Keep getting connection failed

[Whoflung]

ive tried everything from port forwarding to switching off firewalls etc nothing seems to work i can connect to eso with no problems i have great internet connection and play lots of online games with no issues but i cannot join a game and when i host noone seems to be able to join my game ...so frustrating starting to regret buying this game ...if anyone can help me pls ild appreciate it ..ty

[JohnnyKooch]

Same here dude.

[ildefonso2468]

host the game and you will be able to play vs other players. the ports gateway works for some only. i know it works, as in the past i had to do it. but on my current os and internet provder it doesn't work.

the only way i can play is by hosting it myself and people who are compatible with my connection will be able to join that happens within 1 minutes. ( i say compatible as not everyone can join you)

to be honest. the game joining error is a bit random as sometimes it allows you to join some games; other times it doesn't. but if you create it they can join you 85% of the time)

i would say call your provider and tell them to unlock it their way. it should work. am not bothered to go that far

[Whoflung]

ive decide to uninstall it ..in this day and age to have stupid issues like this is just poor game design i tryed to host games but my friends just cant join my games they all play together but i cant...and they live pretty close to me so i cant see how its a connection issue....totaly regret paying for this crap ..ahh well live and learn i guess ..funny thing is i had played a retail version around 2 years ago (same comp same connection ) and had no problems unfortunetly i lost the disk so thought ild get it through steam ..(wish i didnt now) ....

[ildefonso2468]

thats what i mean by random. some time they can join and other time they can't no matter what you do.

i played with my brother in the past. we both on same connection different rooms. he xp me windows 7. i have to host and he doesn't and can join anything other than me sometimes that is!

esembles studo has been disbanded by microsoft long ago. so they couldn't update the game to be compatiable with the new operating system. am sure microsoft would not find it liable to do it ether as it is just not worth their time. microsoft may have done little changes to the game.

such a great game, lost because of big brother! cya

[ildefonso2468]

found easy way now. no need for port forwarding. (and port sometimes will not work)

-first check fire wall. you will see everything on aoe should be allowed if not enble it!

-find aoe3 game folder under bin, count the applications and look at the names (should be 5)

, go back to your firewall . it should show only 3/5 files. missing too

the fix is simple log in as admin and add the remaining 2 files to your fire wall. making it 5/5 files.

don't know why the firewall do not pick up those files automatically. but the game works perfectly after this is done. if it is still not reading do the same to windows firewall

trial and error by my brother picked this up. lucky!!

[Xrisus]

how did you do it you say?? can't imagen how you find files on the fire wall.

this is also my last hope.. tried everything i can find and it still doesn't work

[ildefonso2468]

i don't know what your firewall is, but you can do it manually just add them all instead.

follow below!!

go to (my computer>program files(86x) > steam> steam apps> common> Age of empires 3> Bin)
- scroll down you will see 5 applications= age3, Age3Launcher, age3x, Age3xLauncher, age3y

open your firewall and go to allow programs tab.

add all the above files 1 by 1, all 5 of them and enable to allow or umlimited.

make sure you see all files under allowed save and close the window. start the game and it should be working perfectly untill you back date the system or new computer

if you want i can make a video and put it on youtube. but it will be on my firewall meaning. you may not be able to follow it the same way, but the files should be the same

the above is all you need to do.

3 of the files is picked up by the firewall and is instantly allowed by itself
2 of the files won't be picked up automatically causing the fail to join error

. good luck and have fun

[Xrisus]

ok, added the missing files, restarted the PC, still didn't work :/

[ildefonso2468]

ok check if windows firewall is running if it is then do the same for it too. if its not then am out of ideas.

my 2 pc's was fixed the way i explained above. they both run the game perfectly. hope you get it running soon

[bandit]

Bumb! Anyone found out how to solve? I'm having the same trouble...
Already did the port forwarding and the firewall stuff
Windows 10 here

[JohnnyKooch]

If I remember right, all I did was turn my router on / off actually.
I believe thats what worked, even after all the steps I took that didn't work.
I think they also got new servers recently in the past years.

[Whoflung]

ive given up tryed everything ive read portforwarding ,firewall ,router etc it just wont work i managed to join 1 game out of 70 try's and as soon as game started it kicked me out so all i can say is its just pot luck if it works for you then great if it dont well all i can say is its just a waste of time ..i wouldnt recomend buying it if your interested in multiplayer its just too much of a gamble

[Messíah]

I have the same problem as you guys... Have anyone make it work for Windows 10? I have this "connecting... failed to join the game" message. tryed alot of things...

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