Cant join friends

[skeletonboyman]

For the past 3 days i have been trying to play reach with one of my friends on this the join party is unavailable and i checked my setting and cant change it every time i try to allow it on my xbox setting it say error occured and microsoft still say 10 in setting page to do say. i run windows 11 and dont know if this is the problem but either way pls help i cant even join steam friends and for xbox i am not allowed because i havent allowed it yet. ( The settings are really old like i never really play micrsoft game but i got this one) pls help me.

[Chris P. Bacon]

is your friend on xbox or steam?

[skeletonboyman]

Originally posted by Chris P. Bacon:

is your friend on xbox or steam?

steam

[countgrey]

I'm going to repost the same info I posted the last time you mentioned this issue:

Through the Steam Friends/Chat list (in Steam, click "View" and then "Friends & Chat"), you can send an invite there (click the little arrow next to their name and then select "invite to game"). Your friend can also join you via that same method if they select "join game."

Alternatively, open up Windows GameBar via pressing the windows key + G, go to the "Social" tab and look up your friend's XBox Live username and "Follow" them. Then have your friend do the same to you and "Follow" you back. Once that is done, they'll show up in the MCC under your friends list which lets you use MCC's in-game invite system.

It's also worth noting that multiplayer fully supports crossplay, while the only campaigns that support crossplay are H3 and ODST.

If you're unable to join through the Microsoft/XBox friend/follow system, try joining via Steam's Friends/Chat system.

[skeletonboyman]

Originally posted by countgrey:

I'm going to repost the same info I posted the last time you mentioned this issue:

Through the Steam Friends/Chat list (in Steam, click "View" and then "Friends & Chat"), you can send an invite there (click the little arrow next to their name and then select "invite to game"). Your friend can also join you via that same method if they select "join game."

Alternatively, open up Windows GameBar via pressing the windows key + G, go to the "Social" tab and look up your friend's XBox Live username and "Follow" them. Then have your friend do the same to you and "Follow" you back. Once that is done, they'll show up in the MCC under your friends list which lets you use MCC's in-game invite system.

It's also worth noting that multiplayer fully supports crossplay, while the only campaigns that support crossplay are H3 and ODST.

If you're unable to join through the Microsoft/XBox friend/follow system, try joining via Steam's Friends/Chat system.

u think i didnt try most of this like dude it because of old settings that werent changed not a detailed explantion of how to press shift+tab

[countgrey]

Originally posted by bootastic:

u think i didnt try most of this like dude it because of old settings that werent changed not a detailed explantion of how to press shift+tab

To be clear, the last time you posted about this you said:

Originally posted by bootastic:

no dont worry i think i figured it out

This answer suggested that you did not try any of what I had suggested, and had in fact done something else. Then you made your new thread - the unedited version of which did not include the mention of trying to join via Steam Friends/Chat - so I reposted, hoping that perhaps it would help.

So no, I didn't think you had tried what I suggested, because you never should assume that someone has tried a suggested fix unless they specifically say they have actually tried it. Your edit of the original post in this thread now makes it clear that you did at least try, but had you initially included that piece of information then I wouldn't have wasted everyone's time with reposting advice that you had not indicated that you had already tried.

By the way, it's surprising how many people actually do need help with figuring out how to mutually follow and/or use the Steam Friends/Chat invite/join function. As such, most people offering technical solutions try to be thorough and offer the most basic of solutions before getting into more arcane fixes. It ensures everyone is on the same page, as well as having the added benefit of saving a lot of time if such a simple solution works.

With that out of the way, here are some additional questions that might help lead to a solution:

1) Have you successfully played MCC: Reach with this friend - or any friend - from your PC before?

2) Have you successfully played MCC: Reach with this friend - or any friend - from your XBox before?

3) If you've played MCC with friends before, what system(s) were they using? PC, or XBox?

4) Are you trying to play coop Campaign, or coop Multiplayer?

5) Have either you or your friend installed any mods for MCC? Have you and your friend verified the integrity of your game files?

6) This question is a long shot, but have you ever logged into XBox.com with your account? Has your friend ever logged into XBox.com? If not, then please do so to confirm that the relevant accounts are fully set up and functioning as intended.

Pro tip: if you start a thread looking for help with a problem, but eventually think you fixed it, post what your fix was instead of closing the thread with "I think I figured it out." It helps you keep track of what you have/haven't done, and it helps other people who may have the same issue find a potential solution.

Edit: Typo. Seriously, I genuinely would love for you to be able to play coop with your friend, but it's going to take a bit more information to see if we can help figure out what exactly is going wrong.

[Roboute Guilliman]

So now you need a PHD to play Halo? Invites come in for both me and my friend in Steam and in the game itself but hitting accept on them does nothing at all. I can't believe this game is STILL broken.

[Love Is An Action]

I have this problem did you fix it?

[Roboute Guilliman]

Originally posted by I NoScoped JFK:

I have this problem did you fix it?

I think what ended up fixing it was unlinking my Steam and Xbox accounts. After signing back in and restarting the game it worked.