Prerequisites
System Requirements
If your Cube installation runs fine, ActionCube does too.
Minimum specs: P-III 500 Mhz with gf1/radeon or better
Recommended gfx setting for low/medium machines:
- 800x600@16bpp
- Antialiasing: OFF
- Anisotropic Filtering:OFF
Setting Resolution
The default resolution is 1024x768. If you need to change it, modify actioncube.bat accordingly.
-w sets width
-h sets height
In linux, simply pass those parameters in the command line or add them to the actioncube.sh shell script.
Setting Your Name
Open config/autoexec.cfg and search for the line
replace unarmed with your own nickname.
Hint: The autoexec.cfg provides comments and suggestions for further customization.
Basics
Interface
In game, press ESC to access the main menu. From there you can do all sort of actions, like joining multiplayer games and changing settings. As example, in the Team/Player Setup submenu, you can choose your team and skin.
The menu covers the most important actions. Further customizations and actions can be done using CubeScript: To get a console press T to open up the chat prompt. You can use it as console if you put a “/” (slash) at its beginning followed by a command. As example, type this into the console:
This will increase the size of your crosshair. All changes done by the menu or using this console will be lost once you quit the game. To store such settings for good, make your customizations in config/autoexec.cfg.
Joining a Game
In game, press ESC and choose Multiplayer ⇒ Refresh Server List. The masterserver will be queried and provide you with a list of servers. Do so every few days, to add newly created servers to your list.
Once you updated your server list, you can use Multiplayer ⇒ Serverbrowser. Simply select a server (up-/downarrow) and press return.
Alternatively, you can connect to a server directly using this command:
Where N is a valid IP or FQDN.
Read on
Continue reading in the game section to find out how to obtain different weapons, how the controls are set, etc.