This happens to me when I change my GPU setup. Often means the FAH client has failed to load. Editing, or deletion of, the config.xml solves it for me.
Since the primary two mods responsible for badge assignment duties (Whiskers and myself) haven't been around much in recent months, we've had a bit of a chat behind the scenes and thought we'd try something new.
Instead of you having to try to figure out which mod to write a PM to in order to get your badges, we're gonna try to collect all requests in a single thread and then whichever mod sees it first can assign the badges.
DON'T FORGET TO GIVE YOUR FOLDING ID AND/OR ACCOUNT ON BOINCSTATS SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY YOUR STATS!
F@H Badge Thresholds
In order to be rewarded with the Folding @ Home badge, please note the following requirements. (subject to change, updated Jan 1st 2021)
Contributor - When you have contributed more than 5 Million Points, you will qualify for this badge, to show your commitment to LTT and the team.
Bronze Contributor - When you have contributed more than 25 Million points, you will qualify for this badge. This reflects your serious support of the team.
Silver Contributor - When you have contributed more than 100 Million points, you will qualify for this badge. This reflects your serious and continued support of the team.
Gold Contributor - When you have contributed more than 500 Million points, you will qualify for this badge. This reflects your dedication and continued support of the team and your very generous donation of resources.
Platinum Contributor - When you have contributed more than 1 Billion points, you will qualify for this badge. This reflects your dedication and continued support of the team and your very generous donation of resources. You are now a legend!
Diamond Contributor - When you have contributed more than 2.5 Billion points, you will qualify for this badge. This reflects your insane dedication and continued support of the team and your extreme donation of resources. Tales of your folding adventures will be whispered through the ages; you are now mythical.
F@H Event Badge Thresholds
These are special badges handed out for participating in the official Folding events organized by the Folding community. These badges will be handed out automatically after the events to eligible participants (subject to individual event guidelines and requirements).
Event Founder - A unique badge only available to those who participated in the first event. ** This Badge is no longer available for distribution **
Event Newbie - For participating in at least 1 Folding event.
Event Veteran - For participating in at least 3 Folding events.
Event Fanatic - For participating in at least 5 Folding events.
Below is the list of Official Folding Events that have counted toward the Folding Event badges. To be an Official Folding Event, they must specifically be endorsed by LMG, so Folding Events like the Summer Sprint of 2019 do not count towards obtaining these badges. Additionally, on top of folding and meeting the minimum requirements for the event, you must make sure you sign up specifically to be tracked for the event; we do not track every LTT user who was folding at the time of the event (this has caused a lot of confusion in the past).
BOINC Badge Thresholds
In order to be rewarded with the BOINC Team badge, please note the following requirements. (subject to change)
Contributor - When you have contributed more than 25,000 credits, your will qualify for this badge, to show your commitment to LTT and the team.
Bronze Contributor - When you have contributed more than 1 Million credits, your will qualify for this badge. This reflects your serious and continued support of the team.
Silver Contributor - When you have contributed more than 25 Million credits, your will qualify for this badge. This reflects your serious and continued support of the team and your very generous donation of resources.
Gold Contributor - When you have contributed more than 100 Million credits, your will qualify for this badge. This reflects your dedication and continued support of the team and your very generous donation of resources. You are now a legend!
Note on Processing
We haven't nailed down all the details yet, so this might change as things evolve, but to make it easier for us to track which requests have been processed and which have not, we're going to set posts which have been processed to Hidden for now. So don't be scared if the thread appears empty to you, that might just mean we're all caught up on badge assignment duty.
Team Membership
To be eligible for the badges, you have to have contributed the credits/WUs under the LTT team membership. The teams are:
https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/223518 for F@H, and
https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-1/team/detail/b85bbff1c6df413a4b44cfb82854273f for BOINC
Doctors everywhere: we have so much work we would need super computers everywhere to help to get it done in under a year
LTT team : fire up your 2080s and lets go boys
~48 hours later ~
everyone: yall got any more of those work units ? trying to get half million points for that steam key.....
If your CPU is idle, just be patient. The servers are working as hard as they can to distribute work units. You'll get work eventually. Just keep the program running.
Starts March, 27th (00:00 GMT)
Ends April, 9th (23:59 BST)
Sign up for the event here:
Sign ups will close March 26th, 23:30 (GMT)!
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Thank you to all who have joined and are folding.
If you have missed the deadline to register for the event you can still fold for the LTT team (# 223518) and help fight Covid-19!
If you are unsure on how to fill in the form ask on the thread below. If you make a mistake filling out the form please use the thread linked below.
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1167867-covid-event-entry-corrections
Folding@home team LTT id#: 223518
(This event is only for folding for team LTT you will not qualify if you are folding independent or for another team, sorry.)
This event will NOT be eligible for F@H event badges.
Please read the whole of this post before asking any questions and use the links provided at the end for help and support!
If anyone is willing to help with data handling please PM me ASAP!
Please follow this thread to keep up to date!
Minimum Participation Requirements For Prizes
10 Days with activity* & 500,000 Points
(*activity is defined as completing at least 1WU for the 24 hour period)
This is our highest yet but should be possible for most people seeing as most modern GPUs and CPUs can hit this. These must be met DURING the event. Points produced before the start date do not count!
Prizes!!!
(possibly more to come)
Community donated prizes:
17x random Steam keys - Donated by @GOTSpectrum
31x random Steam Keys - Donated by @desert1701
20x random Steam keys - Donated by @Jaom
10x random Steam Keys - donated by @HrutkayMods
10x Steam keys for 'Broken Lines' - Donated by the games publisher Super.com
10x Steam keys for 'Biped' - Donated by the games publisher META Publishing
23x random Steam Keys - Donated by @ShirleyNeko
1x uplay key - Donated by @ShirleyNeko
23x random Steam Keys - Donated by @Jackz
70x random Steam keys - donated by @Cbwgoose
7x random Steam keys - Donated by @jakkuh_t
13x random Steam keys - Donated by @DocDv
x3 random Steam Keys - Donated by @MovvarK
25x random Steam keys - Community pool of keys
Draw - All Ranks
50USD Steam Gift Card - Donated by @Jawa_Juice
Draw - Ranks 1-49
3x 25USD Steam Gift Cards - Donated by @it4hoomanz
Draw Ranks 50-99, 100-149, 150-199
2x 50USD Steam gift Card - Donated by @Zberg
Draw Ranks - 1-499, 500-1000
50USD Steam key - Donated by @Zberg
Rank(undisclosed)*
*The rank is predetermined but remaining undisclosed to stop people from trying to target a certain rank.
With the advent of COVID-19 WUs we have decided to launch an emergency response of our own. It's time to gear up our clocks and push again. For once more, united we stand, core to core, shoulder to shoulder. Not simply for glory, but to take the fight to COVID-19. We will not sit by with idle GPUs. We will not go gently into that good night. We will take up arms for all of mankind. This is the oath we will all take to ourselves by signing up here.
We will be folding for 14 days, the recommended isolation period for those with suspected COVID-19.
MINI GIVEAWAY! (checked if okay with @leadeater)
I have created a Gleam.io giveaway to entice people to share the Folding Event on twitter!
5x random Steam Keys - Donated by @GOTSpectrum
This giveaway is not endorsed or affiliated with LMG in anyway and it 100% run by me.
Folding@home is a network of volunteer computers distributed around the world that aims to perform biomedical research with the single intent of helping to further understand and develop cures for a range of diseases such as; Alzheimer's, cancer, and Parkinson's. The exact research that is done is simulating the 'folding' of proteins in the body, this is important because the function of a protein id directly related to its physical shape. And this, when the protein is created in the body it needs to reshuffle its shape to get into the correct structure to perform its task. Many illnesses can be linked to faulty proteins in the body such as many cancers and neurological issues, along with a wide number of other general health concerns. This network if compared with the TOP500 list of supercomputers would fall into 2nd, Folding@home is one of the world's fastest computing systems, with a speed of approximately 98.7petaFLOPS. It would be 50% faster than the fastest x86 computer currently listed on the top500.
COVID-19
But this is not why we are here, we are here to join the legion of other folders from around the globe who have taken up the fight against COVID-19.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common across the world. These viruses can cause mild symptoms ranging from a fever and cough to more serious conditions such as severe pneumonia, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.
In December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan City, China. This virus has now spread to other countries. The UK Chief Medical Officers have declared the risk to the public to be moderate. But the risk to individuals remains low.
PASSKEYS! (they're really important)
Don't forget to get yourself a passkey from the link below to ensure that you hit the points requirement, the passkey is a feature that was added a while ago to the Folding Client that helps to authenticate each user on the network, an added bonus of this is the fact that it allows you to qualify for QRB(Quick Return Bonus) Points, QRBs are extra points you earn for submitting work units more quickly, such as if you have faster hardware or let the client fold full time, rather than on idle. QRB credit is awarded after 10 WUs have been submitted. You can get your passkey from the link below.
https://apps.foldingathome.org/getpasskey
This is just a PSA for the new guys here, the folding team is a small close knit community, so here's a few things I'd like you all to keep in mind. It doesn't hurt to say thank you, if someone has genuinely helped you out don't forget to drop a reaction on their posts, help others where ever you can and finally we are a team first and always.
Check your stats out here! Bare in mind it can take some time for your first WUs to appear so leave it a day or two.
https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/search.php
Please follow the guides below to help with set-up and troubleshooting. These are mostly older guides but are still quite useful for most things, we are working on an improved guide and are hoping to have it ready for prime time withing the next month but in meantime these will have to do. Big Thanks to @Metallus97 for giving me a hand with the FAQ for the event and taking some of the load from me.
Read the Event blog to keep up to date With any announcements!!!
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