Solved:
Validated files via Steam. One was corrupted. Replacing file failed to fix the issue.

Uninstalled and reinstalled the game. That appears to have solved the issue.

@magge We have done the usual Sound related fixes, because audio was not working at first. So we deactivated any 3D sound settings and other fancy software like Steelseries Sonar. After that, sound was working for everyone.

I think it might be related to a script that was executed on that particular map. The crash happened at least once right after the event where the map increased in size for the first time, and at least once shortly after the second scripted event. The line you highlighted (nil value) could be the culprit, but I am not familar with lua and that code, so I can't be sure. I am familiar with a few other programming languages though, so if I can help in debugging in any way, let me know.

Again, thanks for looking into this!

It was the issue!

Indeed I used the uninstall software, I never manually delete the folder.

Thanks a lot!!

This problem should be fixed with the hotfix that is now live @kankkarankka

Ok so perfect, after the patch released today, I can carry on going "Boom" on both custom and ladder lobbies- thanks to all for sorting.

@savage_messiah
Try hosting on the faf develop game type.
There is a fix, that's going to be released today/tomorrow. If develop works for you, the new version will solve your problems.

Indeed it was.

I think it's linked to the DDOS issue. Give it time. The dev team here will eventually figure out a solution, or the person behind the attacks may at some point find something meaningful to do with their life.

The issue still persists. Someone please advice, I am locked out of playing the game as it stands for now.
I attached the log file the client creates when it fails.

client.log

I have the same issue bro, i can even play any other online game perfectly fine, FAF is the only one causing issues

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@redx Good morning!
Thanks for the feedback and help!
It was indeed my AV that was the blocking factor.
After I turned off AV, I got a windows firewall pop up to allow FAF.

Once this was allowed, it was working again.
Now I can play again with AV on, always a bonus!

I wish I could say I'm surprised it's not as simple as updating a stylesheet, I am not surprised. The one universal constant is that forum software will always be annoying as hell to run.

Ok that seemed to work thx

Your account Cory_faf is only linked to one steam account. There is not a single user in the database that has 2 steam accounts. It's not possible.

So can you tell us a little more what problem you are actually facing? (I mean assuming you could have 2 steam ids, who cares? You can play and everything is fine.)

@monkey_gamer The flags are temporarily not available due to recent changes to the client & server to help with mitigating the DDoS attacks, but they'll return in a future update.

As for your connection issues, in the FAF client, go to the top left menu > Settings > Forged Alliance Forever > make sure Allow the ICE adapter to use IPv6 is not checked. Next, scroll down to Preferred Cotruns for ICE & change that to one of the Germany servers. After that, scroll all the way back up & if Force Relay Connection is checked, uncheck it after making those changes to IPv6 & Coturn.

In addition to that, I'd suggest that you also do the following:

Enable the FAF Debugger (client > top left menu > Settings > Forged Alliance Forever > Use FAF Debugger when starting Forged Alliance > click the checkbox to enable > click "Get the latest version of the debugger" button). Enable the ICE Log (client > top left menu > Settings > General > Write ICE Log File > click the checkbox to enable).

Enabling both of these will provide more detailed logs for the game & the connection system that's used (ICE) to help with troubleshooting.

The next time you have issues, please go to client > top left menu > Show logs folder > logs > sort by Date Modified. From there, drag/drop the following files into a new post in the #tech-support-forum channel:

The client.log file (the Text Document file, not the .gz compressed files) The most recent game log file (should be of the game that just froze/crashed) The most recent ice-adapter.log & the advanced-ice-adapter.log (both in a separate folder)

Along with those files, please also include some details as to what the issue is, what you were doing when it occurred & what, if any, troubleshooting steps you've already taken so somebody with expertise (most likely not me) can take a look & hopefully help you.

Also, aside from the game crashing (above), the FAF client crashed. Not sure if that happened first and that someone causes the game to crash??? Anyway. this appears to be the log for the FAF client crashing. Crashes seem quite bad in v0.10.

How does one get involved in improving FAF. I'm a developer, did 3000 years of Java back in the way and happy to contribute another pair of eyes on this.

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
Suppressed: reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnAssembly$OnAssemblyException:
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
*______________________ ? at reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperations.receiveObject(ChannelOperations.java:277)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:572)
|_ Flux.map ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:573)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.fromInbound(ByteBufFlux.java:71)
|_ ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.asString(ByteBufFlux.java:259)
|_ Flux.flatMapIterable ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:161)
|_ Flux.windowUntil ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:162)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:163)
|_ Flux.doOnError ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:164)
|_ Flux.doOnComplete ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:165)
|_ Flux.doOnCancel ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:166)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:167)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:181)
|_ Flux.doOnNext ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:188)
|_ Flux.then ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:194)
*Mono.firstWithSignal ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:229)
| Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.lambda$handle$4(WebsocketFinalizer.java:105)
| Flux.doFinally ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.lambda$handle$4(WebsocketFinalizer.java:106)
*____Mono.flatMapMany ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.handle(WebsocketFinalizer.java:105)
| Flux.doOnCancel ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection(FafLobbyClient.kt:231)
| Flux.doOnSubscribe ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection(FafLobbyClient.kt:232)
Original Stack Trace:
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:426)
at io.netty.buffer.UnpooledDirectByteBuf.setBytes(UnpooledDirectByteBuf.java:570)
at io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBuf.writeBytes(AbstractByteBuf.java:1132)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doReadBytes(NioSocketChannel.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:151)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:788)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:724)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:650)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:562)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:997)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-21T10:29:24.432+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-21T10:29:24.433+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-2] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect
2023-10-21T10:29:24.434+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [single-1] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connection cancelled
2023-10-21T10:29:24.477+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [nioEventLoopGroup-2-1] c.f.client.chat.KittehChatService : Connecting to IRC
2023-10-21T10:29:24.570+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connected to ws.faforever.com on port 443
2023-10-21T10:30:28.274+11:00 ERROR 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel closed with error

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
Suppressed: reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnAssembly$OnAssemblyException:
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
*______________________ ? at reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperations.receiveObject(ChannelOperations.java:277)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:572)
|_ Flux.map ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:573)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.fromInbound(ByteBufFlux.java:71)
|_ ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.asString(ByteBufFlux.java:259)
|_ Flux.flatMapIterable ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:161)
|_ Flux.windowUntil ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:162)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:163)
Original Stack Trace:
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:426)
at io.netty.buffer.UnpooledDirectByteBuf.setBytes(UnpooledDirectByteBuf.java:570)
at io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBuf.writeBytes(AbstractByteBuf.java:1132)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doReadBytes(NioSocketChannel.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:151)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:788)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:724)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:650)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:562)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:997)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-21T10:30:28.275+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Inbound channel cancelled
2023-10-21T10:30:28.276+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Outbound channel cancelled
2023-10-21T10:30:28.277+11:00 WARN 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Could not connect to server retrying: Attempt #0 of 5

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
Suppressed: reactor.core.publisher.FluxOnAssembly$OnAssemblyException:
Error has been observed at the following site(s):
*______________________ ? at reactor.netty.channel.ChannelOperations.receiveObject(ChannelOperations.java:277)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:572)
|_ Flux.map ? at reactor.netty.ReactorNetty.publisherOrScalarMap(ReactorNetty.java:573)
|_ Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.fromInbound(ByteBufFlux.java:71)
|_ ? at reactor.netty.ByteBufFlux.asString(ByteBufFlux.java:259)
|_ Flux.flatMapIterable ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:161)
|_ Flux.windowUntil ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:162)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:163)
|_ Flux.doOnError ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:164)
|_ Flux.doOnComplete ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:165)
|_ Flux.doOnCancel ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:166)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:167)
|_ Flux.flatMap ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:181)
|_ Flux.doOnNext ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:188)
|_ Flux.then ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:194)
*Mono.firstWithSignal ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection$lambda-43(FafLobbyClient.kt:229)
| Flux.from ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.lambda$handle$4(WebsocketFinalizer.java:105)
| Flux.doFinally ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.lambda$handle$4(WebsocketFinalizer.java:106)
*____Mono.flatMapMany ? at reactor.netty.http.client.WebsocketFinalizer.handle(WebsocketFinalizer.java:105)
| Flux.doOnCancel ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection(FafLobbyClient.kt:231)
| Flux.doOnSubscribe ? at com.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyClient.openConnection(FafLobbyClient.kt:232)
Original Stack Trace:
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.throwConnectionReset(SocketChannelImpl.java:394)
at java.base/sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.read(SocketChannelImpl.java:426)
at io.netty.buffer.UnpooledDirectByteBuf.setBytes(UnpooledDirectByteBuf.java:570)
at io.netty.buffer.AbstractByteBuf.writeBytes(AbstractByteBuf.java:1132)
at io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel.doReadBytes(NioSocketChannel.java:357)
at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:151)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:788)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:724)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:650)
at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:562)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$4.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:997)
at io.netty.util.internal.ThreadExecutorMap$2.run(ThreadExecutorMap.java:74)
at io.netty.util.concurrent.FastThreadLocalRunnable.run(FastThreadLocalRunnable.java:30)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

2023-10-21T10:30:28.279+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Disconnected from server
2023-10-21T10:30:28.280+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-9] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Attempting to reconnect
2023-10-21T10:30:28.280+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [single-1] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connection cancelled
2023-10-21T10:30:28.308+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [nioEventLoopGroup-2-2] c.f.client.chat.KittehChatService : Connecting to IRC
2023-10-21T10:30:28.342+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [reactor-http-nio-11] c.faforever.commons.lobby.FafLobbyApi : Connected to ws.faforever.com on port 443
2023-10-21T10:31:32.047+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [taskScheduler-1] c.f.client.config.PreferencesConfig : Writing preferences file %USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Forged Alliance Forever\client.prefs
2023-10-21T10:36:32.051+11:00 INFO 14552 --- [taskScheduler-1] c.f.client.config.PreferencesConfig : Writing preferences file %USER_PROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Forged Alliance Forever\client.prefs

Should be fixed again. (More changes to protect against DoS attacks)