10/10 MAINTENANCE ANNOUNCEMENT

[Victoria97 58]

 

33 minutes ago, MageLO said:

The servers are now back online - If you are encountering any issues starting the game please run the "GFAC_Updater.exe" as well as "Updater.exe" in your GFAC Install directory. 

If this doesn't fix your issue please let us know and we will investigate.

I can confirm that this solved Blue screen of death issue. Good job guys and thank you  

[MACKxBOLAN 482]

i found the file, authorized it but nothing happen, 

then did the same on another file just named update.

which wanted to update the gfac system console, 

a little black window popped up with some 'Basic' looking text, 

it scrolled itself down n the window went away.

I then booted apb and got in. 

[cowhorseman 455]

Amazing update. could not run the updater, or the second hidden updater, or any program that had to do with GFAC.

 

Speaking of why the hell is it called gamer first anti cheat?

 

Anyway i had to uninstall and delete the file and then reinstall to get it working.

 

Still the same sweaty tryhards that have a strict "no fun policy" that send death threats if you use anything non meta to kill them

[Romique 27]

2 hours ago, MageLO said:

The servers are now back online - If you are encountering any issues starting the game please run the "GFAC_Updater.exe" as well as "Updater.exe" in your GFAC Install directory. 

 

If this doesn't fix your issue please let us know and we will investigate.

so - cross district is not working yet? 

[Romique 27]

guys - cross district match maker is still not working?

[Romique 27]

7 hours ago, MageLO said:

Hello everyone, 

 

the Team needs some extra time deploying todays major backend changes so we are going to need to extend the Maintenance by another 2 Hours!

 

We apologise for the inconvenience and Thank You for your continued patience.

Cross district match maker is not working, Escalation is not working, we play on OLD match maker - with empty missions with no enemy and 1v1s

[Romique 27]

5 hours ago, Emily said:

Hello everyone,

 

Quick update: Our team has resolved the final issue that was blocking the release, but we’ll need to run one more build and complete an additional round of testing to ensure everything is stable before going live.

 

We estimate this process will take around 2 more hours.

plz let LO know that - Cross district match maker is not working, Escalation is not working, we play on OLD match maker - with empty missions with no enemy and 1v1s

[Ardita 225]

9 hours ago, Romique said:

Cross district match maker is not working, Escalation is not working, we play on OLD match maker - with empty missions with no enemy and 1v1s

@MageLO Match making not fixed?

[MageLO 335]

Hello again,

 

we're currently investigating issues preventing many players from logging in or joining any district. We will keep you all updated on the status of the issue.

 

Thank you for your patience.

[MageLO 335]

2 hours ago, MageLO said:

Hello again,

 

we're currently investigating issues preventing many players from logging in or joining any district. We will keep you all updated on the status of the issue.

 

Thank you for your patience.

This issue should now be resolved.

[Cynisca 6]

Are the servers/gfac still having issues? I've tried to play yesterday and yesterday I kept getting the error "Init error: Please check your internet connection.", I thought the game is still on maint but today it still won't work.
Now I keep getting two errors at the same time after trying to launch the game via the launcher: "Init error: Update GFAC" and "System Failure, can't start game."

I'm using the normal launcher (not steam) and also am launching it as admin, but I won't get past the launcher even though it still worked fine on wednesday. I already tried repairing the game files but it didn't help. I don't know how I'm supposed to update just GFAC, it's running version 1.0.0 ever since it's been implemented.

 

Edit: I've found the way to update just GFAC, it's in a different folder and called GFAC_updater.exe, for anyone having similar issues. Game seems to work now.

Edit 2: Yeah game would work but sadly the login doesn't. Oh well.

Edited October 11 by Cynisca

[Toolmaker 2]

i tried everythink no luck at all.Any idea? I have updated repaird tho launcher and updated the GFAC no luck

[Yapopal 210]

Some suggestions for matchmaking:

1. Matchmaking should strive to sort players into copies of districts based on the player's abilities.

2. Full settlement of a copy of the area should not be a priority.

3. Prohibit the initial entry of single players into the district if the number of players of any faction exceeds 35. This will give the units a chance to move between areas.

4. If the mission timer is less than two minutes, block the possibility of calling for backup (escalation) from another copy of the district.

5. There should be no bronze and gold players in the same mission.

The opponent selection system is based on the threat level of the player. But the threat level does not reflect the player's skill level at all. Picking up an opponent works very, VERY poorly.

Edited October 11 by Yapopal

[J.B. 0]

good job wrecking the game for the weekend. not working by any chance. time for some high value compensation

[Averix 0]

Cant get past world server login right now.  Really bad timing right now!

[MACKxBOLAN 482]

i make it to the character select, select a character for na 

and i get gfac not installed, restart game. 

I was just on for a couple hours, came back an hour later n it dont work

Edited October 11 by MACKxBOLAN

[SixxstagesofMajik 9]

57 minutes ago, MACKxBOLAN said:

i make it to the character select, select a character for na 

and i get gfac not installed, restart game. 

I was just on for a couple hours, came back an hour later n it dont work

I fixed this by uninstalling GFAC then restering PC and deleting the GFAC folder in Program Files , then opened the launcher and let it reinstall GFAC 

[cowhorseman 455]

I assume becuase the anti-cheat barely works the goal is to piss off the cheaters by just straight up breaking the whole game. i already had to unisntall and reinstall GFAC once, i'm not doing it twice just to get stuck in a 2 hour long loop of "heres those players you just can not fight on crim/enfo GET FUCKED" while my team is the most brainless players i have ever met. over and over and over and over and over

[MACKxBOLAN 482]

13 hours ago, SixxstagesofMajik said:

fixed this by uninstalling GFAC

I did the same thing as the day before, going to files and updating gfac, 

did this per a helper in discord telling me to. cuz i never mess with files.

and it got me right in. 

 I just find it strange that I had been playing in na earlier in the day, was off maybe an hour.

At this time they took eu down and when it came back up I couldn't get in, ran into the error. 

I'm leery of messing with files because some are against tos but mostly I'm afraid I'm gonna break it. 

 

[Westford 199]

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.

 

 

Edited October 12 by Westford

[Ardita 225]

On 10/11/2025 at 1:00 PM, Ardita said:

@MageLO Match making not fixed?

 

On 10/11/2025 at 5:52 PM, MageLO said:

This issue should now be resolved.