Is 4 player Co-op crossplatform fixed from crashing?

[Yak]

Ive been trying to play this game with my friends for a very long time, I would say over a year, and each time we try to get together it kicks 1 player out for the other and cant never be all 4 in the same lobby, its a pain. One is playing on console, 1 on Epic and 2 on steam.

[Top]

Which Console, may I ask, is the Console player on?

[Yak]

I believe its PS4 but also the player on Epic has a hard time getting in because it kicks someone already in the lobby

[Top]

I wish I could give you a sure fire way to get all 4 of you into a Coop, but unfortunately, I can't. Hard to say why you all can't get in the game.
What I can tell you is this: I know it's possible because I do it all the time on both Steam and Epic with my PS4/5 friends all the time.

Have you tried different Hosts?

A lot of it has to do with the Hosts Internet Connection. In Coop, the Host essentially becomes the Coop Server. If Host has a weak or semi stable connection, then there will be issues. Think of the old days when Coop in games first started and your Internet Connection determined how many people could join your game.

As far as the PlayStation Console Player and Epic Player in the Mix, that should not be an issue if everyone has a good stable Internet connection.

I have SnowRunner on all 3 of those platforms (PS, Epic, and Steam) with well over 4000 combined hours, of which at least 1/2 of those hours are Coop between all 3 of those platforms.

The only time we have not been able to get 4 people in has been when an Xbox player tried to join us. (Which is why I asked) We have never had an issue with just Steam, Epic, and PS4/5 Coop of 4 people (Unless Mods were involved).

In the rare times we experienced an issue, we always managed to get everyone in (Except with the Xbox player) by trying different host, sometimes we would have everyone exit out, restart their Steam, Epic, or PS and restart the game and that would work.

Another thing we would do, that sometimes worked, is have 1 person at a time join. Once that person was in, we would have 1 more join. Always waiting until the person was in before having another join.

Through trial and error, we always managed to eventually get everyone in. (With Epic, Steam, and PS Players)

[Yak]

Guess just have to try and get lucky to get everyone in, thank you very much

[Top]

Wish I could help more because I feel your frustration.
Like I said, sometimes through trial and error, but as frustrating as that was, we always managed to eventually get everyone in.
I hope you can manage it and wish you luck!

Note: We have even managed it with Mods.

[`digitaL.braVo]

No it's best luck if that. I've forwarded some ports on my firewall to my computer but haven't really had a chance to test with more than 1 user where the issue arises.

[TonyP75]

From experience, I can ditto Top. When you have four players ready to play together and you get the famous "kick" issue, it's just best to have someone else host so you can play the game together. My friends and I have a running "continental theory" because we play across the world. It seems like when you have two from one continent and two from another, we get stuck in a cycle of two kicking each other out when one joins the session. I have about 20 friends I play co-op with and usually, when one person stops being the host so someone else can be the host, we can have four people at a time. It sort of can be a bummer, especially when someone started hosting with specific goals in mind and can't get four players/good friends together in a game, but we're all good sports about it. In a group of four with kick issues happening, the best solution always seems to be having a different volunteer host the session. Granted, it requires flexibility, but at least with my SnowRunner buddies, we can all play together instead of watching the loading screen. Eventually, the original host can host a four-player session and get their stuff done fast.

[Malcom Renyolds]

it doesnt matter what u play on it is sabers devs peer to peer coding and it is also all of your isp services if u cant get routable ip or a static ip the outcome u are getting will always be this all of your friends connections are not stable with each others one kicks out the other one joins then joiners net kicks other like its a virus kinda think of it like that they will not play well togather and untill u all have a solid connection with a routable ip or static ip and no firewall blocking things ur all screwed most new isp run off a comunal ip these days and it only make it so much worse i cant even connect more that 1-2 games a week n then poof wont connect at all no matter what till i cut off the connection to pc the router modem then reset it like its new then u get 1-2 joins n well start all that over again not much i can do cus the isp has a monopoly here but snowrunner is only game out off 400 plus i have that does this i had a few back 8-10 yrs ago did same thing but there are games upcomming that sould make this a forgotn game in 2025 several that should be more fun and better ythan saber n there farmsim engine lol garbage coding

[`digitaL.braVo]

Originally posted by Malcom Renyolds:

it doesnt matter what u play on it is sabers devs peer to peer coding and it is also all of your isp services if u cant get routable ip or a static ip the outcome u are getting will always be this all of your friends connections are not stable with each others one kicks out the other one joins then joiners net kicks other like its a virus kinda think of it like that they will not play well togather and untill u all have a solid connection with a routable ip or static ip and no firewall blocking things ur all screwed most new isp run off a comunal ip these days and it only make it so much worse i cant even connect more that 1-2 games a week n then poof wont connect at all no matter what till i cut off the connection to pc the router modem then reset it like its new then u get 1-2 joins n well start all that over again not much i can do cus the isp has a monopoly here but snowrunner is only game out off 400 plus i have that does this i had a few back 8-10 yrs ago did same thing but there are games upcomming that sould make this a forgotn game in 2025 several that should be more fun and better ythan saber n there farmsim engine lol garbage coding

this nonsense about "routable IP or static IP" is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. delete this post.

[badone101]

Originally posted by Yak:

Ive been trying to play this game with my friends for a very long time, I would say over a year, and each time we try to get together it kicks 1 player out for the other and cant never be all 4 in the same lobby, its a pain. One is playing on console, 1 on Epic and 2 on steam.

you can try this.

host starts game, the one who has the best net joins next, the one who has the worst net joins last. just need to find out who has the fastest to slowest.

so should be like this:
host (any net) > 2nd player (fast net) > 3rd player (slower net) > 4th player (worst net)

[Top]

Originally posted by badone101:

Originally posted by Yak:

Ive been trying to play this game with my friends for a very long time, I would say over a year, and each time we try to get together it kicks 1 player out for the other and cant never be all 4 in the same lobby, its a pain. One is playing on console, 1 on Epic and 2 on steam.

you can try this.

host starts game, the one who has the best net joins next, the one who has the worst net joins last. just need to find out who has the fastest to slowest.

so should be like this:
host (any net) > 2nd player (fast net) > 3rd player (slower net) > 4th player (worst net)

Hmmm... Interesting.
We've never actually tried this method; nevertheless, you may be on to something here.
Reason I say that is, I have been in countless 4 player sessions and through trial and error, we have always managed to get everyone in.

As I already pointed out in previous post, one of the methods that worked is by having only one person join at a time. We often switched who would join first and then who next when/if the first try didn't work. Not taking into consideration who had the best connection, we may have hit it by luck.

I will definitely keep this method in mind.

Thanks for sharing this!

[Eightball]

Originally posted by badone101:

Originally posted by Yak:

Ive been trying to play this game with my friends for a very long time, I would say over a year, and each time we try to get together it kicks 1 player out for the other and cant never be all 4 in the same lobby, its a pain. One is playing on console, 1 on Epic and 2 on steam.

you can try this.

host starts game, the one who has the best net joins next, the one who has the worst net joins last. just need to find out who has the fastest to slowest.

so should be like this:
host (any net) > 2nd player (fast net) > 3rd player (slower net) > 4th player (worst net)

You can try it but it won't work unless the game wants it to work. I've heard every workaround under the sun and none of them work. If you ever get 4 players in your game, it's a total coincidence. Anything else is myth.

2 players almost always works. 3 players usually works but might get issues now and then. 4 players rarely works.

Have no idea how they have left it so broken like this for like 4 years but that's the truth. There is no workaround, trust me. I've spent 100's of hours trying to get 4 player games, I even own the game on multiple different platforms, crossplay on, crossplay off, trying every possible different combination of people joining, and I can guarantee you that any workaround is just a myth. You either keep trying until it lets you after everyone restarts their games for the 50th time, or you spend all night trying and it never does.

Even more annoying is every time it fails and kicks someone, which is nearly guaranteed on 4 player games, everyone has to restart their clients every single time too or it won't even attempt to connect anymore for a repeat try.

[Top]

Myth?
Then why are myself and many others able to get into a 4 player game?
In your case, and probably many others, is either your internet security, your router settings, use of VPN, or some other Internet related cause is preventing You to get into a 4 player game.

Just because You cannot get into a 4 player game does not mean others can not.

I wish I had a precise reason You and a few others can not make it happen, but I don't. I just know that myself and many others can get into a 4 player game.
Myself with over 2000 hours in Multiplayer Coop alone.

I hope you figure out why you can't.
Wish you luck!

[Eightball]

Originally posted by Top:

Myth?
Then why are myself and many others able to get into a 4 player game?
In your case, and probably many others, is either your internet security, your router settings, use of VPN, or some other Internet related cause is preventing You to get into a 4 player game.

Just because You cannot get into a 4 player game does not mean others can not.

I wish I had a precise reason You and a few others can not make it happen, but I don't. I just know that myself and many others can get into a 4 player game.
Myself with over 2000 hours in Multiplayer Coop alone.

I hope you figure out why you can't.
Wish you luck!

Funny that, go on the discord where the actual regular players are and literally every single one of them will tell you the same thing.

So what, you managed it one time and thinks it works regular or something, lol.

Also i've been through multiple ISP's, multiple computers and multiple houses in that time. And literally every single person I know has the same issue, including all the discord people.

But of course, must be me, amirite xD

[Top]

Originally posted by Eightball:

Funny that, go on the discord where the actual regular players are and literally every single one of them will tell you the same thing.

So what, you managed it one time and thinks it works regular or something, lol.

Also i've been through multiple ISP's, multiple computers and multiple houses in that time. And literally every single person I know has the same issue, including all the discord people.

But of course, must be me, amirite xD

I already stated in other posts that there is an issue, And yes, the developers are aware there is an issue.

I feel your frustrations, and wish I could help you in your situation, but I am not an expert in how ISP protocol works for this game, I just know that not "Everyone Playing SnowRunner" is having the same problem as you and the OP.
I realize there are others out there having the same issue; however, there are more people managing to get 4 players in a 4 player Coop than not.


I was going to let this rest, but since you want to continue to Troll me, I couldn't let it go. So put on your thick skin...
Because now I'm going to Troll you 😉

Originally posted by Eightball:

Funny that, go on the discord where the actual regular players are

Let's see:
You have a total of 139.4 hours in SnowRunner.
~Versus~
Over 2000 hours in SnowRunner Coop alone.
Over 5,500 hours total hours in SnowRunner across 3 platforms.

Who is the regular player here? 🤔

Based on the number of hours you have in SnowRunner, I would venture to say, I probably have more hours on the SnowRunner Discord Server, than you have in the SnowRunner game.

Originally posted by Eightball:

and literally every single one of them will tell you the same thing.

Really...?
Come on, that's a lot of exaggeration here, don't you think?

I get it, catching 4" fish for the first time ever catching a fish has the tendency to become a 14" fish after time, but let's be real.

There are approximately 50,505 members on the Official SnowRunner Discord Server.
That would be a lot of complaints on that Server, meaning no one on that Server has ever been able to join a 4 player Coop.
But yet, you can go in there on any given day and find 4 players in the same Coop game.

Well, you used to anyway, There's not near the amount of players there now as there used to be in the past.
Most of the "Regular" players have already established their own little community groups and normally use their own Discord Servers to play on.

I see they (SnowRunner Discord) have also reduced the number of Voice Channels and Text Channels. There used to be a lot more channels than there are now.

Originally posted by Eightball:

So what, you managed it one time and thinks it works regular or something, lol.

You obviously did not read All the comments. 😉

Not one time, Over 2000 Hours in Coop of which there were countless times we had 4 players.
We do it all the time.

There was only "One Time" we Could Not get all 4 players into a 4 player session. It was when there was an Xbox player involved. We tried everything we could think of to get everyone in but failed.
We determined it was the Xbox player causing the problem so we finally gave up trying to get all of us in, but were able to get 3 of us in. Two on Steam and one on Epic.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Xbox is the problem. In this particular case, it was because of this particular Xbox player in the mix with us. I'm sure he managed to get into other 4 player sessions in the past and after that.

I have been in several other 4 player sessions with Xbox players involved. This was an isolated case for us.

Originally posted by Eightball:

Also i've been through multiple ISP's, multiple computers and multiple houses in that time.

When you say "Multiple" I don't know how many times that is in your case, but when a person says Multiple, it generally means more than 3 times.

Let's do the math here:

You have a Total of 139.4 Hours in SnowRunner.
Yet you have been through "Multiple ISP's, multiple computers and multiple houses in that time"
Wow! Who are you, Elon Musk?
That's a lot of computers and houses for a span of only 139 hours in SnowRunner.

That had to be pretty expensive.

Originally posted by Eightball:

But of course, must be me, amirite xD

Yep, I have to agree with you here. 😉

I'm sure you are frustrated, so my advice to you... Rather than trolling people and posting before getting the facts, do some research and try to help come up with a possible solution to a problem.

Playing with 4 people in SnowRunner is a lot of fun.
I really hope you do manage to figure out why you have not been able to get into a 4 player Coop. Keep trying different things.

And if you do get it to work, how about posting something constructive that helps others in the community that are having the same problems. Maybe what works for you will work for others as well.

Good luck to you!
Have a blessed day!