I would like to share my newest creation: a modification to the lobby which:

• Hides not in-use lobby options
• Adds a bunch of minigames to the lobby to play while lobbysim-ing (Some even have multiplayer, but I havent tested them for full functionality yet)

Current games:

• Singleplayer + Multiplayer: Liars Dice, Battleship
• Multiplayer only: Chess
• Singleplayer only: Snake, Sudoku, Minesweeper, Dragonsweeper, Lag Clicker

HOW TO USE??? -> Click the minigames button in the top right next to settings.

First of all here is the download link: https://github.com/Nuggets75/nuggets-lobby/releases
Here is the public repo to read for those who are interested (and the source code of the wrapper.exe which is included in the download): https://github.com/Nuggets75/nuggets-lobby
(Want to know how it exactly works? Read on github!)

How to install:

1. Copy init_nuggets.lua into C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\
2. Copy the nuggets-lobby folder into C:\ProgramData\FAForever\ (next to bin)
3. Right-click nuggets-lobby\wrapper.exe → Properties → tick Unblock if it's there.
4. Tell your client to start the game through wrapper.exe:

Rust client

• Quit the client completely
• Open %APPDATA%\FAForever\FAForever Client\config\settings.json in Notepad.
• Find "launchWrapper": "" and change it to:
  "launchWrapper": "C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\nuggets-lobby\\wrapper.exe"
  (the double backslashes are required)
• Save and start the client.

Java client

• Settings → Forged Alliance → executable decorator. Replace "%s" with:
  "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\nuggets-lobby\wrapper.exe" %s

Done. You do not need a backup, since the actual lobbycode is not touched. If you no longer want to use this modification, simply remove the steps you did for the respective client.

Additional info:

• Everyone who wants to play the minigames together / against each other needs it installed on the same version.
• With the Rust client, the borderless window option doesnt apply while the wrapper is used
• If you have problems send me the wrapper.log and your game log

This was just a short, fun, project with no big goal in mind, but maybe it inspires others to create something similar (or actually fix the lobby!)

Also pinging @robogear sind he requested this a while ago and @originalangel for asking today aswell