Cant join to friend game

[Dracul]

Hey, we bought it on steam sale and we wanted to play coop, but we are not able to play together. I cant join him and he is not able to join me. We dont see our servers on the list, and from steam list is not working... HELP

[otto]

+1

[D00M1NaTioN]

and again server is down!!.. Guys why are you not fixing this game after all those bugs you got?!

[Plevel]

yup same here.. it worked fine earlier today but now we get "connecting to xxxxxx / contacting server.." and nothing happens while trying to join each other's game

[powbam]

Originally posted by D00M1NaTioN:

and again server is down!!.. Guys why are you not fixing this game after all those bugs you got?!

You're an idiot.

A "server" being down has nothing to do with any bugs. At the most if the matchmaking server was down they would merely need to reset it.

[Childe Roland]

Originally posted by D00M1NaTioN:

and again server is down!!.. Guys why are you not fixing this game after all those bugs you got?!

What server? GD MP is P2P; there's no dedicated server. That's why you can't play with people who have different levels of DLC.

Originally posted by powbam:

You're an idiot.

A "server" being down has nothing to do with any bugs. At the most if the matchmaking server was down they would merely need to reset it.

Isn't Crates's matchmaker basically a backup to the Steam matchmaker? Or did I completely misunderstand that (likely due to lack of interest since I only play SP)? Which would make this more of a Steam issue, yes?

[Gregor]

you'r playing the same version of the game ? (The same DLCs added if some ?), since that could be an issue, if you play an "upgraded" version(AOM or AOM and FG) to the basegame and the other one would launch a lobby, which is just the basegame.

[powbam]

Originally posted by Childe Roland:

Isn't Crates's matchmaker basically a backup to the Steam matchmaker? Or did I completely misunderstand that (likely due to lack of interest since I only play SP)? Which would make this more of a Steam issue, yes?

Basically, from what I've gathered based on prior Zantai comments, the matchmaker server they have is their answer to the problem of people needing UPnP capable routers and/or having to forward ports for things to work correctly. If this server is running everything just works. This is Crate's "server" by the way - this is the only thing it does.

If it goes down everything still works fine for people that either have UPnP capable routers or know how to forward their ports correctly - it's the people who don't understand up from down that we usually see posting.

[Dracul]

Okay guys, we have fixed it.
My router is not supporting UPnP, his do. So he enabled this in his router settings and now he is able to host server, and Im joining to him without any problems!

[powbam]

Originally posted by Dracul:

Okay guys, we have fixed it.
My router is not supporting UPnP, his do. So he enabled this in his router settings and now he is able to host server, and Im joining to him without any problems!

Case-in-point ;)

[alerm]

But what if the versions of the games are the same, and indeed we played together for 3 days, and today we don’t connect: the server doesn’t find by name, and when connecting as a friend there is a long connection and gives a connection error. The only thing I did was run Repair.exe from the game folder.

[powbam]

Originally posted by alerm:

But what if the versions of the games are the same, and indeed we played together for 3 days, and today we don’t connect: the server doesn’t find by name, and when connecting as a friend there is a long connection and gives a connection error. The only thing I did was run Repair.exe from the game folder.

I would like to refer you to my post just above (also note Draculs reply just under it). "That" is what it has to do with. It has nothing to do with the Repair.exe.

If you and your friend don't understand routers, UPnP, or port-forwarding then you either need to start learning how stuff works so you can simply avoid it even being an issue the next time the match-maker goes down or you simply need to wait until Crate gets their match-making server running again.

[alerm]

Originally posted by powbam:

I would like to refer you to my post just above (also note Draculs reply just under it). "That" is what it has to do with. It has nothing to do with the Repair.exe.

I have acted as a host for the past few days. I did not change anything in the connection. I did not change anything in the router. Just flew out of the game, and after a few minutes, when he created the game, friends could no longer join.

Originally posted by powbam:

If you and your friend don't understand routers, UPnP, or port-forwarding then you either need to start learning how stuff works so you can simply avoid it even being an issue the next time the match-maker goes down or you simply need to wait until Crate gets their match-making server running again.

I now launched the game, created a network connection and went to the router. He opened ports on UPnP UDP 42805, 27016, 42852 and TCP 27016. I apologize for confusing my thoughts.

[powbam]

Originally posted by alerm:

Originally posted by powbam:

There ya go ;) I like it when people manage to figure things out.

But the problem has not gone away. So we could play, but after 5 minutes we can’t.

Originally posted by alerm:

He opened ports on UPnP UDP 42805, 27016, 42852 and TCP 27016.

For the 42852 port.. it needs to be the range from 42852-42872, as per instructions here...
https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/grim-dawn-common-issues-and-solutions/81943/3

If it's still not working then something is still not set correctly on one or the other of your ends (or both even).

[alerm]

Originally posted by powbam:

There ya go ;) I like it when people manage to figure things out.

But the problem has not gone away.

Originally posted by alerm:

I apologize for confusing my thoughts.

I meant that I use a translator, so I can express myself clumsily.

Originally posted by powbam:

For the 42852 port.. it needs to be the range from 42852-42872, as per instructions here...
https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/grim-dawn-common-issues-and-solutions/81943/3

If it's still not working then something is still not set correctly on one or the other of your ends.

When I was looking for a solution to the problem, I went to this site. But since I did nothing with the configuration of the router, and the router still opens the ports, I did not read it. Tomorrow I’ll try to register the range manually.

powbam, thank you very much for participating.