This happens at least once a month. The option "Direct Connections" will disable itself a couple of seconds after being activated and the code field is emptied.

This is extremely inconvenient for anyone who doesn't want to make a Larian account and doesn't have a VPN for LAN connections.

Larian, you decided to not provide simple direct IP connections for some reasons. But then please make sure that the crutch with that DC code works reliably!

Me and my group of regulars won't be forced to use Larian accounts because they have absolutely no value to us.

Ideally, please implement direct IP connections that worked fine for games decades ago.