Direct Connection

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]

Originally Posted by BigPickle

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]

Try creating a game session from inside the Lobby.

yeah those ports are open

I just dont understand it

My friend keeps getting "Failed to Connect Reason: Timed Out"

[Ataros]

Did you try launching a server from MP Lobby?

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]

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]

Ataros -

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

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by wildwillie

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.