[SOLVED] Unable to join sessions with other players

[pukis]

About a week ago I stopped being able to join my friends or anyone else in GTA Online. If i try to find a new session, I always end up all alone in a public session. No changes were made on my end (no new software/hardware), tried restarting router, verifying game, reinstalling game.

I had this issue like a year ago and it just went away automatically within a day or two. Now it's already a week so I'm getting quite frustrated.

Maybe someone might have some idea on what could be causing this?

[DEAD MEAT]

Have there been any changes to your Firewall settings. Although it seems at a re-install the Game would have tried to establish a exclusion, or permission ... that's where I'd start looking. This is a unique post and i can't remember seeing one similar, so hopefully you will find a solution and mark it as solved, to help others in the future.

[pukis]

Originally posted by DEAD MEAT:

Have there been any changes to your Firewall settings. Although it seems at a re-install the Game would have tried to establish a exclusion, or permission ... that's where I'd start looking. This is a unique post and i can't remember seeing one similar, so hopefully you will find a solution and mark it as solved, to help others in the future.

Don't usually make any changes, plus it basically was working as usual on the evening and next morning the issue appeared. Will try double checking the firewall settings though and port-forwarding. Will update if I find a solution.

[pukis]

Not exactly sure which of the steps helped, but I did two things and now I'm able to join online again:
1) Used a different device (laptop) on the same network to try and connect to a session, it worked fine (Maybe the very fact my character got into a session on a different device unblocked the barricades of hell, who knows)
2) After the successful connection I tried comparing the firewall settings on both devices and the only change i made was *untick* a couple of checkboxes. Basically, both devices had 3 instances of GTA V on the firewall. The sequence which made it work for me was:
1st instance - Enable and allow private & public
2nd instance - Enable and allow private
3rd instance - Disable with public being allowed

Honestly I have no knowledge on what these settings are doing but I tried explaining the best way I can.. Everything is weird but I'm glad it works.

[DEAD MEAT]

Wow ... nice work, way to problem solve.
I'll copy your post so you can mark it solved if you like.
Maybe someone with more knowledge will jump in and provide a more technical explanation.

Originally posted by pukis:

Not exactly sure which of the steps helped, but I did two things and now I'm able to join online again:
1) Used a different device (laptop) on the same network to try and connect to a session, it worked fine (Maybe the very fact my character got into a session on a different device unblocked the barricades of hell, who knows)
2) After the successful connection I tried comparing the firewall settings on both devices and the only change i made was *untick* a couple of checkboxes. Basically, both devices had 3 instances of GTA V on the firewall. The sequence which made it work for me was:
1st instance - Enable and allow private & public
2nd instance - Enable and allow private
3rd instance - Disable with public being allowed

Honestly I have no knowledge on what these settings are doing but I tried explaining the best way I can.. Everything is weird but I'm glad it works.