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R BASIC FAQ COVERS STANDARD QUESHUNS AN ANZWERS DAT U CUD HAS. 4 LES COMMON MATTERS, PLZ VISIT R EXTENDD FAQ INSTEAD.

TABLE OV CONTENTS


GENERAL

WUT IZ ASF?

Y DOEZ TEH PROGRAM CLAIM DAT THAR IZ NOTHIN 2 FARM ON MAH AKOWNT?

Y IZ MAH AKOWNT LIMITD?

BEFORE TRYIN 2 UNDERSTAND WUT ASF IZ, U SHUD MAK SURE DAT U UNDERSTAND WUT STEAM CARDZ R, AN HOW 2 OBTAIN THEM, WHICH IZ NICELY DESCRIBD IN OFFISHUL FAQ HER.

IN SHORT, STEAM CARDZ R COLLECTIBLE ITEMS DAT URE ELIGIBLE 4 WHEN OWNIN PARTICULAR GAME, AN CAN BE USD 4 CRAFTIN BADGEZ, SELLIN ON STEAM MARKIT OR ANY OTHR PURPOSE OV UR CHOICE.

CORE POINTS R STATD ONCE AGAIN HER, CUZ PEEPS IN GENERAL DOAN WANTS 2 AGREE WIF THEM AN PREFR 2 PRETEND DAT DOSE DO NOT EXIST:

  • U NED 2 OWN TEH GAME ON UR STEAM AKOWNT IN ORDR 2 BE ELIGIBLE 4 ANY CARD DROPS FRUM IT. PPLZ SHARIN DOESNT COUNT.
  • U CANT FARM TEH GAME INFINITELY, EVRY GAME HAS FIXD NUMBR OV CARD DROPS. ONCE U DROP ALL OV THEM (AROUND HALF OV TEH FULL SET), TEH GAME IZ NOT CANDIDATE 4 FARMIN NOMORE. IT DOESNT MATTR WHETHR UVE SOLD, TRADD, CRAFTD OR FORGOT WUT HAPPEND 2 DOSE CARDZ UVE OBTAIND, ONCE U RUN OUT OV CARD DROPS, TEH GAME IZ FINISHD.
  • U CANT DROP CARDZ FRUM F2P GAMEZ WITHOUT SPENDIN ANY MONEY IN THEM. DIS MEANZ PERMANENTLY F2P GAMEZ LIEK TEAM FORTRES 2 OR DOTA 2. OWNIN F2P GAMEZ DOEZ NOT GRANT U CARD DROPS.
  • U CANT DROP CARDZ ON LIMITD ACCOUNTS, REGARDLES OV OWND GAMEZ. IT WUZ POSIBLE IN DA PAST, BUT IZ NO LONGR TEH CASE.
  • PAID GAMEZ DAT UVE OBTAIND 4 FREE DURIN PROMOSHUN CANT BE FARMD 4 CARD DROPS, REGARDLES OV WUT IZ DISPLAYD ON TEH STORE PAEG. IT WUZ POSIBLE IN DA PAST, BUT IZ NO LONGR TEH CASE.

SO AS U CAN C, STEAM CARDZ R AWARDD 2 U 4 PLAYIN GAME DAT U BUYD, OR F2P GAME DAT UVE PUT MONEY INTO. IF U PULAY SUCH GAME LONG ENOUGH, ALL CARDZ 4 DAT GAME WILL EVENTUALLY DROP 2 UR INVENTORY, MAKIN IT POSIBLE 4 U 2 COMPLETE BADGE (AFTR OBTAININ TEH REMAININ HALF OV TEH SET), SELL THEM, OR DO WHATEVR ELSE U WANTS.

NAO DAT WEVE EXPLAIND TEH BASICS OV STEAM, WE CAN EXPLAIN ASF. TEH PROGRAM ITSELF IZ QUITE COMPLEX 2 UNDERSTAND FULLY, SO INSTEAD OV DIGGIN INTO ALL TEH TECHNICAL DETAILS, WELL OFFR VRY SIMPLIFID EXPLANASHUN BELOW.

ASF LOGS INTO UR STEAM AKOWNT THRU R BUILT-IN, CUSTOM STEAM CLIENT IMPLEMENTASHUN USIN UR PROVIDD CREDENTIALS. AFTR SUCCESFULLY LOGGIN IN, IT PARSEZ UR BADGEZ IN ORDR 2 FIND GAMEZ DAT R AVAILABLE 4 FARMIN (X CARD DROPS REMAININ). AFTR PARSIN ALL PAGEZ AN CONSTRUCTIN FINAL LIST OV GAMEZ DAT R AVAILABLE, ASF CHOOSEZ MOST EFFICIENT FARMIN ALGORITHM AN STARTS TEH PROCES. TEH PROCES DEPENDZ UPON CHOSEN CARDZ FARMIN ALGORITHM BUT USUALLY IT CONSISTS OV PLAYIN ELIGIBLE GAME AN PERIODICALLY (PLUS ON EACH ITEM DROP) CHECKIN IF GAME IZ FULLY FARMD ALREADY - IF YEZ, ASF CAN PROCED WIF TEH NEXT TITLE, USIN TEH SAME PROCEDURE, TIL ALL GAMEZ R FULLY FARMD.

KEEP IN MIND DAT EXPLANASHUN ABOOV IZ SIMPLIFID AN DOESNT DESCRIBE DOZEN OV EXTRA FEATUREZ AN FUNCSHUNS DAT ASF OFFERS. VISIT TEH REST OV R WIKI IF U WANTS 2 KNOE EVRY ASF DETAIL. I TRID 2 MAK IT SIMPLE ENOUGH 2 UNDERSTAND 4 EVRYBODY, WITHOUT BRINGIN IN TECHNICAL DETAILS - ADVANCD USERS R ENCOURAGD 2 DIG DEEPR.

NAO AS PROGRAM - ASF OFFERS SUM MAGIC. FIRSTY, IT DOESNT HAS 2 DOWNLOAD ANY OV UR GAME FILEZ, IT CAN PULAY GAMEZ RITE AWAY. SECONDLY, IZ ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OV UR NORMAL STEAM CLIENT - U DOAN NED 2 HAS STEAM CLIENT RUNNIN OR EVEN INSTALLD AT ALL. THIRDLY, IZ AUTOMATD SOLUSHUN - WHICH MEANZ DAT ASF AUTOMATICALLY DOEZ EVRYTHIN BEHIND UR BAK, WITHOUT NED OV TELLIN IT WUT 2 DO - WHICH SAVEZ U HASLE AN TIEM. LASTLY, IT DOESNT HAS 2 TRICK STEAM NETWORK BY PROCES EMULASHUN (WHICH E.G. IDLE MASTAH IZ USIN), AS IT CAN SPEEK WIF IT DIRECTLY. IZ ALSO SUPR FAST AN LIGHTWEIGHT, BEAN AN AMAZIN SOLUSHUN 4 EVRYBODY HOO WANTS 2 GIT CARDZ EASILY WITHOUT MUTCH HASLE - IT COMEZ ESPECIALLY USEFUL BY LEAVIN IT RUNNIN IN DA BAKGROUND WHILE DOIN SOMETHIN ELSE, OR EVEN PLAYIN IN OFFLINE MODE.

ALL OV TEH ABOOV IZ NICE, BUT ASF ALSO HAS SUM TECHNICAL LIMITASHUNS DAT R ENFORCD BY STEAM - WE CANT FARM GAMEZ DAT U DOAN OWN, WE CANT FARM GAMEZ FOREVR IN ORDR 2 GIT EXTRA DROPS PAST TEH ENFORCD LIMIT, AN WE CANT FARM GAMEZ WHILE URE PLAYIN. ALL OV DAT SHUD BE "LOGICAL", CONSIDERIN TEH WAI HOW ASF WERKZ, BUT IZ NICE 2 NOWT DAT ASF DOESNT HAS SUPR-POWERS AN WONT DO SOMETHIN DAT IZ FYSICALLY IMPOSIBLE, SO KEEP DAT IN MIND - IZ BASICALLY TEH SAME AS IF U TOLD SOMEONE 2 LOG IN ON UR AKOWNT FRUM ANOTHR PC AN FARM DOSE GAMEZ 4 U.

SO 2 SUM UP - ASF IZ PROGRAM DAT HELPS U DROP DOSE CARDZ URE ELIGIBLE 4, WITHOUT MUTCH HASLE. IT ALSO OFFERS SEVERAL OTHR FUNCSHUNS, BUT LETS STICK 2 DIS WAN 4 NAO.


DO I HAS 2 PUT MAH AKOWNT CREDENTIALS?

YEZ. ASF REQUIREZ UR AKOWNT CREDENTIALS IN DA SAME WAI AS OFFISHUL STEAM CLIENT DOEZ, AS IZ USIN TEH SAME METHOD 4 STEAM NETWORK INTERACSHUN. DIS HOWEVR DOESNT MEEN DAT U HAS 2 PUT UR AKOWNT CREDENTIALS IN ASF CONFIGS, U CAN KEEP USIN ASF WIF null/EMPTY SteamLogin AN/OR SteamPassword, AN INPUT DAT DATA ON EACH ASF RUN, WHEN REQUIRD (AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHR LOGIN CREDENTIALS, REFR 2 CONFIGURASHUN). DIS WAI UR DETAILS R NOT SAVD ANYWHERE, BUT OV COURSE ASF CANT AUTOSTART WITHOUT UR HALP. ASF ALSO OFFERS SEVERAL OTHR WAYS OV INCREASIN UR SECURITY, SO FEELZ FREE 2 READ DAT PART OV TEH WIKI IF URE ADVANCD USR. IF URE NOT, AN U DOAN WANTS 2 PUT UR AKOWNT CREDENTIALS IN ASF CONFIGS, DEN SIMPLY DOAN DO DAT, AN INSTEAD INPUT THEM AS-NEEDD WHEN ASF ASKZ 4 THEM.

KEEP IN MIND DAT ASF TOOL IZ 4 UR PERSONAL USE AN UR CREDENTIALS R NEVR LEAVIN UR COMPUTR. URE ALSO NOT SHARIN THEM WIF ANYBODY, WHICH FULFILLS STEAM TOS - VRY IMPORTANT TING DAT LOTZ DA PEEPS FORGET BOUT. URE NOT SENDIN UR DETAILS 2 R SERVERS OR SUM THIRD-PARTY, ONLY DIRECTLY 2 STEAM SERVERS OPERATD BY VALVE. WE DOAN KNOE UR CREDENTIALS AN WERE ALSO UNABLE 2 RECOVR THEM 4 U, REGARDLES IF U PUT THEM IN UR CONFIGS OR NOT.


HOW LONG DO I HAS 2 WAIT 4 CARDZ 2 DROP?

AS LONG AS IT TAKEZ - SRSLY. EVRY GAME HAS DIFFERENT FARMIN DIFFICULTY SET BY DEVELOPR/PUBLISHR, AN IZ TOTALLY UP 2 THEM HOW FAST CARDZ R BEAN DROPPD. MAJORITY OV TEH GAMEZ FOLLOW 1 DROP PER 30 MINUTEZ OV PLAYIN, BUT THAR R ALSO GAMEZ REQUIRIN FRUM U 2 PULAY EVEN SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DROPPIN CARD. IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, UR AKOWNT CUD BE RESTRICTD FRUM RECEIVIN CARD DROPS FRUM GAMEZ U DIDNT PULAY 4 ENOUGH TIEM YET, AS STATD IN PERFORMANCE SECSHUN. DO NOT ATTEMPT 2 MAK GUESEZ HOW LONG ASF SHUD FARM GIVEN TITLE - IZ NOT UP 2 U, NEITHR ASF 2 DECIDE. THAR IZ NOTHIN U CAN DO 2 MAK IT FASTR, AN THAR IZ NO "BUG" RELATD 2 CARDZ NOT BEAN DROPPD IN TIEMLY FASHION - U DO NOT CONTROL CARDZ DROPPIN PROCES, NEITHR DOEZ ASF. IN DA BEST CASE, ULL RECEIV AVERAGE OV 1 DROP PER 30 MINUTEZ. IN DA WURST CASE, U WONT RECEIV ANY CARD EVEN 4 4 HOURS SINCE STARTIN ASF. BOTH OV DOSE SITUASHUNS R NORMAL AN COVERD IN R PERFORMANCE SECSHUN.


FARMIN TAKEZ 2 LONG, I CAN SOMEHOW SPED IT UP?

TEH ONLY TING WHICH HEAVILY AFFECTS SPED OV FARMIN IZ SELECTD CARDZ FARMIN ALGORITHM 4 UR BOT INSTANCE. EVRYTHIN ELSE HAS NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT AN WILL NOT MAK FARMIN FASTR, WHILE SUM ACSHUNS SUCH AS LAUNCHIN ASF PROCES SEVERAL TIEMS WILL EVEN MAK IT WORSE. IF U RLY HAS AN URGE OV MAKIN EVRY SINGLE SECOND FRUM FARMIN PROCES, DEN ASF ALLOWS U 2 FINE-TUNE SUM CORE FARMIN VARIABLEZ SUCH AS FarmingDelay - ALL OV THEM R EXPLAIND IN CONFIGURASHUN. HOWEVR, AS I SED, TEH EFFECT IZ NEGLIGIBLE, AN CHOOSIN PROPR CARDZ FARMIN ALGORITHM 4 GIVEN AKOWNT IZ WAN AN TEH ONLY CRUSHUL CHOICE DAT CAN HEAVILY AFFECT SPED OV FARMIN, EVRYTHIN ELSE IZ PURE COSMETIC. INSTEAD OV WORRYIN BOUT FARMIN SPED, JUS LAUNCH ASF AN LET IT DO ITZ JOB - I CAN ASSURE U DAT IZ DOIN IT IN DA MOST EFFECTIV WAI I CUD COME UP WIF. TEH LES U CARE, TEH MOAR U WILL BE SATISFID.


BUT ASF SED DAT FARMIN WILL TAEK BOUT X TIEM!

ASF GIVEZ U ROUGH APPROXIMASHUN BASD ON NUMBR OV CARDZ U NED 2 DROP, AN UR CHOSEN ALGORITHM - DIS AR TEH NOWHERE CLOSE 2 TEH AKSHUL TIEM DAT U WILL SPEND ON FARMIN, WHICH IZ USUALLY LONGR THAN DIS, AS ASF ASSUMEZ BEST CASE ONLY, AN IGNOREZ ALL STEAM NETWORK QUIRKZ, INTERNET DISCONNECSHUNS, OVERLOAD OV STEAM SERVERS AN LIKEWIZE. IT SHUD BE SEEN ONLY AS GENERAL INDICATOR HOW LONG U CAN EXPECT ASF 2 BE FARMIN, VRY OFTEN IN BEST CASE, AS AKSHUL TIEM WILL DIFFR, EVEN SIGNIFICANTLY IN SUM CASEZ. LIEK POINTD OUT ABOOV, DO NOT TRY 2 GUES HOW LONG GIVEN GAME WILL BE FARMD, IZ NOT UP 2 U, NEITHR ASF 2 DECIDE.


CAN ASF WERK ON MAH ANDROID/SMARTFONE?

ASF IZ C# PROGRAM DAT REQUIREZ WERKIN IMPLEMENTASHUN OV .NET. ANDROID BECAME VALID PLATFORM STARTIN WIF .NET 6.0, HOWEVR, THAR IZ CURRENTLY MAJOR BLOCKR IN MAKIN ASF HAPPEN ON ANDROID DUE 2 LACK OV ASP.NET RUNTIME AVAILABLE ON IT. EVEN THOUGH THAR ISNT NATIV OPSHUN AVAILABLE, THAR R PROPR AN WERKIN BUILDZ 4 GNU/LINUX ON ARM ARCHITECCHUR, SO IZ TOTALLY POSIBLE 2 USE SOMETHIN LIEK LINUX DEPLOY 4 INSTALLIN LINUX, DEN USIN ASF IN SUCH LINUX CHROOT AS USUAL.

WHEN/IF ALL ASF REQUIREMENTS R SATISFID, WELL CONSIDR RELEASIN OFFISHUL ANDROID BUILD.


CAN ASF FARM ITEMS FRUM STEAM GAMEZ, SUCH AS CS:GO OR UNTURND?

NO, DIS AR TEH AGAINST STEAM TOS AN VALVE CLEARLY STATD DAT WIF LAST WAVE OV COMMUNITY BANZ 4 FARMIN TF2 ITEMS. ASF IZ STEAM CARDZ FARMIN PROGRAM, NOT GAME ITEMS FARMR - IT DOESNT HAS ANY CAPABILITY OV FARMIN GAME ITEMS, AN IZ NOT PLANND 2 ADD SUCH FEACHUR IN DA FUCHUR, EVR, MAINLY CUZ OV VIOLATIN STEAM TERMS OV USE. PLZ DO NOT ASK BOUT DIS - TEH BEST U CAN GIT IZ REPORT FRUM SUM SALTY USR AN U HAVIN PROBLEMS. TEH SAME GOEZ 4 ALL OTHR TYPEZ OV FARMIN, SUCH AS FARMIN DROPS FRUM CS:GO BROADCASTS. ASF IZ FOCUSIN ON STEAM TRADIN CARDZ EXCLUSIVELY.


I CAN CHOOSE WHICH GAMEZ SHUD BE FARMD?

YEZ, THRU SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. IF U WANTS 2 ALTR TEH DEFAULT ORDR OV FARMIN KEW, DEN THAZ WUT FarmingOrders BOT CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY CAN BE USD 4. IF U WANTS 2 MANUALLY BLACKLIST GIVEN GAMEZ FRUM BEAN FARMD AUTOMATICALLY, U CAN USE IDLE BLACKLIST WHICH IZ AVAILABLE WIF fb COMMAND. IF UD LIEK 2 FARM EVRYTHIN BUT GIV SUM APPS PRIORITY OVAR EVRYTHIN ELSE, DAT IZ WUT IDLE PRIORITY KEW AVAILABLE WIF fq COMMAND CAN BE USD 4. AN FINALLY, IF U WANTS 2 FARM SPECIFIC GAMEZ OV UR CHOICE ONLY, DEN U CAN USE FarmPriorityQueueOnly BOT CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY IN ORDR 2 ACHIEVE DIS, TOGETHR WIF ADDIN UR SELECTD APPS 2 IDLE PRIORITY KEW.

IN ADDISHUN 2 MANAGIN AUTOMATIC CARDZ FARMIN MODULE WHICH WUZ DESCRIBD ABOOV, U CAN ALSO SWITCH ASF 2 MANUAL FARMIN MODE WIF play COMMAND, OR USE SUM OTHR MISC EXTERNAL SETTINGS SUCH AS GamesPlayedWhileIdle BOT CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY.


IM NOT INTERESTD IN CARD DROPS, ID LIEK 2 FARM HOURS PLAYD INSTEAD, IZ DAT POSIBLE?

YEZ, ASF ALLOWS U 2 DO DAT THRU AT LEAST SEVERAL WAYS.

TEH BEST WAI 2 ACHIEVE DAT IZ 2 MAK USE OV GamesPlayedWhileIdle CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY, WHICH WILL PULAY UR CHOSEN APPIDZ WHEN ASF HAS NO CARDZ 2 FARM. IF UD LIEK 2 PULAY UR GAMEZ ALL TEH TIEM, EVEN IF U DO HAS CARD DROPS FRUM OTHR GAMEZ, DEN U CAN COMBINE IT WIF FarmPriorityQueueOnly, SO ASF WILL FARM ONLY DOSE GAMEZ 4 CARD DROPS DAT U EXPLICITLY SET, OR Paused, WHICH WILL CAUSE CARDZ FARMIN MODULE 2 BE PAUSD TIL U UNPAUSE IT YOURSELF.

ALTERNATIVELY, U CAN MAK USE OV TEH play COMMAND, WHICH WILL CAUSE ASF 2 PULAY UR SELECTD GAMEZ. HOWEVR, KEEP IN MIND DAT play SHUD BE USD ONLY 4 GAMEZ U WANTS 2 PULAY TEMPORARILY, AS IZ NOT PERSISTENT STATE, CAUSIN ASF 2 REVERT BAK 2 DEFAULT STATE E.G. UPON DISCONNECSHUN FRUM STEAM NETWORK. THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND U 2 USE GamesPlayedWhileIdle, UNLES U INDED WANTS 2 START UR SELECTD GAMEZ JUS 4 SHORT TIEM PERIOD, AN DEN REVERT BAK 2 GENERAL FLOW.


IM LINUX / MACOS USR, WILL ASF FARM GAMEZ DAT R NOT AVAILABLE 4 MAH OS? WILL ASF FARM 64-BIT GAMEZ WHEN IM RUNNIN IT ON 32-BIT OS?

YEZ, ASF IZ NOT EVEN BOTHERIN WIF DOWNLOADIN AKSHUL GAME FILEZ, SO IT WILL WERK WIF ALL UR LICENSEZ TID 2 UR STEAM AKOWNT, REGARDLES OV ANY PLATFORM OR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. IT SHUD ALSO WERK 4 GAMEZ TID 2 SPECIFIC REGION (REGION-LOCKD GAMEZ) EVEN WHEN URE NOT IN DA MATCHIN REGION, ALTHOUGH WE DOAN GUARANTEE DAT (IT WERKD LAST TIEM WE TRID).


COMPARISON WIF SIMILAR TOOLS


IZ ASF SIMILAR 2 IDLE MASTAH?

TEH ONLY SIMILARITY IZ TEH GENERAL PURPOSE OV BOTH PROGRAMS, WHICH IZ FARMIN STEAM GAMEZ IN ORDR 2 RECEIV CARD DROPS. EVRYTHIN ELSE, INCLUDIN TEH AKSHUL FARMIN METHOD, USD ALGORITHMS, PROGRAM STRUCCHUR, FUNCSHUNALITY, COMPATIBILITY, ENDIN WIF TEH SOURCE CODE ITSELF, IZ ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AN DOSE 2 PROGRAMS HAS NOTHIN COMMON WIF EACH OTHR, EVEN TEH CORE FOUNDASHUN - IM IZ RUNNIN ON .NET FRAMEWORK, ASF ON .NET (CORE). ASF WUZ CREATD 2 SOLVE IM ISSUEZ DAT WUZ NOT POSIBLE 2 SOLVE WIF SIMPLE CODE EDIT - DIS AR TEH Y ASF WUZ WRITTEN FRUM SCRATCH, WITHOUT USIN SINGLE CODE LINE OR EVEN GENERAL IDEA FRUM IM, CUZ DAT CODE AN DOSE IDEAS WUZ ENTIRELY FLAWD 2 BEGIN WIF. IM AN ASF R LIEK WINDOWS AN LINUX - BOTH R OPERATIN SISTEMS AN BOTH CAN BE INSTALLD ON UR PC, BUT THEY SHARE ALMOST NOTHIN WIF EACH OTHR, APART FRUM SERVIN TEH SIMILAR PURPOSE.

DIS AR TEH ALSO Y U SHOULDNT COMPARE ASF 2 IM BASD ON IM EXPECTASHUNS. U SHUD TREAT ASF AN IM AS ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS WIF THEIR OWN EXCLUSIV SETS OV FEATUREZ. SUM OV THEM INDED OVERLAP AN U CAN FIND PARTICULAR FEACHUR IN BOTH OV THEM, BUT VRY RARELY, AS ASF IZ SERVIN ITZ PURPOSE WIF ENTIRELY DIFFERENT APPROACH COMPARD 2 IM.


IZ WORTH IT 2 USE ASF, IF IM CURRENTLY USIN IDLE MASTAH AN IT WERKZ FINE 4 ME?

YEZ. ASF IZ MUTCH MOAR RELIABLE AN INCLUDEZ LOTZ DA BUILT-IN FUNCSHUNS DAT R CRUSHUL REGARDLES OV TEH WAI HOW U FARM, DAT IM SIMPLY DOESNT OFFR.

ASF HAS PROPR LOGIC 4 UNRELEASD GAMEZ - IM WILL ATTEMPT 2 FARM GAMEZ DAT HAS CARDZ ADDD ALREADY, EVEN IF THEY WUZ NOT RELEASD YET. OV COURSE, IZ NOT POSIBLE 2 FARM DOSE GAMEZ TIL RELEASE DATE, SO UR FARMIN PROCES WILL BE STUCK. DIS WILL REQUIRE U 2 EITHR ADD IT 2 TEH BLACKLIST, WAIT 4 RELEASE, OR SKIP MANUALLY. NEITHR OV DOSE SOLUSHUNS IZ GUD, AN ALL OV THEM REQUIRE UR ATTENSHUN - ASF AUTOMATICALLY SKIPS FARMIN OV UNRELEASD GAMEZ (TEMPORARILY), AN RETURNS BAK 2 THEM LATR WHEN THEY R, COMPLETELY AVOIDIN TEH PROBLEM AN DEALIN WIF IT EFFICIENTLY.

ASF ALSO HAS PROPR LOGIC OV SERIEZ VIDEOS. THAR R LOTZ DA VIDEOS ON STEAM DAT HAS CARDZ, YET R ANNOUNCD WIF WRONG appID ON TEH BADGEZ PAEG, SUCH AS DOUBLE FINE ADVENCHUR - IM WILL FALSELY FARM WRONG appID, WHICH WILL YIELD NO DROPS AN PROCES BEAN STUCK. ONCE AGAIN, ULL NED 2 EITHR BLACKLIST IT OR SKIP MANUALLY, BOTH REQUIRIN UR ATTENSHUN. ASF AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVERS PROPR appID 4 FARMIN WHICH DOEZ RESULT IN CARD DROPS.

IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, ASF IZ MUTCH MOAR STABLE AN RELIABLE WHEN IT COMEZ 2 NETWORK PROBLEMS AN STEAM QUIRKZ - IT WERKZ MOST OV TEH TIEM AN DOESNT REQUIRE UR ATTENSHUN AT ALL ONCE CONFIGURD, WHILE IM OFTEN BREAKZ 4 LOTZ DA PEEPS, REQUIREZ EXTRA FIXEZ OR SIMPLY DOESNT WERK REGARDLES. IZ ALSO FULLY DEPENDENT ON UR STEAM CLIENT, WHICH MEANZ DAT IT CANT WERK WHEN UR STEAM CLIENT IZ EXPERIENCIN ANY SERIOUS ISSUEZ. ASF IZ WERKIN PROPERLY AS LONG AS IT CAN CONNECT 2 STEAM NETWORK, AN DOESNT REQUIRE STEAM CLIENT RUNNIN OR EVEN BEAN INSTALLD.

DOSE R 3 VRY IMPORTANT POINTS Y U SHUD CONSIDR USIN ASF, AS THEY DIRECTLY AFFECT EVRYBODY FARMIN STEAM CARDZ AN THAR IZ NOWAI 2 SAY "DIS DOESNT CONSIDR ME", SINCE STEAM MAINTENANCEZ AN QUIRKZ R HAPPENIN 2 EVRYBODY. THAR R DOZEN OV EXTRA LES AN MOAR IMPORTANT REASONS WHICH U CUD LERN BOUT IN DA REST OV TEH FAQ. SO SHORTLY SPEAKIN, YEZ, U SHUD USE ASF EVEN WHEN U DOAN NED ANY EXTRA ASF FEACHUR DAT IZ AVAILABLE WHEN COMPARD 2 IM.

IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, IM IZ OFFICIALLY DISCONTINUD AN CAN BREAK COMPLETELY IN DA FUCHUR, WITHOUT ANYBODY BOTHERIN 2 FIX IT, CONSIDERIN EXISTENCE OV MUTCH MOAR POWERFUL SOLUSHUNS (NOT ONLY ASF). IM ALREADY DOESNT WERK 4 LOT OV PEEPS, AN DAT NUMBR IZ ONLY GOIN UP, NOT DOWN. U SHUD AVOID USIN OBSOLETE SOFTWARE IN DA FURST PLACE, NOT ONLY IM BUT ALL OTHR DEPRECATD PROGRAMS AS WELL. NO ACTIV MAINTAINR MEANZ DAT NOBODY CAREZ WHETHR IT WERKZ OR NOT, NOBODY VERIFIEZ IF IT DOEZ AN NOBODY IZ RESPONSIBLE 4 ITZ FUNCSHUNALITY, WHICH IZ CRUSHUL MATTR IN TERMS OV SECURITY. IZ ENOUGH DAT THAR WILL BE CRITICAL BUG CAUSIN AKSHUL PROBLEMS 2 STEAM INFRASTRUCCHUR - WIF NOBODY FIXIN IT, STEAM CAN ISSUE ANOTHR BAN WAVE IN WHICH ULL GIT HIT WITHOUT EVEN BEAN AWARE OV DIS BEAN AN ISSUE, AS ALREADY HAPPEND 2 PEEPS USIN, GUES WUT, OBSOLETE VERSHUN OV ASF.


WUT INTERESTIN FEATUREZ ASF OFFERS DAT IDLE MASTAH DOEZ NOT?

IT DEPENDZ WUT U CONSIDR "INTERESTIN" 4 U. IF U PLAN 2 FARM MOAR ACCOUNTS THAN WAN DEN TEH ANZWR IZ ALREADY OBVIOUS SINCE ASF ALLOWS U 2 FARM ALL OV THEM WIF WAN SUPERIOR SOLUSHUN, SAVIN RESOURCEZ, HASLE, AN COMPATIBILITY ISSUEZ. HOWEVR, IF URE ASKIN DAT QUESHUN DEN MOST LIKELY U DOAN HAS DIS PARTICULAR NED, SO LETS EVALUATE OTHR BENEFITS DAT APPLY 2 WAN SINGLE AKOWNT USD IN ASF.

FURST AN FOREMOST, U HAS SUM BUILT-IN FEATUREZ MENSHUND ABOOV DAT R CORE 4 FARMIN REGARDLES OV UR END-GOAL, AN VRY OFTEN DAT ALONE IZ ALREADY ENOUGH 2 CONSIDR USIN ASF. BUT U ALREADY KNOE DAT, SO LETS MOOV ONTO SUM MOAR INTERESTIN FEATUREZ:

  • U CAN FARM OFFLINE (OnlineStatus OV Offline FEACHUR). FARMIN OFFLINE MAKEZ IT POSIBLE 4 U 2 SKIP UR STEAM IN-GAME STATUS ENTIRELY, WHICH ALLOWS U 2 FARM WIF ASF WHILE SHOWIN "ONLINE" ON STEAM AT TEH SAME TIEM, WITHOUT UR FRENZ EVEN NOTICIN DAT ASF IZ PLAYIN GAME ON UR BEHALF. DIS AR TEH SUPERIOR FEACHUR, SINCE IT ALLOWS U 2 REMAIN ONLINE IN UR STEAM CLIENT, WHILE NOT ANNOYIN UR FRENZ WIF CONSTANT GAME CHANGEZ, OR MISLEADIN THEM INTO THINKIN DAT URE PLAYIN GAME WHILE IN REALITY URE NOT. DIS POINT ALONE MAKEZ IT WORTHWHILE 2 USE ASF IF U RESPECT UR OWN FRENZ, BUT IZ ONLY TEH BEGINNIN. IZ ALSO NICE 2 NOWT DAT DIS FEACHUR HAS NOTHIN 2 DO WIF STEAM PRIVACY SETTINGS - IF U LAUNCH TEH GAME YOURSELF, DEN ULL PROPERLY SHOW AS IN-GAME 2 UR FRENZ, MAKIN ONLY ASF PART INVISABLE AN NOT AFFECTIN UR AKOWNT AT ALL.

  • U CAN SKIP REFUNDABLE GAMEZ (SkipRefundableGames FEACHUR). ASF HAS PROPR BUILT-IN LOGIC 4 REFUNDABLE GAMEZ AN U CAN CONFIGURE ASF 2 NOT FARM REFUNDABLE GAMEZ AUTOMATICALLY. DIS ALLOWS U 2 EVALUATE YOURSELF IF UR NEWLY-BUYD GAME FRUM STEAM STORE WUZ WORTH UR MONEY, WITHOUT ASF TRYIN 2 DROP CARDZ FRUM IT AS SOON AS POSIBLE. IF U PULAY IT 4 2+ HOURS, OR 2 WEEKZ PAS SINCE UR PURCHASE, DEN ASF WILL PROCED WID DAT GAME AS IZ NOT REFUNDABLE NOMORE. TIL DEN U HAS FULL CONTROL WHETHR U ENJOY IT OR NOT AN U CAN EASILY REFUND IT IF NEEDD, WITHOUT HAVIN 2 MANUALLY BLACKLIST DAT GAME OR NOT USE ASF 4 ENTIRE DURASHUN.

  • U CAN AUTOMATICALLY MARK NEW ITEMS AS RECEIVD (BotBehaviour OV DismissInventoryNotifications FEACHUR). FARMIN WIF ASF WILL RESULT IN UR AKOWNT RECEIVIN NEW CARD DROPS. U ALREADY KNOE DAT DIS AR TEH GOIN 2 HAPPEN, SO LET ASF CLEAR DAT USELES NOTIFICASHUN 4 U, ENSURIN DAT ONLY IMPORTANT THINGS WILL RAIZE UR ATTENSHUN. OV COURSE, ONLY IF U WANTS 2.

  • U CAN AUTOMATICALLY RECEIV CARDZ FRUM STEAM EVENTS (AutoSteamSaleEvent FEACHUR). ASF ALLOWS U 2 AUTOMATE GOIN THRU DISCOVERY KEW DURIN STEAM SALE, OV COURSE ONLY IF UD LIEK 2 MAK USE OV DAT. DIS SAVEZ ENORMOUS AMOUNT OV TIEM EACH DAI WHILE STEAM SALE IZ ON, AN ENSUREZ DAT ULL NEVR MIS UR DAILY CARD DROPS AGAIN.

  • U CAN CUSTOMIZE PREFERRD FARMIN ORDR WIF MOAR AVAILABLE OPSHUNS (FarmingOrders FEACHUR). PERHAPS U WANTS 2 FARM UR NEWLY BUYD GAMEZ FURST? OR UR OLDEST ONEZ? ACCORDIN 2 NUMBR OV CARD DROPS? BADGE LEVELS U ALREADY CRAFTD? PLAYD HOURS? ALFABETICALLY? ACCORDIN 2 APPIDZ? OR MAYBE FULLY RANDOM? THAZ ENTIRELY UP 2 U 2 DECIDE.

  • ASF CAN HALP U COMPLETE UR SETS (TradingPreferences WIF SteamTradeMatcher FEACHUR). WIF BIT MOAR ADVANCD TINKERIN, U CAN CONVERT UR ASF INTO FULLY-FEATURD USR-BOT DAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT STM OFFERS, HELPIN U EACH DAI 2 MATCH UR SETS WITHOUT ANY USR INTERACSHUN. ASF EVEN INCLUDEZ ITZ VRY OWN ASF 2FA MODULE ALLOWIN U 2 IMPORT UR STEAM MOBILE AUTHENTICATOR AN LET U FULLY AUTOMATE TEH ENTIRE PROCES WIF ACCEPTIN CONFIRMASHUNS AS WELL. OR, MAYBE U WANTS 2 ACCEPT MANUALLY AN LET ASF ONLY PREPARE DOSE TRADEZ 4 U? THAZ ONCE AGAIN, FULLY UP 2 U 2 DECIDE.

  • ASF CAN REDEEM KEYS IN BAKGROUND 4 U (BAKGROUND GAMEZ REDEEMR FEACHUR). MAYBE U HAS HUNDRD OV KEYS FRUM VARIOUS BUNDLEZ DAT URE 2 LAZY 2 REDEEM YOURSELF, GOIN THRU BUNCH OV WINDOWS AN AGREEIN 2 STEAM TERMS AN CONDISHUNS OVAR AN OVAR AGAIN. Y NOT COPY-PASTE UR LIST OV KEYS INTO ASF AN LET IT DO ITZ JOB? ASF WILL AUTOMATICALLY REDEEM ALL OV DOSE KEYS IN BAKGROUND, PROVIDIN U WIF APPROPRIATE OUTPUT 2 LET U KNOE HOW EACH REDEEM ATTEMPT TURND OUT. MOREOVR, IF U HAS HUNDREDZ OV KEYS, URE GUARANTED 2 GIT RATE-LIMITD BY STEAM SOONR OR LATR, AN ASF ALSO KNOWS BOUT DAT, ITLL PATIENTLY WAIT 4 DA RATE-LIMIT 2 GO AWAY, AN RESUME WER IT LEFT.

WE CUD NAO GO ON AN ON WIF ENTIRE ASF WIKI, POINTIN OUT EVRY SINGLE FEACHUR OV TEH PROGRAM, BUT WE HAS 2 DRAW LINE SOMEWHERE. DIS AR TEH IT, DIS AR TEH LIST OV FEATUREZ DAT U CAN ENJOY AS ASF USR, WER JUS WAN OV DOSE CUD EASILY BE CONSIDERD MAJOR REASON 2 NEVR LOOK BAK, AN WE AKSHULLY LISTD A LOT OV THEM, WIF EVEN MOAR U CAN LERN BOUT ON TEH REST OV R WIKI. AH YEZ, AN WE DIDNT EVEN GO INTO DETAIL WIF THINGS LIEK ASFS API ALLOWIN U 2 SCRIPT UR OWN COMMANDZ, OR AWSUM BOTS MANAGEMENT, SINCE WE WANTD 2 KEEP IT SIMPLE.


IZ ASF FASTR THAN IDLE MASTAH?

YEZ, ALTHOUGH TEH EXPLANASHUN IZ RATHR COMPLICATD.

ON EACH NEW PROCES SPAWND AN TERMINATD ON UR SISTEM, STEAM CLIENT AUTOMATICALLY SENDZ REQUEST CONTAININ ALL OV UR GAMEZ DAT URE CURRENTLY PLAYIN - DIS WAI STEAM NETWORK CAN CALCULATE HOURS AN MAK CARDZ DROP. HOWEVR, STEAM NETWORK COUNTS UR TIEM PLAYD IN 1-SECOND INTERVALS, AN SENDIN NEW REQUEST RESETS TEH CURRENT STATUS. IN OTHR WERDZ, IF U DID SPAWN/KILL NEW PROCES EVRY 0.5 SECOND, UD NEVR DROP ANY CARD CUZ EVRY 0.5 SECOND STEAM CLIENT WUD SEND NEW REQUEST AN STEAM NETWORK WUD NEVR COUNT EVEN 1 SECOND OV PULAY TIEM. MOREOVR, CUZ OV HOW OPERATIN SISTEM WERKZ, IZ AKSHULLY QUITE COMMON 2 C NEW PROCESEZ BEAN SPAWND/TERMINATD WITHOUT U EVEN DOIN ANYTHIN, SO EVEN IF URE DOIN NOTHIN ON UR PC - THAR R LOTZ DA PROCESEZ STILL WERKIN IN DA BAKGROUND, SPAWNIN/TERMINATIN OTHR PROCESEZ ALL TEH TIEM. IDLE MASTAH IZ BASD ON STEAM CLIENT, SO DIS MECHANISM AFFECTS U IF URE USIN IT.

ASF IZ NOT BASD ON STEAM CLIENT, IT HAS ITZ OWN STEAM CLIENT IMPLEMENTASHUN. THX 2 DAT, WUT ASF IZ DOIN, IZ NOT SPAWNIN ANY PROCES, BUT AKSHULLY SENDIN WAN, REAL REQUEST 2 STEAM NETWORK DAT WE STARTD PLAYIN GAME. DIS AR TEH TEH SAME REQUEST DAT WUD BE SENT BY STEAM CLIENT, BUT CUZ WE HAS AKSHUL CONTROL OVAR TEH ASF STEAM CLIENT, WE DOAN NED 2 SPAWN NEW PROCESEZ, AN WERE NOT MIMICKIN STEAM CLIENT REGARDIN SEND REQUEST ON EVRY PROCES CHANGE, SO TEH MECHANISM EXPLAIND ABOOV DOESNT AFFECT US. THX 2 DAT, WE NEVR INTERRUPT DAT 1 SECOND INTERVAL ON STEAM WEB SIDE, AN DAT ENHANCEZ R FARMIN SPED.


BUT IZ TEH DIFFERENCE RLY NOTICEABLE?

NO. TEH INTERRUPTS DAT R HAPPENIN WIF NORMAL STEAM CLIENT AN IDLE MASTAH HAS NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT ON TEH CARD DROPS, SO IZ NOT ANY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE DAT WUD MAK ASF SUPERIOR.

HOWEVR, THAR IZ DIFFERENCE, AN U CAN CLEARLY NOTICE DAT, AS DEPENDIN ON HOW BUSY UR OS IZ, CARDZ WILL DROP FASTR, FRUM FEW SECONDZ 2 EVEN FEW MINUTEZ, IF URE EXTREMELY UNLUCKY. ALTHOUGH I WOULDNT CONSIDR USIN ASF ONLY CUZ IT DROPS CARDZ FASTR, AS BOTH ASF AN IDLE MASTAH R AFFECTD BY HOW STEAM WEB WERKZ, ASF JUS INTERACTS WIF STEAM WEB MOAR EFFECTIVELY, WHILE IDLE MASTAH CANT CONTROL WUT STEAM CLIENT IZ AKSHULLY DOIN (SO IZ NOT IDLE MASTAHS FAULT, BUT STEAM CLIENTS ITSELF).


CAN ASF FARM MULTIPLE GAMEZ AT ONCE?

YEZ, ALTHOUGH ASF KNOWS BETTR WHEN 2 USE DAT FEACHUR, BASD ON SELECTD CARDZ FARMIN ALGORITHM. CARD DROPS RATE WHEN FARMIN MULTIPLE GAMEZ IZ CLOSE 2 ZERO, DIS AR TEH Y ASF IZ USIN MULTIPLE GAMEZ FARMIN EXCLUSIVELY 4 HOURS IN ORDR 2 OVERCOME HoursUntilCardDrops FASTR, 4 UP 2 32 GAMEZ AT ONCE. DIS AR TEH ALSO Y U SHUD FOCUS ON CONFIGURASHUN PART OV TEH ASF, AN LET ALGORITHMS DECIDE WUT IZ TEH BEST WAI 2 ACHIEVE TEH GOAL - WUT U FINKZ IZ RITE, IZ NOT NECESARILY RITE IN REALITY, FARMIN MULTIPLE GAMEZ AT ONCE WILL NOT PROVIDE U WIF ANY CARD DROPS.


CAN ASF SKIP THRU GAMEZ FAST?

NO, ASF DOESNT SUPPORT, NEITHR ENCOURAGEZ USAGE OV STEAM GLITCHEZ.


CAN ASF AUTOMATICALLY PULAY EACH GAME 4 X HOURS BEFORE CARDZ R ADDD?

NO, TEH WHOLE POINT OV STEAM CARDZ SISTEM CHANGE WUZ 2 FIGHT WIF FALSE STATISTICS AN GHOST PLAYERS. ASF WONT CONTRIBUTE TOWARDZ DAT MOAR THAN NECESARY, ADDIN SUCH FEACHUR IZ NOT PLANND AN WONT HAPPEN. IF UR GAME RECEIVEZ CARD DROPS IN USUAL WAI, ASF WILL FARM THEM AS SOON AS POSIBLE.


I CAN PULAY GAME WHILE ASF IZ FARMIN?

NO. ASF UNLIKE IM HAS INDEPENDENT STEAM CLIENT INCLUDD, AN STEAM NETWORK ALLOWS ONLY WAN STEAM CLIENT AT TIEM 2 PULAY GAME. U CAN HOWEVR DISCONNECT ASF ANY TIEM U LIEK BY STARTIN GAME (AN CLICKIN "K" WHEN ASKD IF STEAM NETWORK SHUD DISCONNECT OTHR CLIENT) - ASF WILL DEN PATIENTLY WAIT TILL URE DUN PLAYIN, AN RESUME TEH PROCES AFTERWARDZ. ALTERNATIVELY, U CAN STILL PULAY IN OFFLINE MODE ANYTIME U LIEK, IF DAT IZ SATISFYIN 4 U.

KEEP IN MIND DAT CARDZ DROP RATE WHEN PLAYIN MULTIPLE GAMEZ IZ CLOSE 2 0 ANYWAY, THEREFORE THAR R NO DIRECT BENEFITS FRUM BEAN ABLE 2 DO DAT WIF IM, WHILE THAR R STRONG BENEFITS OV NO INTERFERIN WIF OTHR GAMEZ LAUNCHD WIF ASF, WHICH IZ CRUSHUL E.G. VAC-WIZE.


SECURITY / PRIVACY / VAC / BANZ / TOS


I CAN GIT VAC BAN 4 USIN DIS?

NO, IZ NOT POSIBLE CUZ ASF (UNLIKE IDLE MASTAH OR SAM) DOEZ NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAI WIF STEAM CLIENT NOR ITZ PROCESEZ. IZ FYSICALLY IMPOSIBLE 2 GIT VAC BAN 4 USIN ASF, EVEN DURIN PLAYIN ON SECURD SERVERS WHILE ASF IZ RUNNIN - DIS AR TEH CUZ ASF DOESNT EVEN REQUIRE STEAM CLIENT BEAN INSTALLD AT ALL IN ORDR 2 WERK PROPERLY. ASF IZ TEH ONLY FARMIN PROGRAM DAT CAN CURRENTLY GUARANTEE BEAN VAC-FREE.


CAN USIN ASF PREVENT ME FRUM PLAYIN ON VAC-SECURD SERVERS, AS STATD HER?

ASF DOEZ NOT REQUIRE STEAM CLIENT BEAN RUNNIN OR EVEN INSTALLD AT ALL. ACCORDIN 2 DIS CONCEPT, IT SHUD NOT CAUSE ANY VAC-RELATD ISSUEZ, CUZ ASF GUARANTEEZ LACK OV INTERFERIN WIF STEAM CLIENT AN ALL ITZ PROCESEZ - DIS AR TEH TEH MAIN POINT WHEN TALKIN BOUT VAC-FREE GUARANTEE DAT ASF OFFERS.

ACCORDIN 2 USERS AN BEST OV MAH KNOWLEDGE, DIS AR TEH TEH CASE RITE NAO, AS NOBODY REPORTD ANY ISSUEZ LIEK STATD IN DA LINK ABOOV WHILE USIN ASF. WE COULDNT REPRODUCE TEH ISSUE ABOOV WIF ASF AS WELL, WHILE CLEARLY REPRODUCIN IT WIF IDLE MASTAH.

HOWEVR, KEEP IN MIND DAT VALVE CUD STILL ADD ASF 2 TEH BLACKLIST AT SUM POINT, BUT IT BE COMPLETE NONSENSE AS EVEN IF THEY DO DAT, U CUD STILL PULAY VAC-SECURD GAMEZ FRUM UR PC, AN USE ASF AT TEH SAME TIEM E.G. ON UR SERVR, SO IM PRITEE SURE DAT THEY KNOE VRY WELL DAT ASF SHUD NOT BE SUSPECT VAC-WIZE, AN THEY WONT MAK R LIFEZ HARDR BY BLACKLISTIN ASF 4 NO REASON. STILL, IN DA WURST CASE ULL BE UNABLE 2 PULAY, LIEK STATD ABOOV, CUZ VAC-FREE GUARANTEE OV ASF IZ STILL HER REGARDLES IF STEAM BLACKLISTS ASF BINARY, OR NOT (AN U CAN STILL LAUNCH ASF ON ANY OTHR MACHINE WITHOUT STEAM CLIENT BEAN INSTALLD AT ALL). RITE NAO THAR IZ NO NED 2 DO ANY OV DAT, AN LETS HOPE IT STAYS LIEK DIS.


IZ SAFE?

IF U ASK IF ASF IZ SAFE AS SOFTWARE, WHICH MEANZ DAT IT WONT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE 2 UR COMPUTR, WONT STEEL UR PRIVATE DATA, INSTALL VIRUSEZ OR ANY OTHR STUFF LIEK DAT - IT SAFE. ASF IZ FREE OV MALWARE, DATA STEELIN, CRYPTOCURRENCY MINERS AN ANY (AN ALL) OTHR DOUBTFUL BEHAVIOUR DAT CAN BE CONSIDERD MALISHUS OR UNWANTD BY TEH USR. IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT WE HAS DEDICATD REMOTE COMMUNICASHUN SECSHUN WHICH COVERS R PRIVACY POLICY AN ASF BEHAVIOUR DAT GOEZ BEYOND WUT U CONFIGURD TEH PROGRAM 2 DO YOURSELF.

R CODE IZ OPEN-SOURCE, AN DISTRIBUTD BINARIEZ R ALWAYS COMPILD FRUM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOURCEZ BY AUTOMATD AN TRUSTD CONTINUOUS INTEGRASHUN SISTEMS, AN NOT EVEN DEVELOPERS THEMSELVEZ. EACH BUILD IZ REPRODUCIBLE BY FOLLOWIN R BUILD SCRIPT AN WILL RESULT IN EGSAKTLY TEH SAME, DETERMINISTIC IL (BINARY) CODE. IF U 4 WHATEVR REASON DOAN TRUST R BUILDZ, U CAN ALWAYS COMPILE AN USE ASF FRUM SOURCE, INCLUDIN ALL LIBRARIEZ DAT ASF IZ USIN (SUCH AS STEAMKIT2), WHICH R OPEN-SOURCE 2.

IN DA END HOWEVR, IZ ALWAYS MATTR OV TRUST 2 TEH DEVELOPR(S) OV UR APPLICASHUN, SO U SHUD DECIDE YOURSELF IF U CONSIDR ASF SAFE OR NOT, POTENTIALLY SUPPORTIN UR DECISHUN WIF TECHNICAL ARGUMENTS SPECIFID ABOOV. DO NOT BLINDLY BLEEV SOMETHIN ONLY CUZ I SED SO - CHECK YOURSELF, AS THAZ TEH ONLY WAI 2 MAK SURE.


I CAN GIT BANND 4 DIS?

IN ORDR 2 ANZWR DAT QUESHUN, WE SHUD TAEK CLOSR LOOK AT STEAM TOS. STEAM DOESNT PROHIBIT USIN OV MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, IN FACT, IT ALLOWS IT IMPLYIN DAT U CAN USE SAME MOBILE AUTHENTICATOR ON MOAR THAN WAN AKOWNT. WUT IT HOWEVR DOESNT ALLOW IZ SHARIN ACCOUNTS WIF OTHR PEEPS, BUT WERE NOT DOIN DAT HER.

TEH ONLY REAL POINT DAT CONSIDERS ASF IZ TEH FOLLOWIN:

U CUD NOT USE CHEATS, AUTOMASHUN SOFTWARE (BOTS), MODZ, HACKZ, OR ANY OTHR UNAUTHORIZD THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE, 2 MODIFY OR AUTOMATE ANY SUBSCRIPSHUN MARKETPLACE PROCES.

TEH QUESHUN IZ WUT IN FACT IZ SUBSCRIPSHUN MARKETPLACE PROCES. AS WE CAN READ:

AN EXAMPLE OV SUBSCRIPSHUN MARKETPLACE IZ TEH STEAM COMMUNITY MARKIT

WERE NOT MODIFYIN OR AUTOMATIN SUBSCRIPSHUN MARKETPLACE PROCES, IF BY SUBSCRIPSHUN MARKETPLACE WE UNDERSTAND STEAM COMMUNITY MARKIT OR STEAM STORE. HOWEVR...

VALVE CUD CANCEL UR AKOWNT OR ANY PARTICULAR SUBSCRIPSHUN(S) AT ANY TIEM IN DA EVENT DAT (A) VALVE CEASEZ PROVIDIN SUCH SUBSCRIPSHUNS 2 SIMILARLY SITUATD SUBSCRIBERS GENERALLY, OR (B) U BREACH ANY TERMS OV DIS AGREEMENT (INCLUDIN ANY SUBSCRIPSHUN TERMS OR RULEZ OV USE).

THEREFORE, AS WIF EVRY STEAM SOFTWARE, ASF IZ NOT AUTHORIZD BY VALVE AN I CANT GUARANTEE DAT U WONT BE SUSPENDD IF VALVE SUDDENLY DECIDEZ DAT THEYRE BANNIN ACCOUNTS USIN ASF NAO. DIS AR TEH EXCEPSHUNALLY UNLIKELY CONSIDERIN TEH FACT DAT ASF IZ BEAN USD ON MOAR THAN MILLION OV STEAM ACCOUNTS, BUT STILL POSIBILITY, REGARDLES OV AKSHUL PROBABILITY.

ESPECIALLY CUZ:

IN REGARD 2 ALL SUBSCRIPSHUNS, CONTENT AN SERVICEZ DAT R NOT AUTHORD BY VALVE, VALVE DOEZ NOT SCREEN SUCH THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON STEAM OR THRU OTHR SOURCEZ. VALVE ASSUMEZ NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY 4 SUCH THIRD PARTY CONTENT. SUM THIRD-PARTY APPLICASHUN SOFTWARE IZ CAPABLE OV BEAN USD BY BUSINESEZ 4 BUSINES PURPOSEZ - HOWEVR, U CUD ONLY ACQUIRE SUCH SOFTWARE VIA STEAM 4 PRIVATE PERSONAL USE.

HOWEVR, VALVE CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGEZ "STEAM IDLERS" EXISTIN, AS STATD HER, SO IF U ASKD ME, IM PRITEE SURE DAT IF THEY WUZ NOT FINE WIF THEM, THEYD ALREADY DO SOMETHIN INSTEAD OV POINTIN OUT DAT THEY CUD CAUSE PROBLEMS VAC-WIZE. TEH KEY WERD HER IZ STEAM IDLERS, 4 EXAMPLE ASF, AN NOT GAME IDLERS.

PLZ NOWT DAT ABOOV IZ ONLY R INTERPRETASHUN OV STEAM TOS AN VARIOUS POINTS - ASF IZ LICENSD UNDR APACHE 2.0 LICENSE, WHICH CLEARLY STATEZ:

UNLES REQUIRD BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGRED 2 IN WRITIN, ASF IZ DISTRIBUTD ON AN "AS IZ" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIEZ OR CONDISHUNS OV ANY KIND, EITHR EXPRES OR IMPLID.

URE USIN DIS SOFTWARE AT UR OWN RISK. IZ VRY UNLIKELY DAT U CAN GIT BANND 4 DAT, BUT IF U DO, U CAN BLAME ONLY YOURSELF 4 DAT.


DID SOMEBODY GIT BANND 4 IT?

YEZ, WE HAD AT LEAST FEW INCIDENTS SO FAR DAT RESULTD IN SUM KIND OV STEAM SUSPENSHUN. WHETHR ASF ITSELF WUZ TEH ROOT CAUSE OR NOT IZ ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY DAT WELL PROBABLY NEVR GIT 2 KNOE.

FURST CASE INVOLVD GUY WIF OVAR 1000+ BOTS GETTIN TRADE BANND (TOGETHR WIF ALL BOTS), MOST LIKELY DUE 2 EXCESIV USAGE OV loot ASF EXECUTD ON ALL BOTS AT ONCE, OR OTHR SUSPISHUS WAN-SIDE AMOUNT OV TRADEZ IN VRY SHORT TIEM.

Y HALO THAR XXX, THANK U 4 CONTACTIN STEAM SUPPORT. IT LOOKZ LIEK DIS AKOWNT WUZ USD 2 MANAGE NETWORK OV BOT ACCOUNTS. BOTTIN IZ VIOLASHUN OV TEH STEAM SUBSCRIBR AGREEMENT.

PLZ, USE SUM COMMON SENSE AN DOAN ASSUME DAT U CAN DO SUCH CRAZY THINGS ONLY CUZ ASF ALLOWS U 2 DO DAT. DOIN loot ASF ON OVAR 1K OV BOTS CAN BE EASILY CONSIDERD DDOS ATTACK, AN PERSONALLY IM NOT SHOCKD DAT SOMEBODY GOT BANND 4 SUCH TING. KEEP IN MIND SUM BARE COMMON SENSE AN MINIMUM OV FAIR USE IN REGARDZ 2 STEAM SERVICE, AN MOST LIKELY ULL BE FINE.

SECOND CASE INVOLVD GUY WIF 170+ BOTS GETTIN BANND DURIN STEAMS 2017 WINTR SALE.

UR AKOWNT WUZ BLOCKD 4 VIOLASHUN OV TEH AGREEMENT OV TEH SUBSCRIBR STEAM. JUDGIN BY TEH EXCHANGEZ AN OTHR FACTORS, DIS AKOWNT WUZ USD 2 ILLEGALLY COLLECT COLLECTIBLE CARDZ ON STEAM, AS WELL AS RELATD AN NOT ONLY COMMERSHUL ACTIVITIEZ. TEH AKOWNT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY BLOCKD AN STEAM SUPPORT CAN NOT PROVIDE ADDISHUNAL SUPPORT ON DIS ISSUE.

DIS CASE IZ ONCE AGAIN VRY HARD 2 ANALYZE, CUZ OV VAGUE RESPONSE FRUM STEAM SUPPORT DAT BARELY OFFERS ANY DETAILS. BASD ON MAH PERSONAL THOUGHTS, DIS USR PROBABLY EXCHANGD STEAM CARDZ 4 SUM KIND OV MONEY (LEVEL UP BOT?) OR IN SUM OTHR WAI TRID 2 CASH OUT ON STEAM. IN CASE U WUZ UNAWARE, DIS AR TEH ALSO ILLEGAL ACCORDIN 2 STEAM TOS.

THIRD CASE INVOLVD USR WIF 120+ BOTS BEAN BANND 4 BREACH OV STEAM ONLINE CONDUCT.

Y HALO THAR XXX, THANK U 4 CONTACTIN STEAM SUPPORT. DIS AN OTHR ACCOUNTS WUZ USD 4 FLOODIN R NETWORK INFRASTRUCCHUR, WHICH IZ VIOLASHUN OV STEAM ONLINE CONDUCT. TEH AKOWNT HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY BLOCKD AN STEAM SUPPORT CAN NOT PROVIDE ADDISHUNAL SUPPORT ON DIS ISSUE.

DIS CASE IZ BIT EASIR 2 ANALYZE CUZ OV EXTRA DETAILS PROVIDD BY TEH USR. APPARENTLY TEH USR WUZ USIN A VRY OUTDATD ASF VERSHUN DAT INCLUDD BUG CAUSIN ASF 2 SEND EXCESIV NUMBR OV REQUESTS 2 STEAM SERVERS. TEH BUG ITSELF DID NOT EXIST AT FURST BUT WUZ ACTIVATD DUE 2 STEAM BREAKIN CHANGE DAT WUZ FIXD IN FUCHUR VERSHUN. ASF IS SUPPORTED ONLY IN LATEST STABLE VERSHUN RELEASD ON GITHUB. SOFTWARE IZ WRITTEN BY HUMANZ, AN HUMANZ TEND 2 MAK MISTAKEZ. IF TEH MISTAEK HAS GLOBAL SCOPE, IZ QUICKLY BEAN PATCHD UP AN RELEASD 2 ALL USERS AS BUGFIX. VALVE WONT SUDDENLY BAN OVAR MILLION OV ASF USERS DUE 2 MAH MISTAEK, 4 OBVIOUS REASONS. HOWEVR, IF U INTENSHUNALLY RESIGN FRUM USIN UP-2-DATE ASF, DEN BY DEFINISHUN URE IN VRY SMALL MINORITY OV USERS DAT R EXPOSD 2 INCIDENTS LIEK THEES DUE 2 NO SUPPORT, AS THAR IZ NOBODY WATCHIN OVAR UR OUTDATD VERSHUN OV ASF, NOBODY FIXIN IT AN NOBODY ENSURIN DAT U WONT GIT OUTRIGHT BANND BY JUS LAUNCHIN IT. PLZ USE UP-2-DATE SOFTWARE, NOT ONLY ASF, BUT ALL OTHR APPLICASHUNS AS WELL.

TEH MOST RESENT CASE HAPPEND AROUND JUNE OV 2021, ACCORDIN 2 TEH USR:

USIN UR PROGRAM, I HAS BEEN MAKIN BOOSTR PACKAGEZ WIF 28 ACCOUNTS 4 3 YEERS AN WIF 128 ACCOUNTS 4 DA LAST 6 MONTHS. I WUZ ONLINE WIF MAXIMUM 15 ACCOUNTS SIMULTANEOUSLY 2 MAK BOOSTR PACKZ AN SEND THEM 2 TEH MAIN AKOWNT. LAST MONTH, I INCREASD TEH NUMBR OV ONLINE ACCOUNTS SIMULTANEOUSLY 2 20, AN 1 WEEK AFTR DAT, ALL OV MAH ACCOUNTS WUZ BANND. DIS EMAIL IZ NOT 2 BLAME U, ON TEH CONTRARY, I WUZ ALWAYS AWARE OV TEH CONSEQUENCEZ. I WANTD U 2 KNOE WUT TYPEZ OV BEHAVIOR RESULT IN PERMANENT BAN.

IZ HARD 2 SAY WHETHR INCREASE IN CONCURRENT ACCOUNTS ONLINE WUZ TEH DIRECT REASON 4 DA BAN, I WOULDNT COUNT ON DAT, INSTEAD I BLEEV DAT TEH NUMBR OV ACCOUNTS ALONE WUZ TEH MAIN CULPRIT, INCREASD CONCURRENCY OV ONLINE ACCOUNTS PROBABLY JUS DREW ATTENSHUN 2 TEH USR IN QUESHUN, AS HE CLEARLY HAD FAR MOAR BOTS THAN R RECOMMENDASHUN.


ALL OV TEH INCIDENTS ABOOV HAS WAN TING IN COMMON - ASF IZ JUS TOOL AN IZ UR DECISHUN HOW URE GOIN 2 MAK USE OV IT. U DO NOT GIT BANND 4 USIN ASF DIRECTLY, BUT 4 HOW URE USIN IT. IT CAN BE HELPR TOOL FARMIN JUS WAN SINGLE AKOWNT, OR MASIF FARMIN NETWORK MADE FRUM THOUSANDZ OV BOTS. IN ANY OV DOSE CASEZ, IM NOT OFFERIN LEGAL ADVICE, AN U SHUD DECIDE YOURSELF BOUT UR ASF USAGE IN DA FURST PLACE. IM NOT HIDIN ANY INFORMASHUN DAT CUD HALP U, E.G. TEH FACT DAT ASF GOT SUM PEEPS BANND, AS I HAS NO REASON 2 - IZ UR CHOICE WUT U WANTS 2 DO WID DAT INFORMASHUN. IF U ASK ME - USE SUM COMMON SENSE, AVOID OWNIN MOAR BOTS THAN R RECOMMENDASHUN, DO NOT SEND HUNDREDZ OV TRADEZ AT TEH SAME TIEM, ALWAYS USE UP-2-DATE ASF VERSHUN AN U should BE FINE. EVRY SINGLE INCIDENT OV DIS NACHUR 4 SUM REASON ALWAYS HAPPEND 2 PEEPS DAT HAS DISREGARDD R RECOMMENDASHUN AN DECIDD DAT THEY KNOE BETTR THAN US HOW LOTZ DA BOTS THEY CAN RUN. WHETHR IZ JUS COINCIDENCE OR SUM AKSHUL FACTOR, THAZ UP 2 U 2 DECIDE. IM NOT OFFERIN ANY LEGAL ADVICE, ONLY GIVIN U MAH THOUGHTS DAT U CAN FIND USEFUL, OR DISREGARD THEM ENTIRELY AN OPERATE ONLY ON FACTS LINKD ABOOV.


WUT PRIVACY INFORMASHUN ASF DISCLOSEZ?

U CAN FIND DETAILD EXPLANASHUN IN REMOTE COMMUNICASHUN SECSHUN. U SHUD REVIEW IT IF U CARE BOUT UR PRIVACY, E.G. IF URE WONDERIN Y ACCOUNTS BEAN USD IN ASF R JOININ R STEAM GROUP. ASF DOESNT COLLECT ANY SENSITIV INFORMASHUN, AN DOESNT SHARE IT WIF ANY THIRD-PARTIEZ.


MISC


IM USIN UNSUPPORTD OS SUCH AS 32-BIT WINDOWS, I CAN STILL USE TEH LATEST VERSHUN OV ASF?

YEZ, AN DAT VERSHUN IZ NOT UNSUPPORTD IN ANY WAI, JUS NOT OFFICIALLY BUILT. CHECK OUT COMPATIBILITY SECSHUN 4 GENERIC VARIANT. ASF DOESNT HAS ANY STRONG DEPENDENCY UPON TEH OS, AN IT CAN WERK ANYWHERE WER U CAN GIT WERKIN .NET RUNTIME, WHICH INCLUDEZ 32-BIT WINDOWS, EVEN IF THAR IZ NO win-x86 OS-SPECIFIC PACKAGE FRUM US.


ASF IZ GREAT! I CAN MAK DONASHUN?

YEZ, AN WERE VRY HAPPEH 2 HEAR DAT URE ENJOYIN R PROJECT! U CAN FIND VARIOUS DONASHUN POSIBILITIEZ UNDR EVRY RELEASE AN ALSO ON TEH MAIN PAEG. IZ NICE 2 NOWT DAT IN ADDISHUN 2 GENERIC MONEY DONASHUNS WE ALSO ACCEPT STEAM ITEMS, SO NOTHIN IZ STOPPIN U FRUM DONATIN SKINS, KEYS OR SMALL PART OV TEH CARDZ DAT UVE FARMD WIF ASF IF UD LIEK 2. THANK U IN ADVANCE 4 UR GENEROSITY!


IM USIN STEAM PARENTAL PIN 2 PROTECT MAH AKOWNT, DO NEEDZ 2 INPUT IT SOMEWHERE?

YEZ, U MUST SET IT IN SteamParentalCode BOT CONFIG PROPERTY. DIS AR TEH MAINLY CUZ ASF DOEZ ACCES LOTZ DA PROTECTD PARTS OV UR STEAM AKOWNT AN IZ IMPOSIBLE 4 ASF 2 OPERATE WITHOUT IT.


I DOAN WANTS ASF 2 FARM ANY GAMEZ BY DEFAULT, YET I WANTS 2 USE EXTRA ASF FEATUREZ. IZ DIS POSIBLE?

YEZ, IF U JUS WANTS 2 START ASF WIF PAUSD CARDZ FARMIN MODULE, U CAN SET Paused BOT CONFIG PROPERTY 2 true IN ORDR 2 ACHIEVE DAT. DIS WILL ALLOW U 2 resume IT DURIN RUNTIME.

IF U WANTS 2 COMPLETELY DISABLE CARDZ FARMIN MODULE AN ENSURE DAT ITLL NEVR RUN WITHOUT U EXPLICITLY TELLIN IT OTHERWIZE, DEN WE RECOMMEND 2 SET FarmPriorityQueueOnly 2 true, WHICH INSTEAD OV JUS PAUSIN IT, WILL DISABLE TEH FARMIN COMPLETELY TIL U ADD TEH GAMEZ 2 IDLE PRIORITY KEW YOURSELF.

WIF CARDZ FARMIN MODULE PAUSD/DISABLD, U CAN MAK USE OV EXTRA ASF FEATUREZ, SUCH AS GamesPlayedWhileIdle.


CAN ASF MINIMIZE 2 TRAY?

ASF IZ CONSOLE APP, THAR IZ NO WINDOW 2 BE MINIMIZD, CUZ WINDOW IZ CREATD 4 U BY UR OS. U CAN HOWEVR USE ANY THIRD-PARTY TOOL CAPABLE OV DOIN SO, SUCH AS RBTRAY 4 WINDOWS, OR SCREEN 4 LINUX/MACOS. DOSE R ONLY EXAMPLEZ, THAR R LOTZ DA OTHR APPS WIF SIMILAR FUNCSHUNALITY.


DOEZ USIN ASF PRESERVE ELIGIBILITY 4 RECEIVIN BOOSTR PACKZ?

YEZ. ASF IZ USIN TEH SAME METHOD 2 LOG IN 2 STEAM NETWORK AS TEH OFFISHUL CLIENT, THEREFORE IT ALSO PRESERVEZ ABILITY 2 RECEIV BOOSTR PACKZ 4 ACCOUNTS DAT R BEAN USD IN ASF. MOREOVR, PRESERVIN DAT ABILITY DOESNT EVEN REQUIRE LOGGIN IN INTO STEAM COMMUNITY, SO U CAN SAFELY USE OnlineStatus OV Offline IF UD LIEK 2.


IZ THAR ANY WAI 2 SPEEK WIF ASF?

YEZ, THRU SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. CHECK OUT COMMANDZ SECSHUN 4 MOAR INFO.


ID LIEK 2 HALP WIF ASF TRANZLASHUN, WUT DO NEEDZ 2 DO?

THANK U 4 UR INTEREST! U CAN FIND ALL DETAILS IN R LOCALIZASHUN SECSHUN.


I HAS ONLY WAN (MAIN) AKOWNT ADDD 2 ASF, I CAN STILL ISSUE COMMANDZ THRU STEAM CHAT?

YEZ, IZ EXPLAIND IN COMMANDZ SECSHUN. U CAN DO SO THRU STEAM GROUP CHAT, ALTHOUGH USIN ASF-UI CUD BE EASIR 4 U.


ASF SEEMS 2 BE WERKIN, BUT IM NOT RECEIVIN ANY CARD DROPS!

CARDZ FARMIN RATE DIFFERS FRUM GAME 2 GAME, AS U CAN READ IN PERFORMANCE. IT TAKEZ WHILE, USUALLY SEVERAL HOURS PER GAME, AN U SHOULDNT EXPECT CARDZ 2 DROP IN FEW MINUTEZ SINCE LAUNCHIN PROGRAM. IF U CAN C DAT ASF ACTIVELY CHECKZ CARDZ STATUS, AN SWITCHEZ TEH GAME AFTR CURRENT WAN IZ FULLY FARMD, DEN EVRYTHIN WERKZ FINE. IZ POSIBLE DAT UVE ENABLD AN OPSHUN SUCH AS DismissInventoryNotifications OV BotBehaviour WHICH AUTOMATICALLY DISMISEZ INVENTORY NOTIFICASHUNS. CHECK OUT CONFIGURASHUN 4 DETAILS.


HOW 2 COMPLETELY STOP ASF PROCES 4 MAH AKOWNT?

SIMPLY SHUTDOWN TEH ASF PROCES, 4 EXAMPLE BY CLICKIN [X] ON WINDOWS. IF INSTEAD U WANTS 2 STOP PARTICULAR BOT OV UR CHOICE BUT KEEP OTHR ONEZ RUNNIN, DEN TAEK LOOK AT Enabled BOT CONFIG PROPERTY, OR stop COMMAND. IF U INSTEAD WANTS 2 STOP AUTOMATIC FARMIN PROCES, YET KEEP ASF RUNNIN 4 UR AKOWNT, DEN THAZ WUT Paused BOT CONFIG PROPERTY AN pause COMMAND IZ 4.


HOW LOTZ DA BOTS I CAN RUN WIF ASF?

ASF AS PROGRAM DOESNT HAS ANY HARD UPPR LIMIT OV BOT INSTANCEZ, SO U CAN RUN AS MUTCH AS U HAS MEMS ON UR MACHINE, HOWEVR, URE STILL BEAN LIMITD BY TEH STEAM NETWORK AN OTHR STEAM SERVICEZ. CURRENTLY U CAN RUN UP 2 100-200 BOTS WIF SINGLE IP AN SINGLE ASF INSTANCE. IZ POSIBLE 2 RUN MOAR BOTS WIF MOAR IPS AN MOAR ASF INSTANCEZ, BY WERKIN AROUND IP LIMITASHUNS. KEEP IN MIND DAT IF URE USIN DAT HOOJ AMOUNT OV BOTS, U SHUD CONTROL THEIR NUMBR YOURSELF, SUCH AS MAKIN SURE DAT ALL OV THEM IN FACT R LOGGIN IN AN WERKIN AT TEH SAME TIEM. ASF WUZ NOT TWEAKD 4 DAT HUGE NUMBR OV BOTS, AN TEH GENERAL RULE APPLIEZ DAT TEH MOAR BOTS U HAS, TEH MOAR ISSUEZ ULL ENCOUNTR. ALSO NOTICE DAT TEH LIMIT ABOOV IN GENERAL DEPENDZ ON LOTZ DA INTERNAL FACTORS, IZ APPROXIMASHUN RATHR THAN STRICT LIMIT - U WILL MOST LIKELY BE ABLE 2 RUN MOAR/LES BOTS THAN SPECIFID ABOOV.

ASF TEAM SUGGESTS RUNNIN (AN OWNIN) UP 2 10 BOTS IN TOTAL, ANYTHIN ABOOV IZ NOT SUPPORTD AN DUN AT UR OWN RISK, AGAINST R SUGGESHUN MADE HER. DIS RECOMMENDASHUN IZ BASD ON INTERNAL VALVE GUIDELINEZ, AS WELL AS R OWN SUGGESHUNS. WHETHR URE GOIN 2 COMPLY WIF DIS RULE OR NOT IZ UR CHOICE, ASF AS TOOL WILL NOT GO AGAINST UR OWN WILL, EVEN IF ITLL RESULT IN UR STEAM ACCOUNTS BEAN SUSPENDD 4 DOIN SO. THEREFORE, ASF WILL DISPLAY U WARNIN IF ULL GO ABOOV WUT WE RECOMMEND, BUT STILL ALLOW U 2 RUN ANYTHIN U WANTS AT UR OWN RISK AN LACK OV R SUPPORT.


I CAN RUN MOAR ASF INSTANCEZ DEN?

U CAN RUN AS LOTZ DA ASF INSTANCEZ ON WAN MACHINE AS U LIEK, ASSUMIN EVRY INSTANCE HAS ITZ OWN DIRECTORY AN ITZ OWN CONFIGS, AN AKOWNT USD IN WAN INSTANCE IZ NOT USD IN ANOTHR WAN. HOWEVR, ASK YOURSELF Y U WANTS 2 DO DAT. ASF IZ OPTIMIZD 2 HANDLE MOAR THAN HUNDRD OV ACCOUNTS AT TEH SAME TIEM, AN LAUNCHIN DAT HUNDRD OV BOTS IN THEIR OWN ASF INSTANCEZ DEGRADEZ PERFORMANCE, TAKEZ MOAR OS RESOURCEZ (SUCH AS CPU AN MEMS), AN CAUSEZ POTENTIAL SYNCHRONIZASHUN ISSUEZ TWEEN STANDALONE ASF INSTANCEZ, AS ASF IZ FORCD 2 SHARE ITZ LIMITERS WIF OTHR INSTANCEZ.

THEREFORE, MAH STRONG SUGGESHUN IZ, ALWAYS RUN MAXIMUM OV WAN ASF INSTANCE PER WAN IP/INTERFACE. IF U HAS MOAR IPS/INTERFACEZ, BY ALL MEANZ U CAN RUN MOAR ASF INSTANCEZ, WIF EVRY INSTANCE USIN ITZ OWN IP/INTERFACE OR UNIQUE WebProxy SETTIN. IF U DOAN, LAUNCHIN MOAR ASF INSTANCEZ IZ TOTALLY POINTLES, AS U WONT GAIN ANYTHIN FRUM LAUNCHIN MOAR THAN 1 INSTANCE PER SINGLE IP/INTERFACE. STEAM WILL NOT MAGICALLY ALLOW U 2 RUN MOAR BOTS JUS CUZ UVE LAUNCHD THEM IN ANOTHR ASF INSTANCE, AN ASF DOESNT LIMIT U 2 BEGIN WIF.

OV COURSE, THAR R STILL VALID USE CASEZ 4 MULTIPLE ASF INSTANCEZ ON TEH SAME NETWORK INTERFACE, SUCH AS HOSTIN ASF SERVICE 4 UR FRENZ WIF EACH FREND HAVIN ITZ OWN UNIQUE ASF INSTANCE IN ORDR 2 GUARANTEE ISOLASHUN TWEEN BOTS AN EVEN TEH ASF PROCESEZ THEMSELVEZ, HOWEVR, URE NOT CIRCUMVENTIN ANY STEAM LIMITASHUNS DIS WAI, THAZ ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PURPOSE.


WUT IZ TEH MEANIN OV STATUS WHEN REDEEMIN KEY?

STATUS INDICATEZ HOW GIVEN REDEEM ATTEMPT TURND OUT. THAR R LOTZ DA DIFFERENT STATUSEZ POSIBLE, MOST COMMON ONEZ INCLUDE:

STATUS DESCRIPSHUN
NODETAIL "K" STATUS INDICATIN SUCCES - TEH KEY WUZ SUCCESFULLY REDEMED.
TIEMOUT STEAM NETWORK DIDNT RESPOND IN GIVEN TIEM, WE DOAN KNOE IF TEH KEY WUZ REDEEMD, OR NOT (MOST LIKELY WUZ, BUT U CAN TRY AGAIN).
BADACTIVASHUNCODE TEH PROVIDD KEY IZ INVALID (NOT RECOGNIZD AS ANY VALID KEY BY STEAM NETWORK).
DUPLICATEACTIVASHUNCODE TEH PROVIDD KEY WUZ ALREADY REDEEMD BY SUM OTHR AKOWNT, OR REVOKD BY DEVELOPR/PUBLISHR.
ALREADYPURCHASD UR AKOWNT ALREADY OWNS packageID DAT IZ CONNECTD WIF DIS KEY. KEEP IN MIND DAT DIS DOEZ NOT INDICATE WHETHR TEH KEY IZ DuplicateActivationCode OR NOT - ONLY DAT IZ VALID AN IT WUZ NOT USD IN DIS ATTEMPT.
RESTRICTEDCOUNTRY DIS AR TEH REGION-LOCKD KEY AN UR AKOWNT IZ NOT IN DA VALID REGION DAT IZ PERMITTD 2 REDEEM IT.
DOESNOTOWNREQUIREDAPP U CANT REDEEM DAT KEY AS URE MISIN SUM OTHR APP - MAINLY BASE GAME WHEN URE ATTEMPTIN 2 REDEEM DLC PACKAGE.
RATELIMITD U MADE 2 LOTZ DA REDEEM ATTEMPTS AN UR AKOWNT WUZ TEMPORARILY BLOCKD. TRY AGAIN IN AN HOUR.

R U AFFILIATD WIF ANY CARDZ FARMIN/IDLIN SERVICE?

NO. ASF IZ NOT AFFILIATD WIF ANY SERVICE AN ALL SUCH CLAIMS R FALSE. UR STEAM AKOWNT IZ UR PROPERTY AN U CAN USE UR AKOWNT IN WHATEVR WAI U WISH, BUT VALVE CLEARLY STATD IN OFFISHUL TOS DAT:

U R RESPONSIBLE 4 DA CONFIDENTIALITY OV UR LOGIN AN PASWORD AN 4 DA SECURITY OV UR COMPUTR SISTEM. VALVE IZ NOT RESPONSIBLE 4 DA USE OV UR PASWORD AN AKOWNT OR 4 ALL OV TEH COMMUNICASHUN AN ACTIVITY ON STEAM DAT RESULTS FRUM USE OV UR LOGIN NAYM AN PASWORD BY U, OR BY ANY PERSON 2 WHOM U CUD HAS INTENSHUNALLY OR BY NEGLIGENCE DISCLOSD UR LOGIN AN/OR PASWORD IN VIOLASHUN OV DIS CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISHUN.

ASF IZ LICENSD ON LIBERAL APACHE 2.0 LICENSE, WHICH ALLOWS OTHR DEVELOPERS 2 FURTHR INTEGRATE ASF WIF THEIR OWN PROJECTS AN SERVICEZ LEGALLY. HOWEVR, SUCH THIRD-PARTY PROJECTS UTILIZIN ASF R NOT GUARANTED 2 BE SECURE, REVIEWD, APPROPRIATE OR LEGAL ACCORDIN 2 STEAM TOS. IF U WANTS 2 KNOE R OPINION, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE U 2 NOT SHARE ANY OV UR AKOWNT DETAILS WIF THIRD-PARTY SERVICEZ. IF SUCH SERVICE TURNS OUT 2 BE TYPICAL SCAM, ULL BE LEFT ALONE WIF TEH PROBLEM, MOST LIKELY WITHOUT UR STEAM AKOWNT AN ASF WONT TAEK ANY RESPONSIBILITY 4 THIRD-PARTY SERVICEZ CLAIMIN 2 BE SAFE AN SECURE, CUZ ASF TEAM DID NOT AUTHORIZE NEITHR REVIEWD ANY OV DOSE. IN OTHR WERDZ, URE USIN THEM AT UR OWN RISK, AGAINST R SUGGESHUN MADE ABOOV.

IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, OFFISHUL STEAM TOS CLEARLY STATEZ DAT:

U CUD NOT REVEAL, SHARE OR OTHERWIZE ALLOW OTHERS 2 USE UR PASWORD OR AKOWNT EXCEPT AS OTHERWIZE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZD BY VALVE.

IZ UR AKOWNT AN UR CHOICE. JUS DOAN SAY DAT NOBODY WARND U. ASF AS PROGRAM MEETS ALL RULEZ MENSHUND ABOOV, AS URE NOT SHARIN UR AKOWNT DETAILS WIF ANYONE, AN URE USIN TEH PROGRAM 4 UR OWN PERSONAL USE, BUT ANY OTHR "CARDZ FARMIN SERVICE" DOEZ REQUIRE FRUM U UR AKOWNT CREDENTIALS, SO IT ALSO VIOLATEZ TEH RULE ABOOV (AKSHULLY SEVERAL OV THEM). LIEK WIF STEAM TOS EVALUASHUN, WERE NOT OFFERIN ANY LEGAL ADVICE, AN U SHUD DECIDE YOURSELF IF U WANTS 2 USE DOSE SERVICEZ, OR NOT - ACCORDIN 2 US IT DIRECTLY VIOLATEZ STEAM TOS AN CUD RESULT IN SUSPENSHUN IF VALVE FINDZ OUT. LIEK POINTD OUT ABOOV, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND 2 NOT USE ANY OV SUCH SERVICEZ.


ISSUEZ


WAN OV MAH GAMEZ IZ BEAN FARMD 4 MOAR THAN 10 HOURS NAO, BUT I STILL DIDNT GIT ANY CARDZ FRUM IT!

TEH REASON 4 DAT CUD BE RELATD 2 KNOWN ISSUE OV STEAM, WHICH HAPPENS WHEN U HAS 2 LICENSEZ 4 DA SAME GAME, WAN OV WHICH HAS CARD DROPS LIMITD. DIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN U ACTIVATE GAME 4 FREE DURIN MAS GIVEAWAY ON STEAM, AN DEN ACTIVATE KEY 4 DA SAME GAME (BUT WITHOUT LIMITASHUNS), E.G. FRUM PAID BUNDLE. IF SUCH SITUASHUN HAPPENS, STEAM REPORTS ON BADGE PAEG DAT GAME STILL HAS CARDZ 2 DROP, BUT NO MATTR HOW MUTCH U PULAY TEH GAME - CARDZ WILL NEVR DROP DUE 2 FREE LICENSE ON UR AKOWNT. SINCE IZ NOT AN ASF ISSUE, BUT STEAM WAN, WE CANT SOMEHOW CIRCUMVENT IT ON ASFS SIDE, AN U NED 2 SOLVE IT YOURSELF.

THAR R 2 WAYS 2 SOLVE TEH ISSUE. FIRSTLY, U CAN BLACKLIST DIS GAME IN ASF, EITHR WIF fbadd COMMAND OR WIF Blacklist CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY. DIS WILL PREVENT ASF FRUM TRYIN 2 FARM CARDZ FRUM DIS GAME, BUT WILL NOT SOLVE TEH UNDERLYIN ISSUE WHICH PREVENTS U FRUM OBTAININ CARD DROPS FRUM TEH AFFECTD GAME. SECONDLY, U CAN USE STEAM SUPPORT SELF-SERVICE TOOL 2 REMOOV FREE LICENSE FRUM UR AKOWNT, LEAVIN ONLY FULL LICENSE DAT INCLUDEZ TEH CARD DROPS. IN ORDR 2 DO SO, FIRSTLY VISIT UR LICENSEZ AN PRODUCT KEY ACTIVASHUNS PAEG AN LOCATE BOTH FREE AN PAID LICENSE 4 DA AFFECTD GAME. USUALLY IZ FAIRLY EASY - BOTH HAS SIMILAR NAYM, BUT FREE WAN HAS "LIMITD FREE PROMOSHUNAL PACKAGE" OR OTHR "PROMO" IN DA LICENSE NAYM, PLUS "COMPLIMENTARY" IN "ACQUIZISHUN METHOD" FIELD. SOMETIMEZ IT MITE BE MOAR TRICKY, 4 EXAMPLE IF FREE PACKAGE WUZ IN SUM BUNDLE AN HAS DIFFERENT NAYM. IF U HAS FINDZ 2 LICENSEZ LIEK DAT - DEN IZ INDED TEH ISSUE DESCRIBD HER, AN U CAN SAFELY REMOOV FREE LICENSE WITHOUT LOSIN TEH GAME.

IN ORDR 2 REMOOV TEH FREE LICENSE FRUM UR AKOWNT, VISIT STEAM SUPPORT PAEG AN PUT TEH AFFECTD GAME NAYM INTO TEH SEARCH FIELD, TEH GAME SHUD BE AVAILABLE IN "PRODUCTS" SECSHUN, CLICK ON IT. ALTERNATIVELY, U CAN JUS USE https://help.steampowered.com/wizard/HelpWithGame?appid=<appID> LINK AN REPLACE <appID> WIF APPID OV TEH GAME DAT CAUSEZ TROUBLEZ. AFTERWARDZ, CLICK ON "I WANTS 2 PERMANENTLY REMOOV DIS GAME FRUM MAH AKOWNT" AN DEN SELECT TEH FAULTY FREE LICENSE DAT UVE FINDZ ABOOV, USUALLY TEH WAN WIF "LIMITD FREE PROMOSHUNAL PACKAGE" IN DA NAYM (OR SIMILAR). AFTR REMOVAL OV TEH FREE LICENSE, ASF SHUD BE ABLE 2 DROP CARDZ FRUM TEH AFFECTD GAME WITHOUT ISSUEZ, U SHUD RESTART TEH FARMIN OPERASHUN AFTR TEH REMOVAL JUS 2 BE SURE DAT STEAM PICKZ UP TEH RITE LICENSE DIS TIEM.


ASF DOESNT DETECT GAME X AS AVAILABLE 4 FARMIN, YET I KNOE IT INCLUDEZ STEAM TRADIN CARDZ!

THAR R 2 MAIN REASONS HER. FURST AN MOST OBVIOUS REASON IZ TEH FACT DAT URE REFERRIN 2 STEAM STORE WER GIVEN GAME IZ ANNOUNCD AS CARD DROPS ENABLD GAME. DIS AR TEH WRONG ASSUMPSHUN, AS IT SIMPLY STATEZ DAT TEH GAME HAS CARD DROPS INCLUDD, BUT NOT NECESARILY DIS FUNCSHUN 4 DAT GAME IZ ENABLD RITE AWAY. U CAN READ MOAR BOUT DIS IN OFFISHUL ANNOUNCEMENT.

IN SHORT, CARD DROPS ICON IN STEAM STORE DOESNT MEEN ANYTHIN, CHECK UR BADGE PAGEZ 4 CONFIRMASHUN WHETHR GAME HAS CARD DROPS ENABLD OR NOT - DIS AR TEH ALSO WUT ASF IZ DOIN. IF UR GAME DOESNT APPEAR ON TEH LIST AS GAME WIF CARDZ POSIBLE 2 DROP, DEN DIS GAME IZ NOT POSIBLE 2 FARM, REGARDLES OV REASON.

SECOND ISSUE IZ LES OBVIOUS, AN IZ TEH SITUASHUN WHEN U CAN C DAT UR GAME INDED IZ AVAILABLE WIF CARD DROPS ON UR BADGE PAEG, YET IZ NOT BEAN FARMD BY ASF RITE AWAY. UNLES URE HITTIN SUM OTHR BUG, SUCH AS ASF BEAN UNABLE 2 CHECK BADGE PAGEZ (DESCRIBD BELOW), IZ SIMPLY CACHE EFFECT AN ON ASF SIDE STEAM IZ STILL REPORTIN OUTDATD BADGEZ PAEG. DIS ISSUE SHUD SOLVE ITSELF SOONR OR LATR, WHEN CACHE GETS INVALIDATD. THAR IZ ALSO NOWAI 2 FIX DIS ON R SIDE.

Of course, all of that assumes that you're running ASF with default untouched settings, since you could also add this game to farming blacklist, use FarmPriorityQueueOnly, SkipRefundableGames and so on.


Y PLAYTIME OV GAMEZ FARMD THRU ASF DOESNT INCREASE?

IT DOEZ, BUT NOT IN REAL-TIEM. STEAM RECORDZ UR PLAYTIME IN FIXD INTERVALS AN SCHEDULEZ UPDATE 4 IT, BUT URE NOT GUARANTED 2 HAS IT UPDATD IMMEDIATELY TEH MOMENT U QUIT TEH SESHUN, LET ALONE DURIN SUCH. JUS CUZ TEH PLAYTIME ISNT UPDATD IN REAL-TIEM DOESNT MEEN DAT IZ NOT RECORDD, IZ USUALLY UPDATD EVRY 30 MINUTEZ OR SO.


WUT IZ TEH DIFFERENCE TWEEN WARNIN AN AN ERROR IN DA LOG?

ASF WRITEZ 2 ITZ LOG BUNCH OV INFORMASHUN ON VARIOUS LOGGIN LEVELS. R OBJECTIV IZ 2 EXPLAIN PRECISELY WUT ASF IZ DOIN, INCLUDIN WUT STEAM ISSUEZ IT HAS 2 DEAL WIF, OR OTHR PROBLEMS 2 OVERCOME. MOST OV TEH TIEM NOT EVRYTHIN IZ RELEVANT, DIS AR TEH Y WE HAS 2 MAJOR LEVELS BEAN USD IN ASF IN TERMS OV PROBLEMS - WARNIN LEVEL, AN ERROR LEVEL.

GENERAL ASF RULE IZ DAT WARNINGS R NOT ERRORS, THEREFORE THEY SHUD NOT BE REPORTD. A WARNIN IZ AN INDICATOR 2 U DAT SOMETHIN POTENTIALLY UNWANTD HAPPEN. WHETHR IT WUZ STEAM NOT REACTIN, API THROWIN ERRORS OR UR NETWORK CONNECSHUN BEAN DOWN - IT BE WARNIN, AN IT MEANZ WE EXPECTD IT 2 HAPPEN, SO DOAN BOTHR ASF DEVELOPMENT WIF IT. OV COURSE URE FREE 2 ASK BOUT THEM OR GIT HALP BY USIN R SUPPORT, BUT U SHOULDNT ASSUME DAT DOSE R ASF ERRORS WORTH REPORTIN (UNLES WE CONFIRM OTHERWIZE).

ERRORS ON TEH OTHR HAND INDICATE SITUASHUN DAT SHUD NOT HAPPEN, THEREFORE THEYRE WORTH REPORTIN AS LONG AS U MADE SURE DAT IZ NOT U HOO IZ CAUSIN THEM. IF IT BE COMMON SITUASHUN DAT WE EXPECT 2 HAPPEN, DEN ITLL BE CONVERTD 2 WARNIN INSTEAD. OTHERWIZE, IZ POSIBLY BUG DAT SHUD BE CORRECTD, NOT SILENTLY IGNORD, ASSUMIN IZ NOT RESULT OV UR OWN TECHNICAL ISSUE. 4 EXAMPLE, PUTTIN INVALID CONTENT IN ASF.json FILE WILL THROW AN ERROR, AS ASF WONT BE ABLE 2 PARSE IT, BUT IT WUZ U HOO PUT IT THAR, SO U SHUD NOT REPORT DAT ERROR 2 US (UNLES U CONFIRMD DAT ASF IZ WRONG AN UR STRUCCHUR IZ IN FACT ABSOLUTELY CORRECT).

IN WAN TL;DR SENTENCE - REPORT ERRORS, DOAN REPORT WARNINGS. U CAN STILL ASK BOUT WARNINGS AN RECEIV HALP IN R SUPPORT SECSHUNS.


ASF DOESNT START, TEH PROGRAM WINDOW CLOSEZ IMMEDIATELY!

IN NORMAL CONDISHUNS, ANY ASF CRASH OR EXIT WILL GENERATE log.txt IN DA PROGRAMS DIRECTORY 4 U 2 VIEW, WHICH CAN BE USD 4 FINDIN TEH CAUSE OV DAT. IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, FEW LAST LOG FILEZ R ALSO ARCHIVD IN logs DIRECTORY, SINCE TEH MAIN log.txt FILE IZ OVERWRITTEN WIF EACH ASF RUN.

HOWEVR, IF EVEN .NET RUNTIME ISNT ABLE 2 BOOT ON UR MACHINE, DEN log.txt WILL NOT BE GENERATD. IF DAT HAPPENS 2 U DEN U MOST LIKELY FORGOT 2 INSTALL .NET PREREQUIZIETS, AS STATD IN SETTIN UP GUIDE. OTHR COMMON PROBLEMS INCLUDE TRYIN 2 LAUNCH WRONG ASF VARIANT 4 UR OS, OR IN OTHR WAI MISIN NATIV .NET RUNTIME DEPENDENCIEZ. IF TEH CONSOLE WINDOW CLOSEZ 2 SOON 4 U 2 READ TEH MESAGE, DEN OPEN INDEPENDENT CONSOLE AN LAUNCH ASF BINARY FRUM THAR. 4 EXAMPLE ON WINDOWS, OPEN ASF DIRECTORY, HOLD Shift, RITE CLICK INSIDE TEH FOLDR AN CHOOSE "open command window here" (OR powershell), DEN TYPE INTO TEH CONSOLE .\ArchiSteamFarm.exe AN CONFIRM WIF ENTR. DIS WAI ULL GIT PRECIZE MESAGE Y ASF IZ NOT STARTIN PROPERLY.


ASF IZ KICKIN MAH STEAM CLIENT SESHUN WHILE IM PLAYIN! / This account is logged on another PC

DIS SHOWS UP AS MESAGE IN STEAM OVERLAY DAT TEH AKOWNT IZ BEAN USD SOMEWHERE ELSE WHILE URE PLAYIN. DIS ISSUE CAN HAS 2 DIFFERENT REASONS.

WAN REASON IZ CAUSD BY BROKD PACKAGEZ (GAMEZ) DAT SPECIFICALLY DOAN HOLD PLAYIN LOCK PROPERLY, YET EXPECT DAT LOCK 2 BE POSESD BY TEH CLIENT. AN EXAMPLE OV SUCH PACKAGE WUD BE SKYRIM SE. UR STEAM CLIENT LAUNCHEZ TEH GAME PROPERLY, BUT DAT GAME DOESNT REGISTR ITSELF AS BEAN USD. CUZ OV DAT, ASF SEEZ DAT IZ FREE 2 RESUME TEH PROCES, WHICH IT DOEZ, AN DAT KICKZ U OUT OV STEAM NETWORK, AS STEAM SUDDENLY DETECTS DAT TEH AKOWNT IZ BEAN USD IN ANOTHR PLACE.

SECOND REASON CUD COME UP IF URE PLAYIN ON UR PC WHILE ASF IZ WAITIN (ESPECIALLY ON ANOTHR MACHINE) AN U LOSE UR NETWORK CONNECSHUN. IN DIS CASE, STEAM NETWORK MARKZ U AS OFFLINE AN RELEASEZ PLAYIN LOCK (LIEK ABOOV), WHICH TRIGGERS ASF (E.G. ON ANOTHR MACHINE) INTO RESUMIN FARMIN. WHEN UR PC COMEZ BAK ONLINE, STEAM CANT ACQUIRE PLAYIN LOCK NOMORE (DAT IZ NAO HELD BY ASF, ALSO SIMILAR 2 ABOOV) AN SHOWS TEH SAME MESAGE.

BOTH CAUSEZ ON TEH ASF SIDE R AKSHULLY VRY HARD 2 WERKAROUND, AS ASF SIMPLY RESUMEZ FARMIN ONCE STEAM NETWORK INFORMS IT DAT AKOWNT IZ FREE 2 BE USD AGAIN. DIS AR TEH WUT IZ HAPPENIN NORMALLY WHEN U CLOSE TEH GAME, BUT WIF BROKD PACKAGEZ DIS CAN HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, EVEN IF UR GAME IZ STILL RUNNIN. ASF HAS NOWAI 2 KNOE WHETHR U GOT DISCONNECTD, STOPPD PLAYIN GAME OR DAT URE STILL PLAYIN GAME DAT DOESNT HOLD PLAYIN LOCK APPROPRIATELY.

TEH ONLY PROPR SOLUSHUN 2 DIS PROBLEM IZ MANUALLY PAUSIN UR BOT WIF pause BEFORE U START PLAYIN, AN RESUMIN IT WIF resume ONCE URE DUN. ALTERNATIVELY U CAN JUS IGNORE TEH PROBLEM AN ACT TEH SAME AS IF U PLAYD WIF OFFLINE STEAM CLIENT.


Disconnected from Steam! - I CANT ESTABLISH CONNECSHUN WIF STEAM SERVERS.

ASF CAN ONLY TRY 2 ESTABLISH CONNECSHUN WIF STEAM SERVERS, AN IT CAN FAIL DUE 2 LOTZ DA REASONS, INCLUDIN LACK OV INTERNET CONNECSHUN, STEAM BEAN DOWN, UR FIREWALL BLOCKIN CONNECSHUN, THIRD-PARTY TOOLS, INCORRECTLY CONFIGURD ROUTEZ OR TEMPORARY FAILUREZ. U CAN ENABLE Debug MODE 2 CHECK OUT MOAR VERBOSE LOG STATIN EGSAKT FAILURE REASONS, ALTHOUGH USUALLY IZ SIMPLY CAUSD BY UR OWN ACSHUNS, SUCH AS USIN "CS:GO MM SERVR PICKR" DAT BLACKLISTS LOT OV STEAM IPS, MAKIN IT VRY HARD 4 U 2 AKSHULLY REACH STEAM NETWORK.

ASF WILL DO ITZ BEST 2 ESTABLISH CONNECSHUN, WHICH INCLUDEZ NOT ONLY ASKIN BOUT UPDATD LIST OV SERVERS BUT ALSO TRYIN ANOTHR IP WHEN LAST WAN FAILS, SO IF IZ TRULY TEMPORARY PROBLEM WIF SUM SPECIFIC SERVR OR ROUTE, ASF WILL CONNECT SOONR OR LATR. HOWEVR, IF URE BEHIND FIREWALL OR IN SUM OTHR WAI UNABLE 2 REACH STEAM SERVERS, DEN OBVIOUSLY U NED 2 FIX IT YOURSELF, WIF POTENTIAL HALP OV Debug MODE.

IZ ALSO POSIBLE DAT UR MACHINE IZ NOT ABLE 2 ESTABLISH CONNECSHUN WIF STEAM SERVERS USIN DEFAULT PROTOCOL IN ASF. U CAN ALTR PROTOCOLS DAT ASF IZ PERMITTD 2 USE BY MODIFYIN SteamProtocols GLOBAL CONFIGURASHUN PROPERTY. 4 EXAMPLE, IF U HAS PROBLEMS REACHIN STEAM WIF UDP PROTOCOL (E.G. DUE 2 FIREWALLS), PERHAPS ULL HAS MOAR LUCK WIF TCP OR WebSocket.

IN VRY UNLIKELY SITUASHUN OV HAVIN INCORRECT SERVERS BEAN CACHD, 4 EXAMPLE CUZ OV MOVIN ASF config FOLDR FRUM WAN MACHINE 2 ANOTHR MACHINE LOCATD IN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COUNTRY, DELETIN ASF.db IN ORDR 2 REFRESH STEAM SERVERS ON TEH NEXT LAUNCH CUD HALP. VRY OFTEN IZ NOT NEEDD AN DOESNT HAS 2 BE DUN, AS DAT LIST IZ AUTOMATICALLY REFRESHD ON FURST LAUNCH, AS WELL AS WHEN TEH CONNECSHUN IZ ESTABLISHD - WERE JUS MENSHUNIN IT AS WAI 2 PURGE ANYTHIN RELATD 2 LIST OV STEAM SERVERS CACHD BY ASF.


CUD NOT GIT BADGEZ INFORMASHUN, WE WILL TRY AGAIN LATR!

USUALLY IT MEANZ DAT URE USIN STEAM PARENTAL PIN 2 ACCES UR AKOWNT, YET U FORGOT 2 PUT IT IN ASF CONFIG. U MUST PUT VALID PIN IN SteamParentalCode BOT CONFIG PROPERTY, OTHERWIZE ASF WILL NOT BE ABLE 2 ACCES MOST OV WEB CONTENT, THEREFORE WILL NOT BE ABLE 2 WERK PROPERLY. HEAD OVAR 2 CONFIGURASHUN IN ORDR 2 LERN MOAR BOUT SteamParentalCode.

OTHR REASONS INCLUDE TEMPORARY STEAM PROBLEM, NETWORK ISSUE OR LIKEWIZE. IF ISSUE WONT SOLVE ITSELF AFTR SEVERAL HOURS AN URE SURE DAT U CONFIGURD ASF APPROPRIATELY, FEELZ FREE 2 LET US KNOE BOUT DAT.


ASF IZ FAILIN WIF Request failed after 5 tries ERRORS!

USUALLY IT MEANZ DAT URE USIN STEAM PARENTAL PIN 2 ACCES UR AKOWNT, YET U FORGOT 2 PUT IT IN ASF CONFIG. U MUST PUT VALID PIN IN SteamParentalCode BOT CONFIG PROPERTY, OTHERWIZE ASF WILL NOT BE ABLE 2 ACCES MOST OV WEB CONTENT, THEREFORE WILL NOT BE ABLE 2 WERK PROPERLY. HEAD OVAR 2 CONFIGURASHUN IN ORDR 2 LERN MOAR BOUT SteamParentalCode.

IF PARENTAL PIN IZ NOT TEH REASON, DEN DIS AR TEH MOST COMMON ERROR, AN U SHUD GIT USD 2 DAT, IT SIMPLY MEANZ DAT ASF SENT REQUEST 2 STEAM NETWORK, AN DIDNT GIT VALID RESPONSE, 5 TIEMS IN ROW. USUALLY IT MEANZ DAT STEAM IZ EITHR DOWN OR IZ HAVIN SUM DIFFICULTIEZ OR MAINTENANCE - ASF IZ AWARE OV SUCH ISSUEZ AN U SHUD NOT WORRY BOUT THEM, UNLES THEYRE HAPPENIN CONSTANTLY 4 LONGR THAN SEVERAL HOURS, AN OTHR USERS DO NOT HAS SUCH PROBLEMS.

HOW 2 CHECK IF STEAM IZ BEAN DOWN? STEAM STATUS IZ AN AWSUM SOURCE OV CHECKIN IF STEAM SHUD BE UP, IF U NOTICE ERRORS, ESPECIALLY RELATD 2 COMMUNITY OR WEB API, DEN STEAM IZ HAVIN DIFFICULTIEZ. U CUD WANTS 2 LEEF ASF ALONE AN LET IT DO ITZ JOB AFTR SHORT WHILE OV DOWNTIME, OR QUIT IT AN WAIT YOURSELF.

THAZ HOWEVR NOT ALWAYS TEH CASE, AS IN SUM SITUASHUNS STEAM ISSUEZ CUD NOT BE DETECTD BY STEAM STATUS, 4 EXAMPLE SUCH CASE HAPPEND WHEN VALVE BROKE HTTPS SUPPORT 4 STEAM COMMUNITY 7TH JUNE 2016 - ACCESIN STEAMCOMMUNITY THRU HTTPS WUZ THROWIN AN ERROR. THEREFORE, DO NOT BLINDLY TRUST STEAM STATUS EITHR, IZ BEST 2 CHECK YOURSELF IF EVRYTHIN WERKZ AS SUPPOSD 2.

IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, STEAM INCLUDEZ VARIOUS RATE-LIMITIN MEASUREZ WHICH WILL TEMPORARILY BAN UR IP IF U MAK EXCESIV NUMBR OV REQUESTS AT ONCE. ASF IZ AWARE OV DAT AN OFFERS U SEVERAL DIFFERENT LIMITERS IN DA CONFIG, WHICH U SHUD MAK USE OV. DEFAULT SETTINGS WUZ TWEAKD BASD ON SANE AMOUNT OV BOTS, IF URE USIN SO HUGE AMOUNT DAT EVEN STEAM IZ TELLIN U 2 GO AWAY, DEN U EITHR TWEAK THEM TIL IT NO LONGR TELLS U 2, OR U DO AS URE TOLD. I ASSUME SECOND WAI IZ NOT AN OPSHUN 2 U, SO GO READ ON DAT TOPIC AN PAI SPESHUL ATTENSHUN 2 WebLimiterDelay WHICH IZ GENERAL LIMITR DAT APPLIEZ 2 ALL WEB REQUESTS.

THAR IZ NO "GOLDEN RULE" DAT WERKZ 4 EVRYBODY, CUZ BLOCKZ R HEAVILY INFLUENCD BY THIRD-PARTY FACTORS, THAZ Y U HAS 2 EXPERIMENT YOURSELF AN FIND VALUE DAT WERKZ 4 U. U CAN ALSO IGNORE WUT I SAY AN USE SOMETHIN LIEK 10000 WHICH IZ GUARANTED 2 WERK RITE, BUT DEN DOAN COMPLAIN HOW UR ASF REACTS 2 EVRYTHIN IN 10 SECONDZ AN HOW BADGE PARSIN TAKEZ 5 MINUTEZ. IN ADDISHUN 2 DAT, IZ ENTIRELY POSIBLE DAT NO LIMITR WILL DO ANYTHIN CUZ U HAS SO HUGE AMOUNT OV BOTS DAT URE HITTIN HARD LIMIT DAT WUZ MENSHUND ABOOV. YEZ, IZ ENTIRELY POSIBLE DAT ULL BE ABLE 2 LOG IN WITHOUT ISSUEZ INTO STEAM NETWORK (CLIENT), BUT STEAM WEB (WEBSIET) WILL REFUSE 2 LISTEN 2 U IF U HAS 100 SESHUNS ESTABLISHD AT ONCE. ASF REQUIREZ BOTH STEAM NETWORK AN STEAM WEB 2 BE COOPERATIV, IT TAKEZ JUS WAN DOWN 2 MAK U ISSUEZ U WONT RECOVR FRUM.

IF NOTHIN HELPS AN U HAS NO CLUE WUT IZ BROKD, U CAN ALWAYS ENABLE Debug MODE AN C YOURSELF IN ASF LOG Y EGSAKTLY REQUESTS R FAILIN. 4 EXAMPLE:

InternalRequest() HEAD https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/settings
InternalRequest() Forbidden <- HEAD https://steamcommunity.com/my/edit/settings

C DAT Forbidden CODE? DIS MEANZ DAT U GOT TEMPORARILY BANND 4 EXCESIV AMOUNT OV REQUESTS, CUZ U DIDNT TWEAK WebLimiterDelay PROPERLY YET (ASSUMIN U GIT TEH SAME ERROR CODE 4 ALL OTHR REQUESTS AS WELL). THAR CUD BE OTHR REASONS LISTD THAR, SUCH AS InternalServerError, ServiceUnavailable AN TIEMOUTS DAT INDICATE STEAM MAINTENANCE/ISSUEZ. U CAN ALWAYS TRY 2 VISIT TEH LINK MENSHUND BY ASF YOURSELF AN CHECK IF IT WERKZ - IF IT DOESNT, DEN U KNOE Y ASF CANT ACCES DAT EITHR. IF IT DOEZ, AN TEH SAME ERROR DOESNT GO AWAY AFTR DAI OR 2, IT CUD BE WORTH INVESTIGATIN AN REPORTIN.

BEFORE DOIN DAT U SHUD MAK SURE DAT TEH ERROR IZ WORTH REPORTIN IN DA FURST PLACE. IF IZ MENSHUND IN DIS FAQ, SUCH AS TRADIN-RELATD ISSUE, DEN THAZ OUT. IF IZ TEMPORARY ISSUE DAT HAPPEND ONCE OR TWICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN UR NETWORK WUZ UNSTABLE OR STEAM WUZ DOWN - THAZ OUT. HOWEVR, IF U WUZ ABLE 2 REPRODUCE UR ISSUE SEVERAL TIEMS IN ROW, ACROS 2 DAIS, RESTARTD ASF AS WELL AS UR MACHINE IN DA PROCES AN MADE SURE DAT THAR IZ NO FAQ ENTRY HER 2 HALP RESOLVE IT, DEN DIS CUD BE WORTH ASKIN BOUT.


ASF SEEMS 2 FREEZE AN DOESNT PRINT ANYTHIN ON TEH CONSOLE TIL I PRES KEY!

URE MOST LIKELY USIN WINDOWS AN UR CONSOLE HAS QUICKEDIT MODE ENABLD. REFR 2 DIS QUESHUN ON STACKOVERFLOW 4 TECHNICAL EXPLANASHUN. U SHUD DISABLE QUICKEDIT MODE BY RITE CLICKIN UR ASF CONSOLE WINDOW, OPENIN PROPERTIEZ, AN UNCHECKIN APPROPRIATE CHECKBOX.


ASF CANT ACCEPT OR SEND TRADEZ!

OBVIOUS TING FURST - NEW ACCOUNTS START AS LIMITD. TIL U UNLOCK AKOWNT BY LOADIN ITZ WALLET OR SPENDIN $5 IN DA STORE, ASF CANT ACCEPT NEITHR SEND TRADEZ USIN DIS AKOWNT. IN DIS CASE, ASF WILL STATE DAT INVENTORY SEEMS EMPTY, CUZ EVRY CARD DAT IZ IN IT NON-TRADABLE. IT ALSO WONT BE POSIBLE 2 RECEIV ANY TRADE, AS DAT PART REQUIREZ ASF 2 BE ABLE 2 FETCH API KEY, AN API KEY FUNCSHUNALITY IZ DISABLD 4 LIMITD ACCOUNTS. IN SHORT - TRADIN IZ OFF 4 ALL LIMITD ACCOUNTS, NO EXCEPSHUNS.

NEXT, IF U DO NOT USE ASF 2FA, IZ POSIBLE DAT ASF IN FACT ACCEPTD/SENT TRADE, BUT U NED 2 CONFIRM IT VIA UR E-MAIL. LIKEWIZE, IF U USE CLASIC 2FA, U NED 2 CONFIRM TEH TRADE VIA UR AUTHENTICATOR. CONFIRMASHUNS R MANDATORY NAO, SO IF U DOAN WANTS 2 ACCEPT THEM BY YOURSELF, CONSIDR IMPORTIN UR AUTHENTICATOR INTO ASF 2FA.

ALSO NOTICE DAT U CAN TRADE ONLY WIF UR FRENZ, AN PEEPS WIF KNOWN TRADE LINK. IF URE TRYIN 2 INITIATE Bot -> Master TRADE, SUCH AS loot, DEN U NED 2 EITHR HAS UR BOT ON UR FRIENDLIST, OR UR SteamTradeToken DECLARD IN BOTS CONFIG. MAK SURE DAT TEH TOKEN IZ VALID - OTHERWIZE, U WONT BE ABLE 2 SEND TRADE.

LASTLY, REMEMBR DAT NEW DEVICEZ HAS 7-DAIS TRADE LOCK, SO IF UVE JUS ADDD UR AKOWNT 2 ASF, WAIT AT LEAST 7 DAIS - EVRYTHIN SHUD WERK AFTR DAT PERIOD. DAT LIMITASHUN INCLUDEZ BOTH ACCEPTIN AN SENDIN TRADEZ. IT DOEZ NOT ALWAYS TRIGGR, AN THAR R PEEPS HOO CAN SEND AN ACCEPT TRADEZ INSTANTLY. MAJORITY OV TEH PEEPS R AFFECTD THOUGH, AN TEH LOCK WILL HAPPEN, EVEN IF U CAN SEND AN ACCEPT TRADEZ THRU UR STEAM CLIENT ON TEH SAME MACHINE. JUS WAIT PATIENTLY, THARS NOTHIN U CAN DO 2 MAK IT FASTR. LIKEWIZE, U CUD GIT SIMILAR LOCK 4 REMOVIN/CHANGIN VARIOUS STEAM SECURITY-RELATD SETTINGS, SUCH AS 2FA, STEAMGUARD, PASWORD, E-MAIL AN LIKEWIZE. IN GENERAL, CHECK IF U CAN SEND TRADE FRUM DAT AKOWNT YOURSELF, IF YEZ, VRY LIKELY IZ CLASIC 7-DAIS LOCK FRUM NEW DEVICE.

AN FINALLY, KEEP IN MIND DAT WAN AKOWNT CAN HAS ONLY 5 PENDIN TRADEZ 2 ANOTHR WAN, SO ASF WILL FAIL 2 SEND TRADEZ IF U HAS 5 (OR MOAR) PENDIN ONEZ FRUM DAT WAN BOT 2 ACCEPT ALREADY. DIS AR TEH RARELY PROBLEM, BUT IZ ALSO WORTH MENSHUNIN, ESPECIALLY IF U SET ASF 2 AUTO-SEND TRADEZ, YET URE NOT USIN ASF 2FA AN FORGOT 2 AKSHULLY CONFIRM THEM.

IF NOTHIN HELPD, U CAN ALWAYS ENABLE Debug MODE AN CHECK YOURSELF Y REQUESTS R FAILIN. PLZ NOWT DAT STEAM TALKZ NONSENSE MOST OV TEH TIEM, AN PROVIDD REASON CUD NOT MAK ANY LOGICAL SENSE, OR CAN BE EVEN ENTIRELY INCORRECT - IF U DECIDE 2 INTERPRET DAT REASON, MAK SURE U HAS DESENT KNOWLEDGE BOUT STEAM AN ITZ QUIRKZ. IZ ALSO QUITE COMMON 2 C DAT ISSUE WIF NO LOGICAL REASON, AN TEH ONLY SUGGESTD SOLUSHUN IN DIS CASE IZ 2 RE-ADD AKOWNT 2 ASF (AN WAIT 7 DAIS AGAIN). SOMETIMEZ DIS ISSUE ALSO FIXEZ ITSELF magically, TEH SAME WAI IT BREAKZ. HOWEVR, USUALLY IZ JUS EITHR 7-DAIS TRADE LOCK, TEMPORARY STEAM PROBLEM, OR BOTH. IZ BEST 2 GIV IT FEW DAIS BEFORE MANUALLY CHECKIN WUT IZ WRONG, UNLES U HAS SUM URGE 2 DEBUG TEH REAL CAUSE (AN USUALLY ULL BE FORCD 2 WAIT ANYWAY, CUZ ERROR MESAGE WONT MAK ANY SENSE, NEITHR HALP U IN DA SLIGHTEST).

IN ANY CASE, ASF CAN ONLY TRY 2 SEND PROPR REQUEST 2 STEAM IN ORDR 2 ACCEPT/SEND TRADE. WHETHR STEAM ACCEPTS DAT REQUEST, OR NOT, IZ OUT OV TEH SCOPE OV ASF, AN ASF WILL NOT MAGICALLY MAK IT WERK. THARS NO BUG RELATD 2 DAT FEACHUR, AN THAR IZ ALSO NOTHIN 2 IMPROOOV, CUZ LOGIC IZ HAPPENIN OUTSIDE OV ASF. THEREFORE, DO NOT ASK 4 FIXIN STUFF DAT IZ NOT BROKD, AN ALSO DO NOT ASK Y ASF CANT ACCEPT OR SEND TRADEZ - I DOAN KNOE, AN ASF DOESNT KNOE EITHR. EITHR DEAL WIF IT, OR FIX YOURSELF, IF U KNOE BETTR.


Y DO I HAS 2 PUT 2FA/STEAMGUARD CODE ON EACH LOGIN? / REMOVD EXPIRD LOGIN KEY!

ASF USEZ LOGIN KEYS (IF U KEPT UseLoginKeys ENABLD) 4 KEEPIN CREDENTIALS VALID, TEH SAME MECHANISM DAT STEAM USEZ - 2FA/STEAMGUARD TOKEN IZ REQUIRD ONLY ONCE. HOWEVR, DUE 2 STEAM NETWORK ISSUEZ AN QUIRKZ, IZ ENTIRELY POSIBLE DAT LOGIN KEY IZ NOT SAVD IN DA NETWORK, WEVE ALREADY SEEN SUCH ISSUEZ NOT ONLY WIF ASF, BUT WIF REGULAR STEAM CLIENT AS WELL (A NED 2 INPUT LOGIN + PASWORD ON EACH RUN, REGARDLES OV "REMEMBR ME" OPSHUN).

U CUD REMOOV BotName.db AN BotName.bin (IF AVAILABLE) OV AFFECTD AKOWNT AN TRY 2 LINK ASF 2 UR AKOWNT ONCE AGAIN, BUT DAT LIKELY WONT DO ANYTHIN. SUM USERS HAS REPORTD DAT DEAUTHORIZIN ALL DEVICEZ ON STEAM SIDE SHUD HALP, CHANGIN PASWORD WILL DO TEH SAME. HOWEVR, DOSE R ONLY WERKAROUNDZ DAT R NOT EVEN GUARANTED 2 WERK, TEH REAL ASF-BASD SOLUSHUN IZ 2 IMPORT UR AUTHENTICATOR AS ASF 2FA - DIS WAI ASF CAN GENERATE TOKENS AUTOMATICALLY WHEN THEYRE NEEDD, AN U DOAN HAS 2 INPUT THEM MANUALLY. USUALLY TEH ISSUE MAGICALLY SOLVEZ ITSELF AFTR SUM TIEM, SO U CAN SIMPLY WAIT 4 DAT 2 HAPPEN. OV COURSE U CAN ALSO ASK VALVE 4 SOLUSHUN, CUZ I CANT FORCE STEAM NETWORK 2 ACCEPT R LOGIN KEYS.

AS SIDE NOWT, U CAN ALSO TURN OFF LOGIN KEYS WIF UseLoginKeys CONFIG PROPERTY SET 2 false, BUT DIS WILL NOT SOLVE TEH PROBLEM, ONLY SKIP TEH INITIAL LOGIN KEY FAILURE. ASF IZ ALREADY AWARE OV TEH ISSUE EXPLAIND HER AN WILL TRY ITZ BEST 2 NOT USE LOGIN KEYS IF IT CAN GUARANTEE ITSELF ALL LOGIN CREDENTIALS, SO THAR IZ NO NED 2 TWEAK UseLoginKeys MANUALLY IF U CAN PROVIDE ALL LOGIN DETAILS TOGETHR WIF USIN ASF 2FA.


IM GETTIN ERROR: UNABLE 2 LOGIN 2 STEAM: InvalidPassword or RateLimitExceeded

DIS ERROR CAN MEEN LOT OV THINGS, SUM OV THEM INCLUDE:

  • INVALID LOGIN/PASWORD COMBINASHUN (OBVIOUSLY)
  • EXPIRD LOGIN KEY USD BY ASF 4 LOGGIN IN
  • 2 LOTZ DA FAILD LOGIN ATTEMPTS IN SHORT PERIOD OV TIEM (ANTI-BRUTEFORCE)
  • 2 LOTZ DA LOGIN ATTEMPTS IN SHORT PERIOD OV TIEM (RATE-LIMITIN)
  • REQUIREMENT OV CAPTCHA 2 LOG IN (VRY LIKELY 2 BE CAUSD BY 2 REASONS ABOOV)
  • ANY OTHR REASON STEAM NETWORK CUD HAS PREVENTIN U FRUM LOGGIN IN.

IN CASE OV ANTI-BRUTEFORCE AN RATE-LIMITIN, PROBLEM WILL DISAPPEAR AFTR SUM TIEM, SO JUS WAIT AN DOAN ATTEMPT 2 LOG IN IN DA MEANTIME. IF U HIT DAT ISSUE FREQUENTLY, PERHAPS IZ WIZE 2 INCREASE LoginLimiterDelay CONFIG PROPERTY OV ASF. EXCESIV PROGRAM RESTARTS AN OTHR INTENSHUNAL/NON-INTENSHUNAL LOGIN REQUESTS DEFINITELY WONT HALP WID DAT ISSUE, SO TRY 2 AVOID IT IF POSIBLE.

IN CASE OV EXPIRD LOGIN KEY - ASF WILL REMOOV OLD WAN AN ASK 4 NEW WAN ON NEXT LOGIN (WHICH WILL REQUIRE FRUM U PUTTIN 2FA TOKEN IF UR AKOWNT IZ 2FA-PROTECTD. IF UR AKOWNT IZ USIN ASF 2FA, TOKEN WILL BE GENERATD AN USD AUTOMATICALLY). DIS CAN NATURALLY HAPPEN OVAR TIEM, BUT IF U GIT DIS ISSUE ON EACH LOGIN, IZ POSIBLE DAT STEAM 4 SUM REASON DECIDD 2 IGNORE R LOGIN KEY SAVE REQUESTS, AS MENSHUND IN DA ISSUE ABOOV. U CAN OV COURSE DISABLE UseLoginKeys ENTIRELY, BUT DAT WONT SOLVE TEH ISSUE, ONLY AVOID NED OV REMOVIN EXPIRD LOGIN KEYS EACH TIEM. TEH REAL SOLUSHUN, AS PER TEH ISSUE ABOOV, IZ 2 USE ASF 2FA.

AN LASTLY, IF U USD WRONG LOGIN + PASWORD COMBINASHUN, OBVIOUSLY U NED 2 CORRECT DIS, OR DISABLE BOT DAT IZ ATTEMPTIN 2 CONNECT USIN DOSE CREDENTIALS. ASF CANT GUES ON ITZ OWN WHETHR InvalidPassword MEANZ INVALID CREDENTIALS, OR ANY OV TEH REASONS LISTD ABOOV, THEREFORE ITLL KEEP TRYIN TIL IT SUCCEEDZ.

KEEP IN MIND DAT ASF HAS ITZ OWN BUILT-IN SISTEM 2 REACT ACCORDINGLY 2 STEAM QUIRKZ, EVENTUALLY IT WILL CONNECT AN RESUME ITZ JOB, THEREFORE IZ NOT REQUIRD 2 DO ANYTHIN IF TEH ISSUE IZ TEMPORARY. RESTARTIN ASF IN ORDR 2 MAGICALLY FIX PROBLEMS WILL ONLY MAK THINGS WORSE (AS NEW ASF WONT KNOE PREVIOUS ASF STATE OV NOT BEAN ABLE 2 LOG IN, AN TRY 2 CONNECT INSTEAD OV WAITIN), SO AVOID DOIN DAT UNLES U KNOE WUT URE DOIN.

FINALLY, AS WIF EVRY STEAM REQUEST - ASF CAN ONLY TRY 2 LOG IN, USIN UR PROVIDD CREDENTIALS. WHETHR DAT REQUEST WILL SUCCED OR NOT IZ OUT OV TEH SCOPE AN LOGIC OV ASF - THAR IZ NO BUG, AN NOTHIN CAN BE FIXD NEITHR IMPROOVD IN DIS REGARD.


System.IO.IOException: Input/output error

IF DIS ERROR HAPPEND DURIN ASF INPUT (E.G. U CAN C Console.ReadLine() IN DA STACKTRACE) DEN IZ CAUSD BY UR ENVIRONMENT WHICH PROHIBITS ASF FRUM READIN STANDARD INPUT OV UR CONSOLE. DAT CAN OCCUR DUE 2 LOT OV REASONS, BUT TEH MOST COMMON WAN IZ U RUNNIN ASF IN DA WRONG ENVIRONMENT (E.G. IN nohup OR & BAKGROUND INSTEAD OV screen ON LINUX). IF ASF CANT ACCES ITZ STANDARD INPUT, DEN ULL C DIS ERROR LOGGD AN ASFS INABILITY 2 USE UR DETAILS DURIN RUNTIME.

IF U EXPECT DIS 2 HAPPEN, SO U INTEND 2 RUN ASF IN INPUT-LES ENVIRONMENT, DEN U SHUD EXPLICITLY TELL ASF DAT IZ TEH CASE, BY SETTIN Headless MODE APPROPRIATELY. DIS WILL TELL ASF 2 NEVR ASK 4 USR INPUT UNDR ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, ALLOWIN U 2 RUN ASF IN INPUT-LES ENVIRONMENTS SAFELY.


System.Net.Http.WinHttpException: A security error occurred

DIS ERROR HAPPENS WHEN ASF CANT ESTABLISH SECURE CONNECSHUN WIF GIVEN SERVR, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY CUZ OV SSL CERTIFICATE MISTRUST.

IN ALMOST ALL CASEZ DIS ERROR IZ CAUSD BY WRONG DATE/TIEM ON UR MACHINE. EVRY SSL CERTIFICATE HAS ISSUD DATE AN EXPIRY DATE. IF UR DATE IZ INVALID AN OUT OV DOSE 2 BOUNDZ DEN TEH CERTIFICATE CANT BE TRUSTD DUE 2 POTENTIAL MITM ATTACK AN ASF REFUSEZ 2 MAK CONNECSHUN.

OBVIOUS SOLUSHUN IZ 2 SET TEH DATE ON UR MACHINE APPROPRIATELY. IZ HIGHLY RECOMMENDD 2 USE AUTOMATIC DATE SYNCHRONIZASHUN, SUCH AS NATIV SYNCHRONIZASHUN AVAILABLE ON WINDOWS, OR ntpd ON LINUX.

IF U MADE SURE DAT TEH DATE ON UR MACHINE IZ APPROPRIATE AN TEH ERROR DOESNT WANTS 2 GO AWAY, SSL CERTIFICATEZ DAT UR SISTEM TRUSTS CUD BE OUT-OV-DATE OR INVALID. IN DIS CASE U SHUD ENSURE DAT UR MACHINE CAN ESTABLISH SECURE CONNECSHUNS, 4 EXAMPLE BY CHECKIN IF U CAN ACCES https://github.com WIF ANY BROWSR OV UR CHOICE, OR CLI TOOL SUCH AS curl. IF U CONFIRMD DAT DIS WERKZ PROPERLY, FEELZ FREE 2 POST ISSUE ON R STEAM GROUP.


System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException: A task was canceled

DIS WARNIN MEANZ DAT STEAM DID NOT ANZWR 2 ASF REQUEST IN GIVEN TIEM. USUALLY IZ CAUSD BY STEAM NETWORKIN HICCUPS AN DOEZ NOT AFFECT ASF IN ANY WAI. IN OTHR CASEZ IZ TEH SAME AS REQUEST FAILIN AFTR 5 TRIEZ. REPORTIN DIS ISSUE MAKEZ NO SENSE MOST OV TEH TIEM, AS WE CANT FORCE STEAM 2 RESPOND 2 R REQUESTS.


The type initializer for 'System.Security.Cryptography.CngKeyLite' threw an exception

DIS PROBLEM IZ ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY CAUSD BY DISABLD/STOPPD CNG Key Isolation WINDOWS SERVICE, WHICH PROVIDEZ CORE CRYPTOGRAFY FUNCSHUNALITY 4 ASF, WITHOUT WHICH TEH PROGRAM ISNT ABLE 2 RUN. U CAN FIX DIS ISSUE BY LAUNCHIN services.msc AN ENSURIN DAT CNG Key Isolation WINDOWS SERVICE DOESNT HAS DISABLD STARTUP AN IZ CURRENTLY RUNNIN.


ASF IZ BEAN DETECTD AS MALWARE BY MAH ANTIVIRUS! WUTS GOIN ON?

ENSURE DAT U DOWNLOADD ASF FRUM TRUSTD SOURCE. TEH ONLY OFFISHUL AN TRUSTD SOURCE IZ ASF RELEASEZ PAEG ON GITHUB (AN DIS AR TEH ALSO TEH SOURCE 4 ASF AUTO-UPDATEZ) - ANY OTHR SOURCE IZ UNTRUSTD BY DEFINISHUN AN CAN CONTAIN MALWARE ADDD BY OTHR PEEPS - U SHUD NOT TRUST ANY OTHR DOWNLOAD LOCASHUN BY DEFINISHUN, AN ENSURE DAT UR ASF ALWAYS COMEZ FRUM US.

IF U CONFIRMD DAT ASF IZ DOWNLOADD FRUM TRUSTD SOURCE, DEN VRY LIKELY IZ SIMPLY FALSE POSITIV. DIS HAPPEND IN DA PAST, IZ HAPPENIN RITE NAO, AN WILL HAPPEN IN DA FUCHUR. IF URE WORRID BOUT AKSHUL SAFETY WHEN USIN ASF, DEN I SUGGEST SCANNIN ASF WIF LOTZ DA DIFFERENT AVS 4 AKSHUL DETECSHUN RATIO, 4 EXAMPLE THRU VIRUSTOTAL (OR ANY OTHR WEB SERVICE OV UR CHOICE LIEK DIS).

IF TEH AV DAT URE USIN FALSELY DETECTS ASF AS MALWARE, DEN IT BE GUD IDEA 2 SEND DIS FILE SAMPLE BAK 2 DEVELOPERS OV UR AV, SO THEY CAN ANALYZE IT AN IMPROOOV THEIR DETECSHUN ENGINE, AS CLEARLY IZ NOT WERKIN AS GUD AS U FINKZ IT DOEZ. THAR IZ NO ISSUE IN ASF CODE, AN THAR IZ ALSO NOTHIN 2 FIX 4 US, SINCE WERE NOT DISTRIBUTIN MALWARE IN DA FURST PLACE, THEREFORE IT DOESNT MAK ANY SENSE 2 REPORT DOSE FALSE-POSITIVEZ 2 US. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND 2 SEND ASF SAMPLE 4 FURTHR ANALYSIS LIEK STATD ABOOV, BUT IF U DOAN WANTS 2 BOTHR WIF IT, DEN U CAN ALWAYS ADD ASF 2 SUM KIND OV AV EXCEPSHUNS, DISABLE UR AV OR SIMPLY USE ANOTHR WAN. SADLY, WERE USD 2 AVS BEAN STOOPID, AS EVRY ONCE IN WHILE SUM AV DETECTS ASF AS VIRUS, WHICH USUALLY LASTS VRY SHORT AN IZ BEAN PATCHD UP QUICKLY BY TEH DEVS, BUT LIEK WE POINTD OUT ABOOV - IT HAPPEND, HAPPENS AN WILL HAPPEN ALL TEH TIEM. ASF DOESNT INCLUDE ANY MALISHUS CODE, U CAN REVIEW ASF CODE AN EVEN COMPILE FRUM SOURCE YOURSELF. WERE NOT HACKERS 2 OBFUSCATE ASF CODE IN ORDR 2 HIDE FRUM AV HEURISTICS AN FALSE POSITIVEZ, SO DO NOT EXPECT FRUM US 2 FIX WUT IZ NOT BROKD - THAR IZ NO "VIRUS" 4 US 2 FIX.

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