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Bloo

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:38am

Can't see friends summon sign

I have a problem where I can't see any of my friends summon signs and they can't see mine either. I also only see very few other signs around me when I remove our group password.

we all have our settings set to cross region play enabled and we all have the same password, I am embered up and I have not defeated the boss of the area that we are trying to summon in. Its also worth mentioning that with the same settings as me my friends are able to summon each other and we cannot figure out what the problem is.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Mizu

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:39am

I assume you are embered. Try removing the password while there and then adding back in. Ensure you can see various messages left by people.

Bloo

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:48am

I am indeed embered and I have tried removing the password and adding it back multiple times. I have also restarted the game multiple times, verified game cache, restarted my computer and restarted my router. Also I am able to see and leave messages on the ground as well as being able to see the transparent phantoms that appear around every so often. Yet I still am unable to see my friends summon signs.

Lucaine

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:49am

Move your signs away from the bonfires. Congested areas can cause major delays when trying to summon a friend through password matching. The further the better.

Bloo

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:57am

Sadly we have tried that as well, going to a random location away from bonfires or boss doors up stairs in random rooms where people wouldn't usually place a sign nearby. These attempts in location away from bonfires were with and without passwords (as we are all similar levels)

Skyth

Apr 17, 2016 @ 2:59am

Which area are you trying to summon?

reborn

Apr 17, 2016 @ 3:04am

I have exactly the same problem, i think is a problem with the game server. I thought it was only my problem.

Gamie

Apr 17, 2016 @ 3:04am

I got this problem, too. It seem like we all grouped in separate server. And some server can't connect to each other via some error. Because I play with my sis & bro. I can see my bro's sign and also he can. But my sis can't see us. This problem just start yesterday after we all killed by invaders at Farron Keep.

Plus, my sis start a Newgame and still can't see any summon sign.....

Note: We know the Ember, Password and Summoning Cap.

Bloo

Apr 17, 2016 @ 3:15am

Originally posted by ⓟ Skyth:
Which area are you trying to summon?

I'm trying to summon them around the dragon barracks area.

Originally posted by Gamie:
I got this problem, too. It seem like we all grouped in separate server. And some server can't connect to each other via some error. Because I play with my sis & bro. I can see my bro's sign and also he can. But my sis can't see us. This problem just start yesterday after we all killed by invaders at Farron Keep.

Plus, my sis start a Newgame and still can't see any summon sign.....

Note: We know the Ember, Password and Summoning Cap.

This sounds exactly like my situation, we were all playing together just fine yesterday and I too tried creating a new game just to see if it was something wrong with my character. It has to be a server problem then I'm guessing. Let's hope it gets sorted out soon.

Last edited by Bloo; Apr 17, 2016 @ 3:16am

JaakkoAA

May 18, 2016 @ 7:10am

Everything worked except in a couple of areas but now I can't join my friend for a whole week. Also my friend has received corrupted save date two times. This is very embarrassing and none of this has ever happened in any other games I have played. If this is not fixed we will not be buying other games from from software. I read these same problems have existed in earlier dark souls games how is this possible. First and last game I buy if no fix arrives.

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May 18, 2016 @ 8:04am

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babganoosh1 has DARK SOULS™ III

Dec 30, 2016 @ 4:13pm

Originally posted by JaakkoAA:
Everything worked except in a couple of areas but now I can't join my friend for a whole week. Also my friend has received corrupted save date two times. This is very embarrassing and none of this has ever happened in any other games I have played. If this is not fixed we will not be buying other games from from software. I read these same problems have existed in earlier dark souls games how is this possible. First and last game I buy if no fix arrives.

THIS IS THE LAST ONE

#11

Bloo

Dec 31, 2016 @ 1:34am

Originally posted by babganoosh1:
Originally posted by JaakkoAA:
Everything worked except in a couple of areas but now I can't join my friend for a whole week. Also my friend has received corrupted save date two times. This is very embarrassing and none of this has ever happened in any other games I have played. If this is not fixed we will not be buying other games from from software. I read these same problems have existed in earlier dark souls games how is this possible. First and last game I buy if no fix arrives.

THIS IS THE LAST ONE

Why did you post to a 7 month old thread?

#12

R.4.V.3.N

Aug 14, 2017 @ 4:17pm

Meme

Originally posted by -{MWH}- Bl00g000:
Originally posted by babganoosh1:

THIS IS THE LAST ONE
Why did you post to a 7 month old thread?

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#13

FrostyLad

Feb 3, 2018 @ 5:26pm

Originally posted by T'urev Schrödinger:
Meme

Originally posted by -{MWH}- Bl00g000:
Why did you post to a 7 month old thread?

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Meme

#14