Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
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Developers | |
---|---|
Gas Powered Games | |
Publishers | |
THQ | |
Engines | |
MoHo | |
Release dates | |
02 16, 2007 | |
Reception | |
IGDB | 77 |
Resources | |
PCGamingWiki | |
General information
- FAF Forum - this is a very active forum
- Steam Community Discussions
macOS Compatibility
Virtualization | Rating | Notes |
---|---|---|
Parallels | On Windows 11 ARM run FAF client in safe emulation. Single player works fine, multiplayer desync due to checksum calculation differences. |
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steam | Game available through Steam. |
- See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.
Patches
Install Forged Alliance Forever to manage patches and mods, install on windows and run in "Safe Emulation" ARM compatibility mode.
Utilities
- Very important launchers: Forged Alliance Forever community needed for multiplayer lobby and patches/mods.
Issues unresolved
Issue
Singleplayer campaign works good, high performance and very stable, but desync on multiplayer. Multiplayer desync may be due to slight different values for hardware sine/cosine calculations causing checksum differences. Desync issue discussion thread
Issues fixed
Issue
No issues fixed
Other information
If you are experiencing a black screen when trying to run the game in Windows 11 Arm, right click the executable and click Properties > Compatibility > Emulation settings and set the execution to Very Strict.
Gameplay videos