whenever I try to play multiplayer it needs me to log in but whenever I do it tells me to check the connection even though I am connected it seems to work in 1.30 and when I'm using a VPN
it doesn't seem to make a difference also I can log into my epic accThat tells me you have a firewall blocking the new eu4.exe in the 1.31.x patches. That can be in Windows or your internet router/modem.
Does it make any difference which starting option you choose when you run EU4 from Steam?