Direct ip issues

[Simpboy Keigo]

I can't connect to my friend's game through direct ip and vice versa. We've already portforwarded and made sure antivirus wasn't blocking it.
Hamachi works fine, although it's really buggy and unplayable to me. Enemies' models will stay in place, items won't show up on the ground, and my camera won't follow other players after death.

[WALL OF JUSTICE]

Is there any issue using steam hosted lobbies?

I can't provide much specific port forwarding help other than the usual guides on the net and checking canyouseeme site while the host lobby is open and making sure that's ok.

What port number you using? Do other games with forwarding work ok?

[Simpboy Keigo]

There's an issue between my ISP and Steam servers, so I get really high pings playing on it.
I tried using port 14300, because Pummel Party uses it and works fine. My friend is using port 6510.

[WALL OF JUSTICE]

Hmm did you get the windows firewall pop-up + allow it? Try that for the barony.exe. maybe try change the port.

Also I would try the steam lobby and see how it goes if all else fails, since we only use Steams servers to negotiate a lobby and then from then it's P2P network stuff when in-game.

I'd expect Hamachi should work a bit better in general, sure some delay but not the issues you noted. So there's some network trouble here.

Hope you can get something going! If there's an error popup in Barony trying to connect can you please post the message and the contents ofyour log.txt file after that occurs.

[Simpboy Keigo]

It wasn't blocked by the firewall, it was already allowed by default.

I get a message saying it couldn't connect.

Here is what is in the log file:

[STEAM]: successfully received Steam user statistics.
[01-50-43] LoadMap ./\maps/mainmenu8.lmp
[01-51-07] Saving config 'default.cfg'...
[01-51-07] closing network interfaces...
[01-51-07] resolving host's address at *my friend's ip*:6510...
[01-51-07] opening TCP and UDP sockets...
[01-51-28] warning: SDLNet_TCP_open has failed.
[01-53-08] Saving config 'default.cfg'...

[WALL OF JUSTICE]

Hmm that error is your computer failing to create a TCP socket to listen on the host. Meaning the host's network hosting is OK (I think?). This happens after binding the UDP port.

We use both UDP/TCP so if possible can you check if UDP/TCP are BOTH enabled in firewall + anywhere else the network is setup.

Also try running as administrator, restarting computer etc