AutoFarm X installation
This article was created to quickly launch the AFX software. With careful reading and following the described actions, you will be able to start using the software in the shortest possible time.
Please read this instruction from top to bottom of the article, open all hyperlinks and follow all instructions - in this case, you are guaranteed to get the software running without problems.
Article navigation
- Launch preparation
- Configuring software
- Virtual Machine requirements
- Installing and configuring Hyper-V
- Creating Virtual Machine
- Connecting to Virtual Machine
- Installing Windows on Virtual Machine
- Configuring Windows
- Configuring System
- Connecting virtual machine to AFX
- Configuring VendorID and DeviceID
- Adding maFiles
- Conclusion
Launch preparation
Programs to install
Before starting, please install the .NET Framework 4.8, if you do not have it installed, it is necessary for the software to work.
If you do not know whether you have it installed or not, then install it here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net48-web-installer
You also need to download AFX from your profile.
Virtual machines
We will use Hyper-V for virtual machines. You need to download these files to install and configure Virtual machine.
In addition, later in this tutorial, you will learn how to connect virtual machines to the software and how to manage them.
Configuring software
Welcome
After you downloaded the software there will be an archive with these files:
Open AutoFarmX and sign in to your account:
Virtual Machine requirements
For 1 virtual machine:
With these numbers, you can calculate how many virtual machines you can run on your computer.
We got these numbers by testing on a such PC: Intel xeon e5 2697v4, 64 GB RAM and rx 580.
Installing and configuring Hyper-V
Hyper-V installation
First of all, you need to turn on HyperV option on your PC, here is how to do it:
1. Press Win + R, type "optionalfeatures" and click "OK":
2. Then check the Hyper-V option and click “OK”:
You have successfully installed Hyper-V.
Configuring Hyper-V
1. Open Hyper-V by pressing Win + R, type "virtmgmt.msc" and click "OK":
2. Click on the name of your PC:
4. Window will be opened, where we need to go to "Enhanced Session Mode" and check out "Use enhanced session mode":
Next part, after that we need to create a network, here is how to do it:
1. Go to "Virtual Switch Manager":
2. Window will be opened, where we choose "External" and click "Create Virtual Switch":
3. You can name it as you want, then we should choose a parameter "Realtek..." and tick the option in the checkbox. Click "Apply" and then "OK".
You have successfully configured it.
Creating Virtual Machine
Instruction:
1. Click "New" and then "Virtual machine":
2. In opened window click "Next":
3. On the next page put any name you wish and click "Next":
4. Then click "Generation 2" and "Next":
5. Now you need to allocate memory for virtual machine, type "5120", untick parameter, which is bellow the "Startup memory" and click "Next":
6. Click on the "Connection", choose your network and click "Next":
7. You need to connect a virtual hard disk, type 100 into "Size" and then click "Next":
8. Now click "Install operating system from a bootable image file" and click "Browse...", choose .iso file (this file is located in "Windows image" folder, which you have downloaded before) and then click "Next":
9. Click "Finish" and wait until the virtual machine will be created:
10. After that you need to open "Settings", go to "Security" and turn on "Enable Trusted Platform Module" and click "Apply":
11. In the processor section put amount of CPU cores, put at least 6 and click "Apply":
12. Go to "Checkpoints", untick the option, click "Apply" and "OK":
You have successfully created Virtual Machine.
Connecting to Virtual Machine
Instruction:
After creating a virtual machine you should click on your virtual machine, then "Connect" and "Start":
If you have done everything correctly, then after clicking "Start" will be opened a window. Click on a random key on your keyboard to start installing Windows. Then there will be shown "Hyper-V" and then "Ghostspectre".
Installing Windows on Virtual Machine
Instruction:
1. After you clicked "Start" there will be opened a window:
Now do the same as it shown in the next pictures:
Configuring Windows
Instruction
1. Install the video card driver 546.33 on your main pc if you have Nvidia GPU
3. Open "1 - CopyDriverFiles.ps1" file, which is in "Scripts" folder and write your virtual machine name on the first line:
4. Run as administrator PowerShell on main pc.
5. Press "Ctrl + C" to copy text from this file and press "Shift + Insert" into PowerShell. When it finishes there should be written "Success":
6. Now open this path "C:\Temp\System32" on virtual machine, then copy all files to this path "C:\Windows\System32" also on your virtual machine. After that open parameters, then click "Integration Services" and turn off "Guest services" and click "OK":
7. Open "2 - GPU_Partition.ps1" file on your main PC and type the name of your virtual machine:
8. Turn of the virtual machine, run PowerShell as administrator on main pc, put there data from the second file and press enter:
To check if configuration is successfully done, open "Device Manager" on your virtual machine, go to devices tab and you should see there your GPU:
Configuring System
Instruction
2. After that type 51 and press enter
3. Now choose browser option by typing 4 and pressing enter. After browser is installed, you should download Steam, CS2, the specific file from the software and drivers.
You can download these drivers here:
* Install .NET 7 Desktop Runtime (x64) + (x86) and .NET 6 Desktop Runtime (x64).
* Install DirectX.
4. Open “Windows defender firewall” and check out the boxes:
Connecting virtual machine to AFX
Instruction
1. Go to the software settings and come up with a secure password for your virtual machines and enter it, which you will need to use for connecting:
2. Go to the DM module and choose a mode in which you want to boost.
3. Click on the "+" button to add a virtual machine:
4. Upload Virtual Machine folder from AFX path to your virtual machine:
5. Open this folder on your virtual machine and open cmdX.exe:
6. In opened console there will be written a code, which you will need to put into the software:
Configuring VendorID and DeviceID
Instruction
1. Run CS2 on your virtual machine.
2. Go to the CS2 settings and change any parameters in video tab to change shaders quality, etc.
3. Open .txt file in this path:
<Steam path>/userdata/<your account>/730/local/cfg/cs2_video.txt.
4. Copy your VendorID and DeviceID:
5. Open virtual machine folder, which you have uploaded before, open "config.cfg" and paste VendorID and DeviceID numbers there.
Adding maFiles
Instruction
You can do that by adding maFiles into the maFiles folder in AFX path. It will work for all virtual machines.
Conclusion
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