Westford 199 Posted October 5 I provided some additional information concerning the GFAC 1.0 release in a different thread, Some additional troubleshooting steps I took that has not been mentioned. Sorry, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Westford 199 Posted October 7 (edited) I wanted to share my latest email I submitted to LO support for my support ticket I opened on Sept 26 concerning the GFAC error's, and the inability to launch the game. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Some interesting information to share. I was discussing this GFAC issue with another APB player on Little Orbit's Discord, and they mention that I need to get a working copy of the following two files; GFAC.dll - 997.68k GFAC_Sys_x64.sys - 2.11MB I looked at the file size of those two files in my C:\Program Files\GFAC, and there are as follows; GFAC.dll - 999k GFAC_Sys_x64.sys - 2.11MB I re-downloaded the GFAC.dll from the "manifest.json" URL you sent me. https://gfac.gamersfirst.com/updates/0.5.1.28/GFAC.dll And the file size again for GFAC.dll was 999k. So the person on the Discord channel has a different version of the GFAC.dll, than I do, and his game is working. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So it appears that for that individual on Discord that is not having a problem launching the game, he has a different version of the GFAC.dll than I have. The full manifest to manually download the files that LO support provided for me is here. https://gfac.gamersfirst.com/stable/manifest.json I understand the dev team is working on this, and is having a difficult time chasing this down. I hope they have made some progress, and will be releasing a patch release for GFAC soon. Edited October 7 by Westford Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victoria97 58 Posted October 7 (edited) @MageLO I returned after few weeks of being offline and suddenly I cannot enter APB anymore. Errors that I keep getting states: Error: Failed to update file GFAC_Service.exe File integrity check failed. Error: Failed to update file GFAC.dll. File size mismatch: expected 1022648 got 1023672. After I deinstalled GFAC completely and ran the APB launcher again, it installed GFAC again. But now each time i try to start APB it actually delivers me to blue screen of death and its restarting my entire pc. With classic message of "your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. Stop code: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA What failed: GFAC_Sys_x64.sys Log: 16:04:17 - Log: Log file open, 07/10/25 18:04:17, PID 10412. 16:04:17 - Init: ..\APBGame\Logs\ 16:04:17 - Init: OS details: 16:04:17 - Init: Version number: 10.0 (eOsType 14) 16:04:17 - Init: Windows 10 64Bit 16:04:17 - Log: CreateProc APB_Catcher.exe 10412 16:04:17 - Thread: Thread ExceptionHandler created with stack 524288 and priority 'normal' 16:04:17 - Init: WinSock: version 1.1 (2.2), MaxSocks=32767, MaxUdp=65467 16:04:17 - Thread: Thread Main created with stack 4194304 and priority 'normal' 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\ConsoleFilter.ini 16:04:17 - Init: Genuine USER_BUILD exe. 16:04:17 - Init: Genuine SAFE_BUILD exe. 16:04:17 - Init: Version: 3908 16:04:17 - Init: Compiled: Sep 28 2025 02:58:15 16:04:17 - Init: Changelist: 218742 16:04:17 - Init: Command line: -language=1033 16:04:17 - Init: Base directory: C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Binaries\ 16:04:17 - Init: Character set: Unicode 16:04:17 - Init: Whitelist filtering inactive 16:04:17 - Init: appCycles test took 20.939900 ms 16:04:17 - Init: APBEngine.ini successfully deleted 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEditor.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEditorUserSettings.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBCompat.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEngine.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBGame.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBInput.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBUI.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBMachineOptions.ini 16:04:17 - Init: Init signal handers... 16:04:17 - Init: Init Terminate and Unexpected handlers... 16:04:17 - Init: ...done 16:04:17 - Init: Computer: -snip 16:04:17 - Init: User: Administrator 16:04:17 - Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=4 16:04:17 - Init: CPU Detected: GenuineIntel 16:04:17 - Init: Using smoothed QPC for timing. 16:04:17 - Init: High frequency timer resolution =10.000000 MHz 16:04:17 - Init: Memory total: Physical=12.0GB (12GB approx) Pagefile=14.5GB Virtual=131072.0GB 16:04:17 - Init: APB game exe identifier: Release_USER 1-32-0_FUEL@850399 Inst:0 16:04:17 - Init: Presizing for 200000 objects not considered by GC, pre-allocating 31457280 bytes. 16:04:17 - Init: Presizing for 400000 objects in StaticMap, pre-allocating 94371840 bytes. 16:04:17 - Init: Object subsystem initialized 16:04:18 - Log: appRequestExit(0) 16:04:18 - Exit: Exiting. 16:04:18 - Log: Log file closed, 07/10/25 18:04:18 Please help What am I suppose to do? I tried repair function but the problem persists. Edited October 7 by Victoria97 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MsWolfy 14 Posted October 8 On 10/7/2025 at 8:25 AM, Victoria97 said: @MageLO I returned after few weeks of being offline and suddenly I cannot enter APB anymore. Errors that I keep getting states: Error: Failed to update file GFAC_Service.exe File integrity check failed. Error: Failed to update file GFAC.dll. File size mismatch: expected 1022648 got 1023672. After I deinstalled GFAC completely and ran the APB launcher again, it installed GFAC again. But now each time i try to start APB it actually delivers me to blue screen of death and its restarting my entire pc. With classic message of "your device ran into a problem and needs to restart. Stop code: PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA What failed: GFAC_Sys_x64.sys Log: 16:04:17 - Log: Log file open, 07/10/25 18:04:17, PID 10412. 16:04:17 - Init: ..\APBGame\Logs\ 16:04:17 - Init: OS details: 16:04:17 - Init: Version number: 10.0 (eOsType 14) 16:04:17 - Init: Windows 10 64Bit 16:04:17 - Log: CreateProc APB_Catcher.exe 10412 16:04:17 - Thread: Thread ExceptionHandler created with stack 524288 and priority 'normal' 16:04:17 - Init: WinSock: version 1.1 (2.2), MaxSocks=32767, MaxUdp=65467 16:04:17 - Thread: Thread Main created with stack 4194304 and priority 'normal' 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\ConsoleFilter.ini 16:04:17 - Init: Genuine USER_BUILD exe. 16:04:17 - Init: Genuine SAFE_BUILD exe. 16:04:17 - Init: Version: 3908 16:04:17 - Init: Compiled: Sep 28 2025 02:58:15 16:04:17 - Init: Changelist: 218742 16:04:17 - Init: Command line: -language=1033 16:04:17 - Init: Base directory: C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Binaries\ 16:04:17 - Init: Character set: Unicode 16:04:17 - Init: Whitelist filtering inactive 16:04:17 - Init: appCycles test took 20.939900 ms 16:04:17 - Init: APBEngine.ini successfully deleted 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEditor.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEditorUserSettings.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBCompat.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBEngine.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBGame.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBInput.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBUI.ini 16:04:17 - Log: GConfig::LoadFile has loaded file: ..\APBGame\Config\APBMachineOptions.ini 16:04:17 - Init: Init signal handers... 16:04:17 - Init: Init Terminate and Unexpected handlers... 16:04:17 - Init: ...done 16:04:17 - Init: Computer: -snip 16:04:17 - Init: User: Administrator 16:04:17 - Init: CPU Page size=4096, Processors=4 16:04:17 - Init: CPU Detected: GenuineIntel 16:04:17 - Init: Using smoothed QPC for timing. 16:04:17 - Init: High frequency timer resolution =10.000000 MHz 16:04:17 - Init: Memory total: Physical=12.0GB (12GB approx) Pagefile=14.5GB Virtual=131072.0GB 16:04:17 - Init: APB game exe identifier: Release_USER 1-32-0_FUEL@850399 Inst:0 16:04:17 - Init: Presizing for 200000 objects not considered by GC, pre-allocating 31457280 bytes. 16:04:17 - Init: Presizing for 400000 objects in StaticMap, pre-allocating 94371840 bytes. 16:04:17 - Init: Object subsystem initialized 16:04:18 - Log: appRequestExit(0) 16:04:18 - Exit: Exiting. 16:04:18 - Log: Log file closed, 07/10/25 18:04:18 Please help What am I suppose to do? I tried repair function but the problem persists. I have been having the exact same issue, I find that even after doing a full repair of the game files, update, restarts, etc that then the game breaks and states "Game Unable To Respond" and says broken so... I am at a loss as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Westford 199 Posted October 8 (edited) 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. Edited October 8 by Westford Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Westford 199 Posted October 8 @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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victoria97 58 Posted October 8 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Westford said: @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 Honestly if its fixed tomorrow (lets hope), the fix should be a) like last time and update itself should resolve everything. I will try option a) but if it wont work I plan to deinstall APB entirely again, install it from scratch along with GFAC. I passed through reg edits, through powershell removing the conflict I had with Windows’ security subsystem (LSA — Local Security Authority) and VBS (Virtualization-Based Security) and EAC since my event logger reported that actually EAC which suppose to be offline(not used anymore) is indeed one of the error causes along with GFAC. I went even with creating entire new virtual machine with Windows 11 and APB installed there to behave as entirely new PC. I had identical issue there which brings me to logical conclusion that whoever at this moment downloads APB and installs it from scratch will face the BSOD situation. I gave up only when I got confirmed by MageLO that they are aware of the situation. Which comforts me a lot. I have to add as well that I installed in sunday APB at my remote laptop and I had no issues whatsoever. The tragedy begins when I attempted to simply enter APB on my PC which was always the main for APB. After it installed last 34MB patch all hell broke loose and situation deteriorated the deeper I went with troubleshooting. At the beginning of issue in monday I normally opened APB and after entering password and choosing my character I kept getting kicked out as my first screenie above saying it simply needs restart of the game. Only after going through troubleshot the hell out of it I started to get BSOD by simply starting the game. 2 hours ago, Westford said: 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 can with outmost certainty confirm that it is not an anti-virus and firewall issue because I made sure not only to white list literally entire GFAC folder every single .dll and file which exists inside that folder, along with APB, along with EAC explicite. I even went with risky situation of disabling my firewall and anti virus completely for 10 minutes and tried to start in that session. So people who keep yapping its anti virus clearly didn't do more than 2 steps of troubleshooting the situation like you and me did. Lets hope you and me and rest of people having this issue, tomorrow can raise glasses and celebrate the solution of this problem. Edited October 8 by Victoria97 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Westford 199 Posted October 9 (edited) 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Edited October 9 by Westford Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victoria97 58 Posted October 10 16 hours ago, Westford said: Wasn't sure if there was a maintenance period earlier today, Nah maintenance was postponed for friday aka today. Lets hope it fixes our annoying issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlatMan 734 Posted October 12 I'd wipe my Windows installation. I wouldn't risk having LO's garbage lingering around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edyo 0 Posted Monday at 11:59 AM After some personal Search on My End, ive had the same problem whit GFAC and found a fix and maybe why it would crash and not boot the game no matter what i attemped. This discovery was made because of the New Battlefield 6 game, it had this odd requirement, the game required that you had SecureBoot and TMP2.0 enabeled for their anti-cheat in order to work.So what i did: In Windows, I Changed my SDD Boot Partition from MBR to GTP, and in Bios Enabled SecureBoot + UEFI Boot + fTMP. After that, BF6 started to run... and so magically did APB alongside it too now... I just think that LittleOrbit just forgot to tell us that GFAC does indeed requires those two same requirements too in order to work properly... So from what i see, most users who had trouble here is probably a thing alongside SecureBoot and TPM2.0 being disabled. witch can by themselves be enabled easy by just turning it one in the bios whiteout problems if your Harddrive is already formatted in GPT, if not... that's where things gets complicated and need to switch your boot partition..To check if you PC is MBR or GPT:https://youtu.be/3lAYgl_eBlQ I am warning you: Switching your Windows hard drive partition from MBR to GPT isn't a trivial task to undertake as a normal user. If you don't do it correctly or happen to have a hiccup while doing it, it could result in windows not booting up the next time you restart your machine and be stuck in a blackscreen deathloop. Id suggest you follow the official Microsoft online tutorial about MBR2BPT whit caution and to backing-up your files beforehands somewhere in case if fails.https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/mbr-to-gptIf your unsure how to do so, here is the alternative: is to wipe/re-install windows from an install CD instead and make sure you setup your bios accordingly (Enable Secureboot, Set Boot as UEFI, and Enabling fTMP/TMP2.0) before, so you install the UEFI Based Version of Windows. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victoria97 58 Posted 18 hours ago @MageLO So when I was starting APB today I saw it downloaded some little 3MB something for GFAC... ever since I can login the game but I cant join any of the districts because it says mismatch error. And once I get kicked to main screen I get this 2nd error: So please help! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MageLO 332 Posted 15 hours ago 3 hours ago, Victoria97 said: @MageLO So when I was starting APB today I saw it downloaded some little 3MB something for GFAC... ever since I can login the game but I cant join any of the districts because it says mismatch error. And once I get kicked to main screen I get this 2nd error: So please help! Hello - We're actively looking at this issue and are working on a fix. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
