multiplayer is trash

[Abilina]

when im trying to join my friends it comes up with an error saying "game has timed out", and if i host a game my friends cant see my work through steam connection and cant join though ip. tried basicly everything under the moon, but still nothing.

[Bucky]

Originally posted by Abilina:

when im trying to join my friends it comes up with an error saying "game has timed out", and if i host a game my friends cant see my work through steam connection and cant join though ip. tried basicly everything under the moon, but still nothing.

If you cannot join your friends or have your friends join you then it's likely that your ports are restricted. Forwarding your ports should resolve this.

If you'd rather not play p2p then try joining a dedicated server.
(You can test to see if these work by joining one that is being hosted by another player. There are a few currently being hosted that you can find on our Discord)

Otherwise I recommend checking out this guide:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2971746874

[Thunder_Nomad]

Use Hamachi and play off an IP session.

[The RAGER]

I agree, Multiplayer is trash!
I have a private server. I made sure its up to date. Verified files through steam. All of my ports are correct on both my firewall and router. I was playing for a while with friends with little issue. I have restarted my PC, router, Modem and of course the server. I even went as far as disabling my firewall.
I can log into the server with no issues. Everyone else is getting the timed out issue.
We have tried both through IP (our normal method) and through steam. same issue.

I heard mention of Hamachi before VPN (dot) Net right?
how do I use this to get everyone back on the server? Does everyone need to download it?