Westford

Muscle memory..... That's what all the good players insisted on back when the FBW Reigned supreme as a secondary. Thank God we have the .45 to counter it.

11:20 pm EST Error 10007 - Login Failed "The APB Servers are coming back online soon, but are unavailable at this time" Confirmed this on LO Discord with other player. UPDATE: Just confirmed with a few people on Discord... Servers are down.. Someone was in District, experience a fair amount of latency before they were disconnected. UPDATE 2: 11:59pm EST Just confirmed on LO Discord a number of players are experiencing this. No Announcement posted , so this may very well be an unplanned outage.. UPDATE 3: 01:34 am EST Connected to District ,... We are back up Game is Live,,,,

Not sure what change since Friday 10/31 But I was able to login and connect to an NA District today Tuesday 11/4

Thanks, I tried again, still can't connect to NA. The EU now recognize my characters, stats , money ,,, etc but cannot connect to the EU World Server. Does anyone have the NA World Server ip addy. I want to run a tracert to see if I can connect, and see the hops. EDIT: Not sure if these are still valid from LO's support page, but I tried both Jericho and EU, and both timed out from tracert. https://www.gamersfirst.com/apb/support/1/8 Server IP addresses Login: 173.195.32.254 Jericho: 138.128.136.106 Citadel: 5.200.20.2

Yeah, the only part I really understood was that GFAC needed more testing. I suppose I could try uninstalling and reinstalling GFAC again. Not sure how much effort I want to put into it this time around. EDIT: Ok, just for the heck of it , I completely uninstalled GFAC including removing Little Orbit registry entries, which forced a new GFAC install. Still cannot connect to NA World Server. I'll try again after Maintenance next week.

Been the same for me since Friday. After login, and selecting either NA or EU character, message "Connecting to World Server" pops up, then back to login screen. Tried again now on NA , same thing. I tried to select EU character, no stats, no money no game time, and the Next Button is greyed out.

I just tried again to connect to NA World Server after selecting my Westford character. Still not working. I also selected my EU character, and just like you no stats, no money no game time, and the Next Button is greyed out. Very odd. I'm not going to bother opening a ticket this time. I'll try again after next weeks Maintenance.

9:20 EST Failed to connect to both NA & EU World Server after successful Login Disabled BitDefender anti-virus ... Ran APB Launcher Repair does not appear to be a Client issue. Reboot Router .. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this.

GFAC, Sanctions & Stats On the 3/15/2025 AMA concerning the implementation of GFAC, the following was mentioned; Rules Engine: – Sanctions (Removing or Locking out Features) You had mentioned that players using 3rd party tools and have accrued “Cheat Points” would be pulled out of the primary pool of players for matchmaking, with the assumption being that they would then be matched up with other players who were also using 3rd party tools and had accrued “Cheat Points” . - Can you give some examples of what other features a player might be locked out from ? - What is the duration for these loss of features, or lockouts, and how does a player regain these features they lost ? (a player that does not use that “Sanctioned” account for 3 months would not be considered for any relief I am guessing) - Is the player notified that they will be locked out of these features, or is “no notification” a better and intended approach? STATS: You had mentioned that you were considering providing STATS on “Detections Identified” / “Sanctions Administered” Is this still under consideration, or have you made a final determination as to publishing this information to the player base ? - If yes, where will it be published, and how often ? - If no, what led you to this decision ?

Some things I learned while troubleshooting GFAC after 10/10 Maintenance which included changes to GFAC. (thanks to the LO Dev for their help) Anti-Virus Programs: I was still having problems launching the game as GFAC was not loading/updating properly. I wanted to start with a New Install of GFAC, so I used the following steps to force a New Install. (I do not believe this is necessary, but I did it anyways) Some people have mentioned just to run C:\Program Files\GFAC\Updater.exe instead and maybe C:\Program Files\GFAC\update\GFAC_Updater.exe uninstall GFAC (run the C:\Program Files\GFAC\uninst.exe) - uninst.exe - delete the C:\Program Files\GFAC directory - Check the Registry Entries for and GFAC references - found the following GFAC references in the Registry - Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\Little_Orbit\GFAC - Backup the Registry - Highlight "Little Orbit" , right-click / Export to file - Highlight "Little Orbit" , right-click / Delete Reboot Computer This will force a New Install of GFAC. Started APB Launcher GFAC Windows popup for new install. GFAC install completed Pressed Start Then Nothing (no Game Launch) Disabled anti-virus (I use BitDefender) Started APB Launcher GFAC popup says updating GFAC Pressed Start APB Launcher disappears 2nd GFAC popup Loading GFAC Game Started I added C:\Program Files\GFAC to Bitdefender / Protection / Online Threat Prevention / Settings /Manage Exceptions / Add an Exception Then I added the C:\Program Files\GFAC folder Game was able to launch again with anti-virus running. I had also added the APB folder as an exception, but after more testing, proved that this was not needed, and removed it form the anti-virus exceptions. D:\Program Files (x86)\GamersFirst\APB Reloaded But anti-virus programs ARE preventing GFAC from updating/running properly. Steam: APB is NOT part of my Steam Library, so this was a non issue for me. For those that have APB in their Steam Library, there were problems for those users running/updating GFAC. The quick solution for Steam users, was to close their Steam Client and this resolved their issue, and were able to launch the game. A more permanent solution for Steam users was the following: Make a shortcut for APB.exe -> right click the shortcut you created and go to properties. where it says "target" add -nosteam behind the file path, should look something like this "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\APB Reloaded\Binaries\APB.exe" –nosteam One error that occurs is when the Game does launch,and you are at the login screen and see the following GFAC error. I would suspect anti-virus blocking. I would completely disable the anti-virus program as you test this. If the anti-virus program is the cause, you can add the GFAC folder as an exception. For me, the APB folder was not an issue for the anti-virus. If anyone has any other working solutions, it would be great if you could add them here.

The Municipal Vehicle Enforcement team , is still deliberating.

Wasn't sure if there was a maintenance period earlier today, but I wanted to post my results from running the APB Launcher today (13:33 EST) I am including the discrepancies between the GFAC Manifest file size, and the C:\Program Files\GFAC file size. I also include the updater log for 10/09. updater.log (10/09) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client starting... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Version: 1.0.0 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Channel: stable [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Install Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Log Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC\logs [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Registry-based logging: ENABLED [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Allow downgrades: ENABLED [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Force updates: DISABLED [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC installation... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] GFAC installation validation successful [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC services and drivers... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [WARNING] [] GFAC services/drivers validation failed: Missing GFAC services/drivers: GFAC_Sys driver [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Installed GFAC version: 0.5.1 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Installed GFAC build number: 28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Version comparison will use: 0.5.1 build 28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Cryptographic utilities initialized successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] FileUpdater initialized successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Install directory verified: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] GFACSvc already installed - no fallback installation needed [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Checking for updates and applying them... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Checking for updates from: https://gfac.gamersfirst.com/stable/manifest.json [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest downloaded successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Download time: 341ms [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest size: 12464 bytes [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest content preview: { "signature": { "timestamp": "2025-09-27T03:07:59Z", "public_key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAGb9ECWmEzf6FQbrBZ9w7lshQhqowtrbLDFw4rXAxZuE=", ... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Processing manifest JSON (12464 bytes) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest parsed successfully, version: 0.5.1 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [WARNING] [] Signature verification is disabled [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest verification completed successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Update manifest parsed and verified successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest version: 0.5.1 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest build: 28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Files in manifest: 8 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: GFAC.dll (1022648 bytes, SHA256: b993a3d9bdc759f0...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: GFAC_Service.exe (278200 bytes, SHA256: 4cea9e0d9b5d3a02...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: GFAC_Launcher.exe (412856 bytes, SHA256: bd83409c4e67b1a2...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: GFAC_Sys_x64.sys (2216328 bytes, SHA256: 89d33e1646266348...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: GFAC_Updater.exe (194232 bytes, SHA256: 4342bed1150fa2e3...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: libcurl.dll (644792 bytes, SHA256: c45dc01748b0811f...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: libsodium.dll (354488 bytes, SHA256: cbcfe8fbf5ca3b8b...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] Manifest file: zlib1.dll (100536 bytes, SHA256: d7fb7c449d0f7559...) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] === Version Comparison Analysis === [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Installed GFAC version: 0.5.1 build 28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest version: 0.5.1 build 28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Updater version: 1.0.0 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Allow downgrades: YES [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Version comparison: 0.5.1 vs 0.5.1 = SAME [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Build comparison: 28 vs 28 = SAME [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] ✓ NO UPDATE NEEDED: Already at the exact same version and build [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Current: 0.5.1.28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Manifest: 0.5.1.28 [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] No update required - already at latest version (0.5.1) [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Update process completed successfully [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Performing final temp file cleanup before shutdown... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] Cleaning up leftover temporary files... [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [DEBUG] [] No leftover GFAC temporary files found [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] FileUpdater shutting down [2025-10-09 13:53:16] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client shutting down ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I did not see any announcement that Thursday's maintenance had been pushed back/delayed or was implemented. I assumed it happened, but just guessing. I have posted additional results in the main GFAC issues post concerning the GFAC updater results.

@MageLO, if you could ask the Dev Team what process should those players use that are having issues launching the game because of the GFAC issues. a) Normal Operation - Start the APB Launcher, allow the GFAC update to complete - Press Start to enter the game b) Completely uninstall and remove ALL GFAC before starting the APB Launcher - run the C:\Program Files\GFAC\uninst.exe - delete the C:\Program Files\GFAC directory - Check the Registry Entries for any GFAC references and delete Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\Little_Orbit - Reboot the computer - Start the APB Launcher, allow the GFAC initial Install, then update to complete If the Dev Team believes that option "b" is unnecessary, then please let us know sometime tomorrow. Much appreciated

I said in a previous post, that I had exhausted all troubleshooting methods that were available to me. But, I just had to try one more thing. As an FYI, I see a lot of people saying to turn off anti-virus , Windows Defender, yaddy yadda, which I have in previous troubleshooting sessions. No success. I also checked my anti-virus , Windows Defender in other troubleshooting sessions for any GFAC flagged exceptions. There were none. So I can confidently rule out anti-virus and Windows Defender and a contributor to this issue. Also, I have a continued back and forth with LO support, and I forwarded these findings to support earlier today. My current environment before troubleshooting steps: - GFAC is currently installed (Game does not launch after pressing start) - uninstall GFAC (run the C:\Program Files\GFAC\uninst.exe) - uninst.exe ran successfully - delete the C:\Program Files\GFAC directory - Check the Registry Entries for and GFAC references ( I never did this before ) - found the following GFAC references in the Registry - Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\Little_Orbit\GFAC - Backup the Registry - Highlight "Little Orbit" , right-click / Export to file - Reboot Computer - Check Registry for GFAC entry, Entry does not exist - Run APB Launcher, Message "GFAC Installation Required (This will be the 1st install of GFAC, not an update) Then --------- - After what appears to be a successful GFAC install (no Error messages) - Check the Registry Entries for and newly added GFAC references - found the following GFAC references in the Registry - Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\SOFTWARE\Little_Orbit\GFAC - Values are different than previous GFAC update attempts - Checked the C:\Program Files\GFAC\logs\updater.log And Have not Pressed Start - Review the updater log file updater.log ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client starting... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Version: 1.0.0 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Channel: stable [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Install Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Log Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC\logs [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Registry-based logging: ENABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Allow downgrades: ENABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Force updates: DISABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC installation... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] GFAC installation validation successful [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC services and drivers... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] GFAC services/drivers validation failed: Missing GFAC services/drivers: GFACSvc service, GFAC_Sys driver [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] Could not determine installed GFAC version from registry [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] No installed GFAC version found, using default: 0.0.0 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] No installed GFAC build number found, using default: 0 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Version comparison will use: 0.0.0 build 0 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Cryptographic utilities initialized successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] FileUpdater initialized successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Install directory verified: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] GFACSvc not found on system - installing as fallback to ensure game functionality [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] Registry InstallPath not found, using fallback detection [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] GFACSvc installed successfully as fallback [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Checking for updates and applying them... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Checking for updates from: https://gfac.gamersfirst.com/stable/manifest.json [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Manifest downloaded successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Download time: 249ms [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Manifest size: 12464 bytes [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [DEBUG] [] Manifest content preview: { "signature": { "timestamp": "2025-09-27T03:07:59Z", "public_key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAGb9ECWmEzf6FQbrBZ9w7lshQhqowtrbLDFw4rXAxZuE=", ... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Processing manifest JSON (12464 bytes) [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Manifest parsed successfully, version: 0.5.1 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] Signature verification is disabled [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [ERROR] [] Current version 0.0.0 below minimum required 0.0.1 [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [ERROR] [] Version compatibility check failed [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [ERROR] [] Manifest verification failed: Version compatibility check failed [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [DEBUG] [] Manifest JSON content: { "signature": { "timestamp": "2025-09-27T03:07:59Z", "public_key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAGb9ECWmEzf6FQbrBZ9w7lshQhqowtrbLDFw4rXAxZuE=", "signature": "placeholder_signature_to_be_replaced_by_signing_process", "signer": "GFAC Release Engineering", "algorithm": "Ed25519" }, "manifest": { "version": "0.5.1", [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [WARNING] [] Update process failed or no updates available [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Performing final temp file cleanup before shutdown... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] Cleaning up leftover temporary files... [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [DEBUG] [] No leftover GFAC temporary files found [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] FileUpdater shutting down [2025-10-08 15:38:08] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client shutting down [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client starting... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Version: 1.0.0 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Channel: stable [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Install Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Log Directory: C:\Program Files\GFAC\logs [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Registry-based logging: ENABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Allow downgrades: ENABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Force updates: DISABLED [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC installation... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] GFAC installation validation successful [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Validating GFAC services and drivers... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [WARNING] [] GFAC services/drivers validation failed: Missing GFAC services/drivers: GFAC_Sys driver [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [WARNING] [] Could not determine installed GFAC version from registry [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] No installed GFAC version found, using default: 0.0.0 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] No installed GFAC build number found, using default: 0 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Version comparison will use: 0.0.0 build 0 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Cryptographic utilities initialized successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] FileUpdater initialized successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Install directory verified: C:\Program Files\GFAC [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] GFACSvc already installed - no fallback installation needed [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Checking for updates and applying them... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Checking for updates from: https://gfac.gamersfirst.com/stable/manifest.json [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Manifest downloaded successfully [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Download time: 187ms [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Manifest size: 12464 bytes [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [DEBUG] [] Manifest content preview: { "signature": { "timestamp": "2025-09-27T03:07:59Z", "public_key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAGb9ECWmEzf6FQbrBZ9w7lshQhqowtrbLDFw4rXAxZuE=", ... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Processing manifest JSON (12464 bytes) [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Manifest parsed successfully, version: 0.5.1 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [WARNING] [] Signature verification is disabled [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [ERROR] [] Current version 0.0.0 below minimum required 0.0.1 [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [ERROR] [] Version compatibility check failed [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [ERROR] [] Manifest verification failed: Version compatibility check failed [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [DEBUG] [] Manifest JSON content: { "signature": { "timestamp": "2025-09-27T03:07:59Z", "public_key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEAGb9ECWmEzf6FQbrBZ9w7lshQhqowtrbLDFw4rXAxZuE=", "signature": "placeholder_signature_to_be_replaced_by_signing_process", "signer": "GFAC Release Engineering", "algorithm": "Ed25519" }, "manifest": { "version": "0.5.1", [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [WARNING] [] Update process failed or no updates available [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Performing final temp file cleanup before shutdown... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] Cleaning up leftover temporary files... [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [DEBUG] [] No leftover GFAC temporary files found [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] FileUpdater shutting down [2025-10-08 15:38:10] [INFO] [] GFAC Update Client shutting down ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I wanted to provide a clean install updater.log file, as all the other times, GFAC would just run an update, since it checks the Registry 1st, to see if this is "an update" or a 1st time install. Anyways, I look forward to tomorrows maintenance, and the possibility after almost 3 weeks of no San Paro, to finally enter District, and prevent the Unauthorized use of Municipal Vehicles.