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a mod that removes the unnecessary huge borderline from the minimap.

Suggestion: SACU explosion should be different from the ACU. I think even Gyle mentions it several times that it is really distracting.

Hello,

it would be much better if the people who have problems with the client need to follow a certain very basic template, otherwise their topic should be removed, with a friendly reminder.

They are just spamming - in best case scenario - their crash dump without any formatting/context or information about the system. They do not tell us what they have already tried to solve it, so we can all increase our post counter with asking the same basic questions which should be already answered in the first place.

Furthermore, they spend zero effort into it and expect we have the all solving magic glass ball ready for them.

I would like to see that the process is more fluent, so the mods and community can help them faster and with high value answers.

Some ideas to brainstorm -

Template:

0. I have read the FAQ about common solutions: Yes/No
1. Game Version:
2. Windows Version:
3. Which security software:
4. Game reinstalled?: Yes/No
5. FAF reinstalled?: Yes/No
6. If error caused by Mod/Map → reinstalled?
7. What have you tried to solve the problem so far?

Attach the log via https://pastebin.com/ and share the link.

The vet system brings too much gameplay and fun to the table to just blatantly remove it. Just so the Setons player can have instead of their -10 air fight, a -7 fight for their ~30 seconds. Not a very good argument against the whole vet, because normally there is not a problem with that.

The vet system is not perfect, but at the moment it is good enough to focus on other problems. cough RAS SACUS cough

Could be the air revamped to produce less spam? Debatable.

I can offer to archive all replays and make them accessible to others as well. Size and traffic do not matter for my google drive.

edit: Others can make backups as well

If you would play on a different map than "Only Astro Crater Battles RICH 4x4" than things would be a lot different. It is a heavy turtle map without many tactics and gameplay elements you would have in a "normal" map. (Examples: Raiding, drops, TML, etc)

I can understand your thoughts about that topic when I have your favorite map in mind.

But I can not understand the most other assumptions you make without seeing a replay ID.

Like "Flak can easily rip apart every air unit" or "You also cannot easily get in my land when a few pd simply block specific entrances." -> You mean the ONLY little gap entrance you have on your only played map?

Could you help me understand your balance thoughts with some replay IDs which demonstrate the problem?

Suggestion:

1. A filter for custom games like

• do not show me games with map XY
• do not show me games where rating range is under/over 1000
• do not show me games where title has the following keywords in it [noobs only, welcome all, noob party, any insults, only RU, etc]

2. Show me when the host has created the game. 5 minutes ago, 1 hour ago, yesterday

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

I would also be interested in this:

Example with the same hotkey:

Select t1 eng -> cycle through t1 fabs
Select t2 eng -> cycle through t2 fabs
Select t3 eng -> cycle through t3 fabs

Thank you so very much for your thoughts on this - This looks really awesome.

I watched some casts, I really like it. Especially the nice attitude overall. +1 sub from me.

May I add the suggestion to get the mod 'advanced mini map' to remove the unnecessary thick border from the minimap?

RAS can build, fight, reclaim, assist, and move and it is really hard to balance that. The fact that x-minutes theoretically the Fabs are better eco-wise is just not worth the static C4 in your base.

I am open-minded to try different solutions.

I was wondering if it is still true if I leave the game from the spectating mode

Yes.

The images are a bit confusing to look at. Not sure what it does exactly.

Wouldn't it be much better this way? Get rid of that element:

https://i.imgur.com/ZxBkPH3.png

I watched the replay, and even I could hear the despairing cry in front his screen. That bug, or whatever it is, is really annoying and silly.

In the evening (EU timezone) there are always enough players who are in the 2on2 queue.

Unfortunate, I can not pinpoint the error. It seems there are some entries missing or not getting written to the file while the game crashes.

Maybe it has something to do with the sound system/driver. But that is a guess.

warning: Unknown DirectSound speaker configuration 8. Defaulting to Stereo.
warning: SND: XACT3DApply failed. Invalid arg

Does the window event manager have more information about the crash?

The last reports I did weeks ago are still 'awaiting'. I am not sure, if the whole report system is broke or FaF has not enough moderators solving those tickets, but it feels odd that it takes so long until something happens and ultimately more like I have wasted my time to create those tickets.

Even when the offenders get suddenly a warning from a moderator or even an out time for one week (which will totally not happen). How weird must it felt for them when the "punishment" is months later?

At this time it is just open season for racism, insults and other bad behavior. The last bunch of offenders I did not even report anymore, it's wasted time.

I can totally understand things can take quite some time, because it is a volunteer based project - Everyone has my biggest respect working on FaF - We have the tools like blacklisting, but for members it can be very confusing and frustrating when those other report-tools have zero impact. Especially, because those are super important to create a friendlier community.

I would not invest too much time into those game analyses until you hit 1200+. Time would be better invested for the next game until you have some basic routines in your blood. Your mindset is good and you have a certain solid BO, you just need to get more game experience.

This was already talked to death. Basically, it is a good idea, but too much work to implement, especially when there are other bugs/features needed.