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Presenting... MarkBench!

This is the home of MarkBench discussion for the time being! While this post is relatively empty right now, you can look forward to occasional development updates, answers to common questions and (eventually) a link to the software!
 
What the heck is MarkBench?
Wouldn't you like to know? And wouldn't we like to tell you! Check out our announcement video!
 
When will it be released?
When it's ready!
 
Is it free?
When it launches, MarkBench will be completely free. 
 
Can I contribute?
In the future? Maybe! In the now? Development will be done in-house. BUT, you can contribute by providing feedback and feature suggestions in this thread!
 
 
We want to hear from you! What do you think of MarkBench? What features would you like to see?
 

If you have been stuck waiting to download a new work unit for more than an hour try pausing the client and then resume folding. Alternatively restarting the client or restarting the PC will also work.
 
If you have multiple slots running with a stuck slot you can right click the stuck slot and select pause just to reset the stuck unit without needing to pause the active slots.

F@H automatically attempts to download a new work unit. If it fails to obtain a new work unit it will automatically check again. Each time it fails the time between the checks increases. If you fail multiple attempts it can make it so your client won't check again for hours.


 
By pausing and resuming (or restarting the client) it forces the client to check for a new work unit and resets the time window between checks.

Please only do this if you are stuck waiting a long time for a download and the Next Attempt is too long. Spamming it won't help you get a work unit faster, it just resets the time window between checks so it will only help those who have been stuck for a long time.

Remember; this won't make more Work Units available. There are still ongoing issues with F@H pushing out enough WUs to meet the high demand. It will only help if your client has stopped checking for new work units due to too many failed attempts.

I'm a bit unsure TBH.  I'm not getting a steady string of Work Units at the moment and the stats for estimating the PPD change a LOT.  Rx580 GPU and R9 3900X (at 4.3all Core, all the time) should produce a lot... the old 1st Gen i5 sitting in the corner... yeah, that's estimated at 27k/day..... Every little helps right?