Connection Failed

[evldave]

I am unable to play as when I try to start a game it goes through the motions of setting up then always returns to main menu with a connection failed box, doesn't matter if I try to start single or multi-player. Have verified game files and have no connection problems.
DoS original still works fine.
Am I missing something blindingly obvious or is this a bug ?

[[LAR]Bas]

This might be because of a very aggressive firewall or antivirus. Try disabling or making an exception for it.

[Syrris]

I'll second the above because I've noticed my firewall flagging the game as 'suspicious', probably because it has just released. It's a common problem with games nowadays.

[evldave]

Thanks for the suggestions. My firewall already had it as allowed but tried disabling it anyway.
Unfortunately even after disabling both firewall and anti-virus I'm still getting a connection failed appearing almost immediately.
Don't you just love PC's.

[76561198103719531]

If disabling the firewall/antivirus doesn't work you're out of luck for now. I will create a workaround but it could take a few days, thanks for your patience :-)

[Lorcain]

I also have the same connection failed issue 100% of the time I try and start a game. I setup exceptions/exclusions for both the firewall and antivirus for the enhanced edition with no luck.

[evldave]

LARDave の投稿を引用：

If disabling the firewall/antivirus doesn't work you're out of luck for now. I will create a workaround but it could take a few days, thanks for your patience :-)

Thanks for looking into it Dave.
In the mean time I've still got Hearts of Stone to finish, so that should keep me going for a while yet :D

[Case]

Uh, why does it require Internet connection anyway? I want off the grid!

[Case]

But for those of you who have the connectivity problems... restart Steam after a new patch has been applied. It should help. It helped with my "connection failed" problem anyway.

[Samzukwu]

so before buying i want to know - this game requires 24/7 internet connection? and without it you want be able to play? it`s like diablo 3 all over again?

[evldave]

Nope, as I got round the problem by disconnecting from net before starting and it worked.
So, I can play when not connected to net.

[Jade]

LARDave の投稿を引用：

If disabling the firewall/antivirus doesn't work you're out of luck for now. I will create a workaround but it could take a few days, thanks for your patience :-)

So, how is the workaround coming? I have tried disconnecting my PC but the problem persists. Does it really take more than a week to solve this problem? I have not been able to play yet, not even create my characters.

[76561198103719531]

Sorry for the wait, I created a fix for the problem, still needs to go through QA though.

[Jade]

LARDave の投稿を引用：

Sorry for the wait, I created a fix for the problem, still needs to go through QA though.

That is some thorough QA process you got there at Larian... Almost a month now.

[Don't!Get!Eliminated!]

Jade の投稿を引用：

LARDave の投稿を引用：

Sorry for the wait, I created a fix for the problem, still needs to go through QA though.

That is some thorough QA process you got there at Larian... Almost a month now.

Agreed. I was just about to buy a copy of this game for my girlfriend so we can play together, but if it's having connection issues like this I guess I will have to wait on that. Bummer.

[Riv4n]

Still the same problem... Haven't been able to play the game for one single minute... I appreciate people trying to solve the problem, but it seems nothing is happening at all :-(