Dedicated server version mismatch?

[frey]

So my dedicated server is in the lan tab but I cant find it in the internet tab and when i try to join it says this "Version mismatch. Server is running a different patch release of the game and is not compatible" please help!

[Farket]

Create a shortcut from the dedicated server .exe file. Then run it from there. That fixed the issue of version mismatch for me. However, I still have the problem of it being stuck in LAN, I cannot find that answer anywhere.

[frey]

Im running it from the shortcut buts its still a version mismatch

[Farket]

Did you create the shortcut from steam itself or from the .exe file? Steam shortcut is has a path similar to this: steam://rungameid/556450
From the .exe it will look like this: "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\TheForestDedicatedServer\TheForestDedicatedServer.exe"

[frey]

Yes I created it from the exe

[Dark Soulaire]

Any update on the issue? I'm having the same issue. I tried a 'listen' server first, where my friend would join me while i play, but we were having connection issues. So I thought I'd try a dedicated server, but even though i just redownloaded both the server and the game, it still says server version mismatch.

[Police man]

same issue

[Nicolash]

Yeah, I'm getting the same issue. I know the ports for mine are forwarded and the .cfg file is set correctly.

I already uninstalled and reinstalled both the Game and DS Tool, but no cigar.

Hopefully someone figures this out :/

[Nicolash]

Okay, I fixed my issue, don't know if this will help anybody else, but I'll list what I did:

• First I made sure that the Dedicated Server .exe had it's own shortcut
  
• Then in the properties of the shortcut I put on my desktop, in the target field, i added:
  "-dedicated" so it looks now like:
  "C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\TheForestDedicatedServer
  \TheForestDedicatedServer.exe" -dedicated
  
• Then I ran The Forest Dedicated Server shortcut "as administrator"

with that, essentially it fixed my unjoinable server, in the LAN tab for joining games, that originally had the error message saying it was unjoinable due to Server Version Mismatch with current patch of the game.

Now it is in the online tab and works perfectly.

Don't know if that helps, but that was what got me through it.

[Police man]

I made a shortcut on the desktop ending the target path and -dedicated at the end and running it as administrator but it still says version mismatch. The ip i set in the txt document is the IPv4 right? 192.168.0.10:27015? That correct?

I still cannot get it to the right version.

[Nicolash]

yeah, thats the right ip alright, should be your own pc's ip
if you wanna double check open command prompt (windows key + r) and type cmd, then type "ipconfig" and enter, IPv4 should be your correct IP and then just add ":27015" afterwards.

Pretty sure @Police Man you got that all down.

Make sure the shortcut you got was from the original .exe file in your C drive, not from steam.

I also linked my steam server account, don't know if that helped but I did it anyways.
The info can be found here: https://steamcommunity.com/dev/managegameservers

You just paste your Steam Server ID into the field in the .cfg file

Hmmmm, trying to think of anything else.

I did have a lot of trouble with the port forwarding, had to eventually reset my router back to default but finally got it working.

Final step I did was uninstall and reinstall both the Forest and Dedicated Server tool, then restart computer and router.

It seems like this issue has a lot to do with steam just not updating the Tool to the necessary patch, so getting past that requires going around steam from the looks of it.

Good luck

[Police man]

Got it working after messing around thanks. I did the -dedicated after the target on the shortcut, while running in admin mode, and the thing that fixed it was making the steam profile line blank in the server config.txt, which made it connect to steam anonymously :) My friends and I are all able to get on it now

[frey]

hey guys so im back with a update on my situtation, so the version mismatch is gone but when i search for my server in the list its not there but its in lan. anyone know how to fix that?

[seeker_18]

Originally posted by PurpleFyrus:

Okay, I fixed my issue, don't know if this will help anybody else, but I'll list what I did:

• First I made sure that the Dedicated Server .exe had it's own shortcut
  
• Then in the properties of the shortcut I put on my desktop, in the target field, i added:
  "-dedicated" so it looks now like:
  "C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\TheForestDedicatedServer
  \TheForestDedicatedServer.exe" -dedicated
  
• Then I ran The Forest Dedicated Server shortcut "as administrator"

with that, essentially it fixed my unjoinable server, in the LAN tab for joining games, that originally had the error message saying it was unjoinable due to Server Version Mismatch with current patch of the game.

Now it is in the online tab and works perfectly.

Don't know if that helps, but that was what got me through it.

This fixed my issue with the version but cant play because not the correct steam setup! GRRRRRRRRR

[seeker_18]

Originally posted by frey:

hey guys so im back with a update on my situtation, so the version mismatch is gone but when i search for my server in the list its not there but its in lan. anyone know how to fix that?

this will be your ports!

[Loki]

Thanks a lot my friends, I had the same problems as you, and all your comments really helped !