Not able to multiplayer

[Akira]

I have not been able to use the multiplayer of this game so far.. says session no longer available, any suggestions on how to fix this?

[Blindeagle jr12]

Do you get the message when you use steam matchmaking or attempting to join a friend directly?

[Akira]

joining directly, matchmaker doesn't find anyone

[mimizukari]

i know dat feel bro, MM is pretty much broken

[Blindeagle jr12]

When it come to networking, it can be a whole number of issues.

If this were me, these are the things I would check:

Firewall. Ensure that your firewall is not blocking your connection.

Port Conflicts. There are games that can use the same ports or port ranges as another. As far as I know, SR4 doesn't need port forwarding, so make sure that all your ports are off.

Check more than one person. If you are only attempting to connect to one person, try to connect to someone else. It is possible that the problem is on their end and not yours.

[Akira]

Originally posted by Blindeagle jr12:

When it come to networking, it can be a whole number of issues.

If this were me, these are the things I would check:

Firewall. Ensure that your firewall is not blocking your connection.

Port Conflicts. There are games that can use the same ports or port ranges as another. As far as I know, SR4 doesn't need port forwarding, so make sure that all your ports are off.

Check more than one person. If you are only attempting to connect to one person, try to connect to someone else. It is possible that the problem is on their end and not yours.

Only 1 of my friends bothered to get the game, more precisely my gf.
Another friend is picking it up next week, but that's not very optimal wait time to find out if the issue is on her end or not >.>;

[AGRS18]

HI.
I have also faced the same problem.
What wonder why it cause?

[ShadowStalker]

If you're trying to join a friends game in co-op make sure their settings for co-op are not set to private but friends only, theres a bug from sr3 where if you have it set to private instead of friends the games won't connect sometimes for co-op saying the session isn't available or the host isn't accepting connections no more.

[Akira]

Originally posted by ShadowStalker:

If you're trying to join a friends game in co-op make sure their settings for co-op are not set to private but friends only, theres a bug from sr3 where if you have it set to private instead of friends the games won't connect sometimes for co-op saying the session isn't available or the host isn't accepting connections no more.

Already been tested, the only thing I can tell that could cause issues, is ports, but I can't find any port information for this game.

[JeffB]

I had this exact problem this weekend...
What fixed it for my brother and myself was the typical Steam fix:
Go under properties of the game (in the steam client), and tell it to verify the local cache files.
We also made sure that the option to automatically keep up to date was checked, but the verify cache was what fixed it...

[Zappieroth]

yeah matchmaking doesnt really work but if got no problem joining directly hope matchmaking will be fixed only been able to join my own country ppl and well its not much i can tell u holland aint that big sadly X(

[Jarson Peaches]

a friend of mine an i are now having this same issue. we logged over 10 hours over the weekend with no issues, but are getting this error now no matter how we try to connect. done multiple computer restarts/steam restarts/verify integrity of game cache.

another friend just installed this game tonight and I am now having the same issue connecting to him.

did anyone ever find a fix for this?

[[V] IdolNinja]

Originally posted by theTwiz:

a friend of mine an i are now having this same issue. we logged over 10 hours over the weekend with no issues, but are getting this error now no matter how we try to connect. done multiple computer restarts/steam restarts/verify integrity of game cache.

another friend just installed this game tonight and I am now having the same issue connecting to him.

did anyone ever find a fix for this?

Since the game files themselves haven't changed that would indicated that something has changed on your end with either your hardware or software. Unfortunately, that can be just about anything; additional software like hamachi, windows updates, changes to Windows firewall, etc.

You mentioned rebooting your PC. Have you also tried rebooting your router and/or modem as well?

For others having this problem, SRIV uses the standard Steam matchmaking ports. Do other Steam games work correctly like TF2, Left 4 Dead, etc? Here's a list of standard ports:
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8571-GLVN-8711

[RetroJaro]

I'm having this problem too. Tried the standard stuff, verifying integrity, opening the ports in my router, unblocking the game fully in zonealarm, rebooting my router, nothing seems to work.

[Chibiscus]

are you two living together and try connecting over the same router by any chance?

[RetroJaro]

No.