Getting Started
The Setup Wizard - FastTrek Docs
FastTrek's setup wizard checks your game configuration and offers solutions.
FastTrek incorporates a setup wizard which will run on first start.
It checks your game configuration and offers solutions to common problems that may impair FastTrek’s ability to see, interpret, or interact with the game.
Check: Game is Running
The first check the setup wizard performs is to see if Star Trek Fleet Command is running.
The game window is located using its window title, which must match “Star Trek Fleet Command”. Using the Community Mod’s multi-instance feature with a unique window title is not currently supported.
Check: License
Checks your FastTrek license and that FastTrek can reach the license server. If this fails, see No License or unable to contact server.
Check: Game Configuration
As detailed in Preparing STFC for FastTrek, certain game settings are required for FastTrek to operate correctly. The setup wizard checks these settings and offers to fix them automatically if they are not set correctly.
This step should pass if you have already followed the instructions in the Preparing STFC guide.
Check: Game window size and scaling
FastTrek was designed to work with a variety of screen sizes and resolutions. All in-game graphics are located using image recognition, which would be affected by the size and scaling of the game window. To ensure the scale of FastTrek’s expectations matches what your game is showing, the scaling needs to match.
The HUD scales above 1024 vertical pixels
If your game window is taller than 1024 pixels, FastTrek requires the Community Mod to be installed and active. The mod allows the game’s scaling to be fixed, regardless of the actual window size.
Possible solutions:
- Reduce the window height to 1024 pixels or less. The Start tab will show a Resize button for this.
- Install the Community Mod. FastTrek can do this for you, on Windows and MacOS, and will set up the mod’s settings at the same time.
If you want the game’s text and buttons bigger (e.g. on 4K or Retina displays), choose a UI scale in Settings > Game. FastTrek will set up the mod to match.
Minimum size: 800x600
FastTrek requires a minimum game size of 800x600 pixels to operate correctly. This is because some screens (notably errors) cannot be recognised at lower resolutions.
Possible solutions:
- Increase the game window size to at least 800x600 pixels
Community Mod presence and configuration
If the Community Mod is detected, the setup wizard checks that it is configured correctly for FastTrek.
Possible solutions:
- Install the Community Mod if it is not present (optional)
- Update the Community Mod if a newer version is available
- Let FastTrek fix the mod’s settings (this needs a game restart)
Check: Screen Recognition
This tests FastTrek’s ability to recognise which screen the game is currently showing. The prior checks should ensure that this works correctly.
If you encounter problems here, manually place the game in the System screen (Stock: F3 / Mod: H) and restart the wizard.
In some cases it may also be necessary to run FastTrek as Administrator (Windows) or with elevated permissions (Mac OS).
Check: Keyboard Input
This tests FastTrek’s ability to send keyboard input to the game. To do this it will attempt to switch to the Galaxy Screen, then back to the System screen.
If you encounter problems here, it could be due to lag.
‘Prime’ the game to load these screens faster by manually visiting the
Galaxy screen (Stock: F4 / Mod: G) and the System screen (Stock: F3 / Mod: H) once before restarting the wizard.
If all checks pass, the wizard will automatically open the Ship Detection screen if you have not run it before.
If something still isn’t working, the last step of the wizard shows you how to get help.