Mirrors for slow downloads

Askaholic

EDIT: FAF has moved to CloudFlare for file distributions so this post is no longer applicable, and the steps described here will no longer work.

This is a list of known and semi-trusted mirrors for certain FAF downloads. These may come in handy if you are experiencing extremely slow download speeds.

Mirrors for game files:

~~https://faf-mirror.askaholic.io (hosted by Askaholic)~~
Notes: offline Latest version of game files only, faf featured mod only, US east (NY)

Mirrors for GitHub releases

https://faf-mirror.brutus5000.net (hosted by Brutus5000)
Notes: Client installers only

How to use them

You will need the 2022.1.0 version of the client or later.

Go to Settings > Data and Caches and enter the mirror URL in the box.

Now when the client needs to download any game files it will first check the list of configured mirrors from top to bottom before trying to get them from the main server.

For instructions on downloading and installing the files manually I made a short post here: https://askaholic.io/faf-mirror/

Askaholic

Updated with instructions on how to use mirrors with the latest client.

lynx_nz

are there any tools we can use to build additional mirrors?

Askaholic

@lynx_nz No, there are currently no official tools for hosting your own mirrors.

We have also recently been messing around with putting our content server behind CloudFlare to see if that helps with the download speed issues, so using mirrors like this might not be necessary in the long term.