0.2.0.0b :
http://88.191.143.136/faforever/FAForeverLobby.msi
http://users.edpnet.be/zepilot/FAForeverLobby.msi
Forged Alliance Forever - Lobby 0.2.0.0b
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- Why using it ? Gpgnet is still alive !
- What is it doing better than GPGNet ?
Here is a few reasons :
- GPGNet is not alive. It's still up, but not maintained anymore.
- Live Replay Bot equivalent is working all the time.
- Chat is not limited to 100 peoples. And it's faster. You can also join with any IRC Client on Mibbit.
- Custom games : No bug when you create a new game with the same name as an old one. You stay in chat. Games are announced in the lobby.
- 1v1 Matchmaker : TrueSkill matchmaking. Better than Elo, take ANY custom game in account for your rank !
- Why TrueSkill is better ? See here : viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52273&p=908046#p908046
- All the games are using the most recent and debugged version of FA, ladder included !
- LeaderBoard : It works. It doesn't mix with vanilla or whatever.
- And hopefully an update will come this week with a working Live Replay announcer in chat, and an automatic replay vault !
- It's faster, more responsive, take less memory, and it's actively supported by his developpers ! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QABrzUsCkOQ)
And last but not least :
- Forged Alliance is patched to 3604.
What is 3604 ? It's the "official" 3603 patch + power lobby + balance changes from the mods.
You've got the real deal : Patched .exe, patched dll, no need to activate any mod. Memory leaks and such are fixed.
PowerLobby features :
- support for 12 players (+ any number of observers)
- auto-teams.
- Big map preview.
- Scores can be disabled.
.. and more !
"But so I can't play anymore on GPGNet without duplicating my install ?"
Wrong ! Forged Alliance Forever is doing the smart thing : It duplicates your bin folder, and fork all the game datas as needed. You don't need to duplicate your install and can play both in Forged Alliance Forever AND Gpgnet !
Know issues :
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- If you want to see a replay, you have to do it with the forgedAlliance.exe in the binFAF folder of your FA folder.
- The matchmaker works, but there is not yet any 1vs1 specific ladder, but a global leaderboard.
As soon as there is enough people, a separate leaderboard will be added.
If at any point you've got a big problem (doesn't start or something), download
http://users.edpnet.be/zepilot/faLobby.lib
and replace the file in your folder.
You can follow developpement on twitter :
http://twitter.com/#!/Ze_PilOt
Any bug or idea must be posted here :
https://bitbucket.org/thepilot/falobby/ ... tatus=open
I won't fix or add anything not posted there. It helps me keeping track of bugs and patchs. You must register to bitbucket in order to attach files.
Thanks for Moritz for the powelobby, Legion Darrath for the 3603 modifications, all the alpha testers that give their time, in particular Nesar and Ephez, and big thanks for wolfmic who is hosting the server.|||i thought they finished it ages ago they just never released it for some weird reason.|||wow this is really awsome. keep up the good work!
and sorry i was afk last night over gpgnet :)
you should talk to mortiz and rock about this, they are the ones working on the fa-ladder and i think they might have something like this in the works.|||jsut give it to motroz and he'll have it running seconds lol.|||reddev33|||By the way, I'm finishing the logging page for the Open Alpha this week :
|||Ze_PilOt|||Technical stuff. Zep is basically following the industry standard there. Google password hashing.
The password isn't stored, but something relating to it is. The password itself can't be retrieved, so if you forget, nobody will remind you of it.|||I'm planning to implement a TrueSkill ladder system.
It normally works better than ELO, and it's suitable for 2v2, 3v3, FFA... (Where ELO will consider 2v2 as 1v1 and so will have a ranking for every pair of players)
It's in good way so far (planning to finish a proof of concept of the trueSkill ladder next week)|||but why not say you passwrod is enqurted and tehre is no way of telling waht it is when you ahve choozen it.
I be more than happy to test it
|||BulletMagnet|||that what i meant lol the string thiny 
and nice.|||Ze, I'd like to say that whatever happens. Do not involve reddev in the project for any reason whatsoever. It looks great and hopefully Moritz and Rick will get in touch with you to integrate the 3603 ladder.|||Legion Darrath|||I'll certainly be watching this. If it's fairly active, I'll probably end up coming back to FA for a while :) .|||This is absolutely fantastic. Talk about an embarrassing kick up the rear end for GPG and THQ! I will be watching this, and please count me in for any balancing decisions once it gets to the point of releasing new patches. Also, someone has to notify Sorian of this so that he can make absolutely SURE that CT knows what is being done here.|||A mail has been send and he answered.
Short:
GPG does not own FA anymore.
THQ has the publication rights and Enix the Supcom IP.
In the previous letter from THQ, they say that there will be no more support for FA (QA, patch, testing). It's no more viable economically.
GPG does not own the game, THQ stoped the support, Square Enix didn't say a word on it (and the support of Supcom2 is on a halt by the way).
In one sentence:
Nobody cares.|||
Holy bullocks! I stop monitoring the boards beyond what I've already posted in for a few weeks and look what happens!*sigh* Wish I had the time still to really get involved in this.
|||After some tests tonight :I've still have to smooth the login process, and there is a little bug server-side.
But the server is up and running. Tomorrow I will release the first open client.|||I would rather involve reddev than Rock.|||Ze_PilOt|||randomlegend
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