How many of you are able to play Multiplayer

[Ghostwolfe]

Hello.

Me and my son are having issues playing multiplayer. While there is a thread we opened in the bug section I wanted to reach out to other players and see how some of you are able to play multiplayer and/or what hurdles you may have faced to get there.

We made sure that our router and firewalls allow access. Verified the files etc etc.

Occasionally I see a red dot above the paradox symbol saying there is an issue with their launcher. I have v.2020.5.1

We don't have an issues playing Age of Wonders III or other online multiplayer games.

I attached a picture of the issue we face after each round. The problem seems to go away after 1am PST so I'm interested in hearing if any of you have a solution. We like the game, but currently we have to relaunch after every round.

Thanks

 

[Fluksen]

I didn't have problems with multiplayer so far, I think two times there was a desync but the game automatically reloaded and restored the file without problems.
Good luck getting your problems resolved!

 

[Zaskow]

Multiplayer was broken after Tyrannosaur patch. Wait for 1 month when new dlc + patch release and MAYBE it will be fixed.

I suffer from network issues in game myself, but not too much because I have a public IP-address.

 

[Ghostwolfe]

I appreciate the replies. I figured that maybe a bunch of folks are playing without an issue, and together maybe help me troubleshoot this if it was indeed on my end. I spent $100 and bought a copy for myself and my son, it is frustrating to not be able to play more than one or two rounds without the disconnect. The fact there are a number of past topics on this subject tend to leave me thinking it is not a problem on my side. Anybody having an issue with the launcher?

 

[Rafoca]

I had my share of multiplayer problems on Xbox as well. A lot of disconnections and sync problems

 

[Zaskow]

together maybe help me troubleshoot this if it was indeed on my end.

You have a router, right? You should check in your router menu if you have correct port forwarding. Can you turn on DMZ on your router (it would be ideal)? UPnP should be turned on (I know a guy having issues with launcher like you and fixed it after enabling UPnP).
As last resort you can try to use VPN (any free one which can open internet pages without too long delays will do for test).

 

[Ghostwolfe]

You have a router, right? You should check in your router menu if you have correct port forwarding. Can you turn on DMZ on your router (it would be ideal)? UPnP should be turned on (I know a guy having issues with launcher like you and fixed it after enabling UPnP).
As last resort you can try to use VPN (any free one which can open internet pages without too long delays will do for test).

Thanks for the reply. We just want to get this multiplayer issue fixed and play. I'm guessing others are able to or there should be more people complaining.

The router is set up correctly with port forwarding. UPnP was off. We turned it on and then we couldn't sync the game, it was off a turn everytime we loaded it. Once we turned it off again it went back to normal. I attempted a new game before doing that, so the router was set up as you suggested. We did one round and once again we were dropped from the server.

We own Age of Wonders III, battletech, Mechwarrior, World of Warcraft, Total War Warhammer, and more. Not one of those other games is having this issue when we play multi-player. If this is an issue on the devs side I'd at least like to hear it.