Authentication error

[HyX-Man]

Since yesterday I played this Game 3.5 hours. In that time, I got disconnected from the Server because of authentication error a total of 8 (!!!) times. During the entire ewarly access phase around 115 hours I did not have this many crashes... Now 1.0 and the Game is broken af...
I play a privat Game, so why do I have forced internet connection?

Please tell me I am not the only one having this issue... FYI: Internet works perfectly fine

[m662]

Is it a local server? than Verifiy your files make sure you are not blocking local ports with any anti malware suite or firewall. Yo can block incoming and outgoing ports to external sources.

You do not need internet to play this game after you downloaded it for private hosting. Connection issues with private hosting have nothing to do with internet it is an issue with the server configuration not being read or server not starting correctly.

Here is playing with firewall blocked for all traffic to other sources
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhjbwVMRIM

Here is playing with Steam and the entire internet offline.
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhQjyVMW3V

[HyX-Man]

Originally posted by m662:

Is it a local server? than Verifiy your files make sure you are not blocking local ports with any anti malware suite or firewall. Yo can block incoming and outgoing ports to external sources.

You do not need internet to play this game after you downloaded it for private hosting. Connection issues with private hosting have nothing to do with internet it is an issue with the server configuration not being read or server not starting correctly.

Here is playing with firewall blocked for all traffic to other sources
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhjbwVMRIM

Here is playing with Steam and the entire internet offline.
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhQjyVMW3V

I am now 17 years on steam, verifying the files was the first thing I did ^^ But since the update yesterday I did not have it happen once, so whatever it was, the update sorted it out. Maybe because steam-cloud wanted to use my old savefile and that screwed the Game up somehow... No Idea... Just glad it works now

[BingusDingus]

I've been getting this constantly as well, it's driving me nuts. Luckily I haven't had bad enough luck yet to have it happen in the middle of a fight, though it happened to me in the wilderness once and I was almost dead when I immediately logged back on.

[Camlee8]

I am having this issue as well when playing in offline mode. I played for almost 8ish hours offline yesterday and then today when I log in. Server will start up and after about 2-5 minutes it will pop up with an error. I have validated files and about to try a full uninstall and reinstall.

[HyX-Man]

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

I've been getting this constantly as well, it's driving me nuts. Luckily I haven't had bad enough luck yet to have it happen in the middle of a fight, though it happened to me in the wilderness once and I was almost dead when I immediately logged back on.

Same... It was right at the beginning of my playthrough (first 3.5h), so I was still more focused on gathering resources instead of fighting... If this would have happend during a boss fight and i logged back in to a dead character, I think my Keyboard and screen would have felt that :D

[Camlee8]

-Reset your client settings to default by deleting the "v1", "v2" and "v3" folders at
%appdata%\..\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRising\Settings 

This fix solved it for me. It did make me redo the time, date, settings exc. But for some reason this is what solved the issue for me. No idea what about that is causing the issue but it solved it for me.

[Handbanana]

Originally posted by HyX-Man:

Originally posted by m662:

Is it a local server? than Verifiy your files make sure you are not blocking local ports with any anti malware suite or firewall. Yo can block incoming and outgoing ports to external sources.

You do not need internet to play this game after you downloaded it for private hosting. Connection issues with private hosting have nothing to do with internet it is an issue with the server configuration not being read or server not starting correctly.

Here is playing with firewall blocked for all traffic to other sources
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhjbwVMRIM

Here is playing with Steam and the entire internet offline.
https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZhQjyVMW3V

I am now 17 years on steam, verifying the files was the first thing I did ^^ But since the update yesterday I did not have it happen once, so whatever it was, the update sorted it out. Maybe because steam-cloud wanted to use my old savefile and that screwed the Game up somehow... No Idea... Just glad it works now

The game probably updated and the server hadn't updated yet.

[keith.stjean]

I'm getting the exact same thing happening here. I also have 600 hours played on this game, and this is the first time this has ever happened to me. I'll be able to connect to a server for a while, then I get disconnected, then get 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5 connection Timeout errors, and then authentication error.

I tried verifying steam files. Tried resyncing my computer clock. Restarting steam, restarting computer. None of it works... until... randomly I'll try a few hours later and I can connect just fine.

Also oddly enough, I'll be able to connect to other vrising servers, just not my main one.

And this happens with both private servers and also the official v-rising servers also.

[HyX-Man]

Originally posted by Handbanana:

The game probably updated and the server hadn't updated yet.

I play Solo on my privat Server, so I am not sure how that would work. If it were an official Server I would play on , then I could 100% agree with that statement.

Originally posted by keith.stjean:

I'll be able to connect to a server for a while, then I get disconnected, then get 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5 connection Timeout errors, and then authentication error.

For me it was that I got a disconnect from the Server, but reconnect without any issues. Maybe because it was Online it took a while for the Server to register that you are not logged-in anymore. If it also was privat, then I am confused about your situation :D

[yorick_tome]

Happens to me, too constantly on a private, LAN only game, running Steam "offline." I think the issue hear is that people no longer make games you can play offline, so they make the game buggy as hell solo/offline to make players miserable in an attempt to force them to play coop because coop people by more bling.