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
Linux users: Make sure you have libSDL 1.2, libSDL_image and libSDL_mixer installed.
Setting Resolution
The default resolution is 1024x768. If you need to change it, modify actioncube.bat accordingly, e.g.:
-w800 -h600
In linux, simply pass those parameters in the command line or add them to the actioncube.sh shell script.
Running the game
Windows: Start the actioncube.bat
Linux: cd to the main actioncube directory and execute actioncube.sh
Basics
Interface
In game, press ESC to access the main menu. From there you can do all sorts 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 command into the console:
This will increase the size of your crosshair.
Setting Your Name
Open the console as described above and type the following command:
where yourname is your desired name.
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 and P a password (optional).
Read on
Continue reading in the game section to find out how to obtain different weapons, how the controls are set, etc.