms.
- Suicides drop the flag, instead of resetting it.
- Better spawning - Players don't spawn in the same location (in arena game modes).
- "sendmap filename" will no longer write to file, unless in co-op edit mode.
- "getmap" will now get the right map, or no map.
- Securemaps now work as intended.
- Mapmodel occulling fix.
- Documentation is IE friendly
- Plus many others...
- Version 0.93 | Release Date: 2007-07-29 | Download
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