Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2020-04-25T15:26:28+02:00

Solution: "Did you turn it off and on again?"

1) In Downlord's FAF Client, go to "Settings" > Genral > Use Fallback Vault location > ON
The client will use C:\ProgramData\FAForever\user\maps...\mods etc. as an alternative location for all that stuff.

2) Restart the client and join a game or start a game (I don't know if it is necessary to actually join/start a game, but I did and it worked)

3) In Downlord's FAF Client, go to "Settings" > General > Use Fallback Vault location > OFF
This will put the primary directory back to C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\maps... \mods

4) Exit the client. Move all files which may have been created during 1) and 2) to C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\maps... \mods Replays will still be saved to C:\ProgramData\FAForever\replays\

5) Start the client and you should be all set. At least for me everything was back to normal after doing this.

Statistics: Posted by RoC — 25 Apr 2020, 15:26

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2020-04-25T01:11:04+02:00

I think what I posted here sounds like the same problem: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19118
Only I couldn't figure out which folder the files should be placed in.
Logs are attached to my post.

beyond what has been discussed here:
* The client stopped creating FAF replay files under ProgramData\FAForever\replays
* Turning on that alt folder option fixed the issue with the mods / maps
* The client (or the game) keeps creating a folder MyGames\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\ (which is and remains empty) upon each start of the client.

v1.1.6 didn't change anything so far.

EDIT:
* Turning the "alternate folder" option created a "user" folder under C:\\ProgramData\FAForever\ and in that folder the whole MyGames\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\ path had been reproduced, plus the maps/mods folders. Downloads went there, and I was able to join the lobby of games with mods.
* Turning the option OFF again seems to re-set the folder to the C:\\Documents\Username\MyGames\.... folder and since it works as expected. I was able to copy maps / mods files into the respective dirs and they were available when creating a game.

Did not yet check if replays are being created or not.

Statistics: Posted by RoC — 25 Apr 2020, 01:11

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2020-04-17T09:49:06+02:00

Wow, i didn't expect that to work!

Thank you very much, extremely appreciate this, just fantastic!!!

Thx.

Statistics: Posted by Hully — 17 Apr 2020, 09:49

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2020-04-16T22:47:31+02:00

Try Goign in to setting and Eneabling this option and see if this works for you ?

Statistics: Posted by Rowey — 16 Apr 2020, 22:47

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2020-04-16T20:20:16+02:00

Hi All

If anyone has any ideas about the issue below... please

Game installed through Steam:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Maps

I've made a shortcut to run the FAF patched game without using the FAF Client, this works fine, shortcut link C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\ForgedAlliance.exe

New computer new install, the FAF Client is downloading map files to:

C:\ProgramData\FAForever\cache\maps\large
and
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\cache\maps\small

I cannot see these downloaded map files, they do not appear within the map list when i run Supreme Commander ForgedAlliance, tried moving said map files to:

C:\Users\****\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games
and also
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Maps

Unfortunately still no joy, does it have to do with the new FAF Client Map files are PNG files?
This is really frustrating anyone have any ideas?

Thx

Statistics: Posted by Hully — 16 Apr 2020, 20:20

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-06-23T11:25:22+02:00

Well, I change user map name to latin symbols and still client creates(!) old map with сyrillic and plases any map or mod here.
If i move it to new map its works, but it keep dowloding files in old map that not even exist any more.
That was seems like fixed problem but after server change it reterns. That very annoyng bug and again seems like I'm not only one who have it.
Thanks anyway.

Statistics: Posted by Umenyalapkee — 23 Jun 2019, 11:25

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-06-15T14:40:54+02:00

the game supreme commander forged alliance can't deal with the cyrillic in your windows username

you can either change the username or copy mods/maps into the following directory:

Code:: C:\ProgramData\FAForever\user\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\

or you wait for the next client release

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 15 Jun 2019, 14:40

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-06-15T13:59:12+02:00

So is here some kind of fix yet, except manyal move every map?

Statistics: Posted by Umenyalapkee — 15 Jun 2019, 13:59

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-05-05T21:58:16+02:00

Hi. Sorry for my english.
I have the same problem: After i reinstalled windows, FAF client downloads files to :
C:\Users\Олег\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

but uses for game original steam folder:D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

When i try to join the game wih mod game says :" You've aoutomaticicaly were disconne..."

If to put manually maps and mods folders from FAF to original steam folder - then it's ok, everything runs perfectly.

Statistics: Posted by therionn — 05 May 2019, 21:58

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-05-04T14:48:44+02:00

r51Snaiper wrote:
Use steam folder of the game(steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance), i.e. move maps/mods manually to maps/mods(create folder). Fixed problem for me. Created shortcuts on the desktop for an invalid folder(where FAF downloads maps/mods) and folder(steam) which FAF actually use, made my life easier for now.
P.s. Does someone know programm, which will auto move/copy files from folder to folder?

Yes, it is called Python FAF client.

Statistics: Posted by Apofenas — 04 May 2019, 14:48

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-05-02T14:56:21+02:00

Apofenas wrote:
My logs.
downlords-faf-client.log

It puts maps to C:\Users\*user*\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\user\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
The client can actually see the map before the lobby, but whn i host it gets me to lobby with Four Corners and the selected map doesn't exist in lobby.

Use steam folder of the game(steamapps\common\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance), i.e. move maps/mods manually to maps/mods(create folder). Fixed problem for me. Created shortcuts on the desktop for an invalid folder(where FAF downloads maps/mods) and folder(steam) which FAF actually use, made my life easier for now.
P.s. Does someone know programm, which will auto move/copy files from folder to folder?

Statistics: Posted by r51Snaiper — 02 May 2019, 14:56

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-04-23T14:45:55+02:00

My logs.
downlords-faf-client.log

It puts maps to C:\Users\*user*\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
C:\ProgramData\FAForever\user\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
The client can actually see the map before the lobby, but whn i host it gets me to lobby with Four Corners and the selected map doesn't exist in lobby.

Statistics: Posted by Apofenas — 23 Apr 2019, 14:45

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-04-23T13:48:15+02:00

Ok, lets go.
It all works just fine.
1. Check
2. Check
3. Check
4. ... In first folder there is the map, нurray!
In FAForever map after \bin\ folder not even exist that path. If u do not belive me - there is a screenshots.
https://imgur.com/a/C61SOiv
So. In first map client see map. But game do not see it. It means that if I try to create game in that map by clietn - game offen me only defalt (or downloaded by old client before I delete it in case of posible compatibility bug) maps. Clietn download map and i can choose it by clietn UI, but the game do not can use that map from folder where it is. If i move map in different folder where it works - it works from game, but client do not see that map. If problem i сyrillic simbols it path - let me know how i can fix it because change name of folder do not works for client. It creaters map with old name even, and put maps there.
If there was any way to set clietn map folder so that the game can use it. -sign-

There is a log.
https://pastebin.com/raw/Nsc7mtbB

Statistics: Posted by Umenyalapkee — 23 Apr 2019, 13:48

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-04-23T06:14:20+02:00

......................................
ok - can you do me a favor?
1 start the new client
2 go to the map vault
3 download any map
4 check on one of these two folders to see if the map was installed successfully (these two locations are where the game looks for the map files)

Code:: info: mounting maps from: C:\Users\Фёдор\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\maps\ info: checking C:\ProgramData\FAForever\bin\..\user\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\maps\

5 try to create a game via the client and check if the map is available in the client window for creating a lobby
6 if all of that works then please tell me what the problem is - if one step fails then post a new client log and describe what happened and what failed

Statistics: Posted by PhilipJFry — 23 Apr 2019, 06:14

Re: Downlord Client map download bug.

2019-04-22T22:42:02+02:00

PhilipJFry wrote:
according to the game log you posted there is not a single mod or map in your personal folder or in programdata
where do you have them atm?

I delete old client, in case that in can conflict with new, so there no mod or maps from old client in here.
New client download it in different map, where it can use it. It is what the problem is.

Statistics: Posted by Umenyalapkee — 22 Apr 2019, 22:42