Computress Announcements
The in-game messages Computress shows to everyone online, such as the five-minute warning before an update, and what to do when you see one.
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Computress is DexLabs' computer assistant, and in FusionFall Forever she is also the voice of the game itself. When there is news that every player needs right now, it arrives as a Computress message on your screen. This page explains the kinds of message you can get and what each one asks of you.
The message box
An announcement opens a message box in the middle of the screen with the text and an OKAY button.
- Everyone who is online at that moment gets it, on desktop, web and mobile, wherever they are in the world.
- Press OKAY to close it. The game keeps running behind the box, so close it quickly if you are in a fight.
- If two announcements arrive close together, the second one waits and opens after you close the first.
- Players who are offline do not get it later. The box is for things that matter at that moment.
On phones the box is drawn larger so the text is readable, and it sits where it does not cover the minimap or the MENU button.
Notices
A shorter kind of announcement does not open a box. It shows briefly as a line of text on screen and is also written into your chat window as a system line, so you can scroll back and read it again.
The five-minute restart warning
The message you will see most often is the warning before an update. Some updates need the game world to restart. When that is the case, a Computress message appears about five minutes ahead. It says a restart is coming, names what is arriving and tells you the game will be back in about a minute.
What to do:
- Finish the fight you are in, or step away from monsters.
- Hand in a mission if you are standing next to the character who wants it.
- Wait in a safe spot. Your progress is saved, so you lose nothing.
- After the restart, come back in:
- on web and mobile, the game shows a reconnecting message and puts you back by itself, or you reload the page;
- on desktop, log in again. If the update includes desktop files, the launcher installs them when you press Play.
Updates that do not need a restart arrive without any warning. Web and mobile players get them on the next page load, desktop players on the next Play. See Launcher and Updates.
Other things Computress tells you
- The way to the Past. When your character reaches level 4 in the Future, Computress tells you how to travel to the Past. A Time Machine button also appears next to your minimap. See Time Machine and Level Catch-Up.
- [GUIDE] hints. While you are catching up at levels 4 and 5, chat lines that start with [GUIDE] appear when you log in and after each finished mission. They name the character to talk to next.
Where the full news is
The message box is short on purpose. Full patch notes for every update are posted on the FusionFall Forever Discord and collected on this wiki's updates pages. Build labels such as B165 in those notes tell you which update you are playing.
Tips
- An announcement is never a request for your password or account details. The box only ever has an OKAY button.
- Do not start a long lair or infected zone run after the warning appears. Five minutes is rarely enough to finish one.
- If the game does not let you back in a few minutes after a restart, see FAQ and Troubleshooting.
See also
- Launcher and Updates
- Smoother Multiplayer for how reconnecting works
- Play on Web
