Not sure about the Sonar thing, but when it is part of the Steel series, then I would guess so. @magge said in Solutions for SND: Error, XACT: Invalid arg, XACT3DApply failed: The following software are known to cause conflicts with Supreme Commander or the FAF client: Steel Series GG Software Suite Steel Series and Corsair Driver Packages Creative Speaker Drivers Killer Audio/Networking Citrix Systems Overwolf Overlay Sophos VPN Asus GPU Tweak III The following hardware may cause conflicts: Intel Core stability issues in 13th and 14th Gen Processors (Discord Thread About The Issue: Link)

Thanks! But as an aside, I found it all by myself and all is fine. I watched several replays and started a game against AI just to make sure!

it is the lobby chat I'm talking about. And it's not just my problem. Many of my friends commented to me about having the same problem.

just uninstall it or make it not run on startup. or just close it everytime you run faf

@popsniper That’s bizarre and I don’t think that’s how steam works

That actually solved my problem!!!!! Thanks much...who would have guessed that NVIDIA would do such a dastardly thing to us poor unsuspecting FAF players. I can finally do something I have been trying to do for years!

⇉ You can navigate to the folders via the FAF client itself (see attached image) Overview: client.log → Contains information about the FAF client itself. Important when client crashes. game_replay_id.log → Contains information about a certain played game. Important when game crashes. client.prefs → This JSON config file stores game settings like installation path, preferences, hotkeys, notes, enabled mods, mod and map directories, chat and notification settings, window size and position, and last game type/title. Default log location: On Windows: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Forged Alliance Forever\logs On Linux: ~/.faforever/logs client.prefs location: On Windows: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Forged Alliance Forever On Linux: ~/.faforever [image: 1693321191396-f0dcbf83-2360-4769-93a7-fc6725e23f9a-image.png]

just select stereo at 44.1 k and 16 bit

60 seconds per player in real time

Switching back to stereo on my headphone sound system fixed the problem. I had headphones on 7.1 surround sound.

@popsniper If it's any help, I've found that using the matchmaker (rather than joining custom games) seems to result in ALL my games adjusting my rating appropriately.

I'm that friend I can't see his games in the lobby or the right hand window if you chat with them. I've set the Ivp6 settings on/off, set the faf server it connects to Germany. Nothing seems to change. Its only Pops and 1 other users games I can't see in the lobby. Other friends can see their games. They also can see lobby games I create but not the other way around

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I removed all mods and game now works fine! Thanks.

In the mods manager - you can click them to enable / disable them.

Are you concerned that your rating is unfairly low, because you actually have good skills? If that's the problem, then do what @Askaholic said, play custom 1v1 matches to gain rating. OR is the problem that your rating is accurate? If that's the situation, you need a different solution: 1 - git gud. You have to want to git gud, practice in 1v1s to get there (you won't learn anything in team games, you have 2k team games already, in order to learn you need to take responsibility for everything). I wrote a guide for 1v1s that can give you ideas of what to work on. 2 - host your own lobbies. Nobody can kick you, you can kick anybody, you can "foe" people to keep them away from your lobbies. Take control. Take control of your rating or take control of the lobbies you play in.

Btw there is a proper release of v1.2.0 now so u dont need to use some Release Candidate(RC) version, but yu client will also inform you about the update in the bell