Joining Failed: you're already connected

[Nikee500]

I've seen alot of older post about this issue, with some workarounds but none seem to be working.

is there any news from the dev about when they fix this or an actual way to get around it?

Im playing on my pc, my wife wants to play on her (older) laptop which isnt good enough (so Geforce Now). I've logged in once on my account on her laptop before buying the game a 2nd time to make sure if it works or not. It seems that action is making joining impossible now.

Anyone that can help?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Nikee500:

Joining Failed: you're already connected
I've seen alot of older post about this issue, with some workarounds but none seem to be working.

is there any news from the dev about when they fix this or an actual way to get around it?

Im playing on my pc, my wife wants to play on her (older) laptop which isnt good enough (so Geforce Now). I've logged in once on my account on her laptop before buying the game a 2nd time to make sure if it works or not. It seems that action is making joining impossible now.

Anyone that can help?

There are two workarounds and none of them involve buying the game twice.

Which did you apply? Be precise in describing what you did and do not leave a step out.

[Nikee500]

with buying twice i ment, we both have our own copy. essentially the same as playing with someone else on your friend list in steam.

What i've tried so far:
- cleaning out both pc's profiles etc in the larian folder. (incl savegames, was just starting
zone anyway).
- used the 'trick' of changing the graphics + windowed mode
- Reinstalled the whole game on both pc's
- disabled the Larian Launcher (on both pc's)

Thx for the help ;)

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Originally posted by Nikee500:

with buying twice i ment, we both have our own copy. essentially the same as playing with someone else on your friend list in steam.

What i've tried so far:
- cleaning out both pc's profiles etc in the larian folder. (incl savegames, was just starting
zone anyway).
- used the 'trick' of changing the graphics + windowed mode
- Reinstalled the whole game on both pc's
- disabled the Larian Launcher (on both pc's)

Thx for the help ;)

And I meant you could save your money, as you can use a Steam feature to play together.
I am not pro Larian nor against, as I bought the game twice as well: on GOG.com and on Steam. Anyroads, I disgress^.

Your first approach is supposedly the correct one, by removing cache on both PCs. Normally that should work, but I am getting mixed reports, including yours.

There are two more approaches.

1.) Flush your network profile - on both PC - by starting the game twice and have the instances connect with each other. That would override any faulty network settings of the game.

How you do it:

• restart your PC for preparation
  
• exit Steam app, so it does not show up aynwhere first. Alternative turn off autostart before restarting the PC
  
• go to the game's folder and launch the game via executable as two instances
  
• one instance is your main instance, the other is the debug profile
  
• create a LAN game between those two instances
  
• start the LAN game with random character settings
  
• quit both instances once you are loaded into the game
  
• restart your PC again
  
• repeat the process on the other PC you want to connect then try it again connecting both PCs

Here you can find a manual how to find easily your game's folder with the executable to launch
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3015842445

The very last approach goes like this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3020212758

That has a 100% success rate so far, as long as the router reset etc. happened before trying to get rid of any network cache. But it is only the last resort and the result is basically saying: something in the levelcache was not deleted properly - otherwise the result ought to be the same.

But it is a great way to control, whether it is something indeed with the cache or an entire other issue (network e.g.) we do not know about yet without checking that.

Let me know the results and good luck!