Timestamps 3:30 - Common mod tools 3:55 - Namestuff, Veterename, SCU name tool 5:34 - SCU upgrader 6:24 - NoShake 7:07 - Notifications (not to be confused with Notify) 8:05 - Reveal Positions 8:55 - Additional camera stuff 10:10 - UI Mass Fab Manager 11:55 - Notify (not to be confused with Notifications) 13:34 - Control Group Zoom Mod 16:05 - Selection Deprioritizer 18:00 - ZeP_MiniMapZoom & UI-Party 22:50 - EcoManager & Supreme Scoreboard
there is some other ui mods like : - hotbuild extra building v3 : which adds support factory, engi station, power and mass storage to hotbuild. - pause replay at time v1 : good for casters, developers/testers; allow you to pause automatically a replay at the timing you decide. important one : - Idle Engineers v2 : highlights idle engineers on the main map. So you can split your reclaiming engineer more easily, or select close engineers that are doing nothing for construction.
Hey, Heaven, Thanks for making this video, I have found it really helpful. Not sure if anyone else has had the issue, but using SCU Upgrader causes my game to freeze/not work at all (sound is present, but the screen is locked onto the first initial view you spawn into, I have Common Mod Tools installed). I'm using all of your other mods with no issues, but this one doesn't work, in case anyone else is having the issue, you're not alone!
For people struggling with either Additional Camera Stuff or SCU Upgrader: I have yet to find a SCU Upgrader or Upgrade Manager mod that actually works and I've also found that 1 of them broke my game and a few others made Additional Camera Stuff not work. So if you are one of those people that Additional Camera Stuff wasn't working, make sure none of the SCU Upgrader mods are enabled in the Vaults.
Reveal positions actually does tell you something you don't know before the game starts: when someone picks a random faction you can tell from the beginning of the game which one they got.
I just went and downloaded most of these mods and found that ACS wasn't showing the build range rings. Turns out that ZEP's mini-map mod was hiding the options button for ACS (located on the mini-map). Disabled ZEP, set up ACS options, re-enabled ZEP, all is well. Seems obvious, I know, but might save someone a few minutes thinking in the future. Thanks for the informative tutorials Heaven.
UI Party: I know from experience unit split is VERY helpful mostly just for selecting one unit at a time in very rapid succession. Select a crapton of scouts, press 1 (my hotkey for it), it selects only 1 of your whatever air scouts. Give it an order, press 1 again, and a new single unit is selected. Press 1 enough times and a little "Beep" tells you when you've reached the first unit split units selected. Unit split grouping works the same way, but splits selection into groups. I just don't use control goups because they don't let you camera focus if you doubleclick and it's really annoying to have units built from a factory controlgroup earn the same control group as the factory. With that camera focus mod, though, I might use control groups once more. But then I'll have to move around the unit split hotkeys. Oops. Fantastic menu options/timestamps in your video description, by the way. Many likes and thanks!
sankyu for elaborating on the split feature; using it like this sounds like it's a direct trade-off between speed and control compared to control groups
It's definitively handy for making like 10+ land scouts assist a whole lot of random units of your choosing! You could also do it for splitting engineers into groups to spread out and reclaim, though ideally I guess they should be spread out to begin with. Can also do it to set up individualized engie commands from transports if you want, or make a lot of transports drop at different points quickly. Stuff like that.
Unit-split is by far my favourite feature in ui party. Grab 10 engies and quickly send them to different places. Reselect them and give them all a reclaim attack move order. Grab 10 scouts and send them to different locations fast. Grab 10 mixed units and divide them into equal groups, loading first group into a transport, then selecting the next to load into other transport. Then grab the transport and quickly send them to different locations. One thing I like is if I have 3 mantis selected I send them all to raid one mex then hit the key to select one of them (nearest to cursor) and send to another mex instead. Effortless for me but hard to defend. If I see a bomber I hit ctrl-A to select all inties then v-shiftV-shiftV to reduce selection to nearest three inties and attack it. Without changing zoom level or even seeing my inties. But the most interesting thing is how little all of these things actually improved my rating. I use those features more than anyone and get this: it doesn't matter. Grabbing 10 engies and sending them to the same place is good enough. No one looks at 10 scouts at the same time. Etc.
I installed additional camera stuff v3.2 v3 (most popular one) and i enabled it before playing the game. when I press M and hover somewhere with engy or tank I don't get reclaim&attack range
I cant get additional camera stuff mod to work? iv got (common mod toolsv1, Ecomanager v7, Notify v3.8 v3, reveal Positions v1 and UI mass fab manager FA v3) all working. Any clues what im doing wrong? I have ACS v3.2 v3.2 installed! cheers guys!
I set up UI party and switched to windows mode stretched over two monitors. Is there a way to make things like the options menu and the hotbuild preview thing show up the the center of the left monitor instead of of partially on one and partially on the other?
Is there a way to change the queue in a factory? For example, if i want to go bomber first and than a scout but i misclicked have a inti second. Is there a way to put the scout before the inti without deleting it form the queue?
It’s still up to date. I think one mod has been integrated into the game now so you won’t have to install it. I don’t remember which one, but you’ll notice when you try to get from the mod vault.
Control group mod already a feature in the game...so I'm kinda confused here. lol ^ gonna leave that there because i was a classic youtube commenter that jumps the gun. lol thanks i get it now thanks lol
Btw all these mods that are giving players that installed them any advantage over other players should not be turned on while playing ranked. (if you need fewer clicks to do something - thats an advantage, cause if I could control the game with my mind while you would do that with a stone axe you would succ)
ui mods are publicly available in the mod vault, and if they aren't enough you can code your own ones. anyone can do it. they are part of the game and commonly accepted. if you want to question the way FAF works, please do so on the FAF forums after reading all the arguments other people have made on the same topic.
i have not watched video yet but main complains were about throttle systems that pause things automatcly and automatic resource giving, like you could see in replay when guy who is overcharging will have his power storage refilled instantly or something like that...
Thank you for most valuable videos about FAF! That wasn't said with intention to harm you or smth. Just to point that this distracts attention and can be improved. Wish you good luck :)
theres a seperate mod in the vault called the "Supcom vanilla music FAF". its basically an enabler for the vanilla music. I'm not sure if you need the original vanilla music mod, since i have both installed just in case. You only need to enable the faf version though
Timestamps
3:30 - Common mod tools
3:55 - Namestuff, Veterename, SCU name tool
5:34 - SCU upgrader
6:24 - NoShake
7:07 - Notifications (not to be confused with Notify)
8:05 - Reveal Positions
8:55 - Additional camera stuff
10:10 - UI Mass Fab Manager
11:55 - Notify (not to be confused with Notifications)
13:34 - Control Group Zoom Mod
16:05 - Selection Deprioritizer
18:00 - ZeP_MiniMapZoom & UI-Party
22:50 - EcoManager & Supreme Scoreboard
...or open the video description where it says READ ME in full caps? :D
you know sometimes I think I'm not observant enough for supcom.
there is some other ui mods like :
- hotbuild extra building v3 : which adds support factory, engi station, power and mass storage to hotbuild.
- pause replay at time v1 : good for casters, developers/testers; allow you to pause automatically a replay at the timing you decide.
important one : - Idle Engineers v2 : highlights idle engineers on the main map. So you can split your reclaiming engineer more easily, or select close engineers that are doing nothing for construction.
Hey, Heaven,
Thanks for making this video, I have found it really helpful.
Not sure if anyone else has had the issue, but using SCU Upgrader causes my game to freeze/not work at all (sound is present, but the screen is locked onto the first initial view you spawn into, I have Common Mod Tools installed). I'm using all of your other mods with no issues, but this one doesn't work, in case anyone else is having the issue, you're not alone!
#metoo :^)
Thanks for the upload and good information. looking forward to enjoying a more professional feeling game!
For people struggling with either Additional Camera Stuff or SCU Upgrader:
I have yet to find a SCU Upgrader or Upgrade Manager mod that actually works and I've also found that 1 of them broke my game and a few others made Additional Camera Stuff not work. So if you are one of those people that Additional Camera Stuff wasn't working, make sure none of the SCU Upgrader mods are enabled in the Vaults.
Reveal positions actually does tell you something you don't know before the game starts: when someone picks a random faction you can tell from the beginning of the game which one they got.
or you could just read the scoreboard...
Didn't know about that, thanks
OMG I finally found some good tutorials for this. Looking to take my play to the next level thanks heaven!!
I just went and downloaded most of these mods and found that ACS wasn't showing the build range rings. Turns out that ZEP's mini-map mod was hiding the options button for ACS (located on the mini-map). Disabled ZEP, set up ACS options, re-enabled ZEP, all is well. Seems obvious, I know, but might save someone a few minutes thinking in the future.
Thanks for the informative tutorials Heaven.
Thank you for saving my time!
Oh thx!
UI Party: I know from experience unit split is VERY helpful mostly just for selecting one unit at a time in very rapid succession. Select a crapton of scouts, press 1 (my hotkey for it), it selects only 1 of your whatever air scouts. Give it an order, press 1 again, and a new single unit is selected. Press 1 enough times and a little "Beep" tells you when you've reached the first unit split units selected.
Unit split grouping works the same way, but splits selection into groups.
I just don't use control goups because they don't let you camera focus if you doubleclick and it's really annoying to have units built from a factory controlgroup earn the same control group as the factory. With that camera focus mod, though, I might use control groups once more. But then I'll have to move around the unit split hotkeys. Oops.
Fantastic menu options/timestamps in your video description, by the way. Many likes and thanks!
sankyu for elaborating on the split feature; using it like this sounds like it's a direct trade-off between speed and control compared to control groups
It's definitively handy for making like 10+ land scouts assist a whole lot of random units of your choosing! You could also do it for splitting engineers into groups to spread out and reclaim, though ideally I guess they should be spread out to begin with. Can also do it to set up individualized engie commands from transports if you want, or make a lot of transports drop at different points quickly. Stuff like that.
Unit-split is by far my favourite feature in ui party.
Grab 10 engies and quickly send them to different places. Reselect them and give them all a reclaim attack move order.
Grab 10 scouts and send them to different locations fast.
Grab 10 mixed units and divide them into equal groups, loading first group into a transport, then selecting the next to load into other transport. Then grab the transport and quickly send them to different locations.
One thing I like is if I have 3 mantis selected I send them all to raid one mex then hit the key to select one of them (nearest to cursor) and send to another mex instead. Effortless for me but hard to defend.
If I see a bomber I hit ctrl-A to select all inties then v-shiftV-shiftV to reduce selection to nearest three inties and attack it. Without changing zoom level or even seeing my inties.
But the most interesting thing is how little all of these things actually improved my rating. I use those features more than anyone and get this: it doesn't matter. Grabbing 10 engies and sending them to the same place is good enough. No one looks at 10 scouts at the same time. Etc.
UI party and Scoreboard works for me.
This is gold, thank you
Still pretty useful 👌
Thanks! Helpful stuff.... lemme go get a few new helpful mods :D
I installed additional camera stuff v3.2 v3 (most popular one) and i enabled it before playing the game. when I press M and hover somewhere with engy or tank I don't get reclaim&attack range
Thank you very much senpai
cant find Control Group Zoom Mod anymore
I cant get additional camera stuff mod to work? iv got (common mod toolsv1, Ecomanager v7, Notify v3.8 v3, reveal Positions v1 and UI mass fab manager FA v3) all working. Any clues what im doing wrong? I have ACS v3.2 v3.2 installed! cheers guys!
I set up UI party and switched to windows mode stretched over two monitors. Is there a way to make things like the options menu and the hotbuild preview thing show up the the center of the left monitor instead of of partially on one and partially on the other?
is there somewhere a download link for "Additional Camera Stuff"? FAF is broken and i need it for non-FAF version
Is there a way to change the queue in a factory?
For example, if i want to go bomber first and than a scout but i misclicked have a inti second. Is there a way to put the scout before the inti without deleting it form the queue?
+Knecht Der Engel: enable drag&drop’able build queue in the game options
Aren't ecoManager and SupremeScoreBoard incompatible?
EDIT: nvmnd
[e] has its own client layout? :o
Is this still up to date or some of this don't work anymore?
It’s still up to date. I think one mod has been integrated into the game now so you won’t have to install it. I don’t remember which one, but you’ll notice when you try to get from the mod vault.
Thank you very much for doing this for noobs like me :D
Heaven, what mod shows the smd % and time remaining?
Ecomanager
Control group mod already a feature in the game...so I'm kinda confused here. lol
^ gonna leave that there because i was a classic youtube commenter that jumps the gun. lol thanks i get it now thanks lol
i cried a little on the inside when i read the first line
I wont lie, as I was typing that first line you started explaining the caveat. I was like "I've become what I hate" lol
you can atone for your sin by helping others to better. would you like to know how? ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼
true words
whoa don't dodge my question like that!
Btw all these mods that are giving players that installed them any advantage over other players should not be turned on while playing ranked. (if you need fewer clicks to do something - thats an advantage, cause if
I could control the game with my mind while you would do that with a
stone axe you would succ)
ui mods are publicly available in the mod vault, and if they aren't enough you can code your own ones. anyone can do it. they are part of the game and commonly accepted. if you want to question the way FAF works, please do so on the FAF forums after reading all the arguments other people have made on the same topic.
Hmokay gonna register on FAFs forums... Thanks!
thankssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Did people really complain about ecomanager back in 2013? lol
i have not watched video yet but main complains were about throttle systems that pause things automatcly and automatic resource giving, like you could see in replay when guy who is overcharging will have his power storage refilled instantly or something like that...
Everytime you say "right?" I want to say "Man! Whats your problem? Can't you agree with your own words or what?" :D
think about it this way: if you had 1 rating point for each time i say right, you wouldn't have to watch my videos to improve, would you?
Thank you for most valuable videos about FAF! That wasn't said with intention to harm you or smth. Just to point that this distracts attention and can be improved. Wish you good luck :)
i am not harmed, i just enjoy a good retort :^)
how do i get the vanilla supcom music mod working (speed2 uses it) and which one?
dunno, ask speed2 :D
theres a seperate mod in the vault called the "Supcom vanilla music FAF". its basically an enabler for the vanilla music. I'm not sure if you need the original vanilla music mod, since i have both installed just in case. You only need to enable the faf version though