Are you crashing in multiplayer? vanilla game & northstar mod

[Axø]

This information is old and not necessary at the present time, maybe just the solutions that are not censored in case you have problems

- Use northstar just if you want to play on community created servers. Maingame servers are stable since respawn fixed them in mid 2022 - january 2023

Due to a error in respawn own servers those that are in the Avocate(ADV) network/clan [titanfall.fandom.com] will crash plus the effects the ddos left behind the game it's a bit unstable, to fix the multiplayer you must disable the networks by using avanced command launch options Note: these commands disable networks which will hide players but there it's people still playing both vanilla & northstar mod

Only use if having bugs with the default network aka ADV:

Vanilla Fix Origin

Origin/EAapp: Go to your game library > select Titanfall 2 > Settings > Game Properties > Advanced Launch Options > Add +communities_enabled 0 to Command line options then press save.

Vanilla Fix Steam

Open your Steam Library > Right click the game's title (in this case TitanFall|2) and select Properties. > On the General tab you'll find Launch Options section. > Enter the launch options you wish to apply in this case enter +communities_enabled 0 (be sure to separate each code with a space). > Close the game's Properties window and launch the game.

Only use if running on intel gen 10th or newer OR multiplayer is locked even after playing the campaign first 3 levels:

I did all steps but it says cannot/searching respawn servers, what I can do!
On newer Intel CPUs you might see a message like this
"Contacting Respawn servers.../Data Center: Searching..."
If you are seeing this in the main menu of TF|2 and have a 10th or 11th generation Intel CPU this is a bug which has a simple fix:
In the Windows Start menu on the bottom left search for "Edit the system environment variables" and open the program. In the "advanced" tab click on "Environment Variables..." near the bottom.
In System Variables (not user variables) click "New..." and add a new system variable where the variable name is OPENSSL_ia32cap and the value is ~0x200000200000000. Make sure to click OK to apply the changes. Finally restart your device and you should be good to go.

https://piunikaweb.com/2019/11/07/fix-pubg-crashes-on-intel-ice-lake-processors-with-this-workaround/

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/troubleshooting/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html

https://r2northstar.gitbook.io/r2northstar-wiki/installing-northstar/troubleshooting#intel

Northstar mod Fix

Make sure to update to the most recent version of the mod Version v1.5.1 [github.com] in case of running older versions you must enter to the mod Dev console [r2northstar.gitbook.io] each time the command communities_hostname "" which will disable networks to avoid crashes

what´s northstar?
A community created mod that allow community dedicated servers like any other source engine game: for more info check this guide from the game HUB
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2703892135[/spoiler]

[Antaria_Nova]

Thanks! This helped!

[Coffin Rock]

yes this works.

[Tickles]

Sadly only few people know about this. The biggest server has 25 players online

[RedCentaurus]

yes it works

[RedCentaurus]

Vanilla Fix Origin

Origin: Go to your game library > select Titanfall 2 > Settings > Game Properties > Advanced Launch Options > Add +communities_enabled 0 to Command line options then press save.

Vanilla Fix Steam

Open your Steam Library > Right click the game's title (in this case TitanFall|2) and select Properties. > On the General tab you'll find Launch Options section. > Enter the launch options you wish to apply in this case enter +communities_enabled 0 (be sure to separate each code with a space). > Close the game's Properties window and launch the game.
(have in mind the ddos topic tho some matches will work others no, all depends of the datacenter selected at the mainmenu & region timezone)

Yes it works to stay in TF2, but once in game you need to activat your network, mostly ADV or you will be out.
Waiting time is very very long because only around 10 players are on the network.
Guys try the Vanilla Fix for Origin and Steam.
Me need more players.

[Axø]

yep it somewhat "fixes" the game but people need have in mind the base/vanilla game it's very unstable so you need do the "fix" have patience, test the datacenters to see which one its good at certain timezone, have in mind what modes are you matchmaking for some will "work" like attrion, bounty, frontier defense & colliseum 1v1 50/50 of the time other modes will no work at all

For northstar mod is a whole different story

[s0m31]

steam fix hasn't worked. Still was able to fix this way:
limit internet speed to 128 kb/s (used linux, sudo wondershaper enp4s0 128 128)
Open multiplayer in titanfall 2, go to the communities tab.
limit internet speed to 512 kb/s (sudo wondershaper enp4s0 512 512)
change community
restore speed limit (sudo wondershaper clear enp4s0)

[kesdesng]

problem is I lost my stats and gameplay is different at northstar

[Beowulf47]

Seems like a lot of ridiculous hoops to jump through for an old ass game...

[Axø]

Holy necros.

Originally posted by Beowulf47:

Seems like a lot of ridiculous hoops to jump through for an old ass game...

This is old so is not needed anymore unless you want to play community created servers.

In case of getting these errors: "contacting respawn servers" "cannot contact respawn" or multiplayer locked check this:
https://r2northstar.gitbook.io/r2northstar-wiki/installing-northstar/troubleshooting#intel

https://piunikaweb.com/2019/11/07/fix-pubg-crashes-on-intel-ice-lake-processors-with-this-workaround/

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/troubleshooting/openssl-sha-crash-bug-requires-application-update.html

after reading, you take the decision if doing the extra steps. But yeah newer intel cpus have this missing variable bug which causes conflict with some older multiplayer games.

Originally posted by kesdesng:

problem is I lost my stats and gameplay is different at northstar

Northstar is a community mod that allows host or play in servers created by other players is no needed nowadays unless you want to play on them, have in mind since it's community hosted servers your data and stats start from zero or are different from the vanilla/maingame