Event is over, Blue won by the skin of their teeth, with some pasta FSOM: December 7th 9GMT Click here to sign up! If you want the time for your city just add it here and look at the 9pm GMT column http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?pl=1&lid=0,5,2643743,8&h=0
This is an effort to make it EU and US friendly if there are to many conficts it will be changed
Welcome AlohaPkers, its that time of the month again where you get to clean that rifle, smg, or shotgun and check your magazine hoping to win and have some fun on a "dead" gamemode, its FSOM! Since Infiltration is an empty server, and because some of the community have taken an interest in having it revived, it is going to be the gamemode for FSOM. Don't forget to reserve your seats by replying to this thread remember that blue can only have about 10 or so players.
Essentially what Infiltration, in a nutshell, is that Green are the attackers and play a capture the flag gamemode, while blue defends their Intel for an amount of time.
Download the client software on the right side of the screen. Installation is pretty simple, as there's a wizard when you first start the application to help you set up your mic and audio.
I highly recommend using a button to activate it, rather than having your mic turn on automatically when it picks up noise. This is especially true for laptop users or those using a webcam w/ mic. You'll have this option towards the end of the wizard (my push-to-talk is set to mouse button 5, your scroll button (click, not scroll) is also free in aos for you 3 button mouse owners).
If you choose to do push-to-talk, keep your threshold rather low (so that it's easier to pick up sounds), this means your blue part of the meter should be small. If instead you are using auto-detect, be sure to keep your threshold toward the high end, or else the rest of us will pick up your game and background noise, which can get quite irritating, especially with 16 people.
Once you've setup your microphone, click the picture of the world icon. Then click "Add New" and enter the following:
Label: Aloha Address: Mumble.aloha.pk Port: 64738 (unchanged) Username: Your username. Please stick to your most common username, as after you register, you'll never get to change it.
in an effort to encourage donations for our growing debt of expenses, every donation of $10 is good for:
one 32 slot Ace of Spades Classic server (pyspades/pysnip) for one month upon request
the warm-fuzzy feeling of knowing you're supporting aloha.pk, and our eternal thanks!
optional recognition on aloha.pk forums: your name will, if you want, appear green in some areas and also be listed on the front page, Donations page, and Donors section of the Staff List page
other than running on the same hardware and network, your server will be completely separate from aloha.pk AoS servers; it's your own, unbranded, 100% customizable server. it will have its own IP/AoS address. aloha.pk staff won't have access to your server, and it won't look like aloha.pk is hosting it. think of it as renting a server from any of those "professional" hosts out there, with the bonus of personal service quality that's expected of aloha.pk servers, grown from over two years' worth of experience invested in AoS and pyspades/pysnip. plus your server will run natively on our hardware alongside our servers, so there won't be "time drift" lagginess that can occur in virtual environments i.e. VPS, and ensuring minimal lag/service disruptions is a topmost priority because if your server is being affected by something out of your hands then aloha.pk servers are probably being affected as well.
managing your server is pretty straightforward, you don't have to mess with any commands or SSH or anything like that. use your web browser to access the control panel and from there you can:
restart your server with the click of a button
update or reinstall your server with the click of a button (automatically download and build pyspades/pysnip from source)
upload and edit files through a File Manager to install scripts and customize your server however you wish (FTP also available)
view your server's live console
backup and download a copy of your server with the click of a button
please understand that you'll be self-managing your server. i can point you in the right direction as well as offer a helping hand from time to time at my convenience, but i'm just being upfront when i say it's unrealistic for me to walk you through all the ins and outs of pyspades/pysnip. keep in mind that the asking donation amount will barely cover a regularly full server's bandwidth costs. thanks!
after you donate please send me a private message here (e-mail is ok, too) that includes your PayPal e-mail address so i can reply with your login credentials, otherwise i'll send that information to your PayPal e-mail address. setup will usually happen the same day, but please allow up to a couple days.
this isn't a profit venture, i'm just trying to help aloha.pk break even. all donations will go toward present and future aloha.pk expenses.
Hello Aloha PKers! We invite you all to FSOM - Halloween!
Because Halloween ran so close to November's First Saturday of the Month event, we decided to make a Halloween-themed event.
The game mode will be Humans vs. Zombies, with (probably) a custom map.
Humans vs. Zombies is a classic CTF game mode with a major twist: The green team are zombies and are unable to use weapons. However, they have increased health, and the ability to jump several blocks up in the air by right clicking with the spade. Blue team is composed of human players who can use all the traditional weapons, however, you'll need several more shots than normal to kill a zombie!
The game time is very Euro-friendly this time, so everyone in the EU and those east, sign up! Reply to this thread (or click Reserve Your Seat above) and join us on November 2nd!
Like every FSOM event, team comradery is important, so most communication will take place over Mumble. For details on installing mumble, click the spoiler below (it's really easy). We'll definitely be splitting the mumble chat into teams this time, so be a team player and join us on mumble!
Even if you don't have a mic, or don't wish to speak, please install mumble anyway. This way you can at least hear our communications. The installation will be even easier.
Download the client software on the right side of the screen. Installation is pretty simple, as there's a wizard when you first start the application to help you set up your mic and audio.
I highly recommend using a button to activate it, rather than having your mic turn on automatically when it picks up noise. This is especially true for laptop users or those using a webcam w/ mic. You'll have this option towards the end of the wizard (my push-to-talk is set to mouse button 5, your scroll button (click, not scroll) is also free in aos for you 3 button mouse owners).
If you choose to do push-to-talk, keep your threshold rather low (so that it's easier to pick up sounds), this means your blue part of the meter should be small. If instead you are using auto-detect, be sure to keep your threshold toward the high end, or else the rest of us will pick up your game and background noise, which can get quite irritating, especially with 16 people.
Once you've setup your microphone, click the picture of the world icon. Then click "Add New" and enter the following:
Label: Aloha Address: Mumble.aloha.pk Port: 64738 (unchanged) Username: Your username. Please stick to your most common username, as after you register, you'll never get to change it.
Once you're connected, double click on Aloha to put you in that channel. On the event day there will be channels for Blue and Green team.
For details on this event, please contact this event's coordinator: Thufman. For reserving your spot or choosing a team, simply post in this thread or contact myself.
Please try to be on mumble 15 minutes prior to the event. Thanks!
In the spirit of the last Mumble/Babel event, we're starting a new monthly event to be held every first Saturday. This one will be 10pm GMT (to make it slightly easier on Eastern Europe this time)
The hope of this particular event is to increase interest in one of our game modes, so that it can hopefully keep a good population and remain near the top of BnS's server list even after the event is over. The admins decided this event will be Push. This will be the same Aloha Push server live now.
For those of you who haven't played, in Push, your team starts on an island with the enemy's intel. It's your teams objective to build across to the island which has both team's tents. However, you'll be in shooting distance (and parallel to) the enemy team which is trying to do the exact same thing. You'll try and build to the next island while shooting down the bridges the enemy team is making. First to capture 10 points wins.
There are several maps to choose from, and I'm allowing everyone 2 Votes. This way you can vote for your backup as well. The maps are listed in the spoiler below (yes, I screwed up and clipped the top of some):
Spoiler for Map Selection:
Bikini Atoll
Egypt
Hamburg
Helgoland
Icebreak
Isle Hop
Lost Islands
Orbit Push
Swamp Lands
The Straight
Also, like the last event, team comradery is important, so most communication will take place over Mumble.
Download the client software on the right side of the screen. Installation is pretty simple, as there's a wizard when you first start the application to help you set up your mic and audio.
I highly recommend using a button to activate it, rather than having your mic turn on automatically when it picks up noise. This is especially true for laptop users or those using a webcam w/ mic. You'll have this option towards the end of the wizard (my push-to-talk is set to mouse button 5, your scroll button (click, not scroll) is also free in aos for you 3 button mouse owners).
If you choose to do push-to-talk, keep your threshold rather low (so that it's easier to pick up sounds), this means your blue part of the meter should be small. If instead you are using auto-detect, be sure to keep your threshold toward the high end, or else the rest of us will pick up your game and background noise, which can get quite irritating, especially with 16 people.
Once you've setup your microphone, click the picture of the world icon. Then click "Add New" and enter the following:
Label: Aloha Address: Mumble.aloha.pk Port: 64738 (unchanged) Username: Your username. Please stick to your most common username, as after you register, you'll never get to change it.
Once you're connected, double click on Aloha to put you in that channel. On the event day there will be channels for Blue and Green team.
Even if you don't have a mic, or don't wish to speak, please install mumble anyway. This way you can at least hear our communications. The installation will be even easier.
Finally, if you wish to be on a specific team, please reply to this thread and indicate it (if you're looking at this from the front page, click comments below). Team seats go first come first serve. If you don't care, we'll place you as needed (you don't need to choose a team to be guaranteed a seat in the event). Staff members, please try not to congregate all on one team.
Please try to be on mumble 15 minutes prior to the event. Thanks!
Maybe: AWhiteGuy SemiColonD Diaga Rick Roy227 Sparky GamingFTW Maximum Ankie #Pro Deadseason Windspirit 0jh0
Since the forum team is full, all other who wish to play will be listed under "maybe." If somebody from the forum team can't make it, the first person on the maybe list will substitute, then the second, third, etc. The list is made in the order of "first come, first serve" basis.
OpenSpades is an open source OpenGL-based alternative client of the original Voxlap Ace of Spades Classic 0.75 client. it's compatible with PySnip/pyspades, which means you can use it to play on all of our AoS 0.75 servers as well as all AoS 0.75 servers listed on BuildAndShoot.com. runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
here's a video of ei8htx playing on our AoS 0.75 babel server:
...and a video from the developer himself playing on our AoS 0.75 infiltration and babel servers:
We've decided that you guys, the community, should have an important say in what happens regarding the things that go on with our servers. So, we've chosen to release to you a survey regarding all of our servers, in the hopes that you guys will provide accurate feedback as well as suggest any interesting ideas that you might have. After the survey closes in a few weeks, we as a team will come together and discuss the ideas and feedback that you all have provided and try to come up with a way to incorporate them into our servers in order to make the game more fun for everyone. Feel free to take the survey multiple times if you have more to contribute. In advance, thank you all for participating, and thank you so much for playing on aloha.pk servers.
There is a very fun free game called Star Made. http://star-made.org/ It is very similar to Minecraft, except that you are in space, and you create spaceships. I do recommend that it be checked out, and I one day hope that we may have a server supporting it.
Didn't realize that I hadn't made a thread for this yet.
This is a WIP gamemode that is similar to (and will probably eventually replace) IRPG. How it works is you select your power by changing your block color (by using your arrow keys while you have the block selected) A few columns of colors have powers, and almost all powers start at level 1: That is, all powers are available to use immediately, but you can upgrade them by capturing intel.
Here's a picture showing all the powers (they're numbered based on when I added the powers, that's why the numbering is weird):
I update fairly often, so don't be surprised if new powers pop up or things get moved around.
Some things I'm planning on adding/fixing for next update:
Having the server remember your powers if you leave the game and rejoin. So if you crash or get busy you can come back and not lose progress, but only for the duration of the map (the server will 'forget' your powers on map change)
A helmet message for attackers, similar to how armor. In some situations the "helmet-drop" effect doesn't or can't work.
Nerf Level 1 and 2 Disarm
Explode Rocket Launcher rockets if they hit people
New power column with a Pro/Con theme:
A power that prevents people from teleporting near you
A power that disarms someone who disarms you
A power that drops a grenade on your corpse when you die
Move Misery to this column
Replace Misery with a "proximity grenade"
Triple powers reward for getting level 3 everything?
Notes: You can use /bp to lock your power selection so you can change block color without changing powers You can use /explain to describe your current power (having dual powers removes the description when selecting) If a power requires you to build, it will almost always use LEFT CLICK building. Stairmaster is the only one that uses drag building, I believe
Play @ aos://1379434439:48887 or look for aloha.pk blockpower on BuildAndShoot.com.
Next time you're on, build this: Note the open block dug in front of the 2-block pillar
When you aim through it, you will be able to see everything but the red (and through walls, obviously):
And while you'll see this:
Your enemy will see this (note the 1 px green head on the left):
Another way to build it is like this:
Which gives you two slits to shoot out of: This is really useful on maps like pinpoint, where your blind spots are in the water! Also note that you won't be able to see directly across from your middle block. I like to build this to one side on pinpoint and then pop my head up very briefly to glimpse enemies and then try and align them with the slit.
So again, you see this:
and they see:
Next up! Foot camping!
This works best in a narrow hallway or tunnel Build this:
That's a small one block high bump in front of you, and a wall missing the foot section past that.
You might want to build them at a distance, it's up to you:
When players approach the wall to destroy it, you'll see this (before they even get close, usually):
For giggles, here's what they'll see: Your feet are safe, their feet are gonna be hurting pretty bad.
Note that both of these can be torn up pretty easily by SMG's! You can build them thicker if it helps, but you might lose visibility. Watch out from above too on hallway! Also, note that on babel, depending on where you are on the map, your slit or foot camping things will be invincible against bullets.
Up next, this one is a little cheap as it exploits a tiny glitch, but I've explained it to tons of people and never had a complaint: If you play thick maps, you're probably familiar with those one block wide tunnels:
Easy enough to deal with, but if you're lagging or can't seem to hit those giant heads, a good way to deal with players who persistently use them is to dig over and up, cover your tracks, and sit above the tunnel, looking down:
You'll be able to see when players past directly beneath you, and hear them, but they won't notice you until it's too late and you drop down behind them. Be careful of teammates following them who might notice an enemy dropping down in front of their face!
Pretty weird, right? Lemme explain: The blue area outlined are the map 'chunks'. They are especially vulnerable. The red area is a pillar. They are indestructible and it is not possible to build on top of this area.
What makes the chunks so vulnerable is the dark lined circle around them, that connects them to the pillars:
They're only one block thick! Remove all the dark blocks and the whole chunk falls down. It takes all of five seconds to knock a chunk out:
You're probably wondering what is going on under there, let's look: The chunks are only a good 12 blocks thick, and underneath is a cistern of murky, deadly water. Don't touch it, you'll die! You can see the indestructible pillars reaching all the way to the ground. Don't worry, even if all the chunks were griefed, you'd spawn on one of these pillars as would the tent and the intels. Nothing is getting stuck in the poisonous water!
But that's another interesting point: You can still build down there. You can build rickety dangerous platforms to sneak into enemy territory!
You can even use the holes for intel defense:
If that sounds too slow for you, capping intel will automatically drop 10 chunks of enemy territory.
The server is geared towards hardcore PvP. Players have a chance, if they have enough cash, to build up a town that has protected land. Players can hunt other players for their cash and items too!
the turnout for BuildCon 2013 was great! many familiar and fresh faces showed up to express their creativity through in-game building. thanks to Thelionmaster for planning the event, aloha.pk staff for keeping it playable, and all who participated. here's the final result after about 10 hours:
Hi everyone! Lion here, and I am reporting on two events coming up. The first one is BuildCon 2013, an aloha.pk event organized by myself, and the second one is Nostalgia Faceoff, a BuildAndShoot.com gaming night organized by DE of The Bastion. Let's get started!
BuildCon 2013:
Most of us have built awesome structures on Ace of Spades, maybe by ourselves or maybe with the help of a few other people. But we've never built anything with the whole community. That's why we're hosting our first aloha.pk community building event, BuildCon 2013! This will be an exciting event where people can build whatever they want with other members of the community without worrying about getting griefed. Killing will be disabled for obvious reasons and the server will be protected by members of our staff. After 2-3 hours, when we're done building, killing will be enabled and we'll have an epic battle. This event will take place on aloha.pk ctf 24/7 classicgen @ aos://1379434439:40887 on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 9:00 PM GMT. Click here for a countdown timer. If you have any comments or suggestions, go ahead and click right here.
Nostalgia Faceoff:
DE of The Bastion is organizing another BuildAndShoot.com gaming night. This event will take place on our shiny new server, aloha.pk tdm 24/7 faceoff @ aos://1379434439:50887 on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at 9:00 PM GMT. Click here for a countdown timer. The purpose of this event is to, of course, have fun and to bring back the good old days of faceoff. To read more about this event, check out the original thread here and reply to it if you are coming.
I hope you all come to these two events, and if you do, have fun!
push is a newish game mode by danhezee that's all about building bridges over deadly water to the objective while attacking the enemy and defending your team from incoming enemy fire. a simple and fun concept. if you tried this game mode in the past and had a bad run-in with griefers, be sure to give it another try because Danke and i recently added some anti grief measures. here's an introduction to push by CraftDinur:
blockpower is an experiment-gone-right by Danke. it's a hybrid of CTF and RPG elements; capture the intel to boost your powers! very addicting. currently there are 16 different powers:
Armor: You take less damage from body shots
Blocksplosion: Your blocks are explosive
Regeneration: You heal hit points per second
Acid: Your bullets eat away at blocks
Clusterbombs: Your grenades pack an extra punch
Teleportation: Warp around the map
Disarm: Disarm your target
Misery: Your bullets do damage based on the amount of health you lost
Helmet: You can survive headshots without damage
Bombsquad: You take less damage from grenades
Feign Death: Hold Sprint and stand still to fake your death
Overgrowth: Break a block to start a block growing chain reaction
Griefshot: Hold crouch to charge a griefing bullet
Divination: Your blocks can feel the nearest enemy
Distraction: Hold crouch to charge a distraction bullet
Transmute: Break blocks to get ammo
choose the power you want to level up by selecting a block color from the 1st and 4th columns of the palette:
keep in mind blockpower is a WORK IN PROGRESS! Danke is still making changes so anything and everything i just said may be outdated.
tennis is a little map/mode i threw together that forces fast-paced gameplay in a small area with grenades and shotguns only. it's based on the map he_tennis from Counter-Strike. currently there's only one map in the rotation but Danke made another map with a slightly different gameplay style (also fast-paced) that allows only 1 life per round. either both maps will be included in the rotation or one will replace the other. time will tell.
faceoff is a concept map i released in June 2011 that was popular in the earlier Ace of Spades days. teams spawn on raised platforms that are separated by a gap too big to jump across but small enough to see the other side. thanks to Zeke for suggesting its comeback. it's currently running team deathmatch with water damage and a 40 hour time limit.
these servers and all of our servers can always be found on the front page of aloha.pk and at BuildAndShoot.com.
aloha.pk is 2 years old today. not such a little babby anymore now, are we?
we've grown a lot in numbers and activity since February 2011, especially over the past year. it has been an exciting ride so far and i'm looking forward to the years ahead.
big huge shout-outs to our team for making this possible and to you for being your part. all of us together is what aloha.pk is and i can't imagine it any other way.
if you didn't get the memo: Tower of Babel is an Ace of Spades Classic game mode all about building to the sky and returning the intel from it before the enemy does. to play look for "aloha.pk tower of babel" on the BuildAndShoot.com server list (also on the front page of aloha.pk) or enter the following URL directly into your browser: aos://1379434439:34887
If you have any problems, or if you have comments about the server, just tell us!
currently there are 16 different powers:
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