AoS Headline News Recap - Issue #2

[LASTofS]

Issue #2!


What's up, Deuces? This is the second issue of the Ace of Spades bimonthly newsletter! We are looking for a catchy name for the newsletter, so feel free to throw a couple suggestions at me!

First things first, let's congratulate our two new forum moderators, Enari and Doctor! Woo! \o/

Last issue, we spoke of the Ace Launcher. Bcoolface has been busy coding, and here's a screenshot preview!


Nice password, danhezee!

Features:

• Built-in Server browser
• User Registration (tied with forum accounts)
• Auto-updater
• Version checker

Be sure to read Kristina's thread with her auto update ideas:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8138#p94435

Are you guys excited for health and ammunition supply crates?! Mat^2 has been doing some work with them.



Discussion about the icon symbols and crates in general in this thread:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=7938#p91524


A sneak-peek video on helicopters (and supply crates):



Discussion here:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8032#p92740

Woohoo! The official Ace of Spades Facebook page has a new cover photo and a profile picture (made by yours truly)!

Find out the winner(s) here:
http://ace-spades.com/check-out-the-facebook-page/


What's new on development side?

• Ace Launcher
• New accuracy algorithm (see this)
• Supply crates

Media!

Ever since I requested the media forum section (along with lots of supporters), I have thought of some ways or "guidelines" to organize and make it a better place. So, I decided to create a thread (cheers to Doc who gave it a sticky)!
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=8123#p94091

1) Demo123 is trying to bring back AoS comics! Check out his thread here:


http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=7976#p92141

2) AEM's pictures of a hotel in Hallway:


http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=163&t=8398#p98915

3) 4 <@> clan members and one of their friends played some Infiltration and kicked everybody's asses. Watch Enari's vid:



4) Mikuli's recording of the Mumble Babel Match on May 13th:




Other news!

TheGeekZeke101 wrote up a decent post about the AoS groups and sites!
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=8026#p92629

Dom has personally told me about his AoS social network site, read more about it here:
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=164&t=7580#p86039

Ever wanted to play the retro copy of Ace of Spades without the bugs?



Download the .zip mod here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21999627/Ace%20of%20Spades/retro_aosv0.2-lastofspades.zip

EDIT:

• added a new link to Enari's finished vid

[Frostified]

Nice job Last! This is useful, since I had no idea helicopters were getting implemented!

[demo123]

This is realy good and useful. Why? Since now people will know more about what is going on about the game without a need of searching for a certain thread for hours.

[CraftDinur]

love reading this. it's really cool.

[AEM]

love reading this. it's really cool.

+10000 because my topic is there. Seriously a job well done.

[TheGeekZeke101]

These are a bunch of fun to read. It's kinda nice to see whats going on around the subforums I dont normally check, not to mention the news and videos I miss :)

[TheGrandmaster]

@Frosty:
Helicopters were a test. Whether they'll actually make it into a release, is to be decided.
The dev team are concentrating on getting it into a good enough state to release, rather than adding random new stuff.

[AEM]

Yes, I'm supporting fixing glitches over adding ideas. But adding ideas can introduce new glitches.

[LASTofS]

This is realy good and useful. Why? Since now people will know more about what is going on about the game without a need of searching for a certain thread for hours.

Heh, the newsletter started as a thread in response to someone's suggestion that it would be helpful to not have to read through all the threads in the forums to figure out what was going on or new content as a joke. I thought the first thread would be the only one, however I'm surprised at its popularity and subsequent following.

[AEM]

This is realy good and useful. Why? Since now people will know more about what is going on about the game without a need of searching for a certain thread for hours.

Heh, the newsletter started as a thread in response to someone's suggestion that it would be helpful to not have to read through all the threads in the forums to figure out what was going on or new content as a joke. I thought the first thread would be the only one, however I'm surprised at its popularity and subsequent following.

This deserves to be in the news section of the AoS website. No joke. Excellent job! If you need help in finding interesting topics don't hesitate to pm me.

[LASTofS]

Feel free to suggest a name here:
http://bit.ly/KxBXT7

[AEM]

Ill be on the lookout for topics.

[Summit]

Should be called Weekly AOS.
Any way nice map.

[AEM]

Well, i don't think enough good content flows to make it a good weekly.

[LASTofS]

New Issue!
http://ace-spades.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=9440#p117078