Connection issues with co-op

[Swevenfoxドリーミー狐]

After the last major update I can't connect with my friend anymore, it immediately goes communication error and sends back and whoever tried to be host their game gets a soft lock (can't touch grace, can't use torrent, can't even quit the game unless I suicide first to force a reset on the stuck multiplayer issue)
Anyone else with this issue? If so any solution for it, or what even we could try to get it work again?

[goob]

We have to wait for a new patch, but knowing fromsoft it's going to take a few days

[Chagidiel]

Happening to a bunch of us. Seems a common guess its server issues and nothing to do untill they fix it, or maybe if less people play at the same time.

It has been suggested it happens more seldom in less populated areas...

[weiss]

Originally posted by Swevenfox:

After the last major update I can't connect with my friend anymore, it immediately goes communication error and sends back and whoever tried to be host their game gets a soft lock (can't touch grace, can't use torrent, can't even quit the game unless I suicide first to force a reset on the stuck multiplayer issue)
Anyone else with this issue? If so any solution for it, or what even we could try to get it work again?

1st of all, you dont need to kill yourself, just disconnect for short and it should be fine.
2nd. if this happens near the stormhill shack or in some catacombs is that normal.

for example. if your friend summons you near the stormhill shack but has the zone already cleared and you dare to walk torwards the castle up will you disconnect because theres no boss anymore.

this affects various other zones. usually should you not longer be able to do co-op after you defeated the mainboss in the zone but sometimes is it possible and the one which got summoned gets inmediatly booted back to his world due to goal achieved cause theres no boss.

this can affect invaders aswell but i only seen it so far on the storm hill shack that if they tried to follow me up there disconnected they. probably same issue if they killed margit.

[Swevenfoxドリーミー狐]

Thank you, I browsed through the threads and didn't see other people bringing this up (or I missed it) so I was wondering if it is just us or others also having the same issues.

I guess I wait it out and hope it will work, especially seeing how it broke the game even worse for some other ppl I know with this latest patch (crashes and locks entire computer).

Thanks for the responses! I am glad it is not just me and my friend though it suxx that this now became a thing for so many.

[Swevenfoxドリーミー狐]

Originally posted by Chiro:

1st of all, you dont need to kill yourself, just disconnect for short and it should be fine.
2nd. if this happens near the stormhill shack or in some catacombs is that normal.

for example. if your friend summons you near the stormhill shack but has the zone already cleared and you dare to walk torwards the castle up will you disconnect because theres no boss anymore.

this affects various other zones. usually should you not longer be able to do co-op after you defeated the mainboss in the zone but sometimes is it possible and the one which got summoned gets inmediatly booted back to his world due to goal achieved cause theres no boss.

this can affect invaders aswell but i only seen it so far on the storm hill shack that if they tried to follow me up there disconnected they. probably same issue if they killed margit.

Ah that one we know about. It is not that - zones where the major story bosses are down you won't even see summon signs, we do see and we just did a boss fight that same area before the patch even.
We see the signs we summon - and then immediately being sent back after 2 loading screens to our world with connection error.

This specific issue we tested in zones we still had the story boss up and same result, this is something different as it not works where it worked like a day before the latest major big patch. :(

[Carighan]

My bigger issue is that I neither ever see yellow signs, nor get summoned. And I see other player's messages and can invade, so it's not some general multiplayer thing.

[weiss]

i dont play anymore co-op/invading lately tho due to the malcolm thing and other player doing it but i think with patch 1.03 is now a mistwall there too at stormhill shack to seperate the castle and normal zone. if theres not then i missunderstood in the patchnotes the part where they said that they fixxed some zone mistwalls not showing properly. but i cant tell, wasnt in co-op/invader since new patch ._.

[weiss]

Originally posted by Carighan:

My bigger issue is that I neither ever see yellow signs, nor get summoned. And I see other player's messages and can invade, so it's not some general multiplayer thing.

you can only see yellow signs in zones in which you have not defeated the mainboss.
plus in later game when you get higher and higher level gets the matchmaking in the way. same with summons.

example: peoples reach margit usually between lv 20~40 ... if you putt your summon sign down and you are lv 60+ will they not see your sign. i think the re-inforcement level is +25 level

[Swevenfoxドリーミー狐]

Originally posted by Chiro:

i dont play anymore co-op/invading lately tho due to the malcolm thing and other player doing it but i think with patch 1.03 is now a mistwall there too. if theres not then i missunderstood in the patchnotes the part where they said that they fixxed some zone mistwalls not showing properly. but i cant tell, wasnt in co-op/invader since new patch ._.

That's fair, I heard about that and is concerning.
Alas the PC port has ... issues for certain and I just hope this get fixed up and soon.

Was hoping maybe the community had some tricks I could try and get it working but I see this is something they have to address and fix then. Hopefully will happen soon!

[KBasti]

Originally posted by Swevenfox:

After the last major update I can't connect with my friend anymore, it immediately goes communication error and sends back and whoever tried to be host their game gets a soft lock (can't touch grace, can't use torrent, can't even quit the game unless I suicide first to force a reset on the stuck multiplayer issue)
Anyone else with this issue? If so any solution for it, or what even we could try to get it work again?

me too

[Drake Ravenwolf]

yep, I have the same issue
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1245620/discussions/0/3183488224883946497/

[Bejelit]

same for me too, i cant summon anyone either invasion or just co-op but i can be summoned if i unlock the bug by teleporting elsewere

[Paustin123]

having this issue where after cutscenes i dc

[Lylliana of Mirrah]

Originally posted by Swevenfox:

After the last major update I can't connect with my friend anymore, it immediately goes communication error and sends back and whoever tried to be host their game gets a soft lock (can't touch grace, can't use torrent, can't even quit the game unless I suicide first to force a reset on the stuck multiplayer issue)
Anyone else with this issue? If so any solution for it, or what even we could try to get it work again?

c'mon Lord Miyazaki Grace us with new Netcode Patch!

[Clarencezer]

Hey there I'm still getting inconsistency with matchmaking too. It got incredibly hard for me to effigy matchmake past thursday and it felt like everyone disappeared. Even password summoning had issues, it works but the unable to summon despite it clearly working at times is infuriating.

Good god I just want to play some jolly coop!