Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Multiplayer Discussion joining failed: can't join this game right now!

I've been getting this error when I try to join my friend who has been hosting our playthrough. We have tried restarting the game, restarting steam, joining through "Direct Connect", trying to join by not being on steam and nothing has worked. If you've had the same issue, I hope you can help

Same issue here, we have tried all of the above and a few more things. The only workaround is to start a new multiplayer game, invite your friend and then load your latest savegame.

The downside is that we now have to go through this every time we want to play. Would really appreciate it if anyone has a "real" fix for this.

BTW, me and my friend both play on PC via Steam, latest game version, no mods (this is our very first playthrough, we have never installed any mod since buying the game).