BAR resource sharing tax and fixing a missing HUD

The hidden cost of sharing resources

When you send metal or energy to an ally, the game applies a transfer tax. Roughly twenty to thirty percent gets lost in transit. Sending one hundred metal means your teammate receives closer to seventy to eighty.

The same tax applies when resources overflow storage. Excess metal and energy gets transferred to allies at a reduced rate rather than simply vanishing.

Plan your economy around this drain. Direct metal transfers work great in emergencies, but constant sharing will slow both your and your ally's growth. A better approach is coordinating builder placement and letting each teammate run their own economy unless a genuine crisis hits.

Sharing units triggers EMP stun

When you give a unit to an ally, that unit arrives with an EMP stun debuff. The stunned unit cannot fire or move for a short window. The one exception is transports, which share without the stun penalty. Scouts may also be exempt in some versions.

Do not transfer frontline fighters in the middle of a fight expecting them to shoot immediately. Pull them back behind your lines, transfer, and let the EMP wear off before sending them forward again.

Missing HUD after shift-building

Shift-queuing builders and production can occasionally cause the HUD to vanish. This is a known interface glitch that happens rarely but catches players off guard when it does.

The fix takes one command. Type the following into the in-game chat bar:

/luaui reload

This reloads the Lua user interface without restarting the game. Your HUD should snap back within a second or two. The match state stays fully intact. You do not lose the game or your progress.

Closing thoughts

Resource sharing in BAR has mechanical costs that new players rarely expect. Build awareness of the transfer tax and unit EMP stun, and keep the luaui reload command in your pocket for interface glitches.