Ace of Spades: Battle Builder
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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.
Developers | |
---|---|
Jagex | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 12, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | May 16, 2013[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Multiplayer |
Series | Ace of Spades |
Ace of Spades | |
---|---|
Ace of Spades | 2011 |
Ace of Spades: Battle Builder | 2012 |
Open Spades | EA |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Key points
- Originally titled simply Ace of Spades, was later changed to Ace of Spades: Battle Builder. However, the game's Steam library and community hub name is still Ace of Spades.
- KV6 modding added in patch.
- Mouse aiming has been rendered broken on Windows 10 after the 2017 Fall Creators update.
- Servers were shut down on March 6, 2019.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- All versions require Steam DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
- Game was pulled from sale on April 3, 2018, due to official support being dropped.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Bundled with game for free | |
Hurt + Heal Pack | Pulled from sale due to official support being dropped |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/224540/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Position Affects Gameplay | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 4x Anti-Aliasing | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | Capped at 59 FPS, but is raised to 60 with vsnyc enabled. | ||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Issues unresolved
Mouse look broken
- Mouse aiming has been rendered broken on Windows 10 after the 2017 Fall Creators update.
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 32 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Intel dual core or AMD equivalent | 2.6+ GHz Intel quad core or AMD equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT ATI Radeon X1600 OpenGL 1.5 compatible DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 OpenGL 1.5 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/224540/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (224540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ The Mac OSX Version Has Landed! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Ace of Spades - last accessed on May 2023