joining friends

[crow7556]

so i play on xbox gamepass but i cant join my friend who is on steam for some reason we did add eachother on the game

[RupertBear]

Add each other in game as friends then log out then back in make sure settings are friends only and get him to start multiplayer then wait and his session should show up once he has connected to his server then you can join his game. takes a little while sometimes for the session to show up.

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Different platforms use different technologies to connect, so in Cross-Play Hello Games uses the technology of No Man's Sky Friends. That enables different platforms to talk to one another by sharing No Man's Sky Friend's Codes that links different platforms.

Once both players have multiplayer network enabled, one player usually jumps into multiplayer and creates a group other players can join. Starting a multiplayer game form the tab you should be able to see friends and if they are already in a full group or not. If not you join them by clicking on their name directly. Other ways to join friends (or strangers) is to meet in the same location and invite one another by clicking one each other's avatar.

Reloading your games can sometime clear failed connections which could occur for all sorts of reasons not necessarily game created.

[Heliosa]

Is this a problem you've been experiencing recently or for a longer period of time? There have been several updates that fix bugs, the last one on August 30 (patch 4.43). After this type of update, it is not possible for me to join one of my friends who plays on Xbox for several days because not all platforms are updated at the same time.
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