Newbie Guide
From AssaultCube
Being new to AssaultCube, you will need to get familiar with some of the basics.
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The T key
The most important thing that you will learn is the use of the T key. The T key can be useful for two functions - sending messages to other players and executing Console commands.
Chat
To send a message, press T, write your message and press Enter. To execute a command, press T, "/", then the command with parameters afterwards and eventually - Enter.
Team chat
Team chat is quite an important step if you are playing team games, and especially - organised clan games, so it has been implemented in AssaultCube. It's easy to use - just write "%" before all the text. After sending a message, it should be seen in blue font - meaning that it's team-only.
If you feel that writing the % is too much, you can simply create a new bind to enter it automatically: /bind "Y" "saycommand %". With this, when you press Y, the % will be entered automatically.
Names
Of course, learning the usage of T will lead us to the first basic steps - changing your nickname. By default, your alias / nickname is "unarmed".
A nickname is what people will know you by. Your nickname can be as simple as your first name - it can be pretty much anything!
To change your nickname to Mario, you will need to execute /name "Mario" in your console.
Since many players are in clans, they will usually have a name extension that shows which clan they are in - a clan tag. Clan tags usually go in front of one's real nickname but can in cases be in the end - such as ^MD for the MD clan.
Weapons
The weapon choice may differ between gamemodes, but CTF and DM/TDM gamemodes are usually composed of all available weaponry. Yet, you can only choose one of the four main weapons - Assault Rifle, SMG, Sniper and Shotgun. To do that, you have to press B and select the right weapon. Next time you spawn, you will own that weapon.
Purpose
The purpose of this game is to kill (frag, gib). A gib is the fragging of an enemy that causes their bodies to explode. Usually, making one gib will award you with an extra frag, making gibbing more efficient than normal fragging. In AssaultCube, gibs can be made through the use of a knife, grenade or a sniper rifle (when shot at the head of the enemy).
All other methods will frag your enemy.
Basic controls
Basic controls are the main controls that are essential in the gameplay.
Movement
- W
- Move forward
- S
- Move backward
- A
- Move left
- D
- Move right
- Space
- Jump
Turn your mouse to change where you are looking at.
Fighting
- MOUSE1 (left mouse button)
- Shoot
- MOUSE2 (right mouse button)
- Zoom if with sniper, picks another weapon if not
- R
- Reload
- Mousewheel
- Up or down - will switch your current weapon
- 1/2/3/4
- Different weapon choice
- R
- Reload the weapon
Misc
- Tab
- Shows the scoretable while held down
- LALT (Left Alt)
- Show the map and your location
- /
- Alternative console
- Esc
- Bring up the menu
- B
- Change your current weapon
External Links
RandumIdiot's Newbie's Guide to AssaultCube - A simplistic, straightforward and comprehensive Newbie Guide to AssaultCube
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