Support & Troubleshooting

The game doesn't auto-start

Run through this checklist:

0. Click the 🎯 toolbar icon — if you see a yellow "Grant access" banner, click it. Firefox requires you to approve site access for play.autodarts.com, and the extension sits idle until it's granted.

1. In the same popup — is the toggle on? It should say "Enabled — waiting for a 2nd player."

2. Make sure you're on a lobby page at play.autodarts.com (the URL contains /lobbies/). The extension only acts in lobbies.

3. The lobby needs exactly 2 players listed — remote friends, local players, and bots all count. With 3 or more players in the lobby, AutoStarter deliberately stands down (it only auto-starts head-to-head games).

4. Refresh the lobby page and try again — an extension update or a long-idle tab can need a reload.

It only fires once — the next game didn't start

That's by design. AutoStarter clicks once per lobby fill-up, then re-arms automatically when the player count drops below 2 (for example when the lobby empties after a match). If you create a fresh lobby, it's armed from the start.

It started the game while I was still setting up

Any 2nd player row triggers it — including a bot or local player you add yourself. If you don't want that, click the 🎯 icon and switch it off while you set up, then back on when you're ready.

Note: lobbies with 3 or more players never auto-start — AutoStarter only starts head-to-head (2-player) games, and it aborts the start if a 3rd player joins in the moment before the click.

I can't see the 🎯 icon in my toolbar

Firefox: click the puzzle-piece Extensions button → find AutoStarter → gear/right-click → Pin to Toolbar.

Chrome: click the puzzle-piece Extensions button → find AutoStarter → click the pin icon.

The extension works even when the icon isn't pinned — pinning just makes the toggle easier to reach.

How do I turn auto-start off?

Click the 🎯 toolbar icon and untick "Auto-start when 2nd player joins". Your choice is remembered until you change it. To remove the extension entirely: right-click the icon → Remove.

Does it work with Cricket, X01 and other game modes?

Yes. It doesn't care about the game type — it watches the lobby's player list and clicks the Start game button, so it works with any mode that uses a standard Autodarts lobby.

It suddenly stopped working after an Autodarts update

The extension reads the lobby page, so a major redesign of the Autodarts site could affect detection. If auto-start stops working for you, email us at [email protected] — we'll ship an update.