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    The current pre-release of the client ("pioneer" in the version) is only compatible to itself. So you can only play with other testers. Please be aware!

    Open discussion on testing and rollout of the new ice adapter

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    • K Offline
      Kilatamoro
      last edited by

      Is this supposed to help against DDoS?

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      • Brutus5000B Offline
        Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin @Kilatamoro
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        @Kilatamoro said in Open discussion on testing and rollout of the new ice adapter:

        Is this supposed to help against DDoS?

        Yes and no.
        Due to DDoS we can no longer run our own TURN servers, so we have to use 3rd party ones. Our current provider Xirsys seems to work, but people have still connectivity issues and it could be related due to issues in our current ice adapter. We know this, because it doesn't work together with Cloudflare TURN service at all.

        With the new solution we can use Cloudflare, which is also cheaper than Xirsys.

        So it does not directly impacts DDoS related problem, but it is related to it.

        He said, "I've been to the year 3000
        Not much has changed, but they live underwater
        And your great-great-great-granddaughter
        Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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          Surfer @Brutus5000
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          @Brutus5000 said in Open discussion on testing and rollout of the new ice adapter:

          No more debug connection window.

          There is an old trick serving a minimal html page from the application.
          Setup setInterval(1000,function(){location.reload()}) in the page header so the page refresh itself after timeout.

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          • CascadeC Offline
            Cascade
            last edited by

            i can get back on wifi and turn on the microwave if you need a stress test 🙂

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            • Brutus5000B Offline
              Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
              last edited by

              Testing is currently postponed due to DDoS issues

              He said, "I've been to the year 3000
              Not much has changed, but they live underwater
              And your great-great-great-granddaughter
              Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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                zelph-
                last edited by

                @Brutus5000 I and a few other in Australia play most weeks and really only ever play custom games. We are probably a good group to test, because we seem to often hit connectivity issues that cause people to leave and rejoin and switch networks sometimes. We should be able to manage getting eveyone on the same test client too.

                Are there some basic instructions for how to access, install and run the test client?

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                  Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin @zelph-
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                  @zelph said in Open discussion on testing and rollout of the new ice adapter:

                  Are there some basic instructions for how to access, install and run the test client?

                  Not yet, because we didn't find time to build a test release yet. DDoS is more important to fix right now (and it is really time consuming).

                  He said, "I've been to the year 3000
                  Not much has changed, but they live underwater
                  And your great-great-great-granddaughter
                  Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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                    Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
                    last edited by Brutus5000

                    Here is the first test build

                    ~~https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/vpioneer-beta-1~~
                    Please remember: it is not compatible to regular players!

                    Edi: Ok I was told it does not launch. Annoying. Need to do more testing on Windows...

                    He said, "I've been to the year 3000
                    Not much has changed, but they live underwater
                    And your great-great-great-granddaughter
                    Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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                      Sheikah
                      last edited by

                      https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/vpioneer-beta-2

                      Should launch

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                        Sheikah
                        last edited by

                        And this one should also login https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/v2025.6.0-pioneer-beta-1

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                          magge Moderator FAF Association Board
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                          FYI for any testers: You can install the Pioneer Build Client separately and have two working clients on your system - just choose a different install directory.

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                            zelph-
                            last edited by

                            For anyone installing the test client on Windows I would recommend taking a copy of your shortcut (and renaming) before you install the test client, as this will be overwritten by the test client installer.

                            I have tested and the client did run, but did not launch the game client. Bug raised with details in the repo. https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/issues/3355

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                              Sheikah
                              last edited by

                              A new beta version has been released that fixes the issue of the ice adapter not starting at https://github.com/FAForever/downlords-faf-client/releases/tag/v2025.6.0-pioneer-beta-2

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                                Sturmgewehr
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                                Is there a current status?
                                I tested “v2025.6.0-pioneer-beta-2” a few weeks ago.
                                My experience was as follows.
                                Client 1 was able to create a lobby (v2025.6.0-pioneer-beta-2).
                                Client 2 was unable to connect to the lobby (v2025.6.0-pioneer-beta-2).

                                There were no general connection problems with either client, as the standard version of FAF worked.

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                                  Sturmgewehr
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                                  @Brutus5000
                                  @Sheikah
                                  Is it still being actively worked on?
                                  If so, is there a new version that can be tested?

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                                  • Brutus5000B Offline
                                    Brutus5000 FAF Server Admin
                                    last edited by

                                    I don't have time to work on it currently.

                                    It doesn't work on testers machines with Windows, but it worked between 2 Linux machines 🤷

                                    He said, "I've been to the year 3000
                                    Not much has changed, but they live underwater
                                    And your great-great-great-granddaughter
                                    Is playin' FAF, playin' FAF"

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