Every button, explained.

The window at a glance

Everything happens in one window. The numbers on the picture match the list below it.

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   Trading · Play · Hybrid

   The app's sections. Play runs Squad Battles and Single Player Draft, Trading works the transfer market. Hybrid is greyed out: it comes later.

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   Connection

   Which console the window is connected to: Connected · My PS5, Connecting · My PS5 or Disconnected · choose a console.

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   Buttons at the top right

   Show the controls (the on-screen pad), the list of pad keys and Settings. Explained just below.

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   Your consoles

   A card for the console: its name, a dot for its state and what it is doing (2:1 · 57′ in a match, Working while trading, Idle, Offline). While it streams: LAN or PSN and the frame rate.

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   Summary

   On Play: the Squad Battles points of the week and the matches played this session (Draft: the matches only). On Trading: the net profit, cards bought and sold.

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   Live picture

   What the PS5 shows right now, over Remote Play. Messages about the connection appear on top of it.

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   Control bar

   What the bot is doing. In a match: the score, the match number, the minute and the goals on a timeline. On the right: the round buttons, Take control and Play / Stop.

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   Mode panel

   The settings of the section and its results: mode, difficulty and number of matches on Play; the card, prices and search method on Trading.

The buttons at the top right

• Show controls

  Opens the Controls panel under the bar: the on-screen pad and the keyboard keys for steering by hand. Closing it ends manual control. See Taking control.

• Pad keys

  The list of keyboard keys that work as PS5 buttons while manual control is on. The app has no other keyboard shortcuts.

• Settings

  Live view quality, this computer (sign-in, logs, quit), the phone, the log and the trading settings. See Settings.

• Hide or show the side panel

  Only on Trading › Market: hides the panel on the right so the picture gets more room.

What the dots mean

• Something runs: a match or trading
• You are steering by hand
• Connected, nothing running
• Connecting or reconnecting
• Not connected
• The connection failed

First start

The first time you open FutFriend, the window starts with Set up FutFriend: three steps, once on this computer. The setup guide on the main page shows the same steps with pictures from the PS5.

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   Sign in to PlayStation Network

   Sign in with PlayStation opens PlayStation's own sign-in page; FutFriend never sees your password. If the page shows a QR code, scan it with your phone's camera, not with the PlayStation App. If the sign-in window stays open after you sign in, open The window did not close by itself?, paste the address the window ended on (it starts with https://remoteplay.dl.playstation.net/remoteplay/redirect) and click Use this address.

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   Pair your PS5

   Pair a PS5 pairs your console once with the 8-digit code from its screen. It works after signing in. See Add a console.

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   Before the first match

   FC 27 installed and in English, your own controller off, the PS5 set not to sleep during play.

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   Done

   Closes the setup. You can open it again any time: Settings › This Mac (This PC on Windows) › PlayStation sign-in and consoles. There you can also sign in with another account.

Connecting to your PS5

Before the bot can do anything, the window has to stream your PS5. Pick the console and click Connect.

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   The console card

   The console this window controls, with its state: Offline, Connecting, Live or Rest mode. While it is not connected it shows the console's network address.

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   Pencil: Saved consoles

   Your paired consoles. Use this console switches to another one (while connected it asks first, because it disconnects the current one), Name renames it in the app only, and Forget the saved profile code deletes the remembered PS5 passcode.

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   Add console

   Pairs another PS5. See Add a console below.

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   Connect

   Starts the stream. On the same home network FutFriend connects over the LAN in a few seconds; anywhere else it goes over the internet (PSN), which can take about a minute. A PS5 in rest mode is woken up first.

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   Connect in the bar

   The same, from the control bar. While a connection is on, this button becomes ⏻: Disconnect, or Cancel connecting while it is still connecting.

Add a console

Do this once where the PS5 is, with the computer on the same network. On the PS5 open Settings › System › Remote Play › Link Device: it shows an 8-digit code.

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   Search for PS5 on the network

   Finds the consoles on your network.

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   Found consoles

   Click yours. It also says whether it is on or in rest mode, and whether it is already saved.

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   Name in the app

   What the console is called in FutFriend.

4. 4
   Console IP address

   If the search does not find it, type its address (PS5: Settings › Network › Connection Status).

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   Pairing code

   The 8 digits from the PS5 screen. The code works for a few minutes and FutFriend does not keep it.

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   Pair

   Pairs the console with your PlayStation sign-in. It is then selected in the list: click Connect.

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   In use / Use this console

   The console this window uses. With more than one paired, Use this console switches; while connected it asks Switch console first.

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   Name

   Renames the console in the app. The name on the PS5 stays the same.

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   Add console

   Opens Pair a PS5.

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   Forget the saved profile code

   Deletes the PS5 passcode this computer remembers. The PS5 asks for it again at the next sign-in.

The PS5 profile passcode

If your PS5 profile has a passcode, the PS5 asks for it when FutFriend signs in. The app then shows a keypad that matches the PS5's passcode screen.

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   Four slots

   A dot for each button pressed. The code itself is never shown.

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   ⌫

   Deletes the last button.

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   The keypad

   Your passcode is 4 buttons. Press them here the way you press them on the console: ← 1, ↑ 2, → 3, ↓ 4, R1 5, R2 6, L1 7, L2 8, △ 9, □ 0. You can also type the digits or the arrow keys, or press the buttons on a controller connected to the computer.

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   Remember this code on this computer and enter it automatically

   Ticked by default. FutFriend keeps the code only once the PS5 has accepted it, and from then on enters it by itself. Delete it with Forget the saved profile code in Saved consoles.

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   Unlock

   Sends the code (Enter does the same). A wrong one: Code rejected — check the profile code.

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   ✕

   Closes the keypad. The amber row The PS5 asks for the profile code above the bar has an Enter code button that opens it again.

The control bar and its round buttons

Under the picture sits the control bar: what the bot is doing, a row of round buttons, Take control and the main button of the section.

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   Score

   In a match: the score, the match number (m2/3 is the second of three), BOT v CPU and the minute. The line under it says what the bot is doing.

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   Timeline

   The match from kick-off to full time. Filled dots are the bot's goals, hollow ones the CPU's; the tick in the middle is half-time.

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   Round buttons

   Pause, record, full screen, sleep and connection. One by one below.

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   Take control

   You steer the PS5 yourself. In a narrow window it is shortened to Take. See Taking control.

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   Play / Stop

   The main button: ▶ Play on the Play tab, ▶ Start on Trading, and ■ Stop while it runs.

The round buttons, left to right

• Pause

  Shown while the bot is busy: in a match, on the way to one, trading, or waiting to resume after a dropped connection. The bot lets go of the pad at once and the game keeps going. While paused, the button turns amber with ▶: Resume. See Pause and Resume.

• Record match / demonstration

  Records the PS5 picture and the buttons and sticks you use in the app, on this computer only, up to 45 minutes. It switches manual control on: you play. While it records, the button shows a red dot and the time; click it again to stop. The app then makes one video of about 0.5–1 GB, and Settings › Demonstration recording › Save for upload puts it on your Desktop as a zip. How to send it to us: Record your matches.

• Full screen

  The picture fills the window. At the top: the console's name and state, Take control and Close.

• Put the console to sleep

  Puts the PS5 into rest mode, whatever the bot is doing. If something is running it asks first. See Sleep and disconnect.

• Disconnect / Cancel connecting

  Ends the stream and lets the console go; while connected it asks Disconnect My PS5? first. While it is still connecting, it cancels.

• Connect

  In place of ⏻ when nothing is connected: connects the chosen console and wakes it if it sleeps.

Record and full screen need a live picture; the sleep button shows only while the console streams. A greyed-out button can't be used right now. Hover over any button to see its name.

Pause and Resume

Pause is for stepping in for a moment without ending anything. Resume lets the bot carry on from wherever the game is.

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   What the bot says

   For example Paused · the bot let go of the pad — the match goes on.

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   What is paused

   Paused · Squad Battles, Paused · Draft or Paused · Trading.

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   Resume

   The amber ▶. It needs the console connected.

• While paused, nothing starts by itself, not even after a dropped connection. Only Resume does.
• A Disconnect or a dropped connection keeps the pause. ▶ Play / Start, ■ Stop and Put the console to sleep end it.
• Pause or Stop? Pause hands the game to you and keeps the bot's run ready to go on. Stop ends the run: a Squad Battles or Draft match is paused in FC and waits for the next Play.

Taking control by hand

Take control lets you drive the PS5 from the computer: with the on-screen pad, the keyboard or a controller connected to the computer.

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   You're in control

   Shown in the bar and on the picture while you steer.

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   Hand back

   Ends manual control.

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   Manual control

   The same switch as Take control / Hand back, in the Controls panel. Next to it: the controller the app sees, for example Pad: waiting for connection.

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   On-screen pad

   Click or hold: the arrows (D-pad), ✕ ○ □ △, L1, L2, R1, R2, Options and PS.

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   Keyboard

   Keys that work as PS5 buttons, only while manual control is on. The full list is below.

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   ✕

   Closes the Controls panel and ends manual control.

A controller plugged into the computer, by cable or Bluetooth, steers too while manual control is on. When the app sees it, the Controls panel shows its name.

Sleep and disconnect

Two ways to let the console go. ☾ Put the console to sleep puts the PS5 into rest mode. ⏻ Disconnect only ends the stream; the PS5 stays on.

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   Why it asks

   A line for everything that is running: a match (the bot pauses it before the PS5 goes to sleep; a long sleep can lose the match), the way to a match, trading (it stops after the current step) or a recording (it is saved and stopped).

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   Cancel

   Nothing happens.

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   Put to sleep

   Goes ahead. When nothing is running, the button doesn't ask at all.

What happens when the console goes to sleep

1. The bot stops what it is doing. A Squad Battles or Draft match is paused, never quit; a recording is saved.
2. It closes FC 27, so the game starts clean after waking. If a Squad Battles or Draft match is paused, FC stays open so the match can be finished later.
3. It puts the PS5 into rest mode and lets go of the console at once. The row above the bar shows how far it has got.

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   PS5 is asleep

   The console is in rest mode and the app has let it go.

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   Wake

   Wakes the PS5 and connects again.

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   Connect

   Does the same from the bar. Waking needs the PS5 to stay connected to the internet in rest mode (setup guide, Keep the PS5 reachable).

Disconnect

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   Disconnect My PS5?

   Asked when you click ⏻ while the console streams. It goes away after a few seconds if you don't answer.

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   Cancel

   Stays connected.

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   Disconnect

   Ends the stream. Trading and the running mode stop, and nothing resumes by itself.

Squad Battles and Single Player Draft

The Play tab plays Ultimate Team matches against the CPU. Choose the mode, the difficulty and how many matches, then click ▶ Play in the bar.

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   Mode

   Squad Battles or Single Player Draft.

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   Difficulty

   Beginner, Amateur or Semi-Pro. The bot sets it in the game before every match.

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   Matches

   How many matches to play, 1 to 99. The bot stops after the last one, once its result is in.

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   Series

   Today's matches as squares: W win, D draw, L loss. An empty square is the match being played.

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   This session

   Matches played since ▶ Play, the week's Squad Battles points and how many times the bot refreshed the opponents.

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   Today

   Wins, draws and losses, goals, and the share of shots that went in.

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   Single Player Draft

   The bot enters a Draft, completes the squad, plays its matches and claims the rewards.

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   Difficulty

   Chosen when a new Draft is entered. A Draft that is already running keeps its own.

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   Stop after

   Drafts (1 to 20) or Matches (1 to 99): the bot stops after that many Drafts or matches.

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   Cost

   Every new Draft costs 15,000 coins; the note shows the most it can spend. In this beta the Draft is paid with coins only, and an entry is never paid twice.

Play and Stop

• While it plays, the mode, difficulty and numbers are locked: Stop play before changing the mode or difficulty.
• During a match the bar shows the score and the timeline, and the console card shows the score and the minute.
• When the set number is reached, the status says, for example, Done · 3 matches played. A Session summary shows the results, goals and the weekly points gained.
• Not enough coins for a Draft: 15,000 coins needed; available: …, and the bot doesn't enter.

Trading

Trading searches the transfer market for one card, buys it at your limit and lists it for sale. Choose the card and the prices in the panel on the right, then click ▶ Start.

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   Market · Profit · Lists

   Trading's tabs: the live view with its panel, the profit, and the player lists.

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   What the bot is doing

   For example Searching for the card up to 11000 coins, and below it the time left of the session.

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   Session bar

   How much of the session has passed.

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   Stop

   Ends the session (▶ Start when nothing runs).

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   The card

   The card the bot is trading.

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   Market price

   The FUT.GG price and its age, and the price the bot works with, refreshed every few minutes.

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   Price line

   Your buy limit, the market price and your sale price on one line, with the margin after EA's 5% tax.

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   Net profit

   All your trading so far: the profit, cards bought and sold.

The panel: card and prices

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   Single card / Player list

   Trade one card, or let the bot take turns with the cards of a saved list (player lists).

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   Search method

   Faster method: “Searches from your squad's market tab (Club › Squad › Transfer Market). Cards show up quicker, and the bot buys the moment one appears.” Traditional method: “Searches the regular Transfer Market (Transfers › Search the Transfer Market).”

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   Your card

   The card you chose: rating and version.

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   Search and Catalog ↗

   Type at least 2 letters of the player's name and click Catalog. The FUT.GG catalog opens in a window: click the exact version of the card you want.

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   Market price / FUT.GG

   The card's FUT.GG price and how old it is. If the price gets too old, the bot waits for a fresh one before it searches on.

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   Price line

   Drag the Buy limit or Sale marker to change them.

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   Purchase goal

   Buy and list: buys and puts the card up for sale. Buy for club: buys one card for your club, lists nothing and ends the session.

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   Purchase price

   Fixed coin limit, or Percent below FUT.GG: then you set Buy cheaper by · % and the app shows the limit it works out (Limit at Start: … coins).

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   Maximum purchase price · coins

   The most the bot pays for the card.

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    List at the FUT.GG price

    On: the sale price follows FUT.GG. Off: you type your own.

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    Sale price · coins

    The Buy Now price of the listing.

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    Whole session length · minutes

    How long the session lasts, breaks included (1 to 720). Everything in the panel saves by itself.

What the bot does after Start

1. Goes to the transfer market from wherever FC is: a Draft, Squad Battles or the menus. If FC 27 isn't running, it starts it.
2. Sets the player, the card version and your limit in the search filters.
3. Searches again and again. When an offer at or below your limit appears, it checks the price on screen and buys it.
4. With Buy and list, it lists the card for 1 hour at your sale price, with a start price a little lower than Buy Now, then searches on for the same player.
5. Every few minutes it checks the transfer list: records the sales in Profit and clears the sold cards. Unsold cards stay listed.
6. It works in stretches with short breaks, keeping the filters, and stops when the session time is up. A Session summary shows what was bought and sold.

• Start needs the console connected, a card chosen and no matches or recording running (This console is playing matches · Stop the match bot to trade here).
• Pressing a pad button by hand stops trading (Manual control took over). Use ⏸ Pause to step in instead.
• If the connection drops during a purchase, the bot never buys again blindly: it checks the screen first and says if you should look at the transfer list.

Profit and player lists

Trading › Profit counts only confirmed purchases and sales. A card's profit is added once its sale is confirmed, after EA's 5% tax.

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   Totals

   Net profit of all your trading, cards bought, cards sold, and cards still listed with what they cost.

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   Profit over time

   The running total, one step per sale. Point at the chart to see each sale.

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   Results by card

   Bought, sold, left and net profit for every card.

Player lists

Trading › Lists keeps lists of cards. With Player list chosen on the Market tab, the bot takes turns with the list's switched-on cards: a random pick weighted by each card's weight, a series of searches per card, and a cooldown before the same card comes back.

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   Selected list

   The list you are editing.

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   Rename / Delete list

   Delete list asks first and removes its cards too.

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   New list

   Type a name and click ＋ New list.

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   Add card

   Find the player (Catalog, or Use the card from the preview), then set the purchase (a percent below the market or a fixed limit), the sale (the FUT.GG price or your own) and, under Extra options, the market price source, the draw weight and the cooldown. Save card.

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   On · Edit · Delete

   Switch a card on or off for the rotation, change it, or remove it.

Lists can't be changed while the bot works: Stop and edit stops it first.

Auto-resume after a dropped connection

If the connection to the PS5 drops while the bot is trading or playing, FutFriend reconnects and carries on by itself.

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   Resuming…

   The app is reconnecting by itself. The line says what it is doing, for example Connection interrupted — retrying in 4.0 s.

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   Connect now

   Skips the wait before the next try.

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   Cancel

   Stops reconnecting, like Disconnect. Nothing resumes.

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   Pause

   Works while it waits too: the bot then doesn't carry on until you press ▶ Resume.

• Once the picture has been back for 5 seconds, the app starts again what was running. Trading goes on with the rest of its session time; Squad Battles or Draft keeps counting the matches already played. It tries up to 3 times, 6 seconds apart.
• A match that survived the drop is left alone: the bot is still playing it.
• While it waits, the bar may say Connection lost — Trading resumes once the console is back or Connection lost — play resumes once the console is back.
• Your own command cancels it: Start or Stop, Disconnect, Put the console to sleep, or a button pressed on the app's pad.
• If the PS5 goes to rest mode by itself while the bot works, the app wakes it and carries on, at most 3 times in half an hour: The PS5 went to rest mode by itself — waking it to go on.

Settings

The gear at the top right. Changes save by themselves.

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   Live view

   Economy — lighter on the Mac shows about 12 pictures a second and spares the computer; Smooth shows more. Steering by hand always gets the smooth picture.

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   Open the classic view

   The older one-console screen. A button there brings you back. You won't need it.

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   PlayStation sign-in and consoles

   The first-start setup again: sign in, use another account, pair a PS5. On Windows the section is called This PC.

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   Send logs

   Saves the app's logs as a zip on your Desktop (shown in Finder or Explorer), to attach to a bug report. No passwords, tokens or console keys inside.

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   Quit FutFriend

   Closes the app and lets the console go.

Further down in Settings

Phone app: coming soon

The FutFriend phone app for iPhone and Android is coming soon. It will be a remote for the app on your computer.

• Pairing. Settings › Phone in the desktop app shows a 6-character code and a QR code, valid for 10 minutes. The phone and the computer have to be on the same Wi-Fi, or both on Tailscale when you are away from home.
• From the phone you will be able to watch the live picture and the score, Pause and Resume, start and stop Squad Battles, Draft and Trading, put the console to sleep, and connect or wake it.
• FutFriend has to be running on the computer. The PS5 passcode is entered on the computer.

Status messages

The most common messages, word for word as the app shows them, and what they mean.

Safety and good habits