Yeah, that's really strange. Yesterday, I had this update screen after I hosted a new game. Right after that, all settings were reset to default. I just noticed that I have a game.pref BAD file and a TEMP file from yesterday next to the actual pref file. So, I just copied everything from the temp file into the pref file, and now everything is back to normal. I can also rotate the templates with the mouse again, even though the option isn't in the settings. ... I don't really get it all

@amygdala Your post was very useful. i did it via configfile. it works now. thx

There's also an Advanced Target Priorities Tweaked that works as advertised if you prefer something from the vault. Edit: the above is actually from Nomander so pretty weird he didn't mention it! Kudos to you for linking to the original mod.

@jip said in Ringing T3 mex with massfabs: It was removed from the game because of the performance penalty it can have for low-end computers. A feature like that doesn't belong in the default FAForever experience. You can find it as a UI mod: [image: 1694165325314-df9687cb-723f-4eff-a990-053831e790cb-image.png] My CPU too old, so low-end, but i see no any difference in perfomance when it enabled before, and removed now, but i use more time now at game start for build all this with select every mex in buildings menu, thats really penalty. Just hope all guys will know how to fix it back with that mod.

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@tankenabard said in Delete nothas: How do people use the Notha that makes them particularly effective? groundfire inbetween 2 t2 mex on dualgap 840 metal (afaik thats the cost of 2 nothas) investment kills 1800-2800 metal in one shot (2 t2 mex and maybe also 5 storages if there are just ringed t2 mexes then it is t2 mex+4 storages to kill in 1 bomb from 2 nothas wich is 1700 metal They are aslo dealing like 1250 damage, so 10 of then can one-shot ACU and if they miss they don't die from 1 hit from aa, they can even fight air and go for other targets on second pass or groundfire your com if you have managed to dodge So if you don't pay attansion to your ACU constantly you may just suddenly die and they don't have range limit like mercies have And it does work vs high rated players if they don't expect it They can also bomb t2 flack, tho probably worse than corsairs, they are great at killing TMD and eco structures They 2 shot all t2 pgens (other t2 bombers can't do that) so the answer is that if you send 2 nothas and they drop just once on a ringed t2 mex then they are already very effective You can just keep sending random nothas from different sides and keep killing eco most players can't properly split their air and if they are chasing one notha you just attack with them on other side of the map... and if opponent does split their air they risk loosing air as you maybe able to kinda bait them on your nothas They also have decent speed and even have radar Decent HP so maybe you can repair then in refueling stations after doing 1 bomb drop on enemy army that has aa or after an air fight

@phong said in Lags lags lags: I'm also a random map fan. Until these issues are resolved I'd love to play with more gap lag refugees like you, so you're officially invited. gladly

@magge This is an encoding issue. It seems that the GPGnet messages don’t get converted to UTF-8. As a result when the server tries to decode them it will encounter invalid bytes which causes it to kill the connection. I’m not sure if it’s the client or the ice adapters responsibility to make sure that the GPGNet messages are reencoded to utf8 before being forwarded to the server, but one of them should be doing it. I noticed this issue by looking at the errors in the server logs. Feel free to message me on zulip/discord if you want to try and fix this. For anyone else looking for a workaround… in theory you should be able to set your system encoding to utf8. I have not tried this though.

@karlshady said in mass spending: As an avid player of FAF, I agree with the sentiment that mass spending can lead to an unfair advantage in gameplay. While having a large collection of units and resources can certainly be helpful, it can also create a lopsided playing field where newer or more casual players are at a disadvantage. Found you, ChatGPT.

The short down of API was weeks ago - In discord is a status channel that tells you when API is down/up. It detects any changes automatically.

Please give us a replay + timestamp or we have nothing to work with

It's not unsolvable, but it would require more communication between the server and the lobby. That's complicated to set up and so far everybody that is theoretically capable of doing it has determined that their efforts are better spent elsewhere.

You can try Hotbuild Overhaul to make your own.

This is merged and available on deploy/fafdevelop

A UI mod can do this just fine - I'd recommend the author to make it 1/4th the resolution of the screen. That should help.