Stuck on "Connecting To" screen

[LaLaJ]

I've been trying to connect via steam to a friend's world, and am stuck on the connecting screen.
It comes up going "joining *username*" and then goes to "Connecting To". Previously it would say "Connecting To *username*".
I've tried restarting steam, restarting my laptop, reinstalling Terraria, you name it.
We have never had any problems before, both of us are both up to date with game updates and with steam client updates.
Help?

[LaLaJ]

Any idea how to make it stop happening sooner?

[LaLaJ]

great, so my plans of joining my friends to defeat some dungeon bosses has gone to pot...
Thanks for the help though :)

[fonk kong]

i hate when that happens. just try spamming rejoining. as in if i doesnt work then reconnect

[LaLaJ]

Originally posted by Sheep:

Originally posted by Meme Man:

Doesn't it also depend on how you are connecting? Because there are multiple ways via IP connections or Host and Play ETC

Yes that is also true.

It depends on everything to be honest, the download, Weather can mess up the connection.

The location of the WiFi (like if in the middle city you need a better wifi or you will find it bumping around.)

We've played the same way, both in the same places, no issues with our wifi, for weeks without problems. We have others join us - exactly the same. We all have set up desks for our laptops and computers, nothing has changed between now and the last time i joined (about 8 hours ago)
The only thing I can think that is different, is now a large storm has rolled in across the country - but none of the others are having issues

[Sulrwin]

I have found a fix for me!
If you looked on ipchicken for your ip it lied xD
https://www.whatismyip.com
/\/\/\/\ They won't lie to you use that ip and it worked for me

[SamiSha]

Originally posted by ϢickMun / GTX 980:

I have found a fix for me!
If you looked on ipchicken for your ip it lied xD
https://www.whatismyip.com
/\/\/\/\ They won't lie to you use that ip and it worked for me

Necromancer

[rustled (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ]

let's beat the "the post that's been necromanced the most" record

[UmkdownDestroyer]

But there is still no solution so its fine to necromance it

[windfisch]

Probably changes in router config. If anyone still has this problem: You'll need to forward the terraria server ports in your router.

edit: by the way, this was asked too often. There is a sticky thread "How to set up a server" you should read.

[Nortch]

Originally posted by Bensezer:

But there is still no solution so its fine to necromance it

this was posted more than a year ago...

[@Innomen]

Port forwarding shouldn't be required, this isn't 1990 and we're not playing duke nukem at the university library over IPX. Also who is supposed to do the forwarding? The host or the joiner? Because some people can connect to me and some can't. At the very least we need more useful error messages. Also error messages.

Speaking of that era: Shadow Warrior, free.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/shadow-warrior-special-edition

[Exodus]

You need to connect directly to them via their IP. You can check what your IP is by going to https://www.ipchicken.com This should work. Your friend might need to configure their router.

[Nova Solarius]

Originally posted by Exodus:

You need to connect directly to them via their IP. You can check what your IP is by going to https://www.ipchicken.com This should work. Your friend might need to configure their router.

This thread was opened well over a year ago.

[@Innomen]

Originally posted by Nova Solarius:

This thread was opened well over a year ago.

And apparently it's still a problem. If PC gaming is king then it should be at least as easy to use as a console. Especially for a product people spent money on.

I'm assuming hiring someone to do some netcode optimization is outside the company's current ability. Which is fine. But still, having said that, it's not fair to ask a subset of the community to pretend having to "configure your router" is a simple easy reasonable ask.

It's frankly immoral to scold gamers for not being tech savvy. Computers are a basic utility these days, not a lavish specialist optional toy like they were.

It simply isn't fair to demand this of all players in the face of existing technology. Any argument to the contrary is cherry picking and could be applies to any innovation ever.

Sidenote: I can setup a network for an entire company, and have. I'm not talking about me. In fact, if the code were open I could probably improve it myself. That's another reason it's fair to ask the devs to fix it, they choose to be the only ones with the power to do so.

[Wfabbs]

there is a fix to this problem and i found that you are being prevented to ply together because that option is blocked by the windows firewall and in order to fix it you have to change the firewall settings so that it doesn't block network connection settings