Public Server Issue

[Vortex]

Can't get server to show up in ECO public server list! Have tried for 2 days to get it working but no luck. Yes all ports are open, firewall disabled, no antivirus, and I am using a static ip address!

Can someone tell me how so many servers show up in the public server list and yet I can't see my server at all?

Are they using the (new) button in the eco client or do they use the stand alone server from steam to join and hope to see the server in the list?
Have been using the eco server from the steam tools menu.

I have run many game servers without any problems but this eco game has me really mad and upset! Would really appreciate any help before I request a refund from steam

[TECHNOMANCER]

I feel your pain, but have no answers, as I am in the same row boat with only one oar. It's not like I haven't been on this ocean for 20 years, right?

[McRib]

To solve you issue disable you antivirus protection. It is blocking the game ports that are need even if you open them over the router. (do that BEFORE you start the game after the game is running it doesnt do anything at all)

I had this issues with Kaspersky. If you use that disable it before starting eco.

Edit: At the moment some server arent working (servers from g-portal.com for example)

[TECHNOMANCER]

Nope ^
Been there, done that... like the OP said, we have done many servers in the past, no issues, this one, meh HOWEVER, thank you for the suggestion, I don't mean to come off as ungrateful.

[McRib]

Originally posted by Grimm Liberty:

Nope ^
Been there, done that... like the OP said, we have done many servers in the past, no issues, this one, meh HOWEVER, thank you for the suggestion, I don't mean to come off as ungrateful.

As said the servers from G-portal.com are down at the moment (seem like all of them). There are going on and off on hour base. :/

[Vortex]

No Antivirus software running! No Firewall. Have tried the server with windows 10, windows 7, and even windows server 2003 and 2012... no luck!

Can't get the developers to reply to this issue after 4 attempts!

[TECHNOMANCER]

Ok,
Not AV, removed,
Not Firewall, reset to defaults and when I ran the server it was added in. (see below)
Not Router, ports both forwarded and triggered.
My public IP 74.140.170.28 ports 3000 and 3001 open per https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

I even went into the router and DMZ'd my machine after that.... disabled firewall completely.

It does not show up in server list and people outside my LAN cannot connect to it...
So yeah? what next?

[TECHNOMANCER]

FIXED my issue. Kinda.... My server is seen by https://ecoservers.io just fine. It still insn't in the server list after hours.

How did I fix it?
By going to my router:
Enable UPnP IGD: ON
Then going to the network.eco and turning DetectNat true.


BUT, before you celebrate, let me show you something that is also on my router in BOLD RED WORDS:

UPNP IGD allows games, peer-to-peer, remote assistance or others applications to automatically create port forwarding rules. This option can create a risk for the security of your local network, check list of rules in table below.

I had it off for a reason. Manually running PortForwarding is always my prefered method.



NO other game has this issue on my system, and I am currently running a few servers...
(I even took them down to verify no "compatibility wonkyness". Heck I even used the forwarded ports for those other servers, because I know they work, and this game does not.)

[TECHNOMANCER]

NEW Update.... removed Steam Version, downloaded 0.7.2.3 from site instead, turned all the Nat stuff off, set ports default and can see it properly now.... Shut it down, put Steam version on, stops seeing it. So the only real advice for now is link steam and get it from their site... Steam interface dll issues? Only thing I can figure...

[Vortex]

Originally posted by Grimm Liberty:

NEW Update.... removed Steam Version, downloaded 0.7.2.3 from site instead, turned all the Nat stuff off, set ports default and can see it properly now.... Shut it down, put Steam version on, stops seeing it. So the only real advice for now is link steam and get it from their site... Steam interface dll issues? Only thing I can figure...

In the network config did you tick (Any) or did you enter an ip address? I tried both ways but still no luck!

[TECHNOMANCER]

I got both 0.0.0.0 and my LAN IP numbers to work. Turned off Nat.

While it DOESN'T show up in the server list, people CAN connect to it now...
But the ecoservers.io sees it online just fine.

And all I need to to to reproduce the "block" is swap to the Steam download version and it's Offline. Swap back, Online. I though maybe a .NET glitch and removed and re-installed/updated, nope. So I am at a loss and frankly the end of my willingness to do more testing.

Heck, I checked file sizes and all seems the same... Although.... if I overwrite the ECOServer.exe Steam Version with the one from Their Site and then Steam |Verify Integrity| it will "fix" it and re-download the steam version, so there is SOME difference there...

[Warchild]

Was a solution ever found? Using steam server and server off website have issues. Steam server works via lan, and websites direct download wont show up on lan. we have 11 other game servers so im no stranger to this stuff.

[gabgab01]

both steam server and "their" server doesn't work.
what's especially weird is that one of my friends can join me while all my otehr friends can't.