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    • tatsuT
      tatsu
      last edited by

      the point of UI-festival the way I see it is only if you have two screens of different resolutions.

      if your two screens are of the same resolution UI-Party is the one for you.

      How to setup FAF on linux

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      • arma473A
        arma473
        last edited by

        one is landscape, the other one is portrait. So it probably just won't work for me. I'm doing okay without fake fullscreen so I guess i will just stick with that. Thanks for your help though.

        Is there a way to get any kind of optimization without fake fullscreen? Can I use AHK to prioritize the thread, without fake fullscreen?

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        • Sir-PrizeS
          Sir-Prize
          last edited by

          Is there a benefit to doing it the way outlined in the OP over using an app like Game Companion?

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          • tatsuT
            tatsu
            last edited by

            well yes,

            1. this is more optimized, lower consumption of resources than Game companion and
            2. this allows to execute our optimization of FA itself.

            How to setup FAF on linux

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            • tatsuT
              tatsu @arma473
              last edited by

              @arma473 well that's where you would need UI-Festival.

              anyways it's up to you

              How to setup FAF on linux

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              • Sir-PrizeS
                Sir-Prize
                last edited by

                @tatsu said in [Guide] : fake-fullscreen and optimisation:

                There are multiple versions of the script depending on your monitor setup, and whether you just want the windowed fullscreen, the optimization, or both.

                This makes it seem like you shouldn't need fake fullscreen for the optimisation. As it is, I couldn't get the fake fullscreen to work this way for some reason (probably user error) so I will just switch back to what I was doing before I guess.

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                • arma473A
                  arma473
                  last edited by

                  Just so no one has to look for it, from the prior thread, here is the script given if you want to use AHK for optimization, without using it for Fake Fullscreen. There are other examples of scripts people used in the prior thread (https://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9778)

                  #NoEnv
                  SendMode Input
                  SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
                  #Persistent
                  
                  procName := "ForgedAlliance.exe"
                  SetTimer, CheckProc, 2000
                  Return
                  
                  
                  CheckProc:
                      If (!ProcessExist(procName))
                          Return
                  
                      WinGet Style, Style, % "ahk_exe " procName
                      If (Style & 0xC40000)
                      {
                  Run, %comspec% /c process -a forgedalliance.exe 111111111110    ;remember to edit this to fit you thread count!!
                  Run, %comspec% /c process -p forgedalliance.exe high
                      }
                      Return
                  
                  ProcessExist(exeName)
                  {
                     Process, Exist, %exeName%
                     return ERRORLEVEL
                  }
                  
                  return
                  

                  (And remember to edit the thread count where the comment in the code indicates, e.g. 1110 for 4 logical cores, 11111110 for 8 cores)

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                    RikuTengu
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                    • tatsuT
                      tatsu
                      last edited by tatsu

                      yeah I had that too.

                      check the spacing.

                      it's space sensitive for where it begins and ends the loops.
                      mine looks like this :

                      1ed264e8-1055-4573-9393-24cda1998ab7-image.png

                      How to setup FAF on linux

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                      • SpikeyNoobS
                        SpikeyNoob Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Can the fake full screen / multi monitor thing be done on linux?

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                        • tatsuT
                          tatsu @SpikeyNoob
                          last edited by

                          @SpikeyNoob said in [Guide] : fake-fullscreen and optimisation:

                          Can the fake full screen / multi monitor thing be done on linux?

                          no.

                          I don't think so.

                          I gave up but if you find a way let me know!

                          look here : https://forum.faforever.com/topic/123/guide-fake-fullscreen-and-optimisation/2

                          what’s the Linux step by step

                          How to setup FAF on linux

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                          • SpikeyNoobS
                            SpikeyNoob Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            ok worth a shot ig. Ill let u know if I ever figure it out.

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                            • IO_NoxI
                              IO_Nox
                              last edited by Deribus

                              Made anower variant of AHK script.
                              Using Win 10, AutoHotkey, Steam version of game and Downlord's FAF Client.
                              For some reason Steam runs "SupremeCommander.exe", FAF Client runs "ForgedAlliance.exe".

                              I made some manipulations to make AHK script

                              • stop or pause by itself if game haven't started after 2 minutes or right after script done all things,

                              • do things only once on each game start,

                              • do nothing then nothing is needed and also

                              • run singleplayer from descktop shortcut made by Steam,

                              • run multyplayer from descktop shortcut for Downlord's FAF Client.

                              Lets start from Steam descktop sortcut:
                              Just right click game shortcut , go to Properties and change URL (I had steam://rungameid/9420, we will start it in script) and insert full file path to your script, Save. Old URL insert into script.
                              To check it, simply open sortcut in any notepad you have. You will see somethig like that:
                              File "Supreme Commander Forged Alliance.url":

                              [{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
                              Prop3=19,9
                              [InternetShortcut]
                              IDList=
                              IconIndex=0
                              URL=file:///D:/Program%20Files/FAF%20borderleess%20fullscreen%20window.ahk
                              IconFile=D:\Steam\steam\games\540979be595a41206b56a2e427c29dce1c212ad2.ico
                              HotKey=0
                              

                              Note: just Ctrl+C -> Ctrl+V full file path, Windows will add "file:///...%20..." staff by itself if done in Properties.

                              Next is doing the same for FAF Client:
                              Right click this time Downlord's FAF Client sortcut (it is standard *.lnk, no url staff) go to Properties and change Object path from "D:\Program Files\Downlord's FAF Client\downlords-faf-client.exe" to "D:\Program Files\Downlord's FAF Client\FAF borderleess.ahk". Old Object run in script.

                              So, it is time for scripts!

                              Scrip file "FAF borderleess fullscreen window.ahk" in "D:/Program Files/" directory for singleplayer:

                              #NoEnv
                              SendMode Input
                              SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
                              #Persistent
                              
                              Run, steam://rungameid/9420
                              procName := "SupremeCommander.exe"
                              
                              Process, Wait, %procName%, 120 ; Waits for process to start, no more then 120 seconds
                              NewPID := ErrorLevel
                              if not NewPID
                              {
                                  MsgBox The specified process did not appear.
                                  ExitApp ; Stop this script
                              }
                              
                              SetTimer, CheckProc, 2000
                              return
                              
                              CheckProc:
                                  if (!ProcessExist(procName))
                                      return
                                   
                                  WinGet Style, Style, % "ahk_exe " procName
                                  if (Style & 0xC40000)
                                  {
                                      WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, % "ahk_exe " procName ; remove the titlebar and border(s)
                                      WinMove, % "ahk_exe " procName , , 0, 0, 1920, 1080 ; move the window to 0,0 and resize it to fit across 1 or 2 monitors.
                                      WinMaximize, % "ahk_exe " procName
                                      WinRestore, % "ahk_exe " procName
                              
                                      ; set High priority and cores affinity 
                                      Process, Priority, %procName%, H
                                      ProcessHandle := DllCall("OpenProcess", "UInt", 0x1F0FFF, "Int", false, "UInt", NewPID)
                                      DllCall("SetProcessAffinityMask", "UInt", ProcessHandle, "UInt", 14 ) ; 1110x2 = 14x10 CPU 0 unchecked, CPU 1-3 checked
                                      DllCall("CloseHandle", "UInt", ProcessHandle)
                              
                                      ExitApp  ; Stop this script
                                  }
                              return
                              
                              ProcessExist(exeName)
                              {
                                 Process, Exist, %exeName%
                                 return !!ERRORLEVEL
                              }
                              return
                              

                              This one starts before singleplayer, calls Steam to run the game, waits for game, does borderleess fullscreen and optimisation and stops right after that. No script running while you are playing.

                              Scrip file "FAF borderleess.ahk" in "D:\Program Files\Downlord's FAF Client" directory for multyplayer:

                              #NoEnv
                              SendMode Input
                              SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%
                              #Persistent
                              
                              Run, downlords-faf-client.exe
                              
                              procName := "ForgedAlliance.exe"
                              procNameClient := "downlords-faf-client.exe"
                              
                              Process, Wait, %procNameClient%, 120 ; Waits for process to start, no more then 120 seconds
                              NewPID := ErrorLevel
                              if not NewPID
                              {
                                  MsgBox The specified process did not appear.
                                  ExitApp ; Stop this script
                              }
                              
                              SetTimer, CheckProc, 2000
                              
                              ; Stop then FAF Client stoped
                              Process, WaitClose, %procNameClient%
                              ExitApp
                              
                              CheckProc:
                                  if (!ProcessExist(procName))
                                      return
                              
                                  WinGet Style, Style, % "ahk_exe " procName
                                  if (Style & 0xC40000)
                                  {
                                      WinSet, Style, -0xC40000, % "ahk_exe " procName ; remove the titlebar and border(s)
                                      WinMove, % "ahk_exe " procName , , 0, 0, 1920, 1080 ; move the window to 0,0 and resize it to fit across 1 or 2 monitors.
                                      WinMaximize, % "ahk_exe " procName
                                      WinRestore, % "ahk_exe " procName
                              
                                      ; set High priority and cores affinity 
                                      Process, Priority, %procName%, H
                                      NewPID := ErrorLevel
                                      ProcessHandle := DllCall("OpenProcess", "UInt", 0x1F0FFF, "Int", false, "UInt", NewPID)
                                      DllCall("SetProcessAffinityMask", "UInt", ProcessHandle, "UInt", 14 ) ; 1110x2 = 14x10 CPU 0 unchecked, CPU 1-3 checked
                                      DllCall("CloseHandle", "UInt", ProcessHandle)
                              
                                      Process, WaitClose, %procName%
                                  }
                              return
                              
                              ProcessExist(exeName)
                              {
                                 Process, Exist, %exeName%
                                 return !!ERRORLEVEL
                              }
                              return
                              

                              This starts before FAF Client and waits for FAF Client to run the game. Script is checking for game in loop every 2 seconds. On every game start it does borderleess fullscreen and optimisation BUT does NOT stop after that. Script pauses the loop while you are playing, but is still running while doing nothing. Then the game is over script will resume the loop to catch your next game start. Once you stops FAF Client, sript will stop automaticully.

                              Now :

                              • sortcurts will run AHK scripts,

                              • scripts will run game in Steam or run FAF Client,

                              • scripts do nothing while you are in game

                              • you don't need to stop scripts and

                              • you can hide script file anywhere (well, for FAF Client better keep it in client's dir, maybe becase of ' in directory name).

                              • Oh, and you need only AutoHotkey for this to work.

                              If all worked fine you will see in task manager high priority and unchecked first core (CPU 0) affinity for game process, "fake fullscreen mode" in game and no Alt+Tab issues.

                              Note:
                              In case your taskbar don't want to hide at all (rarely happens when very actively using other soft at game start, so I don't fix it) you may add hotkey or auto hiding like this:

                              Process, Wait, %procName%, 120
                              NewPID := ErrorLevel
                              if not NewPID
                              {
                                  MsgBox The specified process did not appear.
                                  ExitApp
                              }
                              ; hide taskbar on process start
                              HideShowTaskbar(true)
                              
                              ; here do anythig like SetTimer, CheckProc, 2000
                              
                              Process, WaitClose, %procName%
                              ; show taskbar on process stop and stop this script
                              HideShowTaskbar(false)
                              ExitApp
                              
                              ; set action to true to hide or false to show Taskbar
                              HideShowTaskbar(action) {
                                 static ABM_SETSTATE := 0xA, ABS_AUTOHIDE := 0x1, ABS_ALWAYSONTOP := 0x2
                                 VarSetCapacity(APPBARDATA, size := 2*A_PtrSize + 2*4 + 16 + A_PtrSize, 0)
                                 NumPut(size, APPBARDATA), NumPut(WinExist("ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd"), APPBARDATA, A_PtrSize)
                                 NumPut(action ? ABS_AUTOHIDE : ABS_ALWAYSONTOP, APPBARDATA, size - A_PtrSize)
                                 DllCall("Shell32\SHAppBarMessage", UInt, ABM_SETSTATE, Ptr, &APPBARDATA)
                              }
                              
                              taskBarIsHidden = false
                              ; ["ctrl" + "win" + "z"] hotkey to toggle taskbar
                              ; this should be in the end of the script, nothing else worked otherwise...
                              ^#z:: HideShowTaskbar(taskBarIsHidden := taskBarIsHidden = true ? false : true)
                              
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                              • tatsuT
                                tatsu
                                last edited by

                                wow well done @IO_Nox !

                                How to setup FAF on linux

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                                • IO_NoxI
                                  IO_Nox @tatsu
                                  last edited by

                                  @tatsu

                                  Not that well it seems)
                                  Thanks for you comment I reread post and found one significant error:
                                  It seem I Copy-pasted not the latest version, multipleer script neend one extra line to make it pause the loop
                                  " Process, WaitClose, %procName%" in the end of "if" section. Without this line script do not pause the loop...

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                                  • IO_NoxI
                                    IO_Nox
                                    last edited by

                                    One more error fix: in "NewPID" remain procces ID of FAF Client, not the game, so process affinity was set for FAF Client, not for game 😕
                                    Fixed by adding "NewPID := ErrorLevel" after setting high priority:

                                    ; set High priority and cores affinity 
                                            Process, Priority, %procName%, H
                                            NewPID := ErrorLevel
                                            ProcessHandle := DllCall("OpenProcess", "UInt", 0x1F0FFF, "Int", false, "UInt", NewPID)
                                            DllCall("SetProcessAffinityMask", "UInt", ProcessHandle, "UInt", 14 ) ; 1110x2 = 14x10 CPU 0 unchecked, CPU 1-3 checked
                                            DllCall("CloseHandle", "UInt", ProcessHandle)
                                            
                                            Process, WaitClose, %procName%
                                        }
                                    

                                    Hope it was last one...

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                                    • tatsuT
                                      tatsu
                                      last edited by

                                      whenever I'm back on windows I'll give it a spin and I'll let you know!

                                      How to setup FAF on linux

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                                      • MostLostNoobM
                                        MostLostNoob @IO_Nox
                                        last edited by

                                        @io_nox Thanks for the script revision (also thanks to @tatsu for the original). I do have a couple questions.

                                        1. How would I revise the line for changing the affinity for 16 logical processors?

                                        2. To use this for the LOUD mod which uses the exe from the base SCFA install (Steam for me) but points to its own init file for loading, would I just need to replace "steam://rungameid/9420" in the script with the contents of the Target of the LOUD desktop shortcut ("F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe" /log "..\logs\Loud.log" /init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua")?

                                        Any help you can provide is appreciated.

                                        Thanks.

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                                        • tatsuT
                                          tatsu @MostLostNoob
                                          last edited by

                                          @mostlostnoob

                                          1. well I type 1s and I count to 15 with every 1 and then I type a 0 :

                                          1111111111111110

                                          do you mean with the IO_Nox method? no idea. maybe it does it automatically with his code?

                                          1. Again I don't know what script you're talking about. if it's mine then you just need to detect whatever exe so the name would be "SupremeCommander.exe"

                                          How to setup FAF on linux

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                                          • IO_NoxI
                                            IO_Nox @MostLostNoob
                                            last edited by

                                            affinity for 16 logical processors

                                            as @tatsu said 15 ones and last zero may work, by on my 4 threads in win 10 number 1110 have not worked and 14 worked well. So you can try 1111111111111110 and if it is not working here some counting systems math staf:

                                            • for me 4 threads, so - 1110 in binary is 0 * 2^0 + 1 * 2^1 + 1 * 2^2 + 1 * 2^3 = 0 * 1 + 1 * 2 + 1 * 4 + 1 * 8 = 14 in decimal (normaly used in live)
                                            • for your 16 threads: 1111111111111110 binary is 65534 in decimal (from some random converter in goole search first page) 3a022b3d-6273-410f-b842-9eb21f045a27-image.png
                                              so you will have:
                                            DllCall("SetProcessAffinityMask", "UInt", ProcessHandle, "UInt", 65534 )
                                            

                                            It works like you are setting yes/no flags for each CPU: 0 to disable and 1 to anable, and combines result in 1 number. Flag f for CPU-N will be f * 2^N and sum of all flags is your number. Why fist CPU-0 is always last right? It's because in numbers power order is reverted - similar way 65534 in decimal is 4 * 10^0 + 3 * 10^1 + 5 * 10^2 + 5 * 10^3 + 6 * 10^4

                                            replace "steam://rungameid/9420" in the script with the contents of the Target of the LOUD desktop shortcut ("F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe" /log "..\logs\Loud.log" /init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua")?

                                            Should work I think, thecnicaly it is just link or path to executable file. Where is no tricky symbols in path ""F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe"
                                            but I don't know if " /log "..\logs\Loud.log" /init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua"" additional part will work properly but usually it should work.

                                            Based on this https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#Remarks
                                            and this
                                            https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/9603-run-exe-with-parameters/

                                            Try somethig like

                                            Run, "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe" /log "..\logs\Loud.log" /init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua"
                                            

                                            or

                                            Run, "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe" log "..\logs\Loud.log"  init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua"
                                            

                                            or

                                            Run %ComSpec% /c ""F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\bin\SupremeCommander.exe" /log "..\logs\Loud.log" /init "..\LOUD\bin\LoudDataPath.lua""
                                            

                                            or anover variation.

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