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#482233 11/02/14 03:04 AM
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I bought a Divinity: Original Sin alpha two-pack with a friend on Steam. We are consistently having difficulty playing together. I have looked around these forums and the Steam forums as much as I am able and have tried every suggestion I have found.

We have both tried hosting normally, running the game in administrative mode, running in compatability mode, running without a firewall, Steam inviting the other when he is not currently in game, and every combination of the above. Almost always, the game brings up the LOADING screen and then immediately (5-10 seconds) kicks the joiner back to the main menu. About once in every hundred attempts the game allows us to connect to each other for no apparent reason whatsoever.

For me, the fact that this game has co-operative play was the main incentive to buy. I would greatly appreciate some actual feedback on why this problem is happening and when it will be rectified.

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Hey, previously mentioned friend here. This problem is an extreme inconvenience and any knowledge of the problem and/or possible solutions to it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!

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I assume you tried switching your Connectivity Status between invitation only, friends and everybody, and using the Invite Players function from that window (icon on top of the mini-map)?
A couple people with connection problems mentioned being able to play using Hamachi or Tunngle.

There is an update scheduled for Thursday, but as far as changes there have only been a couple gameplay issues mentioned.

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We have tried all of those suggestions besides using Hamachi or Tunngle, which I am not keen on having to use. Perhaps the update on Thursday will fix whatever this issue is.

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Here my friend this should help you to fix you problem http://youtu.be/bDd9cFtPAn4?t=2m38s

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Hard to say what the problem could be.

I'm not sure how Steam's multiplayer works, but I have had issue with it before due to corrupt files, or games patching incorrectly. You could try verifying the integrity of the game files. Right click on the game in your library, go to local files, and click verify game cache files. If there are any discrepancies it will identify them and sort it out.

Another possibility is that you need to port forward via your router. I don't see why you would, as the game runs through Steams multiplayer service, but it might. Hamachi would help with that, but if you don't want to use it, you could try digging around for the ports used and manually port forward yourself through your router settings.

Honestly though, in my experience, Hamachi is very easy to set up and remove if need be. I'd give it a bash just to test the waters. Worst case scenario, you just remove it. At least you will know if it's a router / port issue or not.


Might be something stupid like hardware compatibility, or that your OS doesn't play nice with the game. I'm not tech wizard, I honestly don't know. These are just things that have plague me before, so...

I hope the problem is resolved for you soon, good luck, and once you get it working, have fun. smile

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are you guys in different countries trying to play, or somewhere local to each other? I was able to play with someone local no problem, but when I try to play with a friend in another country, same exact issue you describe.

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This may seem obvious, but is the host actually in the game (as in the two characters done and running around in the game world) at the time you try to invite? Doing it at the main menu or in the character creation panel probably won't work.

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Unfortunately, the latest update did not fix whatever problem is plaguing us. Connecting to each other seems as random and sporadic as ever. We managed to connect after multiple tries and play for a while, but when a glitch occurred that necessitated restarting the game I was unable to rejoin after at least 30 tries.

We both tried verifying the integrity of game files. There were actually missing files that had to be redownloaded but this did not seem to affect our problem. I feel like port forwarding should not be necessary because it is going through Steam's matchmaking service and we are able to play with each other on all other Steam games just fine. We are both running Windows 7 and can play the game single player easily so it does not seem to be that type of issue.

The two of us both live in the United States.

We have tried it with the host in character creation and in the world. It has worked a couple of times in both places so that does not seem to be a factor.


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