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BigPickle
04-17-2011, 08:08 PM
I can connect to actual dedicated servers fine but, is anyone able to direct connect to another game hosted on someones pc ?
I havent been able to direct connect to my friends game nor him with mine, couldnt find either in the lobby or search functions.

Is this seeming to be my pc like a router problem? or is this known to be a general problem with multiplayer

Thee_oddball
04-17-2011, 08:31 PM
I can connect to actual dedicated servers fine but, is anyone able to direct connect to another game hosted on someones pc ?
I havent been able to direct connect to my friends game nor him with mine, couldnt find either in the lobby or search functions.

Is this seeming to be my pc like a router problem? or is this known to be a general problem with multiplayer

are ports 27015/16 open on your routers?

Ataros
04-17-2011, 11:30 PM
Try creating a game session from inside the Lobby.

BigPickle
04-19-2011, 06:20 PM
yeah those ports are open

I just dont understand it:confused:

BigPickle
04-23-2011, 10:30 AM
My friend keeps getting "Failed to Connect Reason: Timed Out"

Ataros
04-23-2011, 10:44 AM
Did you try launching a server from MP Lobby?

BigPickle
04-23-2011, 12:19 PM
yeah sometimes it appears and my friend can join other time it wont even show up, or he gets timed out. I give up

Ataros
04-23-2011, 12:31 PM
Steam FAQ tells it needs much more ports open. I just open all ports for both Steam and Launcher both for incoming and outgoing connections in my firewall to be visible in MP browser.

wildwillie
04-26-2011, 03:45 PM
Ataros -

Are you opening both UDP and TCP ports for launcher.exe and steam.exe ?

Ataros
04-26-2011, 05:08 PM
Ataros -

Are you opening both UDP and TCP ports for launcher.exe and steam.exe ?

Yes, I opened everything just in case (created new profiles in firewall). However I do not run dedicated server just host a server on my gaming machine sometimes and it shows in Steam in 1-2 minutes.