Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-06-11T10:56:17+02:00

you have to activate it in the ingame mod menu:
have a look here for more information: viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2575 and the latest version

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 11 Jun 2013, 10:56

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-06-10T23:30:10+02:00

How do I install the gaz_ui mod? I put it in the game's mods directory, I put it in the mods directory under documents\my games\gas powered blah\forged alliance\mods I put it under C:\ProgramData\\mods but it never got applied to my game.

Statistics: Posted by Ravior — 10 Jun 2013, 23:30

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-14T19:35:13+02:00

Mapvault

In the map vault you find every avalible map for Forged Alliance, please report broken maps.
Mapvault.JPG

1) Search tab
You can search for mapnames here, you dont have to enter the full name

2) Map Summery
Gives you a map preview and some gerneral stats, click it for more information

3) Download button
You can also redownload maps here if you think they are messed up on your computer for whatever reason

4) Mapupload
Upload your own maps here, check out the Subforum for maps for more informations on how to create maps.

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 14 Feb 2013, 19:35

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:36:46+02:00

Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 09 Feb 2013, 12:36

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:21:48+02:00

i will finish it in the forums, to replace the one of ubergeek as it was originally intended, after that i can reformate it for the wiki

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 09 Feb 2013, 12:21

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:14:43+02:00

A lot of people use it to solve connection problems. For other things, probably not, as there is no infos in it

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 09 Feb 2013, 12:14

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:10:30+02:00

let's be honest: nobody is using the wiki, i think having a thread in the forums is better

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 09 Feb 2013, 12:10

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:05:13+02:00

You should edit the wiki and put that there.

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 09 Feb 2013, 12:05

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-13T18:59:01+02:00

Replay Vault & Live games
Every game you play is automaticly saved online and offline, additionally you can watch live games with small time delay to prevent cheating. Click the "Replays" tab to show them or check out the links posted below.

If a game was played with a non-featured mod, you have to have this mod avalible, otherwise there will be desyncs or other unpredictable problems.

Live Games

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1) Tab-select
You can select here if you want to look livereplays, browse the localt vaul or the online vault. Currently "Live Games" is selected.

2) Active games
All ative games are shown (also private ones). The picture on the very left is a small preview of the played map and time reffers to the time when when the game started. Games with friends playing are marked blue.

3) More informations
If you click a replay, a list with all players in the game will appear, note that disconnected players will no longer be shown in this list. Click one of the names to view the livegame or rightclick for more options.

4) Gamemod played
On the very right you can see the mod played in this game. "FAF" is a normal game, 1v1 Ladder is a ranked game etc...

Important things about livereplays:

Livereplays will sometimes stop if the player you clicked leaves
You cannot save livereplays, you have to download them from the online vault when they are finished, note the map or players in order to find it again or just have a look on top of the Vault a few seconds after the game is finished.
if the game stops at some point it could be because the game is paused and you have to keep your time delay

Local Vault
All games you play are automaticly saved on your local computer under:
C:\ProgrammData\FAF\replays. You can start them from anywhere with a doubleclick.
Note that the replays are not "Clouded" so they are only avalible on the computer te game was played.

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1) Tab-select
You can select here if you want to look livereplays, browse the localt vaul or the online vault. Currently "Local Vault" is selected.

2) Daily folder
Replays are sorted by days in the FAF-Lobby (not in the filesystem), click on the a specifc day to see all game played (3). Right click the game to get more options, leftlcick to start the replays. You should be able to view any version, anyway very old versions might cause problems when opened.

4) Played mod: "faf" is standard

Online Vault
All games you play, or anybody else plays are automaticly stored on the FAF-Sever, there are different ways to acess them, either through the lobby or this link
onlinevault2.JPG

1) Tab-select
You can select here if you want to look livereplays, browse the localt vaul or the online vault. Currently "Online Vault" is selected.

2) Replay
The list on the left side shows an overview of the replays of the last 200 games played. You can start a replay by clicking it, note that the lenght of the replay might not be correct.

3) Search/Filter options
The top right hand conner offers filter options, you can apply multiple filters at the same time in order to find a certain replay

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 09 Feb 2013, 12:02

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:09:14+02:00

Leaderboards & Rating
The FAF-Lobby is using the TrueSkill system in order to rate players, look here for more information.

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1) Options
Select "Ladder" to open the league system, "Global and Matchmaker" to see the trueskill ratings or "Ladder map stats" to view some statistics about the current ranked maps.

2) Search for Player
You can search for certain players here, note that you have to enter the exact name and also that players will not be shown if the did not play for some time.
If the players you search could not be found page one will open.

3) Highlighted player
By default, you will your see your self marked blue in the ladder, if you search for a player the player you searched for will me marked blue.

Important things about rating

The global rating is not an highscore, it's a possibility to balance games. You are not good because you have a high rating, you will be high rated if you are good. Always keep this in mind when playing custom games, I see too much people "unranked" by setting the gamespeed to "adjustable", because they "dont want to lose points" or play "just for fun". Again rating is no freaking highscore but a possibility for everyone to have fun. The only thing you accomplish by playing unranked games are unbalanced games and frustration because you will be heavily underrated at some point.
The rating is trueskill, not ELO, and it's not a single value but a curve, look here to learn more.
Modded games or games with non-default settings are not rated
Game that had desyncronisations
Special maps that have nothing to do with the actualy Suprem Commander gameplay, such as survival maps, 3v1 maps or i. e. "zone controll" are not rated, if you find a map that is rated, while it should not be, talk to a modrator.
Games that are disbanded before (60*Number of players) seconds are not rated, the game counts as disbanded as soon as all left, or one team or one player won.
Global rating IS NO ranking but a possibility to balance games

About the numbers shown in the chat:
The numbers are sent to the sever so the sever can compute which team won, they do not show your rating change! Best thing is to ignore them as long as you dont want to track bugs.

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 08 Feb 2013, 20:19

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-08T20:16:36+02:00

You shouldn't do something like this with a theme. A screen shot with the standart lobby is better.

Statistics: Posted by Voodoo — 08 Feb 2013, 20:16

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:41:53+02:00

Find Games
The third tab from left hand side is the "Find Games" - tab. Go here to host an join games or search a ladder game.

Important
Please don't call your games "EU only" or under "100 ping" or "quadcore only" that's total bullshit, SupCom needs a ping of 450 to run correctly as long as the connection is stable, also due the fact that Suprem Commander only uses one core for the main simulation, in some cases dual cores even do better than quadcores. Also if you finished a game always leave over the score screen and not with Alt-F4 or "Return to windows", not leaving with by the score screen can cause unpredictable bugs conserning replays, rating and dsyncronisations´.

Connection requirements:
to be tested

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1) Create Custom Game
Click here to create custom games, a window will open where you can preselect the map, and choose a game title. Your game titel should contain usefull information such as: "2v2" or "new players only".
You can host normal games by clicking "Forged Alliance Forever" or you can host Mod-Games by clicking one of the other buttons. Each button has a small description if you move your mouse over it.

2) Open Games
In the big window on the right hand side you can see all open games, while public games are displayed with a map preview, private games, secured with a password, are displayed with a grey symbol. If you move your mouse over the picture you will get more information about the players already inside the game.

3) Name of the Game
The name of the game or game titel give you important information, often you can find phrases like ">1000" or "be good" in the titel. This is reffering to your current skill/rating. Note that you will probably be kick from the game if you ignore the restrictions mentioned in the game titel.
Below the gametitel you can find the name of the map, the amount of players already inside the game, the played mod (if it is a modded game) and the name of the host.

4) Gamequality
Gamequality should show you if the game is balanced, however it seems to be buggy sometimes and games can be balanced in lobby better than outside it. So my tip is to just ignore that value.

5) Ranked Ladder Search/1v1 Automatch
Click on of the faction symbols to start searching for a 1v1 ladder match. If you click the questionmark you will play with a random faction. You can cancle the search by clicking the same button again or joining a game. Not that it may take a few seconds until the search is really aborded.

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Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 08 Feb 2013, 19:55

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-02-09T12:47:52+02:00

I think the Help i'm new thread from UBER is outdated and should be reworked, to explain the features of FAF and a few gameplay basics.
Is there any native english speaker who could do this?
For example like this?:
some feedback would be nice
note: i spoilered to pictures in order to make the page load faster
the forum code should be in the spoiler below (at some point at least)
if you stop grammer/spelling issues or wrong statements post here, if you made a connection test or something like that already post here, if you have good experiences about CPU/GPU requirements post full text here
here = here or here: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=2979

Welcome to the FA community - we're glad to have you!

FA is an incredibly deep game to learn, and it will take time and commitment to improve your skills. If you venture online after only playing singleplayer, you'll likely feel overwhelmed. However, there is a lot of information out there that you can use to quickly get up to speed and hit the ground running in multiplayer!

1. Getting started
You need the Suprem Commander - Forged Alliance stand-alone expanison not the vanilla game, either a retail version [Patch 3599] or the steam version.
The second thing you need is the FAF-Lobby. Execute the setupfile and follow the instructions. If you start the Lobby the first time you have to create a new account. Note that you need to pick a valide E-Mail adress in oder to activate your account, after that the E-Mail is only needed for password resets.

2. The FAF-LobbyClient

The NewsFeed
Let's go over the functions and tabs of the Lobby. If you start the Lobby, you will be in the "What's new?" section, check out the latest news and announcements here. On the right side, forum activities and new SupCom-casts are listed.

The Chat
Going through the tabs from left to right the Chat is the next one. it is not resticed to SupCom only and you can discuss god & the world there, however here are the exact chatrulse.

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1) Chatline
You can auto-complete names by pressing tab after writing the first few letters.
2) Current chattab/chatwindow
The current chatwindow, joins/leaves are off by default but can be enabled in the options menu.
3) Chattabs
These shows all avalible chats, "Sever" gives you technical informations and is normally not needed.
4) Searchfield
You can search for players here, you dont have to enter the full name.
5) Playerlist
List of all players online. White is admin/moderator, blue is friend, grey is normal user and dark grey is IRC user, means a user that is connect over something else than the lobby for example mibbit. Rightclick on a user for more options or doubleclick in oder to send a PM.
6) Avatars/Devision/Rating
The left one of the two symbols, is achived by playing 1v1 ladder, these symbols might look different depending on what Theme you use. If you move your mouse over the symbol, the global rating of the player will be shown.
The right one is an avatar, avatars are achieved by playing 1v1 Ladder, playing in Tournaments or doing other things for the community.

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Code:: [b][u][size=150]Welcome to the FA community - we're glad to have you![/size][/u][/b] FA is an incredibly deep game to learn, and it will take time and commitment to improve your skills. If you venture online after only playing singleplayer, you'll likely feel overwhelmed. However, there is a lot of information out there that you can use to quickly get up to speed and hit the ground running in multiplayer! [u]1. Getting started[/u] You need the Suprem Commander - Forged Alliance stand-alone expanison not the vanilla game, either a retail version [Patch 3599] or the steam version. The second thing you need is the [u]FAF-Lobby[/u]. Execute the setupfile and follow the instructions. If you start the Lobby the first time you have to create a new account. Note that you need to pick a valide E-Mail adress in oder to activate your account, after that the E-Mail is only needed for password resets. [u]2. The FAF-LobbyClient[/u] [size=150][b]The NewsFeed[/b][/size] Let's go over the functions and tabs of the Lobby. If you start the Lobby, you will be in the "What's new?" section, check out the latest news and announcements here. On the right side, forum activities and new SupCom-casts are listed. [size=150][b]The Chat[/b][/size] Going through the tabs from left to right the Chat is the next one. it is not resticed to SupCom only and you can discuss god & the world there, however [u]here[/u] are the exact chatrulse. [spoiler][attachment=0]Chat.JPG[/attachment][/spoiler] [b]1) Chatline[/b] You can auto-complete names by pressing tab after writing the first few letters. [b]2) Current chattab/chatwindow[/b] The current chatwindow, joins/leaves are off by default but can be enabled in the options menu. [b]3) Chattabs[/b] These shows all avalible chats, "Sever" gives you technical informations and is normally not needed. [b]4) Searchfield[/b] You can search for players here, you dont have to enter the full name. [b]5) Playerlist[/b] List of all players online. White is admin/moderator, blue is friend, grey is normal user and dark grey is IRC user, means a user that is connect over something else than the lobby for example [u]mibbit[/u]. Rightclick on a user for more options or doubleclick in oder to send a PM. [b]6) Avatars/Devision/Rating[/b] The left one of the two symbols, is achived by playing 1v1 ladder, these symbols might look different depending on what Theme you use. If you move your mouse over the symbol, the global rating of the player will be shown. The right one is an avatar, avatars are achieved by playing 1v1 Ladder, playing in Tournaments or doing other things for the community.

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 06 Feb 2013, 20:03

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-01-30T14:53:41+02:00

Valkyrie wrote:
Can you help reach me how to eco? I always seem to get stuck in the middle of a game because my economy sucks... I in unfortunately
only have SupCom1, but will have FA soon, and have observed that the three primary factions are still somewhat the same.
So if you can give me some help with ecoing I would be grateful
Best I can do is spawn mass Fabricators and t1 power

for FA:

you have to do two very important things:

1. Reclaim all you see with a lot of engies!
2. Capture the map, took as many mass extractors as possible.

After that bring one mexxi after an other to t2. Then surround the mexxis with mass storages. Then bring them one per one to t3.
And when all mexxis are on t3 and you think you could need more mass, then you can spam mass fabricators (t2 mass fabricators are better then t3)

for SC1 (vanila):

also reclaim and capture the map, you can also tech some mexxis,
and spam mass fabricators as much as possible

Statistics: Posted by Voodoo — 30 Jan 2013, 14:53

Re: Help! I'm new!

2013-01-30T14:58:15+02:00

even if i cannot say anything about your eco without a replay i can tell you one thing: NO, in absolutely NO case build massfabricators

Statistics: Posted by ColonelSheppard — 30 Jan 2013, 07:54