I NEVER Find a Match (SOLVED)

[Master Shih]

So I just picked SFV up last night. I knew this title would rely heavily on online play. Everytime I hit "search" in Casual Match or Ranked Match, it takes minutes of waiting until I lose patience and hit the "cancel" button. Is there something I need to do? I'm based in the Philippines. If anyone from my country can consistently find matches, can you please help?

[ApocalypticPoison]

I think you should just give it more time? Not sure tho, there might not just be many players in your country :(

[Zekamashi]

What connection settings did you choose and did you allow PS4 connections?

[SCUM-O-CIDE]

I am in Thailand and I have the same issue.. :(

[Cuzowowo]

It take me 1~2min to find a match.
I'm in france, 4-5 connection // PC and PS4 allowed.
Be patient, or don't play. =)

[The Snail]

Hey,
I work in the philippines so i totally get your issue from my experience Globe is horrible Pldt is slightly better but in general the internet here kinda blows.

[jackjackjackNcoke]

I live in the US and I find matches faster in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on 360 than I do in SFV.

I don't think it's a population issue, it's a system design issue.

[IITWLLII -ES-]

Do you have a Thompson/Technicolor router by chance? or play on WiFi? Have you checked your router/firewall settings? NAT status? Port forwarding? You need a public IP for P2P games.

Here you can see the ports, which are necessary for SFV connections (connection issues section):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=757254520

Of course you also need a reasonably low ping to avoid being filtered out by other players from other continents/regions.

Getting matches in EU between 1 - 5 minutes, while waiting in Training Mode (interrupted by pressing the start button to reset positions), automatchmaking is usually faster when most people are awake.

[Cipher Esteria]

Originally posted by jackjackjackNcoke:

I live in the US and I find matches faster in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on 360 than I do in SFV.

I don't think it's a population issue, it's a system design issue.

To be fair, Namcos MM can be as hit and miss as SFV's.
It took me in TTT2 sometimes seconds to find a match and sometimes I waited over 10 minutes.

In SFV it depends if the Server actualy locates you correctly. It takes me 30 seconds -2 minutes to find a match with someone from europe on a 4-5 bar connection.

While a friend of mine waits 5+ minutes and only gets people from OUTSIDE of europe.

[Master Shih]

Hey guys, I want to thank you all for your response.

I was really close to refunding this game because of the very long waiting time to land a match. More than 10 minutes, I waited and still no match. This never happens to me in CSGO, L4D, Grim Dawn or any other multiplayer game. However, after going through ||TWLL||'s guide, I immediately went to the Port Forwarding section and configured my router's settings accordingly.

I went back to the game and hit Casual Match. After a minute, I CONNECTED and got my first online match! DAMN, it worked!

Thank you, ||TWLL||

[Master Shih]

Originally posted by Grawrtactics:

Hey,
I work in the philippines so i totally get your issue from my experience Globe is horrible Pldt is slightly better but in general the internet here kinda blows.

I have a Globe internet too and it sucks sometimes. I finally found a solution to my problem by opening my ports in the router settings. I don't understand why some games work without opening ports while some others (like SFV) require us to open ports.

In any case, after my first match, I waited 3-5 minutes for the succeeding matches.

[Master Shih]

Originally posted by Genji Fangirl:

I think you should just give it more time? Not sure tho, there might not just be many players in your country :(

Yes it seems there aren't a lot of players from my country (a pity). After opening my ports though, I matched with players in my region. So it's cool :)

[Master Shih]

Originally posted by おにぎり★:

What connection settings did you choose and did you allow PS4 connections?

I chose the default settings and yes, PS4 connections are allowed. No prob though as this problem is now solved.

[Master Shih]

Originally posted by SCUM-O-CIDE:

I am in Thailand and I have the same issue.. :(

Haven't you had your first match? I solved it by opening my ports. Look at ||TWLL||'s guide on how to open ports. As soon as I did this, I got my first casual match :)

[Master Shih]

Originally posted by Cuzo in respectless we trust:

It take me 1~2min to find a match.
I'm in france, 4-5 connection // PC and PS4 allowed.
Be patient, or don't play. =)

Oh man, I was so close to never playing this game anymore. I waiting for more than 10 minutes and still no match. Port forwarding did the trick for me.

[IITWLLII -ES-]

Originally posted by Legendary Shih Tzu of Wisdom:

Hey guys, I want to thank you all for your response.

I was really close to refunding this game because of the very long waiting time to land a match. More than 10 minutes, I waited and still no match. This never happens to me in CSGO, L4D, Grim Dawn or any other multiplayer game. However, after going through ||TWLL||'s guide, I immediately went to the Port Forwarding section and configured my router's settings accordingly.

I went back to the game and hit Casual Match. After a minute, I CONNECTED and got my first online match! DAMN, it worked!

Thank you, ||TWLL||

You're welcome , glad you can play online now.

The reason is how matchmaking works in SFV and some other games, which use P2P (Peer to Peer) connections for better latency:
There is not a centralized server (like in shooters or RPGs), where all players are playing on together, but only a handshake server, which provides "lists of available players", the player still connect directly to each other and need to have a public IP/open ports, this is a very simplified explanation, without going into tech details.