Cannot create multiplayer game. "Connection to Steam lost, exiting"

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Originally Posted by wildwillie

FoxerWilde -

I have had this happen to our server as well. About once every two weeks the server will not run with the exact problem you describe. It usually has some message that Steam is trying to sync with your game, but it seems to be frozen. I am usually able to host after about an hour or two.

I have a 2nd purchased game just for our server so I do not have conflicts with that. Not sure why Steam does this sync/lockout, but is sure is annoying.

WildWillie

It's because the steam service is down for routine maintenance. Since we don't have dedicated server files and the game servers for IL2COD runs through steam similar to a client, this interferes with the server as well.

Sometimes the outage is not routine maintenance and is actually a steam server problem (aka - they had a problem), but either way the outages can all be monitored by looking at the steam forums. This can effect anyone in a particular region or all of the steam regions at once depending on the problem. But the clients are effected the same way as a server. I believe the client message, for instance, in trying to start IL2COD when this is happening is something along the lines of "The current game is not available now" or something similar. If you've managed to already have your game running when this problem takes place, then you'll get the message similar to what the console server box sees, if you're a client.