AssaultCube: History

History

AssaultCube v1.1.0.4

Released: 15th of November, 2010

Gameplay

• demo tutorial

Client

• URL protocol assaultcube://

Server

• fix kick bug crash

AssaultCube v1.1.0.3

Released: 10th of October, 2010

Gameplay

• Time updates now given in milliseconds; HUD clock added
• Armour tune-up

Client

• Editmode sparklies for entities are colourized.
• removed jpeglib dependancy
• random map at engine start

AssaultCube v1.1.0.2

Released: 20th of August, 2010

Anticheat

• bug fixes

Server

• bug fixes

Client

• PNG screenshot support
• linux filesystem space available checks

Code

• support for authentification (AUTH) via masterserver

AssaultCube v1.1.0.1

Released: 9th of August, 2010

Anticheat

• bug fixes

Client

• fix CubeScript errors

Server

• Changed default ban behaviour

AssaultCube v1.1.0.0

Released: 4th of August, 2010

Gameplay

• new mastermode 'match'
• real spectators
• survivor and team survivor now spawn one pickup group during every round (announce after 5 seconds, spawn after 15 seconds)
• removed the possibility to throw nades during arena intermission (in team modes)
• join multiplayer games always as spectator (like classic deathcam: press attack to spawn into an active team)
• bot modes are still working ;)
• new VoiceComs

Server

• anti cheat
• always record demos
• simplified server wizard (no more 'masterserver'-question)
• record all team chat messages
• chat message distribution for spectators and mastermode 'match'
• add 'minutes remaining' to the filenames of aborted demo recordings
• include list of players in demo header
• discard demos with less than 10 seconds
• blank out some CSL info during match mode
• collect uplink quality statistics
• akimbo bug fixed

Client

• IRCify: support /me, highlighting, /ignore & /muteplayer
• map preview pictures in map menu
• favourite icons in serverbrowser
• show server bandwidth quality in serverbrowser
• support F5 in serverinfo-display, and F2 ;)
• optional old-fashioned gunstat display
• support alternative fonts in menus
• improved radarimage and ability to save it to file (mapshot)
• extended colour-palette for text output
• included a number of event-hooks for CubeScript
• added interactive sensitivy-trainer (findsens)
• allow starting maps/demos via CLI parameters (--loadmap & --loaddemo)

Editing

• mapshrink: reduce the world size (undo 'mapenlarge')
• movemap: move the whole map in any direction
• selectionrotate: rotate the selected map area in 90 degree steps
• selectionflip: mirror the selected map area at the x- or y-axis
• new playerclip-entity: define no-go areas where nades can be thrown through
• entity sparklies can be shown/hidden in groups

Code

• cleaned up entity.h
• new playerskin handling (change only on respawn)
• fully server-side team management
• new masterserver also uses ENet now
• i18n capabilities added; ATM only german translation provided

Doc

• assist writing of missing reference entries

AssaultCube v1.0.4

Released: 15th of June, 2009

Client

• serverbrowser favourites
• use your own maxroll when spectating (/maxrollremote 1)
• optional timestamps for console output
• support "--version" & "--protocol" commandline switches
• show extended serverinfo
• optional disabling of manual favourites editing
• Fix: end flag music when getting teamkilled
• Fix: fix ping of connected server after scoreboard display
• Fix: show mapname in getmap menu
• Fix: fix crash on calling votes from autoexec
• Fix: fix custom player skin assignment
• Fix: fix custom player skin for own playermodel
• Fix: settings menu glitch

Server

• support linux file logging
• configurable logging levels for syslog and file logging
• optional timestamps for console and file logs
• deny sendmap if the map is read only
• check server config files (file length) every minute
• support syslog on windows and Mac
• provide extended serverinfo
• Fix: fix logging on windows servers
• Fix: fix voting during map changes
• Fix: fix kick & forcteam votes
• Fix: fix vanishing flag on Mac servers

AssaultCube v1.0.3

Released: 18th of May, 2009

Client

• optimized graphics rendering
• option to enable custom player skins in non-team modes only
• show mapmsg on loading screen
• allow changing team when dead (but not spectating)
• identify modded servers (negative protocol number) in serverbrowser
• allow change of menu selection background color
• new command: editmapmsg, menuinitselection, menuselectionbgcolor
• skymap menu
• ac_gothic waypoints
• added hook for map-pack integration
• added texreduce + upped scopefov limit to 60
• colored pj
• more convenient demo handling
• edit mode: select overlapping map entities; select entities by type; move entities; cycle through playerstart entities
• optionally render mapmodel clipping in editmode; print entity statistics
• convenient moving/changing of map entities
• new commands to connect to modded servers
• fix menuitemvar
• match slider width with width of text input fields + better usage of text input field width
• fix crouching on too thin clip entities
• fix 'shooting players behind you'
• fix nade crashes
• fix "health value stays on edittoggle"
• fix gunfire rates vs. fps

Server

• nickname blacklist & nickname whitelist
• give autoban priority over autokick
• new make target 'server_install' with reduced dependencies
• new server commandline parameter '-F' to choose syslog facility
• read server commandline arguments from a file
• check for map-collisions serverside; log collisions
• detect and log remote item and flag pickups
• log attempts to pickup disabled items
• log masterserver reply
• log teamkill stats
• log client ping
• misc additional logging
• keep saved scores after failed connects
• fix distribution of maps without cfg-file
• allow tabs in maprot.cfg and serverpwd.cfg
• block connects to full passworded servers

AssaultCube v1.0.2

Released: 30th of December, 2008

Client

• More detailed server info in serverbrowser (mastermode, ban, time remaining)
• More sorting modes in serverbrowser
• Nickname search over all servers
• Keep track of selected server
• Hook for custom connect scripts added
• Close all menus at arena round start
• Nice filenames for screenshots and demos
• Ask to download different map versions from server
• Make sure connect packets are reliable
• Don't self-shadow dynamic entities
• Fixed weapon glitches, recoil
• Echo a reminder of your picked vote
• Enforce scoreboard during intermission
• Compatibility for old showscores command

Server

• 'disconnect bug' fixed
• Blacklist fixed
• Connect new players to the smaller or weaker team
• Write client's AC version in the sever log
• Allow only matching mode/map combinations for non-admins (optionally)
• Updated extinfo protocol version to 104 (csl)
• Fix 'spawn with nades' exploit (bug 2405105)
• Skip maprot entry if map is not found on server
• Moved official maps to packages/maps/official
• New commandline parameter to set the log identity
• Bugfixes, cleanups

AssaultCube v1.0.1

Released: 12th of December, 2008

Gameplay

• New maps: ac_douze, ac_gothic, ac_wasteland and ac_depot_classic
• Slightly less SMG recoil
• Restricted footstep and land sound radius
• Added scope settling time to fix sniper exploit

Client

• Writes an error report every time the 'real' disconnect-bug happens (send it to us, please)
• Some crashes (drawradar) fixed
• Fixed health pickup sound
• Display port in connect message
• Protocol bug fixed (item spawn)
• Stop demo playback before connecting
• Fix ammobox pickup for spectators and demo playback
• Option to hide vote hud after own voting
• Hide scores, when minimap is shown
• Enforce scoreboard during intermission
• Nice filenames for screenshots and demos
• Fixed & extended tktf flag grab messages

Server

• Connect new players to the smaller or weaker team
• Optionally write recorded demos to files
• Optionally restrict a server to server-provided maps
• Configurable voting permissions
• Missing config file warning
• Fixed kick, ban & forceteam votes
• Nore & fixed log messages
• Custom server description is kept until the player leaves who changed it
• Automatic demo recording bug fixed
• Admin voting fixed
• Escaping special characters for commandline arguments
• Enhanced filtering for server descriptions
• Cleanup blacklist before use (fixes bug)
• Write the clients AC version to the log

AssaultCube v1.0

Released: 21st of November, 2008

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.

Audio

• 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.

Graphics

• 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.

Interface

• 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".

Server

• 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.
• Muliple IP addresses are allowed on one server.

Editing

• 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.

Misc

• 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.

Fixes

• 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...

AssaultCube v0.93

Released: 4th of June, 2007

• A new name: ActionCube is now known as AssaultCube. Best feature ever...
• New map: ac_snow.
• Mini team-radar.
• Map overview.
• In-game documentation reference (command prompt and menus).
• Water reflections.
• Dynamic player shadows.
• Bulletholes.
• 3rd person demo playback, pausing and slow motion (experimental).
• Team chat.
• New 'admin' client role, which allows server owners to break into locked servers.
• New explosion GFX (Sauerbraten backport).
• Improved weapon sway.
• Small physic improvements.
• Improved scorebard.
• Server MOTD (message of the day).
• Master can now force a player to the enemy team.
• Player collisions improved.
• Local renaming of duplicate player names (Sauerbraten backport).
• Improved app launcher for Mac (Sauerbraten backport).
• Reload animation now plays correctly.
• Flag now drops correctly on heighfields.
• Akimbo pickup doesn't cause a weapon change when using the sniper.
• CTF join bug fixed.

ActionCube v0.92

Released: 17th of Janurary, 2007

• New bot gamemode one shot, one kill.
• Auto team.
• Connecting players stay dead in arena modes.
• Colored messages.
• Public and private server mastermodes.
• Tweaked weapon balance.
• Sniper headshot kills instantly and shows some gibs.
• All gibs count as two frags (knife, nade, sniper headshot).
• CTF flag resets on teamkill.
• A big note on the teamkillers screen.
• Quick nade throw (key G, MOUSE2).
• Better spawning.
• Fixed skin menu.
• Fixed flag disappear on disconnect.
• Fixed shooting while editing.
• Fixed invincible bots.
• Fixed several memory bugs.

ActionCube v0.91

Released: 12 of November, 2006

Some of the features are backports from Sauerbraten, thanks to eihrul.

• New game mode "one shot, one kill".
• New map: ac_desert2.
• Netcode and new version of the enet library (consumes less bandwidth).
• Weapon balance tweaked.
• Config saving.
• Support for md3 mapmodels.
• Faster geometry rendering.
• Faster ladder climbing.
• 3rd person death.
• Advanced console.
• Screenres command and fullscreen var.
• Limit fps with maxFPS.
• -z, -b, and -a command-line options.
• Ctf flagpick bug fixed.
• Gib crash fixed.
• Flag count fixed.
• Scores now save across disconnects.
• Player death animation fixed.
• Weapon hit absorbtion fixed.

ActionCube v0.90 - First public beta

Released: 4th of November, 2006

Artwork

• 55 new mapmodels.
• 4 high quality new maps.
• 100% new texture set (new, not fully original).
• 100% new content (original, apart from sounds/playermodel).
• New weapons: Knife, Pistol, Shotgun, Subgun, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Grenades.
• New items: Health, Ammobox , Kevlar, Clips, Grenades, Akimbo Powerup.
• New sounds.
• The well known SAS Quake2 model by Darren Pattenden.

Game/Engine

• Gamemodes:
  • Capture The Flag (Ported from pCube).
  • Team Deathmatch.
  • Team Survivor.
  • Last man Standing.
  • Deathmatch.
  • Pistol Frenzy.
  • Last Swiss Standing.
• Two fixed teams with chooseable skins.
• Server side maprotation (Ported from pCube).
• md3 hudguns.
• Vweap support for all weapons.
• Weapon reloading.
• Bullet flyby FX.
• Weapon bob/sway.
• Ladders.
• Gib FX.
• New menu/HUD GFX (model drawing).
• Simple kick/ban systems.
• Bot support (adaption of the CUBEbots).

The day makkE came to town...

Project Launch

In July 2004, Arghvark, driAn, Verbal_ and dtd started developing AssaultCube.

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