AssaultCube v1.1.0.0

Released: 4th 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).
• 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: supports /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; for now, only a German translation is provided.

Docs

• Assist writing of missing reference entries

AssaultCube v1.0.4

Released: 15th 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 & forceteam votes.
• Fix: fix vanishing flag on Mac servers.

AssaultCube v1.0.3

Released: 18th 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.
• Coloured 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 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.
• 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 December 2008

Gameplay

• New maps: ac_douze, ac_gothic, ac_wasteland.
• 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 v1.0.0

Released: 21st 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, so you can 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 starts when stealing the CTF flag.
• Two new soundtracks (from CUBE).
• 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 are 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 v0.93.2

AssaultCube v0.93.2, bug-fix, client patch release.

AssaultCube v0.93.1

AssaultCube v0.93.1, bug-fix, server patch release.

AssaultCube v0.93

Released: 4th 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 scoreboard.
• 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 heightfields.
• Akimbo pickup doesn't cause a weapon change when using the sniper.
• CTF join bug fixed.

ActionCube v0.92

Released: 17th Janurary 2007.

• New bot gamemode one shot, one kill.
• Auto team.
• Connecting players stay dead in arena modes.
• Coloured 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.