How to play with a friend?

[Mr.America]

I've tried playing with a steam friend yesterday, but we couldn't figure out how to do it. We go into Multiplayer - online - same room (we took 8, then 25) - we see each other - one creates a game - the other tries to join.

But we can never see the other's lobby/server or whatever, but I can see various lobbies from I guess random other players.

We also tried Automatch - Arranged teams - invite, but even though the invite went out over steam and we could press it, we never joined each other.

How does one play coop vs AI/randoms / 1v1 with a friend?

[..]

Until someone more knowledgeable about this comes along...

You can try to isolate what the problem is. If you're able to get a 3rd person involved, try to have him make the game. While constantly refreshing the game, see who is able to join. If there is someone who isn't, it is an issue pertaining to him. If both join just fine, try having you and your steam friend make a game for yourselves again. And so on.

So long as both of you are playing the same expansion on steam it should work fine i'd think.

[Mr.America]

Originally posted by ..:

Until someone more knowledgeable about this comes along...

You can try to isolate what the problem is. If you're able to get a 3rd person involved, try to have him make the game. While constantly refreshing the game, see who is able to join. If there is someone who isn't, it is an issue pertaining to him. If both join just fine, try having you and your steam friend make a game for yourselves again. And so on.

So long as both of you are playing the same expansion on steam it should work fine i'd think.

Sure, I guess I can try to chat up some random player. Is the basic approach to what I'm trying right though?

[..]

Yea it's usually this...
1. All of you launch SS from steam
2. All go to online MP
3. Host presses create game with pw. After that, a map is selected and the host sees himself in the typical lobby screen w/ game rules, race selection,etc. Host opens up enough slots for players and observers to join
4. Host notifies the others that it's up w/ pw
5. Others press Join Game and look for matching lobby name(refreshes may be needed). Once found, they each select the lobby, press join game, enter the pw and then they'll (hopefully) get in.

[AirStrikerAlex]

If your friend has Ultimate Apocalypse or the Large Address Aware patch that's needed then that will make you see other games that have that version of the game

[Mr.America]

The odd thing is, while he has played the game for years now and gifted it to me, when I go into the online mode I can see other people's lobbies, but he cannot see any. I can join a random persons game (I didn't yet, I'm just in their lobby with the selected map and other players who are there) and I had a random join me when I tested my created lobby. He reinstalled the game but it stayed the same, I can see lobbies, he cannot.

As in, Multiplayer - Online - Room (any) - join game -> I see lobbies.

Originally posted by AC⛧AirStrikerAlex⛧:

If your friend has Ultimate Apocalypse or the Large Address Aware patch that's needed then that will make you see other games that have that version of the game

How do you see what version of the game you have? I just installed what steam gave me, what are these extra patches/versions?

[..]

It's prbly your friend that you need to ask then. If he's played the game for years there's a decent chance he installed something like ultimate apocalypse(UA) or some other patch/mod at some point. There was a thread about it somewhere i think, but if he reinstalls SS w/o any mods it might fix it.

[Mr.America]

He found the problem. Apparently he had start options attached to the game which prohibited online play. Once he removed those we could coop again.

[Dentist [2 RANG]]

i have the same problem my friend is from the us

[Mr.America]

Originally posted by Dentist:

i have the same problem my friend is from the us

What solved it for us was
Steam -> Warhammer 40k -> Right Click -> Properties -> Set Launch Options -> The field must be empty

They could probably also be the same for both players and online might work, but I can say that with empty / no launch options coop works fine.

[ten77]

i dont know why im having this problem, we have the exact same versions and we could play it when we where in the same house, (not through LAN) we see each other but after pressing join game nothing shows up in the other screen.

Ok so i did install reshade but could it really be the reason for that to happen? i mean i can use it in most online games no problem

[Fricken]

Version of the game is showed on title screen left up corner ; all must be same.

-Does it work in vanilla version ? If no , try to reinstall SS or try a cach integrity check.
If yes , then its the mods that make the mess.

Mods must be exact same version for each player.