Introduction: How to Play Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Online With FA Forever (Windows Only)

Hello fellow Instructables users! This instructable is about how to use the Forged Alliance Forever online lobby to play Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance with friends or with people around the world. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game, like Homeworld or StarCraft. There was a built-in lobby called GPGNet for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (SupCom), though it is dead nowadays. Fortunately, people in the open-source community created Forged Alliance Forever (FA Forever) as a replacement for GPGNet.

Step 1: Buy Forged Alliance on Steam

You can buy Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance for a reasonable amount on Steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/9420/

Steam is an easy-to-use online store. It's free to sign up.

Step 2: Install FA Forever

http://www.faforever.com/

All you need to do for this step is click the "Download Now!" button, run the installer and follow the setup instructions. Once it's installed, start it.

Step 3: Find or Create a Game!

Click the "Find Games" button and double-click a game, or double-click the modpack you want to use (on the left) and create a game. Have fun playing Forged Alliance!